Monthly Archives: June 2005

To wrap your head around the logic behind the Bush administration’s spin campaign concerning the war in Iraq, a good trick would be to somehow channel a ten year old explaining to their father why they did something they weren’t … Continue reading →

President Bush approaches the podium to a standing ovation from the room full of soldiers, with a box wrapped in paper and tied around it a piece of twine.

Weare, New Hampshire (PRWEB) Could a hotel be built on the land owned by Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter? A new ruling by the Supreme Court which was supported by Justice Souter himself itself might allow it. A private … Continue reading →

By JOHN F. KERRY – Published: June 28, 2005 – New York Times TONIGHT President Bush will discuss the situation in Iraq. It’s long past time to get it right in Iraq. The Bush administration is courting disaster with its … Continue reading →

A couple weeks ago the Bolton nomination was being debated on the Senate floor when Alaska Republican Ted Stevens interrupted to announce that everything had to stop for the sake of some Chinese businessmen who were out in the hall.

The Machiavellian spinmeister Karl Rove is hard at work to convince us that following 9/11, America was divided.

Everything seems to be intact for now, sorry about that.

I’m trying to get this fixed ASAP. I’m aware of the issues. I’ll post when it’s fixed. Thanks for your patience.

Supreme Court again overturns death sentence By Jeff Franks, Reuters | June 17, 2005 HOUSTON — The US Supreme Court’s rejection of another Texas death-penalty case this week has been called the latest rebuke to the state’s legal system.

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN – Published: June 17, 2005 So I have a question: If I am rooting for General Motors to go bankrupt and be bought out by Toyota, does that make me a bad person? It is not … Continue reading →

By PAUL KRUGMAN – Published: June 17, 2005 The Toledo Blade’s reports on Coingate – the unfolding tale of how Ohio’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation misused funds – deserve much more national attention than they have received so far. For … Continue reading →

By NEAL STEPHENSON – Published: June 17, 2005 – Seattle IN the spring of 1977, some friends and I made a 40-mile pilgrimage to the biggest and fanciest movie theater in Iowa so we could watch a new science fiction … Continue reading →

Statistics Often Count Lesser Crimes On Thursday, President Bush stepped to a lectern at the Ohio State Highway Patrol Academy in Columbus to urge renewal of the USA Patriot Act and to boast of the government’s success in prosecuting terrorists.

On the day that Terri Schiavo’s autopsy is released, Fox News’s 8-10 PM lineup of Bill O’Reiley and Hannity and Colmes spent under a total of ten minutes on the subject, while the disappearance of Natalee Holloway was covered for … Continue reading →

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Now that a doctor has confirmed that Michael’s contention concerning Terri being in a vegetative state was in fact correct, and that her condition was irreversible, what’s next for the Schindlers and their palls over at Fox News?

By TED KOPPEL

Unfortunately, the only party he’s crashing is his own. This is the Dean conservatives know and love, the guy who’ll get up on stage and call the GOP, “pretty much a white, Christian party.” I’m pretty sure that was news … Continue reading →

LONDON (AFP) – Europe’s oldest civilisation has reportedly been discovered by archaelogists across the continent. More than 150 large temples, constructed between 4800 BC and 4600 BC, have been unearthed in fields and cities in Germany, Austria and Slovakia, predating … Continue reading →