Mark Of The Beast

So zeees is vhat youse gets. Enjoy!

From towardfreedom.com via Shakespeare’s Sister: In a stealth maneuver, President Bush has signed into law a provision which, according to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), will actually encourage the President to declare federal martial law (1). It does so by revising the Insurrection Act, a set of laws that limits the President’s ability to deploy troops [...]

I don’t do christmas wishlists because I’m not a christian. When & why you give to charity is nobody’s bidness but your own. BUT, if there’s a holiday that I’d like to celebrate, it’s Halloween, but this year, as y’all well know, I can’t. Much like I’d like to give every dollar to charity, but [...]

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!NOT IN MY COUNTRY.NOT IN MY WORLD.NOT EVER THE FUCK *AGAIN*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tony Blair’s most trusted military commander yesterday branded as ‘cuckoo’ the way Britain’s overstretched army was sent into Afghanistan.The remarkable rebuke by General the Lord Guthrie came in an Observer interview, his first since quitting as Chief of the Defence Staff five years ago, in which he made an impassioned plea for more troops, new [...]

The link above takes you to an article about a Western PA Rep, Melissa Hart (R), who had to call in reinforcement when a group of 40 senior citizens wanted to deliver donuts to her office. It seems the seniors were attempting to make a statement about the Medicare Part D “donut hole” and Rep [...]

From Crooks and Liars

From Think Progress (No, I cannot post multiple links in one posting. I do not know why, but Blogger does not give me this option.) ~BB

This is cool, from a link at Snopes.com. Yes, I know it’s old news, but I just found it. ~BB

From Oprah.com, as suggested by Annti ~BB

My friends, I bring you Mr Rush Limbaugh.(CLARIFICATION: The above is an example of a pilonidal cyst–you know what kept Mr Limbaugh from serving in the military) Not to mention yet another gross photo.

You know, the ones in the White House. The link above will take you to Think Progress which has the ad. And this is from Hinessight.com: NBC and the new CW network have refused to carry ads for Shut Up & Sing, the documentary about the Dixie Chicks’ opposition to the war in Iraq, which [...]

Damien is home from the hospital!!! And hopefully (knock wood), he won’t have to go back until he’s 8 mos. old to fix that faulty valve-flapper and close the hole in his iddy-biddy heart. By the time that he’s one, he’ll have passed me up as a surgical veteran! So, for now, yay!!! Cross yer [...]

Habit tip to Mags for the Morford link, as always!

OK, we’ve got the all clear courtesy of Snopes. That’s right people, you may now return to your Vegemite sandwiches, it’s safe. There is no FDA ban on Vegemite. That shit is vile, though, why anyone’d want to eat it I do not understand. And that’s about all the good news there is. Well, no, [...]

Soldiers in Revolt Earlier this week, 65 military service members and National Guardsmen sent appeals for redress to members of Congress to urge an immediate withdrawal from Iraq. That total is now up to 346 service men and women, 125 of whom are on active duty. Three active-duty servicemen (one of whom spoke under condition [...]