Well, it's time for Louis Farrakhan and his crazy people are massing on the Mall tomorrow. It's to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the "Million Man March" . Hmmm... it gives one pause. Did it really do any good? Did it make the world better for single-parent black families ? And what about the GLAAD response? Who knew there WAS a GLAAD response ? And here's the reaction from an unapologetically white man who was there : My question is, what has gotten better becaus...

Here is a headline from Yahoo! News: Bomb kills 20 in Iraq after bloodiest month for US What does that tell you? Does that tell you that this is the bloodiest month yet for US troops, even through the whole of the insurgency? That more soldiers died in October 2005 than at any time since the beginning of the occupation of Iraq, back in mid-2003? 'Cause that's what it says to me. So I clicked through to read the whole article. Here is the revelatory segment from that Yahoo! Ne...

Well, it has truly hit the fan in France. And, allegedly, Australia has nabbed seventeen alleged terrorists allegedly working to allegedly blow up some alleged place; probably the Sydney Opera House or Harbor Bridge, according to The Scotsman . But l put it to you, good JU reader, that this current violence has its roots in the happenings of 9/11. But what is happening now is not the work of al-Qaeda. Let me make this perfectly clear once again: this violence is not from al-Qaeda. N...

In today's Washington Post, Howard Kurtz writes about how wonderful and exemplary Mary Mapes thinks she is: (the link is to a subscribed site, so I will type it out from my copy of today's paper) Investigative reporters are, by their nature, dogged, tenacious, and deeply suspicious, crashing through official roadblocks as they chase the most elusive stories. Some of them continue that quest long after their support evaporates, their evidence crumbles and even their employers abandon...

Michael Brown, disgraced former head of FEMA, is starting a new disaster-preparedness for-profit consulting firm. I guess he figures that he's already made every concievable mistake, therefore he is the most experienced man in the room. From the AP and Rocky Mountain News : Former FEMA director Michael D. Brown, criticized over his agency's slow response to Hurricane Katrina, is starting a disaster-preparedness consulting firm to help clients avoid the sort of errors that cost him...

So I'm reading the Washington Post this morning, and what to my wondering eyes should appear but this: Didn't recognize the face in the picture, for obvious reasons, but I knew the name. Brian Doyne. Hmmm, Brian Doyne. I went to PLDC in 2004 with an EOD (Explosives Ordnance Disposal) guy named Brian Doyne. Same squad, same classroom. He'd just gotten off the plane from Afghanistan, sent straight to PLDC without time to decompress. Very funny, very sardonic, very depressed guy. ...

So the trial of Saddam Hussein has begun. The question isn't how will it end, but when will the trigger be pulled? Does anyone think he's getting a trial that isn't already decided? Does anyone think Saddam will walk? I'm on the edge of my seat! From the Washington Post : The trial of Saddam Hussein is just beginning, and already it has become an utterly compelling made-for-TV spectacle. The Iraqis, in this case, have proved to be precocious students; clearly they understand all t...

The tragedy of September 11th caused America to do some self-examination: How did it happen? Why didn't we prevent it? How can we prevent future attacks? The 9/11 Commission issued this report on how well Congress and the Bush administration have done in protecting American lives after 9/11... From the Washington Post : In its final act before formally disbanding as a private group, the former Sept. 11 commission gave the federal government failing or mediocre grades today for...

This is kind of a re-rant, but with new, updated information. Especially since the 'Save Tookie' movement brought out all the usual suspects in regards to the celebrity activists. Think of it as a revised edition! I cannot stand these celebrities who think that their opinions on social issues matter. Mike Farrell goes on NPR and a speaking tour to tell how Tookie needs to live. Sharon Stone tries to sell her earrings on "Ellen" to save cancer patients. Michael Moore... well, he's jus...

I was tempted to put 'Zero Tolerance' in the title rather than the subtitle so I could get more looks, but I held back. U.S. air marshals on Wednesday shot and killed an American Airlines passenger who claimed to be carrying a bomb in his backpack at Miami International Airport. He was disembarking from a flight that had just arrived at Miami from Medellin, Colombia. Let me get this straight: a man who had just landed in America starts breaking for the door, pushing through the crowd...

From AP: President Bush reversed course on Thursday and accepted Sen. John McCain's call for a law banning cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of foreign suspects in the war on terror. Bush said the agreement will "make it clear to the world that this government does not torture and that we adhere to the international convention of torture, whether it be here at home or abroad." "It's a done deal," said McCain, talking to reporters in a driving rain outside the White House after he...

Read, please... this information is readily available to the public. The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution: Amendment IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. The Foreign...

Pulling a page from the Gitmo playbook, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein claimed in an outburst at his Baghdad trial for torture and murder Wednesday that he had been beaten by U.S. soldiers. He claimed that his detainers were beating him on every inch of his body, so much so that the marks were still visible today in court. Not that he actually showed anyone those marks, but the allegations were there. Nobody believes him, but the freak show... I mean trial will be on hiatus for two w...

The TSA has been watching people in airports and profiling them based on body language, responses to questions, and other odd behavior. This practice is nothing new, but it's receiving media coverage due to the TSA's plans to roll out the behavior profiling program to several other airports in the next few months. From USA Today : Carl Maccario noticed it the instant he watched a tape of three Sept. 11 hijackers going through security at Dulles International Airport. Not one of th...

Child labor is alive and despite United Nations efforts through their International Labor Organization and the African Network for the Prevention of and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect. This sad state of affairs is a necessity in Ethiopia, where the standard of living requires younger and younger kids to be employed in farm labor or factory work in order to stay alive. From today's Washington Post : Across sub-Saharan Africa, according to U.N. research, one-third of all ...