That is a super cool thing to have in Lego. Mars Curiosity rover to be offered as official Lego toy Say cheese! Hilarious video by prankster who tells friends to smile for photos and films their awkward poses Dad Mad After Restaurant ‘Charges’ Him for ‘Fuckin Needy Kids’ Eight radical solutions to the problem of [...]
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Via Watch as Senate Democrats point at laugh at the House Armed Services panel’s Defense authorization bill that would hike Pentagon spending by $5 billion. Because, see, what we need now is to pour more cash into the Afghanistan war, which is exactly what Chairman Buck McKeon’s (R-Calif.) legislation would do. Republicans want to “make up [...]
Here is the transcript of the speech, not including improvised remarks. Here are clips of Medea Benjamin asking President Obama, “Will you apologize to the thousands of Muslims that you have killed?” and his reactions. Excerpts: Today, Osama bin Laden is dead, and so are most of his top lieutenants. There have been no large-scale attacks [...]
On my recent trip to Boston (I loved it there, even more than I did the first time), I took many, many pictures with my brand spanking new iPad (which I also love) camera… mainly because I somehow managed to forget my “real” camera. We did a LOT of walking, and as we did a [...]
I’m thinking $450m would go a long way helping Oklahoma right about now. WASHINGTON – The Pentagon wants more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. New details on the administration’s budget request for next year and other expenses emerged on Tuesday. The cost [...]
Today’s L.A. Times letters to the editor, because our voices matter: Re “Obama’s Gitmo woes,” Opinion, May 5 As a fan of Doyle McManus, I was disappointed to read his claim that most of the detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay were anti-American extremists when they were apprehended. Our own government has acknowledged that many [...]
Image via ACLU.org Your Daily Dose of BuzzFlash at Truthout, via my pal Mark Karlin: The hunger strike at Guantanamo is nearing 100 days long (with the majority of detainees participating). The Nation recounts the words of one hunger striker that “cut to the heart of the [desperation] protest”: “As of today, I’ve spent more [...]
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