You may have missed it, but earlier this week the government released their 2005 figures on poverty in America. Still not good. Still mostly of no concern to anyone who "counts" in the country. And the global statistics are even worse.

So here's a rundown on the stats and where they come from.

Its a bumper crop....

Details from the mandatory Pentagon report to Congress on the state of affairs in Iraq became public today.  "Not optimistic" is a tremendous understatement.

Updating the previous WTW story comparing the war in Iraq to WWII, note that come December of 2006, Iraq will have lasted as long as the period from Pearl Harbor to the final Japanese surrender.

Corporate responsibility.  What a concept.  I took a college course devoted to it in the 1970s, which clearly illustrated that this was mostly a contradiction in terms.  And you know it hasn't gotten better since the election of Reagan.  So...how about $1 billion in settlements by major corporations to avoid going to court on various charges of fraud/slime/corruption?

As you try to survive the barrage of election year hype about homeland security and the great lengths to which our government is going to make us safe, chew on this one from the Chicago Sun Times.

How's this for shocking: U.S. bankruptcy filings have fallen to the lowest level in five years after a federal law made it harder for individuals to seek protection from creditors.

Even the most dedicated propagandist slips up and lets a little truth slip every once and a while.  Take GOPUSA:

This has nothing to do with the criminal case. This has to do with my health.

High among the list of age-old cons used by horny old men to have sex with young women:  "I'm just casting out those sexual demons that have possessed your body and made you think evil thoughts (like the ones I'm thinkin' RIGHT NOW)." And as it was in the 15th Century, so it shall be now and forever.

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