Alternate Brain

Since I was kidding around with Shakes the other day about my being King of the World, or at least just of the United States, and I got to ...

Paul Krugman on the estate tax, war, and politics. So a more precise statement of the DeLay Principle would be that nothing is more importa...

I know I was a bit glib and cynical in my post about al-Zarqawi's deletion. Our good friend Lurch makes the point far better: ... Int...

If I could... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rep. John Murtha, an outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq, unexpectedly announced on Friday he will ru...

With a Congress anyway? Are they just there to give token opposition to the Preznit for a couple days before they cave in to the White Hous...

Just reminding folks about the survey in the left sidebar. If you haven't already, please take the time to complete it. Think of the c...

Germany - 4 Costa Rica - 2 Here .

Democracy Now The House voted on legislation yesterday that could determine the future of the internet and public access television in this ...

Just go see!

I saw this headline : Security or coverup? How a murky case became precedent. It's about an old national security case that's still ...

This is just FYI. All you New Age lefty hippies are probably way ahead of me on this, but I like the shit . You can find it a lot cheaper.

Sarah Olson at Truthout When 27-year-old US Army First Lieutenant Ehren Watada announced his refusal to deploy to Iraq yesterday, he did so...

NYTimes Senate Republicans failed on Thursday to muster the votes needed to abolish the estate tax on inherited wealth, but supporters of a ...

Well, I got the new set up an' runnin'. It had its moments, but was less trouble than I expected. Didn't hafta call Bangalore, n...

Shakes pointed it out this morning: Yesterday, the rightwing National Review Online "outed" Daily Kos front-pager Armando. (Won...

Princess Shayna is bored with all the administration rhetoric regarding Iraq. "Tony Snow is a lying cracker, just like Snot McClellan...

The World Cup starts today . Needless to say, my family (and everyone else in Germany) is glued to their TVs. I just hope they replay the ...

Shakes thinks : So, the GOP sucks, the Dems suck, the electoral college sucks, and the party-line Congressional districting that all but gua...

Our pal, and really smart guy, The Chemist talks about chemophobia : ... As you might expect, this has the potential to further dampen inte...

And don't let the door hit ya in the ass on the way. ... DeLay, facing trial in Texas on campaign money laundering charges, is leaving ...