Getting Away Is The Hard Part

William S. Lind: Operation Anabasis. Getting away is the hard part.

Confront your local oppressors. Confront your local fascist now.

How Runaway Inflation Has Slipped Under the Radar. It's all in the statistics (or lack thereof). If you only look at prices for things like consumer electronics (which fall over time), then things look great. On the other hand, if you look at housing, education, fuel and food (in other words the things needed to live in a technological society), inflation means something else.

Vigilante Justice

When Iraqi Cops Go on a Rampage. Vigilante justice is not the hallmark of any viable state. As an entity, Iraq has been erased from the map. When will the Atlases make it official? Where will it happen next? When will it be here?

The first thing fascists do is take away guns

JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP: How the War in Iraq Hurts Gun Owners. The first thing fascists do is take away guns.

Empire

Create a U.S. foreign legion.  At least it would be honest. There would be no pretense about it. Of course, the term legion implies empire.

Democracy R.I.P.

Secrets and lies. Democracy R.I.P.

French UFO fever crashes website.  Catch it!

On Washing Hands.  Don't catch it!

Liberal Whore

Congressman Trades Iraq Vote for Spinach. Another liberal whore.

Jim Hightower: Disney's Thuggishness. God, I hate tourist towns.

"Who Would Jesus Bomb?" You.

Iraq hit by more suicide bombings. Another surge.

Is Stupidity Receding

William S. Lind: Flickers of Light.  Is stupidity receding?  Too little, too late:

If we consider the operational and strategic situations in Iraq, we can easily see why no amount of tactical success can save us. Strategically, we are fighting to support a Shiite regime closely aligned with Iran, our most potent local opponent. Every tactical success merely moves us closer to giving Iran a new ally in the form of a restored Iraqi state under Shiite domination. The more tactical successes we win, the worse our strategic situation gets. This flows not from any tactical failure (though there have been plenty of those), but from botching the strategic level from the outset. Saddam's Iraq was the main regional counterweight to Iran, which means we should not have attacked it.

When not alarmed at the potential spread of chaos and the destruction of the Iraqi state, the Ayatollahs must be laughing. Everybody loses; some lose worse.

P.I.N.R.

P.I.N.R.:

''Intelligence Brief: The Implications of Strategic Withdrawal from Iraq.'' There's a consequence for everything.

"China's Priorities on Display at the National People's Congress." A rubber stamp says what it says.

"Pakistan's Strategic Goals and the Deteriorating Situation in Afghanistan." The nuclear power beyond Iran.

Chechen

Check out the Chechen Rebel Website (in English).

Our Mad Mad Mad Mad Vice President Speaks. He's cookoo for coco-puffs.

Bush advisers ordered to testify. So many crimes, but it comes down to this? It's a lot like Al Capone being busted for tax evasion.

Connectivity

Global Guerrillas: JOURNAL: Connectivity Quicksand in Baghdad. More often than not, really stupid people seems to get promoted(and not just in the military by any means). Excerpt:

Again, the counter-insrugency strategy that Petraeus is using assumes that is possible to select a violent area, sweep it clean of insurgents, cordon it off, and then deliver political goods. This tidy formula works great with subsistence farmers that provide most of their own economic requirements. However, in a modern city replete with suburbs and infrastructure networks, the basics of daily life require ongoing connectivity to flows of people, goods, and services that course through the rest of the city. These flows open up the patchwork of "secured" areas (selected due to their levels of historical violence) to swarms of attacks along those numerous vectors of connectivity.

Totally clueless.  Perhaps the failing of the US military to understand cities is due to the fact that the Pentagon is located in the suburbs?

Honest About Mass Murder

The new leading republican candidate is... Charles Manson. He's the only one honest about mass murder.

Siberia mine blast deaths hit 78. And you though your job sucks!

Operation Deepening Nightmare. And there's no waking up.

Cheap Show Trial

Paul Craig Roberts: The Confession Backfired.  Just another cheap show trial. The Bush Administration has sunk so low as to emulate Stalin.  Any system allowing such crimes is broken beyond repair.

Israel's Last Chance.  Halt or fold.

Breaking News: US-led vehicles targeted in Kabul.

If Only

Fabius Maximus: The Iraq insurgency ended, which opens a path to peace. If only:

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.

-Duke of Wellington (source and authenticity unknown)

Meetings: none of us is as dumb as all of us.

William S. Lind: Conversations. Meetings: none of us is as dumb as all of us.

Record US trade deficit in 2006. Industry blows away.

Patrick Cockburn: Baghdad Under Surge. Another day, another sectarian war.

If Only

IC Parodic News Edition. If only.

Chiquita admits paying guerrillas. Like it's a surprise.

Tsvangirai tries to inspire opposition with his injuries. Martyrdom is not always fatal.

Where's My Giant Fly Swatter?

Paul Craig Roberts: Neocons in Kafkaland.  Where's my giant fly swatter?

Martin van Creveld: War Clouds Gather Over the Golan.  Adapt or die.

R.I.P.

Turn off the life support: America is dead. R.I.P.

Mocking

Chavez launches biting US attack. He knows how to mock. See also Chavez hijacks Bush's South American tour with attack on 'wolf in sheep's clothing'.

Patrick Cockburn: Shia Pilgrims Die Despite US Offensive. It's unstoppable.

The militarization of outer space. Sci-fi fantasy?

A Real "Uniter"

Bush greeted by clashes in Brazil. He's a "uniter and not a divider." A real "uniter."

Dodgers

William S. Lind: The Washington Dodgers. He closes:

The likely result of all this Washington dodging is that events on the ground in Iraq and elsewhere will outrun the political process. That in turn means a systemic crisis, the abandonment of both parties by their bases and a possible left-right grass roots alliance against the corrupt and incompetent center. In that possibility may lie the nation's best hope.

And in all likelyhood, its last hope. Can the left-right divide overcome the media hype which demonizes both through the eyes of the other?  Can Americans stop behaving like Pavlov's dog?  Can
the conditioning be overcome?  Will apathy prevail?  The lowest common denominator must be abandoned.  Can it?   Only coupled with a massive economic crisis.

Reality v. Hope

White House official Libby guilty.  Hopefully, the first of many more. Realisticly?  (And let's not even get into pardons.)

Patrick Cockburn: The "War on Terror" is a Bust.  Thanks to criminals in high places.

Of course, I had to buy Chalmers Johnson's Nemesis.

How To Get Respect

US and N Korea in landmark talks. How to get respect: detonate a powerful bomb and build cheap missiles.

"I feel your pain. Now, get out!"

La. trailer park shut by FEMA. "I feel your pain. Now, get out!"

Report warns against Iran attack. "Military strikes against Iran could speed Tehran's development of nuclear weapons, according to a UK think tank." Well, duh.

Down The Crapper

Paul Craig Roberts: Americans Have Lost Their Country. Right down the crapper and flushed away.

US army secretary quits over row. It's pretty obvious the Bush Administration doesn't give a shit (or else it would not have happened).

Meanwhile Pakistan military tests missile and New warhead design for US. Oh joy.

Cheney's Bagram Ghosts.  Boo.

Our Future

On gangs, crime, and terrorism. Our future.