Seymour Hersh put it out there last night, in a matter-of-fact way in response to a question at a University of Minnesota forum: Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh dropped a bombshell on Tuesday when he told an audience at the University of Minnesota that the military was running an "executive ass...

Muslim hate preacher ridicules troops abused in anti-war protests - and mocks their dead comrade By Michael Seamark, Andrew Levy and Matt Sandy Last updated at 12:07 PM on 11th March 2009 A Muslim preacher of hate today ridiculed British soldiers who were abused during a homecoming parade - branding...

Via Brad DeLong, I see that Bruce Barlett, a Reagan advisor and treasury official in GHWBush's administration, suffers from a profound case of Bush Derangement Syndrome. The only vote I have ever cast for president that I regret is my vote for Bush in 2004. That is because I knew better at the time....

Obama promised us a new era of diplomacy. What he didn't tell us was that it was a new era of ineptitude. First was the big snub of the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Mr. Obama's Diplomatic insult to our most important ally and friend was duly noted by the UK Press: Mr Brown handed ove...

Have you ever looked at pictures from some high falutin' fashion show and asked yourself, "Who wears crap like that?" Me too.  I've seen some pretty bizarre body coverings over the years.  Even men's fashions are often so idiotic they beg for ridicule.  I'...

* Watch this and weep. Then ruddy rage! The young girl is 15 years old. The ’so called’ policeman is a ’so called’ sheriff’s deputy. So, now you’ve seen the film, read this whole sorry story ~ and much more of the same sort of shocking shit. Home of the brave? Lan...

More of the new professionalism here (via): My favorite part of this vicious assault is after he has kicked her, punched her, banged her head off a wall, thrown her to the floor and beaten her some more, they then handcuff her and have her completely subdued, and pull her to her feet. By her hair. A...

Click here to view the embedded video. The preceding exchange–especially Dylan Ratigan’s asinine contention that Rick Santelli is “channeling an emotion that everyone in America is feeling�–ties in with what Glenn Greenwald was saying the other day about how the Beltway press corps is stil...

This is one of those "I wish it was a joke but it's legit" posts.... A priest blessed and used a super soaker during Mass at a Newman Center Mass on Sunday: Not suprisingly, this liturgical abuse originates from the diocese of Rochester, a place well-known for its lack of episcopal oversight when it...

Just when you thought they were starting to maybe get the message, with Obama declaring he will "halve the deficit", the Democrats unveil another budget busting deficit bomb.  It's almost like they are planting  these deficit IEDs like they are on some economic jihad against the American t...