Baltimore Tunnels Closed Due to “Indeterminate” Threat
Here we go again. UPDATE: The tunnels are reopening. CNN still doesn’t know anything, and neither do we.
View ArticleAnother Terror Alert in DC
AP has the story, as do all the TV news channels. CNN is reporting that the police have two individuals in custody and that one has claimed to have planted a device in his car. I’m so far off the scale...
View Article“Farfetched” Account of Torture?
You know, before those Abu Ghraib pictures, I might have tended to doubt a detainee’s story that he had been tortured by being thrust inside a cage of lions. Donald Rumsfeld says the account “seems...
View ArticleWhy Do British Pakistanis Hate America?
Just turned on MSNBC. British authorities have foiled a plot to blow up planes flying from Great Britain to the US. The plan, apparently, was to bring liquid explosives onto planes in soft drink...
View ArticleFederal Judge Nixes Warrantless Surveillance
A federal judge ruled today that the Bush administration’s warrantless surveillance program is unconstitutional and ordered that it end immediately. U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit...
View ArticleUS Embassy In Syria Attacked
CNN reports four attackers killed, one wounded, no one in the embassy injured. Not a very effective effort, apparently. Thank God.
View ArticleOn the Other Hand…
Bush (“I’m a uniter, not a divider”) used his prime time 9/11 speech last night to try to justify the war with Iraq. Even though he admits Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Except when he claims that...
View ArticleCongress Rolls Over for Bush (Again)
Human rights? What human rights? If W says you’re an enemy combatant, your ass is off to Gitmo. Do not pass GO, do not collect $200, and do not expect to see the light of day again. No appeals, no...
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This Pretty Much Sums Up My Attitude Today
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View ArticleWell, this is embarrassing
In the Southern hamlet of Valdosta, Georgia, a Muslim woman was apparently barred from entering a courtroom to contest a speeding ticket because she had on a head scarf. The story was in my morning...
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