Iraq's new Saddam

It’s disgusting what these chickenhawks will do just to be able to say they are “winning”. Winning what the fuck, you are not supposed to ask (and so the corporate …

Piling on Friedman

Last week, Atrios watched the Charlie Rose interview with the “very serious” “foreign policy expert” Thomas Friedman, and isn’t over it yet — apparently may not be over it for …

Scary shit

This guy [warning: this article could seriously damage your left frontal lobe] gets paid to think, and advise. And write! Aaarrrgggghhh!!! Just shoot me now! Cliff Notes version (in which …

Iraqi death toll

128,000 Iraqi civilian casualties An Iraqi humanitarian organization is reporting that 128,000 Iraqis have been killed since the U.S. invasion began in March 2003. […] 55 percent of those killed …

Profiteering in Iraq

I watched a hearing (conducted only by Democrats) on C-SPAN addressing the ways in which Halliburton and its subsidiaries are bilking the American taxpayer, while abusing service members. Really almost …