Look what they're throwing at Bradley now . . .
Bradley Manning is a political prisoner because he was a whistle blower who blew the lid off counter-insurgency and a number of other things.He is supposed to (finally) get his trial in June.That...
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Smash
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Safety Net Scissorhands" went up last night.Smash now airs on Saturdays on NBC. Let me give the character of Ivy some props. In a preview for Bombshell, Ivy got...
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I'm seeing a lot of idiots write about the bombing. Idiots who pose as experts -- like the one at the Guardian newspaper, Glenn Glenn.Glenn Glenn says this is what happens around the world and Lindsay...
View ArticleLisa Savage, feminism will not miss you
Poor little Lisa Savage. So old and yet so useless. When you've got nothing but piss and s**t to offer, where do you take it? Apparently to David Swanson's War Is A Crime.Lisa's a Marxist who tries...
View ArticleReuters lies about Iraq -- corporate media, what do you expect?
Reuters offers this nonsense on Iraq:The vote will measure the political muscle of Maliki's Shi'ite coalition and his Sunni rivals who are jockeying for position before the 2014 parliamentary vote...
View ArticleLynne Stewart
"The Persecution of Lynne Stewart" (Chris Hedges, Truth Dig via Information Clearing House):Lynne Stewart, in the vindictive and hysterical world of the war on terror, is one of its martyrs. A...
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Smash
I forgot about Smash. I'm used to writing about it on Tuesdays (first season) and Wednesdays (this season) but now they've moved it to Saturday and I forever forget. I watch, usually on Sunday...
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The twin bullies
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Talk Is Cheap"Barack will be doing a lot of damage in Texas. Including tomorrow, he'll be shoulder-to-shoulder with Bully Boy Bush. Brian Hughes (Washington...
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Declan McCullagh (ICH) reports:Senior Obama administration officials have secretly authorized the interception of communications carried on portions of networks operated by AT&T and other Internet...
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Smash (where Karen becomes completely unlikable)
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "The Bride of Iran" from last night.I love that comic. I also love Kat's "Kat's Korner: Holly Near, Go Away" which is an amazing review.Smash now airs Saturdays on...
View ArticleOh, Phyllis Bennis, are you really that dumb? Really?
There are times when Phyllis Bennis just doesn't know what she's talking about.In the fall of 2007, she appeared on CounterSpin, for example, and went on and on about how all the sudden the US was...
View ArticleWhy can't Policy Mic handle the topic of rape?
"Iraq Bombings: Does the Violence in Iraq Hint At a New War in the Making" (Dylan Maguire, Policy Mic):Iraq is a country forged from disparate parts. The Ba’ath Party under Saddam Hussein, a Sunni,...
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Iraq gets worse (so does Women's Media Center)
Nussaibah Younis (New York Times) observes, "Relations between Mr. Maliki and Iraqi Kurds, who are largely self-governing, also rest on a knife’s edge after a year in which territorial disputes almost...
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Smash (Karen lets Jimmy take the blame)
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Pigs Guarding The Pen"Smash airs Saturdays on NBC. Most expect this to be the last season. Considering Karen's character of late, that's fine with me.Okay, so the...
View ArticleHow to be a stupid reporter
Anyone else bothered by Olivera Perkins' article on Jack Lew for the Cleveland Plain Dealer?If not, read this excerpt:Automatic spending cuts by Congress are jeopardizing the recovery by decreasing...
View ArticleFred Mazelis begs on his knees
Little Fred Mazelis writes:President Barack Obama has done nothing to carry out his promise to close Guantanamo. The diplomatic office charged with resettling detainees who had been cleared for release...
View ArticleStephen Stromberg doesn't know all he thinks he does
In "No, Benghazi won't hobble Hillary in 2006" (Washington Post), editorial writer Stephen Stromberg insists:Clinton, on the other hand, continues to be one of the most-scrutinized people on earth,...
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Smash: Ellis' Revenge
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Penny Pig Pritzker" went up last night. She is a pig. She is a danger and, sadly, she is nominated for Commerce Secretary. I also enjoyed Kat's "Kat's Korner:...
View ArticleEleanor Clift attacks the internet
I called C.I. while she was dictating the snapshot and Kat passed on, "She'll call you back in an hour," without checking. So I said, "Fine, what's going on?" I had a quick thing and usually it's not...
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Chris Hedges Defends Rape
(This piece was written by Ann, Betty, Dona, Ruth and Elaine with help from C.I. in the form of an unpublished draft about Hedges' October 2001 NYT piece.)Chris Hedges is a journalist with blood on his...
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