Archive for April 20th, 2008

  • Your pardons won’t work, Georgie Boy.

    Top Bush aides pushed for Guantánamo torture | World news | The Guardian
    Larry Wilkerson, a former army officer and chief of staff to Colin Powell, US secretary of state at the time, told the Guardian: “I do know that Rumsfeld had neutralised the chairman [Myers] in many significant ways. …
    He added: “Haynes, Feith, Yoo, [...]

  • no harm, no fou… you’re kidding, right?

    The Fat Bush Theory - New York Times
    Due to a writing error, the reference to the Democratic candidates ruling out “middle-class tax cuts” in Thursday’s column should have read “middle-class tax hikes.”
    A writing error?
    Otherwise a good column.

  • Hours of fun

    Guardian Unlimited | Search | “jon ronson”
    Fascinating and often hilarious.

  • depraved indifference

    Benefit Managers Profit by Specialty Drug Rights - New York Times
    Doctors treating children with a rare and severe form of epilepsy were stunned by the news. A crucial drug, H.P. Acthar Gel, that had been selling for $1,600 a vial would now cost $23,000.The price increase, put in place over last Labor Day weekend, [...]