After two straight weeks of Russert pandering to the right, we finally get a week with a Democrat on Meet the Press: Joe Biden Hans Blix Round Table: John Harwood & Gwen Ifill Then on Stephanopoulos we get a special treat when Al Gore joins him for his first sit-down in over three years. Then […]
Well the Ishaqi massacre has been answered and resolved by PowerLine: The second in the current trifecta of civilian murder claims against American troops is an incident that occurred in the town of Ishaqi on March 15. Apparently there is no doubt that civilians were killed; their number and the circumstances of their death are […]
Well the Ishaqi massacre has been answered and resolved by PowerLine: The second in the current trifecta of civilian murder claims against American troops is an incident that occurred in the town of Ishaqi on March 15. Apparently there is no doubt that civilians were killed; their number and the circumstances of their death are […]
Today I am adding Josh Ritter’s new album “The Animal Years” to the growing list of music that supports the anti-war movement. I need to give a big hat tip to Matt from the comments on this one as it is a great find: On a lighter note, thought I would just recommend some music […]
This is turning into a daily event and makes one wonder if they aren’t trying to say “hey computers aren’t safe”: Equipment containing the names and Social Security numbers of about 1.3 million Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp. borrowers has disappeared, company officials said. There was no evidence the information had been misused, but Texas […]
It looks like the Iraqi government just may tell us to get the hell out of their country before long: Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki lashed out at the American military on Thursday, denouncing what he characterized as habitual attacks by troops against Iraqi civilians. As outrage over reports that American marines killed 24 Iraqis […]
John has a video up of Olbermann tonight where he calls out O’Reilly again. This is a well deserved calling out (they all are) and proves that O’Reilly could care less about the memory of our fallen soldiers when it comes to proving a point or trying to win an argument: Olbermann: The bodies at […]
OYE has a new place to recruit: As Gore promotes global-warming movie, a Hillary Rodham Clinton adviser taunts, “Run, Al, run!!” … College Republicans ridicule the movie with Global Warming Beach Parties Considering a vast majority of Americans do believe in global warming, this could be a good thing. These parties need to be highly […]
How many more of these are we going to hear about? The BBC has uncovered new video evidence that US forces may have been responsible for the deliberate killing of 11 innocent Iraqi civilians. The video appears to challenge the US military’s account of events that took place in the town of Ishaqi in March. […]
This reminds me of Bush sending his staff to their ethics training last year, following the indictment of Scooter: A top US commander in Iraq has ordered combat troops to be trained to abide by moral and ethical standards on the battlefield. The move is an apparent reference to allegations Marines killed civilians last year. […]