What’s the Difference?

Jeff Fleece is the name of a local punk-ass Republican Warbot, who in his recent primary race for Texas State House District 50 sent out a mailer claiming that his Republican Liberty Caucus competition, Don Zimmerman, was a flag burner. "While Jeff Fleece was defending the flag, Don Zimmerman was burning it." It's true. Zimmerman did burn the flag - The UN flag. Why, that un-patriotic son-of-a-bitch! I heard second hand a story about a man who was approached by the long arm of the law on the...

Samantha Bee Returns to the Daily Show!

Her first night back: Senior Jerusalem Correspondent reporting on Kadima's victory. Pretty much. It will re-run at midnight, Central. Soon Crooks and Liars will have it up, I'm sure. (they have a great Bush clip here. Q: "What, if any law applies to military contractors? A: I haven't the slightest idea. )

Legalize Immigration!

I met my friend and his son down at the massive (about 10 or 15,000 people) protest against Congress's new anti-immigration bills at the federal building in Austin today. I wish we could get that kind of turnout against the war. It seems that no one gives a shit about anything that doesn't effect them personally. There were very few white or black folks there, and most of the them were really Reds anyway. I saw one guy with an Libertarian Party sign: "Less Government, Less Taxes, More...

Palast Indicts Bush

The charge? "Abuse of legal process, fraud, racketeering, deliberate concealment and, that old standby, obstruction of justice." What now? Bush let the judicial system believe that there had been a criminal leak of classified information, while he now claims he'd declassified it. Either way, he's a felon. But you already knew that. Hat tip: Kev

Rationing a Shortage of Positivist Civil Rights

Those on the left who believe in positive rights but not negative liberties have always confounded me when they claim universalism. Now, I believe in universal human rights, locally (and, ideally, civilly) enforced. But if you believe everyone has a right to health care or education, then your conception of rights is limited to the amount of wealth, the practical possibility of distributing benefits equally, etc., which is why socialist states treat people so unequally

Hersh: Bush Calls Ahmadinejad Hitler, “Considers” Nuclear Holocaust

The April 17, edition of the New Yorker has a piece by Seymour Hersh (who, in early December told me he did not think war was likely) regarding the Bush administration's plan to bomb Iran. Philip Giraldi first reported in the August 1, 2005 issue of the American Conservative magazine, and now Hersh confirms, that the war planners are "considering" the use of "tactical" nuclear weapons to destroy Iran's underground bunkers. According to Hersh's sources, to the individuals in the administration,...

Kerry’s Finally Antiwar – Two Years Too Late

On Thursday, John Kerry introduced a resolution which calls for the US to leave Iraq by the end of this year if they can form a government by May 15, immediately if they can't. But look carefully, apparently Bush's frat brother couldn't resist the thought that he might be president some day and might like to have an expanded Middle Eastern footprint of his own. On the subject of complete withdrawal from Iraq by the end of the year if they do succeed in creating a government: "...leaving only...