Most Israelis Want Olmert Out, Says Poll

In the wake of the Israeli prime minister’s handling of the Lebanese/Hezbollah war, 63% of Olmert’s countrymen say he should resign, according to a new poll in a leading Israeli daily. More info on Olmert’s dwindling popularity here.

Posted on Aug 25, 2006 READ MORE  | 16 READS

FBI Arrests U.S. ‘Hezbollah TV’ Provider

The New York City resident was offering customers satellite broadcasts of a TV station owned by Hezbollah, and it’s a crime to engage in business transactions with that group. (More…)

Posted on Aug 25, 2006 READ MORE  | 78 READS

Googl-icious

Go to Google. Type in “failure.” Check the first result.

Posted on Aug 25, 2006 READ MORE  | 117 READS

Macaca-thon!

Can’t get enough backstory on Va. Sen. George Allen’s racist remark? Neither can the Washington Post, which posted this 1,300-word profile on the object of Allen’s remark, 20-year-old U. Va student S.R. Sidarth.

Posted on Aug 25, 2006 READ MORE  | 33 READS

Bush Inventing Reasons to Oppose Stem Cell Research

Don’t both Bush with new facts; his mind’s made up.
Even though scientists have discovered a way to experiment on stem cells without killing viable embryos, Bush still opposes the research, for maddeningly opaque reasons. A spokesperson tried to say it’s because the research wasn’t peer-reviewed, but that’s just false. (Above photo a satire)

Posted on Aug 25, 2006 READ MORE  | 64 READS

Faced With Reality, Coulter Walks

When conservative hate mistress Ann Coulter told two Democratic strategists on Fox News that Afghanistan was “going swimmingly,” they went to town on her, and Coulter cut her interview short. Watch it.

Posted on Aug 25, 2006 READ MORE  | 162 READS

Ghetto Survivor

The next season of “Survivor” will have a new twist that has already drawn criticism.  Four teams are to be divided along racial/ethnic lines?blacks, whites, Asians, and Latinos.  The individual who wins gets a million-dollar prize.

Posted on Aug 25, 2006 READ MORE  | 42 READS

French Offer More Troops

Not to be outdone by the Italians, France has raised its troop commitment to 2,000, hoping to retain its leadership role in the peacekeeping effort in Lebanon.  Kofi Annan was initially displeased with Europe’s response to the call for a peacekeeping force. 

Posted on Aug 25, 2006 READ MORE  | 12 READS

14th Time’s the Charm

Whether it’s because he’s facing a tough campaign against an antiwar Democrat or he just lost his supply of kool-aid, Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) has swung ‘round to sanity on the Iraq war.  After returning from his 14th visit to Iraq, the once-steadfast hawk called for a timetable for withdrawal and bashed Rumsfeld: “I haven’t had faith in the secretary in a long time.”

Posted on Aug 25, 2006 READ MORE  | 36 READS

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—the Truthdig team

Posted on Aug 25, 2006 READ MORE  | 32 READS

Book: Giuliani Was No Hero

What if former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani wasn’t the hero everybody thought? What if, like Bush, Giuliani had ignored myriad pre-9/11 warnings about terrorism? What if he thus left the city ill-prepared to respond to such a disaster? That’s the provocative thesis of a new book written by two top-flight investigative journalists.

Posted on Aug 24, 2006 READ MORE  | 16 READS

Republicans to Spy Agencies: Make Iran Scarier

Senior Bush officials and other top Republicans are apparently angry that U.S. intelligence agencies aren’t issuing more ominous threats about Iran. The GOP’ers, marred by (but unrepentant for) their Iraq debacle, are eager to use their lethal Tonka Toys once again—this time in Iran.

Three Little Words

Blogger “Surfeited” has a novel suggestion: “Whenever a neoconservative says something should be done ... you can finish the thought for him by adding three little words: by killing people.” Skeptical? Check out the samples.

Posted on Aug 24, 2006 READ MORE  | 246 READS

Katherine Harris: Separation of Church and State ‘a Lie’

Katherine Harris, villain of the 2004 Florida recount saga and a congresswoman running for U.S. Senate, recently dismissed to an interviewer the idea that religion should stay out of politics, saying, “God is the one who chooses our rulers.”
So was it God or was it Katherine Harris who fraudulently threw all those eligible black citizens off the voting rolls in 2004?  Hey, if she wants to run with the “omnipotent God” logic, she can’t have it both ways….

Posted on Aug 24, 2006 READ MORE  | 289 READS

Christian Coalition Losing Chapters

State affiliates are severing ties with the conservative evangelical organization, in part because it’s diverting attention from abortion and same-sex marriage to address other issues—like the environment.
So: The Christian Coalition begins supporting a non-hateful cause that could actually improve the world, and it gets deserted by affiliates that see same-sex marriage as a greater threat than global warming.
In other words, the Christian Coalition got out-crazied!

Posted on Aug 24, 2006 READ MORE  | 59 READS