Anti-torture law? What anti-torture law?

Typical headline for the 21st century, from the Jurist web site at the U of Pittsburgh: Geneva references omitted from revised Army interrogation manual: report

Uh-oh, Economy May Be Slowing Down!

More smoke, more mirrors: Seems the Fed is "wary", signs that the economy may be slowing down........

Good news on bad job growth

Pollyanna had nothing on today's politicians and journalists.  Witness this take by Dan Arnall of ABC on yesterday's grim report of only 75,000 new jobs last month:

Bob Ney joins Katherine Harris in invisibility

Some Republicans are trading high visibility for invisibility.  WTW previously described Katherine Harris's drift toward the invisible end of the Republican spectrum.  Now it seemsBob Ney, he of Ohio and Abramoff fame, is rapidly joining her:

It's All Quite Atrocious

One of my young buds asked me the other day: "Is this how it went back in your day?"....

Poll: Bush twice as bad as Nixon

If you've ever wondered which of the two Republican Blunderkinds is worse (Bush II or Nixon), you now have an answer from the latest Quinnipiac poll:  Bush II by a longshot, twice as bad as Nixon.

Twice as bad as a man who was impeached and resigned before he could be convicted.  Think about that.

Doctorow on Bush

E.L. Doctorow is a very good writer.  E.L. Doctorow had this to say about our president some 21 months ago in the Easthampton Star:

New York City, the town without monuments. Just ask the DHS computer

The Department of Homeland Security has had its share of bad publicity, largely because it has had more than its share of bad judgment.  But there's bad judgment and bad judgment.

Swiftboating gas prices

The current crop of Republicans is very skilled at exactly one thing: smears and deception.  They can't govern an ant hill, but they sure could deceive the ants into attacking the Queen.

Ken Mehlman, the head of the RNC (either the Republican National Committee or the Relentless Namecalling Chowderheads, I forget which) has now figured out how to virtually Swiftboat Dems on gas prices.

Jim Kouri: Another wannabe journalist who got to be a propagandist

Where does the right wing outrage factory find all these reporter wannabes?  One after another, often with backgrounds in the military, or law enforcement, or....gay prostitution.