When a news magazine prints something which, though not refuted, has been retracted, it deserves a sermon from Don Rumsfeld. When the US goes to war over a pack of lies which result in 100,000 dead, it’s no one’s fault. That’s America in 2005 for you. The sheer hypocrisy of it all pushes my disgust for the Bush Administration to new highs.
Koran desecration update — stories of the Koran-in-the-toilet shenanigans have been coming out frequently since 2002.
Koran desecration update — stories of the Koran-in-the-toilet shenanigans have been coming out frequently since 2002. ‘Newsweek lied’… my ass. The Administration was aware of the incidents all along too — note how the Pentagon admits to having taken ‘corrective measures’ and implemented rules in January 2003; people don’t implement new rules unless they feel there’s a need to make those official. So, Rumsfeld lied this week.
Here’s an aspect of the whole Newsweek Qu’ran controversy you’re not likely to hear from the sheepish American press.
Here’s an aspect of the whole Newsweek Qu’ran controversy you’re not likely to hear from the sheepish American press. Once you get past the bullshit White House spin, then you can find the truth.
Trump: Freedom Tower ‘disgusting’, ‘unacceptable’.
Trump: Freedom Tower ‘disgusting’, ‘unacceptable’. I don’t know about “disgusting”, but the idea of replacing the WTC with a structure which seems all show and no substance — about half the bulding will be an empty spire-structure to artificially raise the Tower’s height to a jingoistic 1776 feet — does strike me as fairly insulting to the people who died there on 9/11.
The difference between Europe and America.
The difference between Europe and America. Sadly, it’s all too true…
Alberta family treated for hantavirus infection.
Alberta family treated for hantavirus infection. Perhaps the greater crisis in Canada is not a political one…
2005-05-04 23:02:06
Just as the blog was migrated to MySQL 5 last week, this week it has now been migrated to PHP 5. It meant a surprising bit of work, but now that’s all behind me. This was a prerequisite for major changes coming soon.
Bush and Blair were going to invade Irak, but they first had to come up with a reason.
Bush and Blair were going to invade Irak, but they first had to come up with a reason. This disgusting mess reminds me of what Nietzsche said about philosophers — “they pose as having discovered and attained their real opinions through the self-evolution of a cold, pure, divinely unperturbed dialectic: while what happens at bottom is that a prejudice, a notion, an ‘inspiration,’ generally a desire of the heart sifted and made abstract, is defended by them with reasons sought after the event”. (Beyond Good and Evil)
‘Steve Ballmer, I believe, is a liar.’
‘Steve Ballmer, I believe, is a liar.’ You know you’re having a bad day when you manage to piss off both gay-rights groups AND right-wing preachers at the same time. This is related to the previous posted link.
Microsoft is paying off Ralph Reed to the tune of $240k a year for ‘consulting’.
Microsoft is paying off Ralph Reed to the tune of $240k a year for ‘consulting’. What Mr. Reed, who is not a technologist, has to offer Microsoft is really uncertain. Mr. Reed is known as the leading bigoted and homophobic political organizer in the USA, and his being on Microsoft’s payroll is rumored to be a means for Microsoft to gain direct access to the White House (Mr. Reed was an organizer for George W. Bush’s campaign in 2004). It’s also rumored to be a big payoff to the religious right, who seem to also have made Microsoft “change its mind” about a Washington state bill to give additional protection to gays and lesbians. This is a revolting development. Remember now that when you buy Microsoft products you fund the extreme right wing movement in the USA today.