Lunaville

2005-04-07T12:20:00.000-07:00

Don't tell GeorgeEvidence Grows for Earliest Human

2005-04-06T07:02:00.000-07:00

Inactivist Judges

2004-06-05T10:41:00.000-07:00

Lunaville's Coalition Casualty Count site has moved. The URL is http://icasualties.org

2004-01-16T10:53:00.000-08:00

Lunaville has moved Please visit the shinny city on the moon at its new home.

2003-11-24T08:04:00.000-08:00

Colaition Forces Hostile Fatalities / NonHostile Fatalities In Iraq

2003-11-11T23:10:00.000-08:00

Lunaville

2003-11-11T15:10:00.000-08:00

We may be moving back to blogger for a few weeks....

2003-06-02T10:39:00.000-07:00

Lunaville has moved Please visit the shinny city on the moon at its new home.

2003-05-31T06:51:00.000-07:00

Shaky Intelligence Powell was under pressure to use shaky intelligence on Iraq: report The list of Lies about WMD.

2003-05-30T21:01:00.000-07:00

Billmon's List Inspired by Whiskey Bar, and after one too many cocktails I put together this little web applet. Use it, lose it, link to it, or if you like contribute additional data via email.

2003-05-29T09:36:00.000-07:00

Martini of Lies Billmon has a Litany of Lies martini waiting for you at The Whiskey Bar

2003-05-28T19:35:00.000-07:00

O'Reilly Redux So O'Reilly has a segment on tonight’s show about Weapons of Mass Destruction. Is he going to apologize as he promised. Is he going proclaim that he can no longer trust the Bush Administration as he promised? OF COURSE NOT. On tonight’s show (5/28) he accuses Scott Ritter of being paid by Saddam Hussein. Scott rebukes the claims, but O'Reily's skull is so thick the words bounce

2003-05-24T21:36:00.000-07:00

Earth to The Wahington Press Corps Josh Marshalls latest run down of the events surrounding the Texas Killer Ds points out once more the role of the majority leader of the house, Tom DeLay. In the middle of this column Josh asked parenthetically: (Earth to David Broder, Chris Matthews, Tim Russert and the rest of DC's wizards of high dudgeon: when will you start talking about this?) Josh is

2003-05-23T20:32:00.000-07:00

Moyers on Journalism Bill Moyers Now Friday, May 23 at 9pm on PBS., ends the show with this essay On Being a Journalist . Moyers says: Every Memorial Day I think about what these men did and what we owe them. They didn't go through hell so Kenny Boy Lay could betray his investors and workers at Enron, or for a political system built on legal bribery. It wasn't for corporate tax havens in Bermuda

2003-05-23T18:28:00.000-07:00

Outside of the Inside Go Buy this CD: Richard Thompson THE OLD KIT BAG For Osama and his buddies Pat and Jerry And whats the point of Albert Einstein What do we need Physics for? Heresys his inspiration Corrupt and rotten to the core Curse his devious mathematics Curse his deadly atom war Shakespeare, Isaac Newton Small ideas for little boys Adding to the senseless chatter Adding to the

2003-05-22T22:01:00.000-07:00

DID BILL O'REILLY KEEP HIS WORD? No, of course not Days Remaining to find WMD: -1 O'REILLY

2003-05-22T06:21:00.000-07:00

WILL BILL O'REILLY KEEP HIS WORD? TODAY IS THE DAY WE FIND OUT Days Remaining to find WMD: 0 Unless Weapons of Mass Destruction are found today Bill O'Reilly will owe the nation an apology. On The O'Reilly Factor (April 22) O'REILLY Said: ...if weapons of mass destruction aren't found, your reputation, my reputation -- because I will have to apologize because I bought into it, I bought into

2003-05-21T18:43:00.000-07:00

Martin Scorsese to film Bob Dylan Biography via Salon The film, planned for release in 2005, will chronicle Dylan's 1963 breakthrough and the cultural and political influence of his music, Scorsese and his producing partners said Tuesday. "I've admired and enjoyed his many musical transformations," Scorsese said in a statement. "For me, there is no other musical artist who weaves his

2003-05-21T11:03:00.000-07:00

WILL O'REILLY APOLOGIZE OR WILL HE SPIN? Days Remaining to find WMD: 1 Unless Weapons of Mass Destruction are found in the next day Bill O'Reilly will owe the nation an apology. Does this man keep his word?

2003-05-21T11:01:00.000-07:00

LYONS: A VICTORY (OF SORTS) IN IRAQ I stole this from HNN, but when you hear a good song, ya gotta sing it. A victory (of sorts) in Iraq Gene Lyons According to the White House script, the made-for-TV action/adventure flick CNN called "Showdown Iraq" ended triumphantly when President Bush swaggered across the USS Abraham Lincoln's flight deck in his Village People fighter jock costume. On

2003-05-20T14:27:00.000-07:00

WILL O'REILLY APOLOGIZE OR WILL HE SPIN? Days Remaining to find WMD: 1 Unless Weapons of Mass Destruction are found in the next day Bill O'Reilly will owe the nation an apology. On The O'Reilly Factor (April 22) O'REILLY Said: ...if weapons of mass destruction aren't found, your reputation, my reputation -- because I will have to apologize because I bought into it, I bought into it . . . .

2003-05-20T09:24:00.000-07:00

Republican Tax Proposal Promotes Class Welfare Warren Buffett On The Bush Tax Scam When you listen to tax-cut rhetoric, remember that giving one class of taxpayer a "break" requires -- now or down the line -- that an equivalent burden be imposed on other parties. In other words, if I get a break, someone else pays. Government can't deliver a free lunch to the country as a whole. It can, however,

2003-05-20T09:08:00.000-07:00

Red Ink Republicans Red Ink Republicans enact Debt Increase, Privatizing Profits and Socializing Risk Thanks to TonyB and Bill Rehm via Eschaton

2003-05-18T09:28:00.000-07:00

And More on the Dean Demographic Tapioco female, eurasian, 38 y/o paralegal, no kids. live in socal and in a conservative district. some college. have voted dem since high school. have voted in every election. never marched for anything in my life till the iraq issue came to a head. never been active in a political campaign either. plan to volunteer for the dean campaign. disappointed and

2003-05-18T07:32:00.000-07:00

Will BILL O'REILLY Keep his Word? A shocked nation is waiting to hear the aplogy. On ABC's Good Morning America (March 18, 2003) O'REILLY Said: Here's, here's the bottom line on this for every American and everybody in the world, nobody knows for sure, all right? We don't know what he has. We think he has 8,500 liters of anthrax. But let's see. But there's a doubt on both sides. And I said on

2003-05-16T10:38:00.000-07:00

And More on the Dean Demographic jdw 42 yo w/m. College degree(biology). Started small business 8 years ago. Wife hospital VP until coming aboard the biz 4 years ago. Now in lower income brackets, but love our work. No health care. Social liberals, fiscal moderates. Voted about 85% dem until the Clinton witch hunts, now resolved to never vote for a gooper ever again. Love the Dr. because

2003-05-15T14:49:00.000-07:00

More of the Dean Demographic Marla FWIW, I am 32 year old lesbian mother of two preteen girls, white collar-non-executive, some college but no degree, fiscal centrist, social liberal, middle-income, registered Democrat who abstained in 2000 because I couldn't vote for any of the contenders (and I didn't know W would be worse than Daddy). I'm enthusiastic about Dean because I think he has

2003-05-15T09:08:00.000-07:00

The Dean Demographic jlb I am a 50-something, white male professional with a master's degree, a "liberal" Christian, straight, long-divorced but engaged to a woman with two late-teenage kids. I've now come to like Dean best and prefer him to either Kerry or Graham - and particularly after this DLC/Lieberman bimbo eruption. I was more conservative in some ways than many of my friends in the 70's

2003-05-14T07:13:00.000-07:00

Bush on Al Qaeda A simple question if this is true: "For more than two weeks before the Monday bombings, American and Saudi officials had grown increasingly alarmed by intercepted communications that provided what they called "strong indications" that Islamic militants were preparing a terrorist attack against Americans in Saudi Arabia." Then why did President Bush say this about Al Qaeda last

2003-05-13T20:29:00.000-07:00

Lastest Poll: People Like Bush, but would not like him if they actually looked at his policies From the NYTimes: The number of Americans who said they had confidence in Mr. Bush's ability to manage the economy dropped seven points, to 47 percent... There is no evidence, however, that those doubts have damaged Mr. Bush's overall standing. The poll found that 67 percent approved of his job

2003-05-13T11:32:00.000-07:00

Red Ink Republicans plan to inact yearly Debt Increases Debt Increases Debt Increases Debt Increases Red Ink Republicans Red Ink Republicans Red Ink Republicans thanks to demgoon via Kos

2003-05-13T06:18:00.000-07:00

Bush fibs The headline should be BUSH LIES the link

2003-05-09T08:31:00.000-07:00

In Iraq Every Day is a Battle, Everyday is a War While most Americans believe the war in Iraq is over and won, on the streets of Baghdad the war continues and the outcome is still in question. In his article Larry Kaplow tells us how A month after the statue fell, U.S. is losing credibility in Iraq

2003-05-08T08:40:00.000-07:00

The New Media Mccarthyism From The Daily Howler: Meanwhile, we were stunned last night by the closing moments of the repellent pro wrestling show, Hardball. Incredible but true: We’ve now reached the point where “pundits” dream on national TV of beating United States senators “with a tire iron.” (Perhaps you can guess which senator was named. The pundit was halfwit Michael Graham.) Much more on

2003-05-07T21:23:00.000-07:00

Red Ink Republicans Red Ink Republicans Red Ink Republicans Red Ink Republicans Red Ink Republicans Red Ink Republicans

2003-05-07T21:20:00.000-07:00

Why Bush is Not a Leader He lies instead of leads. Bush following the advice of William Kristol: But now his task is not to educate or persuade us. It is to defeat Saddam Hussein. And that will require the president, at times, to mislead rather than to clarify, to deceive rather than to explain.

2003-05-07T20:49:00.000-07:00

Richard Thompson On Bush and Blair When asked what he thought of Tony Blair "He has nice hair" "I'll take my guy over your guy" and finally "All politicians are two faced turds, but at least Blair can string two sentences together."

2003-05-07T14:39:00.000-07:00

Dean Meetup at Manual's Tavern or Richard Thompson at The Variety Playhouse? What to do, What to do... I'll do both. Shoot out the lights In the darkness the shadows move In the darkness the game is real Real as a gun Real as a gun As he watches the streets of the city And he moves through the night Shoot out the lights

2003-05-07T12:48:00.000-07:00

Turn it Up, The Radio This song, from a time long ago when AM radio mattered, keeps running through my head: Some folks are born made to wave the flag, Ooh, they're red, white and blue. And when the band plays "Hail to the chief", Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord, It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son. It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no, Yeah! Some

2003-05-06T13:24:00.000-07:00

Attorney General John Ashcroft Loves His Art U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft vowed on Tuesday to find all stolen nude statues looted from Iraqi museums in order to drap them in blue cloth. "Regardless of how sophisticated these criminals are, or how hard they work to avoid detection, the U.S. law enforcement and our colleagues at Interpol will not rest until the stolen nude statues are

2003-05-06T06:00:00.000-07:00

Something is rotten in the State of Spookdom From The NYTimes NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF I rejoice in the newfound freedoms in Iraq. But there are indications that the U.S. government souped up intelligence, leaned on spooks to change their conclusions and concealed contrary information to deceive people at home and around the world.... Consider the now-disproved claims by President Bush and Colin

2003-05-05T12:16:00.000-07:00

sing it bob Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks Like Judas of old You lie and deceive A world war can be won You want me to believe But I see through your eyes And I see through your brain Like I see through the

2003-05-03T22:50:00.000-07:00

For Senator Rick Santorum Every Sperm is Sacred The leaders of the Republican Party have no problem with Santorum's anti gay tirade. But what Santorum said is not only anti gay, it’s anti protestant, and anti fun in the bedroom for you and your spouse. If you read his remarks carefully you will see he is against the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Griswold v. Connecticut case, which

2003-05-03T18:41:00.000-07:00

More On Mathews Howl Away Thankfully, very few are watching

2003-05-03T16:55:00.000-07:00

Appealing to the better angels of our nature Alan Wolfe on Leadership from Salon Eloquence may well be the most misunderstood characteristic of leadership... Eloquent presidents...are those who perceive a need the public does not even know it has and find the right words to address it. Eloquence is the opposite of both manipulation and demagoguery. The manipulative leader perceives correctly

2003-05-02T18:28:00.000-07:00

Mathews on Heroes Mathews: 'I just can’t see ... John Kerry in that uniform today. Can’t see it.' and 'Americans love having a guy as president, a guy who has a little swagger, who’s physical, who’s not a complicated guy like Clinton or even like Dukakis or Mondale, all those guys, McGovern.' George McGovern: B-24 pilot, 35 missions, Distinguished Flying Cross, and yet never brought it up

2003-05-01T18:13:00.000-07:00

CHRIS MATHEWS IS THE BIGGEST WHORE IN THE WORLD From Oberman’s Countdown: American's love having a 'guy' is president. Someone not complicated like Clinton or McGovern ...Women like this war, we like having a hero, its simple, we don't want an indoor prime minister type....I just can't see John Kerry in that uniform today. Well fuck you Chris Mathews, John Kerry is a brave American who fought in

2003-05-01T11:54:00.000-07:00

Lies, Deception or Incompetence? Either our president is a liar or our Intelligence Department is run by total idiots. Bush said Saddam had a nuclear program that could produce a bomb in six months. If he thought this was true, and it is now obvious that it is false, you would have to conclude that the information he was given was bogus. So who is feeding bad intelligence to our commander and

2003-05-01T09:43:00.000-07:00

IRAQI SPAGHETTI WESTERN Cue the Ennio Morricone music please. From The NYTimes A former Iraqi Army officer bent on revenge for the death of his oldest brother, an army major, executed in 1990. 'Things have improved,' the man said, now that Saddam Hussein is finally gone. 'I can sleep at night now. But I continue to kill people,' he added. 'I want to reach the number 20. Then I will feel good

2003-05-01T08:52:00.000-07:00

JUST IN TIME INVENTORY OF WEAPONS OF MASS EXCUSES Condoleezza Rice has a new excuse for not finding the WMD's. Now it seems the evildoers were so sophisticated they had dual-use facilities. Today we need roach killer; tomorrow we need Saran. Simply retool, manufacturer and ship From The Washington Post: She had a new explanation too for Iraq's ability to launch these weapons that were not

2003-05-01T07:46:00.000-07:00

Scrape the Democratic Convention From Michael Tomasky at Tapped Get really creative and declare that the era of the convention is over -- which is something we've all known to be true for about 20 years anyway -- and then announce that they're not even having a convention in the traditional sense. Maybe a mini, two-day gathering, so the nominee can make his speech with network coverage. But

2003-04-29T14:40:00.000-07:00

Fresh Air Audio Linguist Geoff Nunberg on the stylistic differences between writers on the political left and right. Go Listen.

2003-04-28T11:22:00.000-07:00

Today's Leadership Example David Border, Chris Mathews and 80% of the population seem to think Bush is a great leader. Great leaders are known for taking bold unambiguous stances on controversial issues of the day. Lets see how George does on this issue: The Confederate Flag Both Georgia and South Carolina have been embattled with the issue of the Confederate Flag. Bush visited both states

2003-04-24T21:21:00.000-07:00

Song for the Weekend from the Mekons Hate is the new love Underneath all this The only thing that matters is What and where you were born and How well you use it and conceal it 'Cos there's no peace On this terrible shore Everyday is a battle How we still love the war Dangerous bibles all loving for you In the end we're broken pieces Stuck like glue And there's no peace... When we say we've

2003-04-24T21:12:00.000-07:00

Time for a Cocktail When the Shiite Hits the Fan

2003-04-24T20:36:00.000-07:00

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2003-04-24T19:45:00.000-07:00

More Bush Absurdities Bush said: "One thing's for certain, Saddam Hussein no longer threatens America with weapons of mass destruction," He failed to say when Saddam Hussein ever threatened America with weapons of mass destruction Bush said. "Some in Congress say the plan is too big. Well, it seems like to me they might have some explaining to do. If they agree that tax relief creates jobs,

2003-04-24T12:52:00.000-07:00

Reinsate Trent Lott. Hell, put Lott back up as senate leader, he only said what every Republican party hack in South Carolina thinks. Bush was very cozy with these folks during the 2000 primary. Bush loves the guilt by assoication game, so lets play it. Meet Richard T. Hines, a political ally of President Bush, an certainly a compassionate conservative Talking Points Rules, OK

2003-04-24T10:47:00.000-07:00

A Wing Nut Family Tree I'm contemplating building a Right Wing family tree website along the lines of The Covers Project You could enter the name of your favorite wing nut and get a list of associated nuts, including prescient details like 'Associated with Paula Jones; pleaded guilty to production of child pornography.' A money trail connect the dotes It could also include follow the money

2003-04-23T07:21:00.000-07:00

Eye of Newt Alterman reports that Newt Gingrich wants to get rid of Colin Powell. Frankly, I would be thrilled if Bush took Newt's advice. Boot Powell, lets remove the charade of moderation from this administration.

2003-04-22T18:49:00.000-07:00

From WhiskeyTown: Coffee Tables of Mass Destruction This is too funny!

2003-04-22T13:59:00.000-07:00

Questions for Bush Press Conference NPR's Bob Edwards has a list of questions for W. To read the article go here The Questions: 'Mr. President, you’re asking for $76 billion to pay for this war, and you’ll probably go back to Congress to ask for more. Given the fact that there’ll be severe deficits for as long as you are President, why not let your tax cut slide?' 'You offered an attractive

2003-04-22T11:11:00.000-07:00

Shaky Intelligence Blix says the US used 'shaky' intelligence. I don't know what's more amusing the word 'shanky' or the word 'intelligence' when used to describe anything coming from W. But thanks to Blix I now have a perfect descrption of Anne Coulter. OR would that be SKANKY Intelligence?

2003-04-22T07:56:00.000-07:00

A Brave Republican Questions Bush's Tax Cut Read the editorial 'The tax-cut triumphalism of the G.O.P.'s ascendancy in Washington echoes out here like gross revelry from a cloud-veiled penthouse. The fiscal bill for the easy politics of detaxation is being bucked down the red-ink road toward needful states where politicians still dare to believe in federal government and services and even the

2003-04-21T12:31:00.000-07:00

Operation Iraqi Freedom, Your 15 Minustes are Up Now that bombs will not be falling over the moonlit skies of Iraq, shall we dance with Scott Peterson?

2003-04-21T12:13:00.000-07:00

Baghdad By Candellight Not that this matters now, but remember when the lights went out in Baghdad? U.S. Central Command insisted we did not attack power stations, and that Iraqis shut down the power system. If that is the case then why is it taking so long to get the power back up? It turns out that electricity can be counted among the wounded by collateral damage. The main problem in

2003-04-18T12:45:00.000-07:00

Song For the Weekend G L O R I A ,Gloria G L O R I A ,Gloria G L O R I A ,Gloria G L O R I A ,Gloria and the tower bells chime, ding dong they chime they're singing, Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine. G L O R I A ,Gloria G L O R I A ,Gloria G L O R I A ,Gloria G L O R I A ,Gloria Patti Smith epistle to Van Morrison

2003-04-16T15:38:00.000-07:00

How to Protect America Without Going To War I like my FreePie: the wife of a 9/11 victim speaks out What if the resources used to conduct the war on Iraq were used at home to help keep it from happening again?

2003-04-16T08:17:00.000-07:00

How To Find Weapons of Mass Destruction Be sure you look VERY closely

2003-04-11T11:40:00.000-07:00

RNC Chief Admits Ties to John Birch Society Republicans are pissed that Marc Racicot is courting homosexuals: 'When you meet with a group that holds values that are antithetical to those of your base, you're sending the signal that your base is being taken for granted or is not respected -- that's what Mr. Racicot has done here,' said Robert Knight, director of the Culture and Family Institute,

2003-04-11T07:45:00.000-07:00

Baseball and Politics From Baseball Hall President Dale Petroskey: 'We believe your very public criticism of President Bush at this important -- and sensitive -- time in our nation's history helps undermine the U.S. position, which ultimately could put our troops in even more danger. As an institution, we stand behind our President and our troops in this conflict' Read the article From Hermann

2003-04-10T18:12:00.000-07:00

Interesting Times indeed Iraqis Topple Saddam Statue On video for all to see. "The cinema is truth 24 frames per second." - Jean-Luc Godard. Video, video speaks louder and faster like a talk show host. Dziga Vertov from a rooftop The man with the video camera on the ground. In the east a statue, icon of a tyrant, is pulled to the ground. Cut to a long-shot of Fardus Square Is this Kino-Eye? In

2003-04-10T12:31:00.000-07:00

More Reports: Baghdad Hospitals

2003-04-10T12:21:00.000-07:00

There is no liberation, not yet Secure the hospitals in Basra via Altercation 'We have no medicine, no hospitals, no police,' one resident told the LAT. The Wall Street Journal describes gangland-type violence. One worker at a maternity hospital recounted how he was shot as armed men came to steal the hospital’s electrical generator. As the NYT mentions, the Red Cross, citing a lack of security,

2003-04-10T08:31:00.000-07:00

The Hospitals of Basra Secure the hospitals in Basra

2003-04-10T08:21:00.000-07:00

Statues falling, people are dying This should be a priority. Get medical supplies and doctors to the Hospitals in Baghdad .

2003-04-05T05:42:00.000-08:00

Read Talking Points "The 2004 election would always have been an important election. But the events of recent months have made it perhaps one of the most important elections in the last century. And the future of the country depends greatly on President Bush not being reelected."

2003-04-03T21:27:00.000-08:00

Bush Lies, The Media does not Report Bush says he has not made a decision on using force to disarm Iraq. March 6, 2003 Oh yea, so he had not decided when he said: "Fuck Saddam. We're taking him out." March 2002 "After all, this is the guy who tried to kill my dad." September 2002 Liar

2003-04-03T21:10:00.000-08:00

Iraq is a threat to this country. Really? They don't look like they could win an arm wrestling match against Dominique de Villepin.

2003-04-03T20:58:00.000-08:00

Weapons of Mass Destruction Where are they?

2003-04-02T22:15:00.000-08:00

Song of the Day The Mekons: Thee Olde Trip to Jerusalem The seed of the devil lives on in men Verses 4 5 6 chapters 8 9 10 The Landlords and the ranters with their foot on your neck Oh I love the Union and Glory Hallelujah! ... Heart of the Lion The plunder & the killing Over & over We just tried to stay sober

2003-04-02T22:07:00.000-08:00

God Told Me To Is it a really bad Larry Cohen horror movie (murderers Claim God told them to, and he did). No its President George.

2003-04-02T20:33:00.000-08:00

descent into hell Briefing for a descent into hell From Salon aliens try to grasp what's goin on