war crimes

James Wolcott - The Damned

Corrente Wire - Snowflakes From Faraway Lands

Billmon - Birth Pangs

Congressman Wexler on the Colbert Report

"I enjoy cocaine because it’s a fun thing to do."

"I enjoy the company of prostitutes for the following reasons: it’s a fun thing to do."

saturday morning blues

The most senior British military commander in Afghanistan yesterday described the situation in the country as "close to anarchy" with feuding foreign agencies and unethical private security companies compounding problems caused by local corruption.

Israel has massed soldiers and tanks on the border with Lebanon and called up thousands of reserve troops, in a possible prelude to a ground offensive.

Four U.S. soldiers accused of murdering suspected insurgents during a raid in Iraq said they were under orders to "kill all military age males," according to sworn statements obtained by The Associated Press.

Photo by Ryan McManus

"Watusi Rodeo" - Guadalcanal Diary
"Twist & Crawl" - The Beat
"Primitive (The Way I Treat You)" - Ambulance LTD
"'Cuase I Love You" - Rufus and Carla
"Unsatisfied" - The Replacements
"Black, Brown and White" - Big Bill Broonzy
"Blindsided" - Go Like Hell
"Jump Right Back" - The Beat Farmers
"You Make Me Sick" - The Motards
"Munich" - Editors

Video Bonus - Three Degrees - "Tenshi no sasayaki"

Johannes Schlüter

bush pilot

(via BlondSense)

brink of war?

jon stewart

happy birthday

pixie tourette


Photo by Celesta Danger

tuesday morning reads

Low-income residents of 13 cities across the nation pay extra for many everyday services, sometimes thousands of dollars more over a whole year, a study to be released today shows.

Ed Naha - "The Axis of Weasels"

The Jackass in the Room

I will never look at a bag of Doritos the same way again. (via Fleshbot)


 

return of the draft

"We must consider the point at which we confuse 'volunteer to become an American soldier' with 'mercenary,' "

Lt. Gen. James Helmly