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Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Al-Qaeda 'spurred on' by Iraq war. The occupation of Iraq has helped al-Qaeda recruit more members, according to an influential research group. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 11:28:33 AM  Permalink  comment []

Right Wing Lunacy Watch. Michael Savage, talk radio host, ex of MSNBC, audience of 6 million: Now we invited the ACLU of Michigan on... [The Poor Man] Apparently, it's worse to report on the horrors of Abu Ghreib than it is to commit them! 10:19:09 AM  Permalink  comment []

Bush is insane Bush has to be insane. In press conferences, TV ads, and interviews this year, President Bush has manifested a series of psychopathologies: an abstract notion of reality, confidence unhinged from facts and circumstances, and a conception of credibility that requires no correspondence to the external world. Tonight, as he vowed to stay the course in Iraq, Bush demonstrated another mental defect: incomprehension of his role in history as a fallible human agent. Absent such comprehension, Bush can't fix his mistakes in Iraq because he can't see how—or even that—he screwed up. 8:47:24 AM  Permalink  comment []

Carter Stanely Nice, well-deserved piece on Carter Stanley, gone now these four decades. 8:44:46 AM  Permalink  comment []

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