Archive for the 'Terrists Hate Amurrika' Category

Well, this is embarrassing

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

In the Southern hamlet of Valdosta, Georgia, a Muslim woman was apparently barred from entering a courtroom to contest a speeding ticket because she had on a head scarf. The story was in my morning paper and probably is on al.com, but I like this Pravda link because it has a picture, so you can see just whut [...]

This Pretty Much Sums Up My Attitude Today

Friday, September 29th, 2006

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Congress Rolls Over for Bush (Again)

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

Human rights?  What human rights?  If W says you’re an enemy combatant, your ass is off to Gitmo.  Do not pass GO, do not collect $200, and do not expect to see the light of day again.  No appeals, no recourse.  And the definition of “enemy combatant” has been expanded to mean pretty much anything [...]

On the Other Hand…

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

Bush (”I’m a uniter, not a divider”) used his prime time 9/11 speech last night to try to justify the war with Iraq.  Even though he admits Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11.  Except when he claims that it does.  In related news, Americans report increased incidence of whiplash.

US Embassy In Syria Attacked

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

CNN reports four attackers killed, one wounded, no one in the embassy injured.  Not a very effective effort, apparently.  Thank God.

Federal Judge Nixes Warrantless Surveillance

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

A federal judge ruled today that the Bush administration’s warrantless surveillance program is unconstitutional and ordered that it end immediately.
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency’s program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy as well as the separation [...]

Why Do British Pakistanis Hate America?

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

Just turned on MSNBC. British authorities have foiled a plot to blow up planes flying from Great Britain to the US. The plan, apparently, was to bring liquid explosives onto planes in soft drink bottles and detonate them with iPods. Well, and other things too, but basically it was that simple. [...]

“Farfetched” Account of Torture?

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

You know, before those Abu Ghraib pictures, I might have tended to doubt a detainee’s story that he had been tortured by being thrust inside a cage of lions. Donald Rumsfeld says the account “seems quite farfetched”, surely one of the more straightforward pronouncements he has made in recent years.
“They took me behind the [...]

Another Terror Alert in DC

Friday, October 21st, 2005

AP has the story, as do all the TV news channels. CNN is reporting that the police have two individuals in custody and that one has claimed to have planted a device in his car. I’m so far off the scale for cynicism that my first thought was, “Hmmm — I wonder if [...]

Baltimore Tunnels Closed Due to “Indeterminate” Threat

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

Here we go again.
UPDATE: The tunnels are reopening. CNN still doesn’t know anything, and neither do we.