Alternate Brain

Let's just say that in my experience, pain can be used to glean information, good information, in the short term* - quick application of...

Our wonderful, most excellent friends, MandT, whom we love so much, have resurrected the Adgita Diaries . It is a great day in Left Blogtop...

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms Last night I dreamt I was on a strange search-and-destroy mission (I have never been in real combat), don...

Commander Huber has an excellent take on what the war in Iraq, and the probable attacks on Iran, have gotten us. Not much, but by golly we ...

If Osama's really dead* , the result of Typhoid, I think that would be the ultimate justice. No martyrdom through Jihad, just a horribl...

Let me first say, I love Steve Gilliard. I read him daily and value his insights, but I don't think he gets it with regard to this ...

Some of us and our readers have expressed a slight displeasure with the Democratic party as it now stands. I have no idea why (cough, cough)...

Yes, all of God's energies are focused on a fucking speck .

The ever-sharp Lambert : George Orwell would be proud of us.

CQ Politics : ... [Dave] Mejias' longshot bid is drawing increasing local and national attention: The Democratic Congressional Campaign ...

NYT (Wow, 2 links for the Gray Lady today) via Holden : WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 - Strains on the Army from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ha...

NewsMax In the past week, Karl Rove has been promising Republican insiders an "October surprise" to help win the November congress...

Billmon I realize these rhetorical then-and-now comparisons are getting very old, but I can't stop -- probably because I have so many en...

...about the U.S./Pakistan 'relationship'. Go see 60 Minutes . Heh.

I touched on this briefly in my earlier post , but it's true: Torture is the christian way. From Balkinization : "We must redefine ...

A New York Times editorial , without blockquotes or comment. [Here is a way to measure how seriously President Bush was willing to compromis...

The Rude Pundit has it about right on the torture 'compromise'. The fact that anyone thought for two seconds that we were watching ...

Grab a bev kids,this is going to take a few. Oh,and I'm going to curse like a sailor too,deal. Comfy?Good.And so it begins.... To riff o...

Yes, I'm still pissed. Wait, ladies and germs. You think this 'torture deal' (can you believe we're actually considering it...

So tell me, my fellow Americans: How does it feel knowing that your government will pass laws permitting the violation of the Geneva Convent...