After nearly a decade of morning workouts, I have started shifting to evening workouts. Getting up before 5:30am is just too brutal. Gitmo: The Worst of the Worst?. Life is quite nice here (despite my being incredibly busy with work) so it is very easy to forget to be angry about things that should piss … …
War Without End. Bush may believe that 19 Arab murderers changed his world. But I’m not going to let them change mine. Owners’ Web Gives Realtors Run for Money. After reading several books recently on FSBO selling, I would love to start a web site to serve other markets, especially New York.
Three Who See the War Clearly. Slowly catching up on my reading. The statement by Rep. Cynthia McKinney at the end of this article is simply outstanding. I will not vote to give one more soldier to the George W. Bush/Dick Cheney war machine. I will not give one more dollar for a war riddled … …
Report: U.S. admitted wrongful detainment. Does anyone still trust this administration to properly conduct a “war on terror?” The United States acknowledged last year that the Central Intelligence Agency had wrongfully imprisoned a German man for five months, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The U.S. ambassador to Germany told the German interior minister that the … …
U.S. Indicts Padilla After 3 Years in Pentagon Custody. After being held incommunicado for years, an American citizen finally faces charges of conspiracy to kill people overseas. Prosecution just dropped the dirty bomb issue entirely. The fact that this case can be tried in a military court is positively mind-boggling. [Correction 11/23: the case is … …
Taking Stock of the Forever War. Just finished reading this from the September 11th issue of the NY Times magazine. Yeah, running months behind on the magazine as usual, but it is an especially lengthy article as well. I’m mostly surprised that it took so long for a piece like this to be published in … …
Election Day gets off to smooth start. Today Texans vote on an amendment to the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage. It angers me that a church can endorse voting for this proposition to “preserve family values” yet fail to see anything wrong with waging war against the people of Iraq. Same-sex marriage already is … …
Bush administration ditches ‘bunker buster’ for non-nuclear alternative. No mini-nukes for now at least. The Bush administration is abandoning its push to develop a “bunker-buster” nuclear warhead and instead will pursue a conventional weapon that can penetrate hardened underground targets.
18 grandmothers arrested at Iraq war protest. “We insist, we want to enlist.” Grannies, you rock. Eighteen grandmothers were arrested and face charges of disorderly conduct after they showed up at a military recruiting center and said they wanted to enlist, a protest group said. Police arrested the women, ranging in age from 49 to … …
Buying of News by Bush’s Aides Is Ruled Illegal. In a blistering report, the investigators, from the Government Accountability Office, said the administration had disseminated “covert propaganda” in the United States, in violation of a statutory ban. The auditors declared: “We see no use for such information except for partisan political purposes. Engaging in a … …