A terrific post at TalkLeft, discussing a Red Cross report that–if the charges contained within it are ultimately proven to be true–would mean that war crimes were committed at Guantanamo. One thing that is important is (if these charges are true) to call a war crime a war crime. The mainstream media will, in general, undoubtedly […]
Anderson v. King Sims–the case discussed by Dave below–can be read in its entirety here. It’s actually worth reading. It’s lucid and relatively short. Progressives should fami
Here’s a follow up on Dave’s post below. The North Koreans acquired 12 old Soviet subs, Foxtrot and Golf classes. For those living in Seattle, the Russian submarine at Pier 48 is a Foxtr
Can we please do something about this guy? Can you get a pass for aiding terrorist states if you carry water for the GOP in the newspapers you run? I don’t want to be a conspiracy theorist, I really don’t. See Pandagon, Kathryn Cramer , Atrios, TAPPED for more. Nick at TAPPED also provides a link to an article […]
Today’s a day for Washingtonians to be proud of their state. Congratulations to William Downing for seeing through rhetoric, controversy, and disguised bigotry and taking a stand for civil righ
Many smart people understand that tarriffs and subsidies are not good policy. They’re corporate subsidies, and while they protect some jobs sometimes, there are much better and more efficient wa
Via Josh Marshall, the Illinois GOP is apparently considering a drastic option to counter the Obama juggernaut in the Senatorial campaign. That’s right, you guessed it: Alan Keyes. Pure electoral gold, right there. I can’t really take this seriously. I’ve heard a few people suggest the GOP is in worse shape than usual in this solidly […]
I check out the Iraqi Coalition Casualty Count every day. Sometimes this makes me feel a bit ghoulish; at other times I think it’s important to keep track of most notable cost of this war to the
A double bit of bad news–The Beta Band is breaking up, and their farewell tour will be limited to the UK. I should’ve got my act together and gone to see them when they passed through town
In case you were tempted to take the current terror warning at face value as a serious attempt to warn the public of a potential danger…. -Much of the information that led the authorities to raise the terror alert at several large financial institutions in the New York City and Washington areas was three or four […]
This NYT profile of conservative vanity candidate Ralph Nader has some useful information. First, I think we can put to rest the rationalization that, against all evidence, Nader would refrain from a
Jon Stewart just conducted the best interview of this campaign. He got Henry Bonilla, Republican Congressman, to essentially admit that the Republican oppo research was bullshit. And he managed to tea