The decision by the Department of Homeland Security to cut anti-terrorism funding to the two cities attacked on 9/11 has started having major fallout. The New York Daily News has a front page article titled “Feds to city: drop dead” (h/t Raw Story) The city was stunned yesterday to find that its share of federal […]

About time justice gets served here in the Buckeye State: A prominent GOP fundraiser at the center of an Ohio political scandal changed his plea to guilty Wednesday on federal charges that he illegally funneled donations to President Bush’s re-election campaign. How many illegal activities have to occur and result in convictions before we can […]

The probe into the Haditha killings has found they were unprovoked: A preliminary military inquiry found evidence that U.S. Marines killed two dozen Iraqi civilians in an unprovoked attack in November, contradicting the troops’ account, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. Forensic evidence from corpses showed that victims had bullet wounds, despite the initial statements by […]

This is great news (via Raw Story): As Taking The Long Way debuts at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 best-selling albums chart this week, with first week’s sales of 525,829, the Dixie Chicks have become the first female group in chart history to have three albums debut at #1, breaking the record the Chicks […]

Yesterday Tony Snow said Bush did not learn of the Haditha massacre by Marines until Time published an article in their March 27, 2006 issue. For something this big to be kept from the commander in chief (if they are being truthful), lends even more credibility to Murtha’s statements that this has been a cover […]

On the one year anniversary of Dick Cheney saying the insurgency was in their “last throes”, we find this out: The Sunni Arab heart of the Iraqi insurgency seems likely to hold its strength the rest of the year, and some of its leaders are now collaborating with al-Qaida terrorists, the Pentagon said Tuesday. In […]

We heard this past winter about troop reductions. The U.K. even pulled out 1500 troops. Now we are sending more back in: The U.S. military said Monday it was deploying the main reserve fighting force for Iraq, a full 3,500-member armored brigade, as emergency reinforcements for the embattled western province of Anbar, where a surge […]

This story appeared yesterday in the U.K.’s Independent and is very disturbing: Federal authorities are actively investigating dozens of American television stations for broadcasting items produced by the Bush administration and major corporations, and passing them off as normal news. Some of the fake news segments talked up success in the war in Iraq, or […]

They are so out to get Harry Reid that they will find anything and try to turn it into a scandal. The AP is really sinking to a new low on this one: Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, who has criticized Republican ethics, accepted free ringside tickets to three professional boxing matches from Nevada officials […]

Have a happy and safe Memorial Day today. There will be limited posting. And happy one year anniversary to Intoxination. Wow the time sure flies.