Admiral Fallon, former head of CentCom, the top commander of the American forces in the middle east aprubtly resigned on March 11, but we were assured it had nothing to do with Iran or any plans to attack.
Then, on March 19th, we were told that the Pentagon had shuffled Admiral Fallon out of […]

Vaccine Failure Is Setback in AIDS Fight
Test Subjects May Have Been Put at Extra Risk Of Contracting HIV
I know. They’re still perfecting it. But isn’t there any good news anywhere?
David Brown has the details about this disappointing development in this morning’s Washington Post.
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Here’s a clip from Irish National Television on the Taosaich’s (Prime Minister Bertie Ahern) visit to Washington for St Patrick’s Day:

Former Dkos diarist Alegre, now at mydd.com has an excellent post this morning laying out Hillary Clinton’s impressive record on Northern Ireland. While many have insisted that Mrs. Clinton did nothing but attend “tea parties” I hope that this article will put that lie to rest. (if only)

At any rate, Happy Patrick’s Day […]

Some mornings it is really a challenge to know which issue, or news story merits front page attention on this blog.
There are just so many and they’re all so awful. Just spending a few hours each morning digesting the latest is quite enough to sink one’s entire day into a melancholic stupor.
The surest way to […]

Admiral Fallon resigned his post as head of CentCom this afternoon, though the European Press seems pretty clear that he was pushed out.

A voice on the tee vee says that Defense Secretary Gates gave Admiral Fallon the message - that he should resign - by refusing to take his phone calls. Refusing to take […]

Okay, here’s a hypothetical: It’s 2000 and John McCain is the darling of the GOP. He is, in a way, the Barack Obama of 2000 - suddenly offering a very credible threat, to the annointed front runner who, in 2000, was George W. Bush.
Since McCain was thwarted by the unabashed racism of Bush’s […]

If we are to believe Matthew Cole in this morning’s Salon much of the aid that’s gone to the Bush administration’s good buddy, Gen. Musharraf, is ending up not only NOT being used to fight the taliban but the reverse. Our own money is being used to support and finance our deadly enemy, the […]

It’s convenient, isn’t it, when those damn eco-terrorists - out of nowhere - decide to burn a suite of eco-friendly luxury homes.
We know that it had to be these terrorists because - well - they left a sign. (No need for forensic evidence here.) Time was terrorists used to have kill or […]

Attorney General Mukasky is refusing to enforce Congress’s subpoena to compel Josh Bolton and Harriet Miers to testify before congress.
Speaker of the House Pelosi plans to seek a court ruling to force their testimony.
Frankly, this is absurd. Congress is a co-equal branch of our government. Every child learns this in civics class, though […]