Two videos everyone should see:
The first is Bill Moyers’ interview with The Yes Men, a group that gives the most absurd presentations at official functions — and get taken seriously — proving the gullibility and out-right stupidity of major government and industry leaders.
The second is a YouTube video from the Texas College Democrats about Senator […]

Enough said. Bye, bye, W. Thomas Smith, Jr.

So, W. Thomas Smith, Jr., who criticized me for a post I made earlier this year by declaring his holier-than-thou reporting and fact-checking methods, seems to have run into quite a bit of trouble himself over his “reporting” in the Middle East.
The story is all over the Web, but the Columbia Journalism Review blog has […]

I like this comment made in a blog post about the recently released National Intelligence Estimate deflating the Bush administration’s rhetoric advocating bombing Iran:
It reminds me of that quote from Kurt von Hammerstein:
I divide officers into four classes — the clever, the lazy, the stupid and the industrious. Each officer possesses at least two of […]

Girls, ever find yourself getting tired while . . . errr . . . down there?
Well, you’re in luck! A U.S. charity in Ethiopia has developed coffee-flavored condoms. There’s nothing like that sweet Folgers smell when you first start getting it on.
Apparently, with such high HIV/AIDS rates, you need some fancy prevention methods, and I […]

Just received a lovely e-mail from the God’s own homosexual-filled Republican Party of Texas:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: Hans Klingler at 512/477-9821
Democratic Senate Candidate Noriega Asks “Netroots” Donors to “Step Up” And They Don’t
Dismal Three Day Online Fundraising Effort Further Points to Anemic Start for
Liberal Senate Wannabee

Austin- Today the Republican Party of Texas questioned Democratic Senate wannabee […]

Religious right wingnuts American Family Association are attempting to get the military to stop selling Playboy and Penthouse wherever fine reading material is sold on bases.
By law, most skin mags can’t be sold in military stores. Playboy and Penthouse aren’t deemed scandalous enough to fall under those regulations, though.
When I was in Air Force technical […]

GovExec.com is reporting that Foreign Service Officers — the folks who work for the State Department at embassies around the world — are upset over a new policy that would force them to serve in Iraq:
Several hundred U.S. diplomats vented anger and frustration Wednesday about the State Department’s decision to force foreign service officers to […]

It’s a pissing contest to see who South Carolina’s favorite son really is! As CNN reports:
Comedian Stephen Colbert brought his mock presidential campaign to the capital of South Carolina Sunday, where he was declared “favorite son” by the mayor of Columbia and given the key to the city.
Colbert, a native of Charleston, told the raucous […]

Captain Bill Putnam, an Army Reserve intelligence officer, suggests in the Small Wars Journal that soccer may be an effective strategy for building national unity in Iraq, a prerequisite for American withdrawal:
Soccer is Iraq’s only true national sport. The passion it generates is twice that of the Super Bowl or the College Football national championship. […]