I helped make Mexico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought… Read more →
Tag: bush
Hypocrisy on parade
There’s an evil tableau for you: the callous torturer stands up with blood on his hands and a lie in his teeth, while the priest draped in gilt reassures him of his righteousness. How often has that scene played out in history, I wonder? You know, I wouldn’t change a word in what Paul Myers says about the President-Pope meeting.… Read more →
Today’s Must Read
TPMMuckraker | Talking Points Memo | Today’s Must Read More than five years after its composition, we finally see a copy of John Yoo’s March 14, 2003 memo to William Haynes, then the Defense Department’s general counsel. It was, as The New York Times and Washington Post report, a green light for military interrogators to use just about any technique… Read more →
If I Were Him, I’d Just Be Saying “Told You So” All Day Long
Just for fun, let’s look at what Paul Krugman wrote five years ago. Snippet one, concerning the U.S. finances: Meanwhile, consider this: we need $400 billion a year of foreign investment to cover our trade deficit, or the dollar will plunge and our surging budget deficit will become much harder to finance — and there are already signs that the… Read more →
Understanding How Greed Hosed The Economy Again
If you had trouble following the last presentation I linked to that explained the subprime crisis and how it’s affecting the broader investment community, then you don’t have a chance with the NYT piece that attempts to take on the same task. If you could handle the stick figures though, you might want to give the piece a try. It… Read more →
Can Not Process Data
You know those hoary old SF stories where the hero defeats the robot/intelligent energy matrix/computer/whatever by giving it information that can not be logically processed–isn’t “Is the following statement true? ‘This statement is false.’” the classic one?–and thus causing the super-powerful processing of the robot/intelligent energy matrix/computer/whatever to burn out, usually accompanied by a nice visual of electrical explosions? Well,… Read more →
This is one of the things political commentary looks like…
… in the postmodern/postirony/mashup/youtube generation. I am not too old yet to appreciate it. (Admittedly, the song is 20 years old, which may help in bridging that gap.) Read more →
There’s A Chance To Flip It Back Over
You know that inverted flag that’s been over in the right sidebar for more than a year now? If you don’t remember why it’s there, then click it and read the (lengthy) post. Then read this. (If you’re not reading this more-or-less contemporaneously with my writing it you might need to read this instead–that’s the permanent link to the press… Read more →
Coincidence
Bush hits record disapproval ratings on the same day that oil gets within spitting distance of $100 a barrel? Sure, he can fake a country into a war, run a torture prison, admit that he tortures people, run a special program to extradite people for torture, remove all civil rights, spy on citizens without any warrants, arrange massive scams to… Read more →
Regular Service To Resume Shortly
In the meantime, enjoy a little bit of Get Your War On: Read more →
Lachryma Dolti
(image from Gallery Of The Absurd) Look, I’m not sure I can add much to this–it would be gilding the lily. Blue Bush does ‘a lot of crying’ WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush is prone to bouts of crying caused by the stress of his job and claims to have seen ghosts emerge from the Lincoln Bedroom in the… Read more →
Mission Accomplished
I have been avoiding writing this post for a couple of days. I haven’t been this depressed since the last U.S. Presidential election, and I had to get away for a few days and not think about it. I’m still too angry and upset to write about this clearly, but I can quote a whole bunch of other people whose… Read more →
Upbeat and assorted.
Yes, that’s correct. Apparently there is a BaldGuyz corporation making products just for… well, “bald guys”. As time goes by I am falling more and more into their target audience. I think these boxes look pretty funny though. * * * I wouldn’t actually buy BaldGuyz products, but as an engineer I think I am duty-bound to actually buy these… Read more →
