The Air Force’s fleet of warplanes is older than ever and wearing out faster because of heavy use in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the service’s top combat commander. Gen. Ronald Keys, who leads the Air Combat Command, points to cracked wings on A-10 attack planes and frayed electrical cables on U-2 spy planes. From… Continue reading General: Air fleet wearing down
Category: politics
More Accountable than the President?
So it’s finally happening: accountability. At long last, a prominent public figure is being punished for serial reckless behavior and the willful denial of its consequences. Unfortunately, the public figure in question is Paris Hilton, not George W. Bush. The two have more in common than a privileged background and a reputation for dimwitted pronouncements.… Continue reading More Accountable than the President?
Hillary equals France
New Rule: Conservatives have to stop rolling their eyes every time they hear the word France. From “Hillary equals France” | Salon.com Thank you Bill Maher.
Putin to Suspend Pact With NATO
The announcement, made in Mr. Putin’s annual address to Parliament, underscored the Kremlin’s anger at the United States for proposing a new missile defense system in Europe, which the Bush administration insists is meant to counter potential threats from North Korea and Iran. Mr. Putin suggested that Russia would use its future compliance with the… Continue reading Putin to Suspend Pact With NATO
Abramoff III
Yet another shoe drops in the Jack Abramoff investigation. A former aide to Rep. Don Young (R-AK), Mark Zachares, looks set to plead guilty to corruption charges. From TPMmuckraker You know things are bad when scandals this big become B level stories because there are such major scandals taking up all of the media baud… Continue reading Abramoff III
Bill to Let Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices Is Blocked
A pillar of the Democratic political program tumbled today when Republicans in the Senate blocked a proposal to allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices for millions of older Americans, a practice now forbidden by law. From Bill to Let Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices Is Blocked Can someone please explain why forbidding the Government from… Continue reading Bill to Let Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices Is Blocked
Latte Laborers Take on a Latte-Liberal Business
ON March 30, the National Labor Relations Board’s New York office delivered a stinging accusation against one of the city’s — and the nation’s — most popular retail outlets. The labor board charged that Starbucks, the ubiquitous coffee chain, committed 30 violations of law in the process of trying to ward off union activity at… Continue reading Latte Laborers Take on a Latte-Liberal Business
Pelosi’s Delegation Presses Syrian Leader on Militants
Delegation members said that they sought to persuade Mr. Assad to distance himself from Iran, and its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Iran has become Syria’s ally in the growing confrontation with the so-called quartet of moderate Arab states, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. From NYT This is one of those moments where… Continue reading Pelosi’s Delegation Presses Syrian Leader on Militants
Qaeda Is Seen as Restoring Leadership
American, European and Pakistani authorities have for months been piecing together a picture of the new leadership, based in part on evidence-gathering during terrorism investigations in the past two years. Particularly important have been interrogations of suspects and material evidence connected to a plot British and American investigators said they averted last summer to destroy… Continue reading Qaeda Is Seen as Restoring Leadership
Bob Barr explains the conservative crack-up
So the conservative movement in recent years has suffered from allowing itself to become captured by the Republican Party, and it has lost, in many respects, its independence, the power that comes from being a true independent, principled movement, the conservative movement. These issues have become very complex because of that. So, for example, when… Continue reading Bob Barr explains the conservative crack-up