Darth Cheney’s ancestor getting the story Last month, I wrote: 3. The “brainwashing” techniques from which the Bush Administration’s torture regime was derived was specifically DESIGNED TO PRODUCE FALSE CONFESSIONS FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES. HuLO-OH… (I still recall grainy black and white film of harried looking POWs from the Korean War, denouncing America; dozens of videos of John McCain doing the …
Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper claims to have had documented alien company when he was up in space, and despite the fact that Earth Day was last week, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell feels that the real action is elsewhere. He grew up in Roswell, New Mexico, and claims to have been told things as a boy by people who witnessed perhaps the most famous UFO event of our time. “Our destiny,” Mitchell says, “in my opinion, and we might as well get started with it, is [to] become a part of the planetary community. … We should be ready to reach out beyond our planet and beyond our solar system to find out what is really going on out there.”
Where’s our James Bond to prevent Goldman/Goldfinger from emptying the Treasury? Back in March, in my post Mad As Hell, I referred to the “Wall Street/DC Axis of Evil” and the Treasury Department as “a wholly owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs.” Have to update that today to include the Fed. Turns out that the guy who replaced Timmeh Geithner at …
Well, that didn’t take long. Just last weekend the Rethugs were falling all over themselves promoting their “listening tour.” Then their master, the insidious Darth “Rush” Limpbot laid down the law. So bright and early yesterday morning, Rethug Whip Eric Cantor crawled onto the set of Morning Joe and denied that the listening tour is, well, a listening tour. SCARBOROUGH: …
In a desperate attempt to re-brand themselves as somehow relevant to America’s political future, a number of Rethuglican leaders have taken to the road on a “listening tour,” eager to convince voters that they aren’t the Party of No Ideas, that they have something to offer than just their eternal agenda of tax cuts for the very wealthiest 5%. Not …
An urgent fund raising letter sent to current and prospective donors to the George W. Bush Presidential Liebrary has met with an overwhelming response, yielding over $100 million since the Bush Administration left office.
Or so the Rethugs would have you believe. Obama hasn’t even compiled a list of nominees to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Souter yet, let alone chosen someone to replace him. Doesn’t matter, though. On Wingnut Island, the die has been cast. [Image from photobucket.com] UPDATE: Here’s what Orrin Hatch had to say on This Week: Well, it’s a matter …
