I’ve got Blonde on Blonde

…on my portable stereo:

I’ve got no time i wanna lose
to people with something to prove
what can you do but let them talk
and make your way down the block
Picture from, “TV’s Aryan Sisterhood, They know only one hair color: blonder!“

“The Merchant of Death.”

Will the real Yuri Orlov please stand up…

Via Think Progress:
“The U.S. government paid a wanted international criminal roughly $60 million to fly supplies into Iraq in support of the war effort,” alleges the new book “Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Plans, and the Man Who Makes War Possible.” Arms merchant and international trafficker Viktor Bout [...]

Back in the ‘Nam

Bush to invoke Vietnam in arguing against Iraq pullout
see also: Local Security Guard Defeats Terrorist Ghosts
lolcons

I’m Mitt Romney, and I approve this message…

…but this certianly doesn’t mean I should divest of Sudanese Oil Stock!

Israel turns away Darfur refugees
JERUSALEM (CNN) — Israel on Sunday rejected 50 Africans — most of them reportedly from Sudan’s Darfur region — who had illegally entered the country from Egypt, a government official said.
…
The nationalities of the 50 sent back Sunday were [...]

Dueling Banjos

Compare and contrast, discuss.

Enough with the Miners

A friend asked me once why I don’t write about Kurt Cobain. I said I’d get around to it. I can’t. Just as I couldn’t bring myself to write about Layne Stanley. I can hardly listen to their music anymore. When I see their videos or hear their music all I can picture in my [...]

Hit the showers…

Rep. Dennis Hastert is retiring, GOP officials say

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, who served as speaker of the House longer than any other Republican in history, will retire next year at the end of his term, party officials said Tuesday.
He is expected to make the announcement formal on Friday.
Hastert’s planned retirement is [...]

The truth will set you free…

He’s such a fucking hero…

See also: First Lady Grace Coolidge Would Like You To Meet Her Pet Raccoon
…and, Rudy Giuliani, America’s Language Czar.
Giuliani

OMG

WSJ via TMP: Karl Rove Resigns!

Put the needle on the record…

MPs query US ’surge’ strategy
Press Association
Monday August 13, 2007 1:13 AM
The US “surge” tactic in Iraq appears likely to fail, a committee of MPs warned in a wide-ranging assessment of the Middle East.
A report by the Commons foreign affairs committee delivered a pessimistic verdict on Washington’s bid to restore peace by committing 30,000 extra troops.
“It [...]