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. )

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...

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

Lukery at wotisitgoodfor has a great new interview of Larisa Alexandrovna. Part II.

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,...

At Mises.org. Worth your time, if you ask me. Via LRC.

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...

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Tom Knapp seems to think so.

Sean Hannity, David Horowitz or Ward Churchill? I can't decide.

Charlie Ehlen, a Vietnam War veteran and sometimes pen-pal of mine, has started up a new blog called Charlie's Corner. This 10th tier blogger is happy to have him around. Check out his article for CounterPunch from last Christmas and the email he sent me today: Re: Karen Kwiatkowski on C-SPAN Mr. Horton, Mrs. Kwiatkowski deserves our highest respect. OK, she didn't "do an Ellsberg", but she has consistently told the TRUTH about this bullshit war. She ranks at the top of my heroes list. This...

The offer of US help to Iranian dissidents can only serve to undermine their cause. No wonder they don't want "our" help. Would it strengthen the Democrats in America if they were openly supported by Iran? Uh, no.

Check it out: Her story, Why We Fight, neoconservatism, OSP, Luti calling Zinni a traitor, Franklin, Ledeen, David Shenker, WINEP, PNAC, Shultz's memo to Rumsfeld in Summer 2002, how she regrets that it never occured to her to do a Dan Ellsberg and steal documents, Soldier for the Truth David Hackworth (RIP) and his publishing of her anonymous essays from the Pentagon, Ahmad Chalabi and his handler Col. Bruner, Curveball, Michael Mackovsky, permanent bases in Iraq and America's military...

World Peace Herald: The rate of killings in Iraq is already as bad as during the horrendous 1975-1991 Lebanese Civil War, in which 150,000 to 200,000 people were killed over 16 years -- an average of between 9,375 and 12,500 people were killed there per year. These comparisons, of course, can be misleading because in those conflicts, as in almost all civil wars, the rate of killing is not uniform but explodes in peaks and then settles down at lower levels for long periods of time. But the...

Karen K says "Way" over at LRC.