The Definition of Evil

Our leader, George W. Bush, in an October 30th interview conducted by the heroic Sean Hannity, has again defined Evil for us in the simplest terms, so that we will understand why our government is the exact opposite - Good - in our "generational struggle" with the Terrorists: "Evil people kill innocent life to achieve political objectives." Got that? Video here - the beginning of part 3.

The Mind Behind Antiwar.com

Thomas R. Pochari, editor of World Affairs Monthly interviews Antiwar.com founder and managing director Eric Garris about the web, the universe and everything. Real Audio file here.

FBI Could Also Have Thwarted WTC ’93

It was 13 years ago today that the New York Times revealed how easy it would have been for the Feds to have stopped that bombing before it started: Tapes Depict Proposal to Thwart Bomb Used in Trade Center Blast Thursday October 28, 1993 By Ralph Blumenthal Page A1 Law-enforcement officials were told that terrorists were building a bomb that was eventually used to blow up the World Trade Center, and they planned to thwart the plotters by secretly substituting harmless powder for the...

Bush’s Sunk-Cost Fallacy

Video here. Poor old George Bush Jr. He's got nothing left but straw men and circular logic to keep American soldiers in Iraq. First he implies that his critics believe the "sophisticated propaganda" of the enemy terrorists that "our" presence is the cause of all Iraq's problems - a case I've never heard made by anyone, American or otherwise. Then he breaks out the trusty old sunk-cost routine: "I've met too many wives and husbands who've lost their partner in life, too many children who'll...

Firefox 2.0: The Revenge of Netscape

Today (24/10/06) Firefox 2.0 will be released. One recent study shows that Firefox has taken considerable market share away from the dominant product in the field, Microsoft Internet Explorer, which was recently updated to version 7.0. Let's take a brief look back at the history of Firefox. In the mid-1990s, the dominant web browser was Netscape. Microsoft released its Internet Explorer (MSIE) with Windows 95, and quickly destroyed Netscape's market share, for two reasons; one, MSIE came...

Just what you wanted for Election Day, Another Pod Cast

Allow me this shameful self-promotion but the Liberated Space is returning the first week of December. Email me if you want to be on the mailing list. For those not familiar with my work, the archive is on my site. For the new season, however, I will be ripping off Scott's old guest lists so the focus will be more on foreign policy than my old show. Since Stress Blog readers are among the smartest readers, please bring your guest suggestions to the new Yahoo group.

New Forums

I've added a new bbPress forums installation, which should integrate well with WordPress at large. Your username/password should work for both sites, and the sites should use the same cookies. In other words, you're logged into both sites at once. Go ahead and post links, opinions, whatever. I'll fork the popular topics off into their own sub-forums over time. I'll also be posting a permalink in the sidebar somewhere. Until then, here it is: Stress Forums

Why the US Should Leave Iraq Immediately

Intrepid Washington reporter Robert Dreyfuss interviews Salah Mukhtar, who is "close" to the Iraq opposition. It's clearly as bad or worse than you think. Our choices seem to be: 1. Stay the course, installing the dictatorship of the Iran parties, 2. Switch sides back to Saddam's Ba'athists, 3. Break the former country into three, "hardening" the soft regional borders (and leaving many stuck on the "wrong" side of them), or 4. Get out now and leave no more guilty than at present. It has been...

Ellsberg: Hastert got suitcases of Al Qaeda heroin cash, should be in jail

Lukery has transcribed this interview of American Hero Daniel Ellsberg. From WotIsItGoodFor.com: "Daniel Ellsberg said that Dennis Hastert received suitcases of cash at his home from Turkish heroin money and that Hastert should be in jail, along with his friends. He also says that people in the State Department, and in nuclear labs, are paid in 'cold cash' for secrets that are sold on the nuclear black market. He also says that a Dem Congress "could be pressed into holding genuine...

Ellsberg: Hastert got suitcases of Al Qaeda heroin cash, should be in jail

Lukery has transcribed this interview of American Hero Daniel Ellsberg. From WotIsItGoodFor.com: "Daniel Ellsberg said that Dennis Hastert received suitcases of cash at his home from Turkish heroin money and that Hastert should be in jail, along with his friends. He also says that people in the State Department, and in nuclear labs, are paid in 'cold cash' for secrets that are sold on the nuclear black market. He also says that a Dem Congress "could be pressed into holding genuine...