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McChrystal Flames Out

by on 24. Jul, 2010 in war

Above is a straight photo of today’s LATExtra section. Here are the two original images… Brush Fires McChrystal As you can see, a little bit of an inking error. Or maybe the inanimate printing press is getting into the business of editorials?

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The Exclusive and Lonely Province of The Unserious Losers

by on 22. May, 2010 in politics, war, world

This is some shameless lifting, but it needs no amending … here’s Glenn Greenwald on the Tory/Liberal-Democrat government in Britain vowing to restore core civil liberties in the wake of the country’s decade long decent into authoritarian abuse: [...] Clegg also inveighed against the oppressive criminal justice system that imprisons far too many citizens and [...]

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Howard Zinn on Obama

by on 27. Jan, 2010 in peace, war

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An Experiment in Provocation: Stealing Gaza

by on 07. Jan, 2009 in peace, war, world

By BRIAN ENO It’s a tragedy that the Israelis – a people who must understand better than almost anybody the horrors of oppression – are now acting as oppressors. As the great Jewish writer Primo Levi once remarked “Everybody has their Jews, and for the Israelis it’s the Palestinians”. By creating a middle Eastern version [...]

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US Embassy Opens In Iraq

by on 06. Jan, 2009 in war

Do we finally get the extra army pieces on each turn? I saw video of this “ceremony” last night and was thoroughly freaked out.

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The Decline and Fall of Truth

by on 14. Dec, 2008 in books, politics, war

As a form of closure on this whole 8 year debacle– to recap, reboot, and move on– last month i picked up and read Frank Rich’s 2006 book The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth. Boston University Film Professor Ray Carney gave this appraisal which made me go to the library [...]

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Punishment Park, and November 4th

by on 02. Nov, 2008 in art, fear, film, police state, politics, war

Punishment Park is a 1971 film written and directed by Peter Watkins. Conceived as a pseudo-documentary, it is hands down one of the most intense works ever in political cinema. To set the stage for the film… the Vietnam War escalates with Richard Nixion’s “secret” bombing campaign in Cambodia. Faced with a growing anti-war movement, [...]

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Andrew J. Bacevich on Bill Moyers

by on 16. Aug, 2008 in books, politics, war

From Openleft, video via Talking Points Memo: Last night saw one of the most amazing programs in the history of Bill Moyers Journal. Really, one of most amazing programs Moyers has done, period, in all his years on television. His guest for the hour was Andrew J. Bacevich, a West Point graduate, retired colonel with [...]

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Solar Panels, not War

by on 15. Aug, 2008 in environment, technology, war, world

U.S. and Poland set missile deal WASHINGTON: The United States and Poland reached a long-stalled deal on Thursday to place an American missile defense base on Polish territory, in the strongest reaction so far to Russia’s military operation in Georgia. Wouldn’t it be sweet if instead of wasting a shit load of money and setting [...]

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Papa Papa Prescott Bush, Nazies

by on 15. May, 2008 in politics, war

Bush this morning: JERUSALEM (CNN) – President Bush launched a sharp but veiled attack Thursday on Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats, suggesting they favor “appeasement” of terrorists in the same way some Western leaders appeased Hitler in the run-up to World War II… …”We have heard this foolish delusion before,” Bush said in remarks [...]

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