Category Archives: The War on Terra

And now, they backtrack. Typical!

Yes, folks, the laughs just keep on rollin’ from those wacky, joke-a-day folks at Gitmo… The US state department has distanced itself from comments by a top official that the three suicides by prisoners at Guantanamo Bay were “a good … Continue reading

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More projection from the official excuse-makers

If you thought yesterday’s Gitmo post was ugly, get a load of what the professional liars of BushCo are saying today: A top US official has described the suicides of three detainees at the US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, … Continue reading

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This is totally fucking insane.

Okay, now that I’ve grabbed your attention with my gratuitously obscene heading, take a gander at this: Three detainees at the US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have died in what appears to have been a suicide pact. The inmates, … Continue reading

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Another of Canada’s worst exports

Right up there with Pamela Anderson and her fake everything, it’s John Roberts and his fake news. On the June 1 edition of CNN’s The Situation Room, CNN senior national correspondent John Roberts, in reporting on the diplomatic package the … Continue reading

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One disgusting computer game

No, I’m NOT talking about the latest “Grand Theft Auto” porno-fest. Check THIS out: Venezuelan politicians have complained about a forthcoming “shoot-em-up” computer game that simulates an invasion of the South American nation. In production by Los Angeles-based Pandemic Studios, … Continue reading

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9-11 truth: Venezuela, Cuba PRESENTE!

Wayne Madsen drops a stunner–one that further raises Venezuela and Cuba in my estimation, and…well, let’s face it, BushCo couldn’t sink any lower. So let’s just say they ignored one more reliable source of antiterror information… In addition to Russia, … Continue reading

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Hugo Chavez, petro-pacifist?

Add one more thing to his list of unorthodox, yet brilliant gambits: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned the US that any attack on Iran will have devastating consequences and send oil prices soaring. Mr Chavez, on a two-day trip … Continue reading

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Libya good, Venezuela bad

I swear to Isis–just when you thought life in BushCo Bizarro World couldn’t possibly get weirder, it up and does. From the Beeb: The US is to renew full diplomatic relations with Libya after deciding to remove it from its … Continue reading

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Freedom emboldens terrorists?

So say a lot of knee-jerk rightards who would like only too well for people to hand their civil liberties over without a fight. But Steven Aftergood, of Secrecy News, has found otherwise–with the help of a very interesting source: … Continue reading

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The Ravel’s Bolero of ass-kickings

Normally, Juan Cole likes to confine his blogging to just what it says up top: Informed Comment. And that’s what it is: loads of nice, fact-based analysis of what’s really going on in the Middle East and what it actually … Continue reading

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