An article in the Australian states: "It was not clear whether President George W. Bush was briefed."  The article centers on the claims that the US government was extensively briefed on the potential dangers of invading Iraq.  So, the "decider" may or may not have been briefed but decided to invade Iraq anyhow...  Sounds really decisive to me.  It has never been very clear as to what Bush actually knows about anything so this "news" is not very surprising but it does give some insight into...

Man dresses up as Han Solo, is accosted by SWAT team, charged with weapons possession. Really: Police said despite being a harmless replica and a close match to a weapon from a galaxy far, far away, the man would be charged with possessing an unregistered firearm. May all government employees involved with prosecuting this case burn in Mustafar.

U.S. Congress: Thou art a BUNCH OF WORMS!!! I mean the wriggly kind good for nothing but eating their own excrement. Not the worthy scientific model with all kinds of wonderful and illuminating mutants, not the kind good for fishin', just the yucky, squirmy kind associated with foul smells. Lower your ambitions, you maggots. YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO MY COUNTRY!!!! Except for Ron Paul of course.

No one asked, but Bush apparently felt the need to respond to the good Doctor. From Today’s press conference: JOURNALIST: Mr. President, after the mistakes that have been made in this war, when you do, as you did yesterday, where you raised 2-year-old intelligence talking about the threat posed by al-Qaeda, it’s met with increasing skepticism. A majority in the public, a growing number of Republicans appear not to trust you any longer to be able to carry out this policy successfully. Can you...

He genuinely can't figure out how the U.S. bombing of Iraq could possibly have motivated al Qaeda. He figures that Ron Paul must have been trying to resort some neocon conspiracy theory about al Qaeda working for Saddam. Former CIA counter-terrorism officer Philip Giraldi was right. Rudy Giuliani is not serious about terrorism. Check out this YouTube of Giuliani on Hannity:

Ugh. I met a Brit who said his dad had a stroke and the government health care providers didn't even bother with him. Why? They calculated how long he'd be alive, and realized he wouldn't be much of a tax asset to them. There are still cost benefit analyses done under socialism, despite what leftists -- either lying, naive, stupid or evil -- say. Only, under socialism, such analyses are done with more cruelty and less efficiency. If America had a free market in medicine, rather than health...

Here is the first report from Reuters, via the Washington Post. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Longshot Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul on Thursday gave front-runner Rudy Giuliani a list of foreign-policy books to back up his contention that attacks by Islamic militants are fueled by the U.S. presence in the Middle East. "I'm giving Mr. Giuliani a reading assignment," the nine-term Texas congressman said as he stood behind a stack of books that included the report by the commission that...

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My new post about the Sibel Edmonds case and AIPAC is up at Let Sibel Edmonds Speak. (I tried pasting it here but the code got screwy) I discuss, among other things, how an FBI counter-intelligence operation into AIPAC and the Israeli Embassy was shut down in 2000/2001 by the good folks at the Pentagon and State Dept because the investigation uncovered criminal activity that was being conducted by, well, the good folks at the Pentagon and State Dept. If you can call Henry Waxman (202-225-3976)...

Ron Paul will be on the Daily Show and the Stephen Cobert Report. I remember when John Stossell was on the Daily Show. John Stewart--funny and smart as he is about many things--treated Stossell like a turd. Hopefully he will give Dr. Paul more resect. * * * * * Apostropher is a friend of mine, and cranks out a truly GREAT BLOG (although he tends to be a little lefty sometimes). Still, check it out for laughs over his coverage of "weird news" as well as sometimes insightful commentary on...

According to the following sources, CENTCOM is stepping up its posture for a possible attack against Iran: Bush authorizes new covert action against Iran while nine US warships enter the Persian Gulf in show of force constituting largest naval force in the Middle-East since 2003. An attack againt a country like Iran would have to go through several preparatory phases which, among others, would include the preparations outlined by the Truthout and Debka articles above. More to come soon, no...

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