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Bush's war
Four-hour Frontline documentary that will be broadcast online and on air with impressive web supplements as well
pbs  awesome  war  iraq  media  video 
march 2008 by jimray
U.S. hopes to use Pakistani tribes against al Qaeda
Arming a group of, at best, ambivalent, at worst, openly hostile, tribal leaders in the vain hope that they'll help us kill their own countrymen while we maintains almost zero military presence in one of the most unstable parts of the world. WHAT COULD GO
dumb  politics  pakistan  war  terrorism  tumbl 
november 2007 by jimray
Pentagon gets its imagination back
I'm actually a fan of spending, say, 1% of the defense budget on completely outlandish ideas to see what sticks
scifi  military  government  terrorism  war  tumbl 
june 2007 by jimray
160 killed In terrible Massacre
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed the 80pt font headlines about the VaTech massacre followed by the normal 11pt font "160 killed in Baghdad" just below it. Because it's more important when the killing happens in America.
media  war  tumbl 
april 2007 by jimray
Dick Cheney: still an idiot
Continues to assert Saddam connection to al Qaeda. Seriously, did he take a blow to the head or something?
iraq  war  dumb  republicans 
april 2007 by jimray
2006 Federal Excise Tax Credit
Created in 1898 to pay for the Spanish American War, reinstated to pay for various other wars (WWI, WWII, Vietnam), you are now eligible for $30-$60 on your 2006 taxes
2006  government  war  finances  legal 
january 2007 by jimray
TIME: The Wit and Wisdom of Donald Rumsfeld
This is really pretty awesome, especially from Time mag of all places
funny  politics  via:snarkmarket  war 
november 2006 by jimray
Neo Culpa: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com
Live by the neocon fuckwits, die by the neocon fuckwits
politics  iraq  war  fuckwits 
november 2006 by jimray
Pentagon boosts 'media war' unit
Oceania is at war with Eurasia, in alliance with Eastasia
government  war  media  propaganda  politics  military 
november 2006 by jimray
Battle over tactics raged at Gitmo
Our first big piece from Pulitzer-prize winning investigative journalist Bill Dedman. Good stuff here, I'm proud to work at this place.
work  media  terrorism  war  military 
october 2006 by jimray
Ties to GOP trumped skill on Iraq team
Shocking. No, really, I'm shocked *shocked* that this would happen under team Bush.
government  evil  corruption  iraq  war  military  politics 
september 2006 by jimray
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Unused Audio Commentary By Howard Zinn & Noam Chomsky, Recorded Summer 2002, for The Fellowship of the Ring Platinum Series Extended Edition DVD, Part One
"And observe the map device here — how the map is itself completely Gondor-centric."
via:merlinmann  funny  culture  politics  writing  literature  parody  war 
september 2006 by jimray
America's longest war
The Economist looks at September 11 five years later
war  september11  media  politics  culture  history 
september 2006 by jimray
Schneier on Security: What the Terrorists Want
"The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act. And we're doing exactly what the terrorists want." Precisely.
government  politics  military  terrorism  war 
august 2006 by jimray
Al-Jazeera's Tricky Balancing Act
via:sjwilliams  war  media 
august 2006 by jimray
Rethinking Schools - Map Game
War is truly God's way of teaching Americans about geography
education  flash  games  history  politics  war  online 
august 2006 by jimray
Bruce Schneier on last week's terrorism arrests
"None of the airplane security measures implemented because of 9/11 ... had anything to do with last week's arrests. Instead, the arrests are a victory for old-fashioned intelligence and investigation."
security  politics  privacy  technology  terrorism  travel  war 
august 2006 by jimray
Fries are French again in Capitol
I don't know why I'm fascinated by this but I am
politics  food  france  dumb  war  iraq 
august 2006 by jimray
Silver Linings and a Cross of Gold (Harpers.org)
Rapture nuts are getting excited about the war in Israel/Lebannon. I really hope that they're right -- once the rapture comes, the rest of us can get on with our lives without these assholes fucking everything up.
religion  dumb  via:tomharpel  politics  war  fundamentalism 
july 2006 by jimray
FRONTLINE: the dark side: watch online | PBS
I really wish frontline would just put the whole thing in a single file and bit-torrent the file, but this is good
2watch  politics  evil  republicans  war  iraq  terrorism 
june 2006 by jimray
The Other Battlefront
Afghanistan is the forgotten war
war  afghanistan  politics  2read  media 
march 2006 by jimray
Army to Pay Halliburton Unit Most Costs Disputed by Audit - New York Times
"The Army has decided to reimburse a Halliburton subsidiary for nearly all of its disputed costs on a $2.41 billion no-bid contract even though the Pentagon's own auditors had identified more than $250 million in charges as potentially excessive or unjust
war  iraq  politics  evil 
february 2006 by jimray
Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund :
A privately funded hospital for veterans
via:rocketboom  war  iraq  government 
february 2006 by jimray
Stories in America
"I just returned from a six-month road trip through seven of the states that overwhelmingly voted for George W. Bush for President. I am currently writing a book about my experience and blogging about politics, current events and women's issues."
politics  war  iraq  economics  weblogs 
february 2006 by jimray
213 Things Skippy Can't Do - The List
"198. Not allowed to lead a 'Coup' during training missions."
funny  military  politics  war 
january 2006 by jimray
3 Percent Fee On Cell Phones Started 107 Years Ago
Part of your cell phone bill goes to funding the Spanish American war - and it looks like it might get repealed!
war  dumb  politics  taxes  history  government 
january 2006 by jimray
Iraqi Invasion: A Text Misadventure
brilliant  parody  politics  war  iraq 
january 2006 by jimray
2002 Memo Doubted Uranium Sale Claim
Bush administration knew that Niger uranium claims were bullshit back in 2002
politics  war  iraq  evil 
january 2006 by jimray
Ten reasons why you should never accept a diamond ring
I fucking hate DeBeers
diamonds  politics  economics  fashion  via:kidethnic  war  society  marriage 
january 2006 by jimray
Pentagon Study Links Fatalities to Body Armor - New York Times
"A secret Pentagon study has found that as many as 80 percent of the marines who have been killed in Iraq from wounds to the upper body could have survived if they had had extra body armor. Such armor has been available since 2003, but until recently the
dumb  war  iraq 
january 2006 by jimray
War News Radio
Students use Skype and podcasts to reach Iraqis living in Iraq - amazingly, they're able to reach as many (more?) Iraqis as their professional, greenzone bound reporter brethern on the field
iraq  war  politics  media 
january 2006 by jimray
Muslim Scholars Were Paid to Aid U.S. Propaganda - New York Times
government  war  iraq  religion  islam  propaganda  dumb 
january 2006 by jimray
Bruce Schneier: Unchecked presidential power
"In the weeks after 9/11, while America and the world were grieving, President Bush built a legal rationale for a dictatorship. Then he started using it to avoid the law."
politics  security  terrorism  war  bush  september11  law 
december 2005 by jimray
Cheney defends Bush on use of domestic spying
Throws in some whine about how Presidential authority has eroded since Watergate and defends his secret oil industry energy taskforce. What an evil motherfucker.
evil  politics  war  dumb 
december 2005 by jimray
The War on Al Jazeera
"Al Jazeera's real transgression during the 'war on terror' is a simple one: being there."
media  politics  war  terrorism 
december 2005 by jimray
In challenging war's critics, administration tinkers with truth
I guess it would be too much to expect a newspaper headline that simplifies it by simply saying "Bush lied", but "tinkers with the truth" is close
iraq  war  politics 
november 2005 by jimray
Secret CIA Prisons in Poland?
"I get to feel the shame from both directions, since my adopted country is colluding with my native one to break the laws of both."
cia  politics  terrorism  war  iraq 
november 2005 by jimray
It's past time for an Iraq exit strategy
Brad Miller makes be proud to be a Tarheel
politics  war  iraq  democrats 
october 2005 by jimray
The White House cabal
"IN PRESIDENT BUSH'S first term, some of the most important decisions about U.S. national security — including vital decisions about postwar Iraq — were made by a secretive, little-known cabal...led by Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary
politics  war  evil 
october 2005 by jimray
Woman of Mass Destruction - Maureen Dowd on the Judy Miller thing
"Sorely in need of a tight editorial leash, she was kept on no leash at all, and that has hurt this paper and its trust with readers."
media  nyt  war  iraq 
october 2005 by jimray
Battle blogging for profit - Los Angeles Times
Xeni Jardin, who is a friend of Kevin Sites, lays into him for being a war profiteer with his Hot-Zone war-porn blog. Kudos to Xeni.
weblogs  media  journalism  war  yahoo  bloggers 
october 2005 by jimray
New Iraq Abuse Allegations Get McCain Moving
Finally, some legislation that Bush is ready to veto
politics  dumb  via:sploid  war 
september 2005 by jimray
Rally to support Iraq war draws hundreds
Not quite the hundred *thousand* the anti-war protest drew, but whatever. Also, these upstanding Americans want their fellow citizens arrested for peaceful protest
dumb  war  firstammendment 
september 2005 by jimray
The Missing Link - The president's errant attempt to mix his troubles. By John Dickerson
When I heard Bush try to link Hurricane Katrina and the war in Iraq, I nearly had to rip off my own ears. I'm glad someone's calling him out on his bullshit.
dumb  politics  hurricanekatrina  war 
september 2005 by jimray
Power to Detain U.S. Terror Suspect Is Upheld - New York Times
Preseident "unquestionably" has the right to detain U.S. citizens as enemy combatants
supermodified  politics  terrorism  war  law 
september 2005 by jimray
Harpers on the plight of being a Christian in America
Truth be told, this paradox crops up in more arenas than just religion
religion  culture  war  history  education  politics 
august 2005 by jimray
I Miss Republicans.
"Simple, fifth-grade logic inexorably draws us to the conclusion that we are spending $200 billion dollars to protect ourselves from one guy."
via:mathowie  republicans  terrorism  war  brilliant 
august 2005 by jimray
Man Kills Another in Dispute Over War, Press and Police Call It a First
Clearly, the "hearts and minds" approach is breaking down...
iraq  war  rednecks  dumb 
august 2005 by jimray
The war on terror, as seen from a bash shell
Political nerd humor - does it get any better?
brilliant  humor  politics  war  terrorism  unix 
august 2005 by jimray
Generation chickenhawk - down home with the college republicans
"They strongly support the war, they told me, but they also want to enjoy college life and pursue interesting careers. Being a College Republican allows them to do both. It is warfare by other, much safer means."
politics  republicans  hypocrisy  war  education 
june 2005 by jimray
On supporting our troops
"You can support the troops without supporting the President," Tom DeLay
republicans  dumb  politics  war  hypocrisy 
june 2005 by jimray
Take it to Karl
American servicemen (and women?) sound off on Karl Rove's America
politics  military  war 
june 2005 by jimray
A Nagasaki report
The first foreign journalist in Nagasaki after the bomb was dropped -- his original report was censored and is now coming to light
censorship  history  japan  wwii  media  via:/.  war  photography  politics 
june 2005 by jimray
Why we shouldn't shut down Guantanamo, by Go-Daddy founder Bob Parsons
Wow, it's like a rundown of Republican talking points. I've never used Go-Daddy, but I'll stop recommending them, now. Also, anyone who isn't a soldier who insists on calling Guantanamo "gitmo" is an asshat.
dumb  via:mathowie  politics  war  terrorism  torture 
june 2005 by jimray
Pentagon: Inmate retracts Quran abuse charge
This is starting to get ridiculous
religion  military  media  war  torture  terrorism 
may 2005 by jimray
FBI records detail Koran claims
Vindication for Newsweek? Don't expect to hear about it from the right...
media  war  torture  military  religion  terrorism 
may 2005 by jimray
Unseen Pictures, Untold Stories
Really fascinating L.A. Times account of how war gets covered - or doesn't
media  ethics  war  photography 
may 2005 by jimray
Colin Powell: U.S. was 'too loud' pushing Iraq war but he's glad Saddam is gone
So, the ends justify the means?
war  politics  republicans  dumb 
march 2005 by jimray
New Baghdad mayor wants to build a monument to Bush
"We will build a statue for Bush," said Ali Fadel, the former provincial council chairman. "He is the symbol of freedom."
dumb  politics  war  iraq 
january 2005 by jimray
Washington Post retracts story about tortured Iraqi woman
Turns out it wasn't exactly true, which would have been nice to know before it was so heavily quoted in the run up to the war
war  politics  media  dumb 
january 2005 by jimray
US gives up search for Iraq WMD
Don't worry, we changed our rationale MONTHS ago
politics  war  iraq 
january 2005 by jimray
You forgot Poland!
Poland is pulling out their troops by 2005
politics  war 
october 2004 by jimray
Lawmaker expresses "dismay" that White House allegedly wrote Allawi speech
You know, what's dismaying about this whole thing is that anyone is surprised - after all, this is the most politicized White House on record
dumb  politics  war 
october 2004 by jimray
WSJ reporter writes from Iraq
"So now my most pressing concern every day is not to write a kick-ass story but to stay alive and make sure our Iraqi employees stay alive."
media  politics  war 
september 2004 by jimray

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