shameless self-promotion

and, again...

Har Har! Right you are, Sir!

And yet, no one is lined up at my door for the daily water-boardings I so desperately want to dole out.

Dammit...I got a board and water and everything. All I need is my torturee...

I'm sorry. I've been so busy making Bill Beck look like the doughebag that he is that I've been neglecting my own page. I'm done with that idiot now, so bring on the comments here...

The Guardian was very happy about Al-Qaeda in Syria, just a few months back: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/30/al-qaida-rebels-battle-syria

So is the Council on Foreign Relations: http://www.cfr.org/syria/al-qaedas-specter-syria/p28782

I know. This ain't nothing new, but this was the 1st time I could link 2 credible, mainstream US news sources in making the connection between the money flowing out and the fact that it was flowing out directly into the hands of al Qaeda operatives and leadership.

Thanks for the links, though!!!! More reading...yay!!!

the government of the usa doesn't have any moral limits. this is the natural consequence of allowing humans too much power. their power is not absolute, but they never go to jail and being voted out of office just results in a pay rise. so not quite absolutely corrupt...

That's why I want legislators to be chosen via a pool of all registered voters, a la juries.

It'll never happen, but it's fun to dream and postulate about that kind of stuff.

Didn't you hear the news, the State Department removed Al Qeada from the list of terrorist organizations after a well funded PR campaign complete with lobbying from Congressmen and journalists.

Different organization, but yeah.

I noticed they didn't bother to repeal The Patriot Act on their way out that day, though...figures.

I love it, Malcolm. The good news is that the BBC is changing their tune about the armed rebellion in Syria (i.e. they admit that it's not just Assad shooting unarmed protestors and that other countries, such as Turkey, Saudi Arabia, CIA etc are arming and training the Free Syrian army).

They even had a journalist from RT on last night, who got the CNN reporter to admit that Turkey is denying Syrian families with children admittance to their refugee camps, while simultaneously continuing to arm the the FSA - and that this is the ultimate in hypocrisy.

Here's the link - http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/whys

Great photo by the way.

Turkey kills Kurdish women and children under the auspice of terrorism. This surprises me not at all.

Malcolm - "Different organization" - Are you sure? LOL

no conspiracy theories allowed. it's supposed to be goofy, not outlandish. (I know it's a joke, but there's enough they admit to these days without having to resort to moon landing fakes and such)