Palin and the Jesus War of 2008

I feel so dirty still writing about the RNC again. Yet, it is too shocking to stop.
What’s not a shock is that Palin is a very godly woman. Unexpectedly, she’ll be helping her petrol-elites here in Alberta with the power of prayer. Yes, not only does Palin believe that the occupation of Iraq is [...]

What Every American Should Know About the Middle East

Make that, what everyone should know about the Middle East.
Daniel Miessler has put together a very succinct and basic collection of facts about the Middle East. I imagine none of this comes as a surprise to this blog’s readers… but it’s incredibly clear and worth having on hand to forward when needed.
The first folks [...]

Guantanamo’s 6th Anniversary: January 11, 2007

Nowhere in the corporate news today, unsurprisingly, but today is the sixth anniversary of the U.S. illegal detention of men and boys, including Canadian citizens, at Guantanamo. Worldwide protests are going on today to mark it.
There’s a transcript and audio stream of an interview this morning discussing the anniversary and the protests at Democracy [...]

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A New American Holy War [Newsweek]: “The skirmish pits Huckabee against Romney in a story of hardball politics and high-minded history, of shadowy slurs and noble principles.”
Wired on the human brain’s unused sensory capacity “Figure out how to change the sensory data you want — the electromagnetic fields, the ultrasound, the infrared — into something [...]