July 27th 2008 — Aside + Quote — Leave a Comment
Comment of the Day from Wonkette’s “George W. Bush Is Exactly Like Batman” left me reeling:
‘I remember when Batman told everyone to go shopping and to fly more to fight the Joker. Also, when he gave up golf for a few weeks. That was so brave to do, in this time of terror and war.’
March 13th 2008 — Text — Leave a Comment
When Omar Khadr was 15, he was kidnapped and illegally imprisoned (pardon, extra-judicially detained) by the United States military. He has been held in Guantanamo Bay, as the last Westerner, since 2002 — after his seizure at an Afghanistan firefight between militants and U.S. troops. The (then) young Khadr was accused of throwing a grenade [...]