tuesday reads

Radovan Karadzic to be transfered to the UN war crimes court in The Hague.


The judge in the first Guantanamo Bay trial barred evidence yesterday that interrogators obtained from Osama bin Laden's driver, ruling he was subjected to "highly coercive" conditions in Afghanistan. (more at emptywheel)


Scott Horton: The Misdirection


KERNERS ARE GO!!!


John McCain's map of the Middle East. Speaking of McCain, he has a new post up over at Jesus' General.


The Rude One gets tossed out of a right wing bloggers conference.


The Austin American RealEstatesman scrubs front-page Netroots Nation story.


Awesome. Literary magazine Barrelhouse launches new issue with a roller derby theme.

monday reads

The first Guantanamo war crimes trial began today with a not guilty plea from a former driver and alleged bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.


Chris Hedges: So Goes the Newsroom, the Empire and the World

The decline of newspapers is not about the replacement of the antiquated technology of news print with the lightning speed of the Internet. It does not signal an inevitable and salutary change. It is not a form of progress. The decline of newspapers is about the rise of the corporate state, the loss of civic and public responsibility on the part of much of our entrepreneurial class and the intellectual poverty of our post-literate world, a world where information is conveyed primarily through rapidly moving images rather than print.

Tomgram: William Astore, Generation Warfighters


Africom to begin "active security" missions in September.


Larisa Alexandrovna: How the GOP Framed Gov. Don Siegelman

Sam Seder interviews Gov. Sielgelman at Netroots Nation.


Congratulations to Michael Shaw for being awarded the first annual Gilliard Grant of Merit.

sunday reads

Frank Rich: It’s the Economic Stupidity, Stupid


Iraqui Leader Stirs up US Campaign

Obama is pleased, but McCain certainly is not. In an interview with SPIEGEL, Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki expressed support for Obama's troop withdrawal plans. Despite a half-hearted retraction, the comments have stirred up the US presidential campaign. SPIEGEL stands by its version of the conversation.

Soldiers recount deadly attack on Afghanistan outpost


Bill Moyers and Michael Winship: Mother's Milk of Politics Turns Sour


"We're fucked."


Melissa del Bosque: Pardon the Constitutional Dust


Ronnie Cummins: Netroots Nation at the Crossrads


Dublin 'like Chicago in the 1920s'


It's going to be an interesting fête nationale in Brussels this year.

Luna - 23 Minutes In Brussels from the farewell tour documentary Tell Me Do You Miss Me