MSNBC: Is Obama being punished for telling it straight?

"Barack Obama has spoken frankly about himself and his opinions on a number of occasions and has regularly been bashed for his admissions by his campaign rivals. Dan Abrams devoted a segment of his MSNBC show on Thursday to this pattern, wondering "Is Barack Obama just too...

Cloverfield Monster Details Revealed

I just got my hands on the production notes for Cloverfield. Below I have pasted an excerpt, where JJ Abrams, director Matt Reeves, and writer Drew Goddard talk about the monster like we’ve never heard before, in exteme detail. They also talk about the “parasites” and...

Fox vs. MSNBC in political dustup

There's a lot of name calling going on in the mainstream news right now.  Does anyone really think that any of these news organizations are 'objective'?  What year is it, 1950?"BILL O'REILLY, from "The O'Reilly Factor": Now for the top story tonight, for the first...

In desperation, military suggests foot patrols can be safer than Humvees, tanks

How much worse can this get??  Bush, step down.  - The Angryindian---------------------------------------------"Top US commanders in Iraq have been encouraging soldiers in Baghdad to "get out and walk." In fact -- they've been using those very words. According to...

OUtside View: Elliot Abrams' Maghreb Plot

"WASHINGTON, April 13 (UPI) -- As the debris from bombings by the newly formed al-Qaida in Maghreb offshoot in the heart of the Algerian capital still smolders, another attack is looming in the diplomatic front. Elliot Abrams, the deputy national security adviser for global...

More Bad Intelligence on Iran and Iraq by Robert Baer, Time Magazine

"More Bad Intelligence on Iran and Iraq Thursday, May. 24, 2007 By ROBERT BAER Osama bin Laden Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Osama bin Laden (L) and President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. AP file, Majid Saeedi / Getty Article Tools Print Email Reprints Sponsored by Advertisement You...

Iraq: the hidden cost of the war

This is shocking."Iraq: the hidden cost of the war Andrew Stephen Published 12 March 2007 * 3 comments * Print version * Listen America won't simply be paying with its dead. The Pentagon is trying to silence economists who predict that several decades of care for...

Our Very Own War Criminals

Are Neocons War Criminals? Something to think about."Our Very Own War Criminals Posted by Taki Theodoracopulos on February 19, 2007 The neocons who helped bamboozle the U.S. into its current futile war—and are ginning Americans up for the next one—claim that their actions...

US shock at Iraq helicopter toll

"THE shocking toll of six American helicopters shot down in Iraq within three weeks has sparked a Pentagon inquiry into the use of surface-to-air (Sam) missiles against the aircraft. “Is there a concern? Yes, there is definitely a concern,” said a Pentagon official about...

Lessons from the UCLA Hack Attack

"Up to 800,000 of the school's students, faculty and alumni may be vulnerable to identity theft. What went wrong, and what can be done about it? University letters to students and alumni are usually cheerful. But the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) [ucla.org]...