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More Incompetent Boobery
(via Eschaton) U.S. Government Gave Airtime to Terrorists, Official Admits Al Hurra television, the U.S. government’s $63 million-a-year effort at public diplomacy broadcasting in the Middle East, is run by executives and officials who cannot speak Arabic, according to a senior official who oversees the program. That might explain why critics say the service has … Continue reading “More Incompetent Boobery”
DOE Polygraph Program: Counter Intelligence Taken Literally
(via What’s new by Bob Park – Friday, May 18, 2007) 1. DOE POLYGRAPH PROGRAM: COUNTER INTELLIGENCE TAKEN LITERALLY. A 30 Apr 07 memo notified Los Alamos employees that random polygraph tests of 8,000 personnel in high-risk categories will be conducted by the DOE as part of a new counter-intelligence program. Three years ago, a … Continue reading “DOE Polygraph Program: Counter Intelligence Taken Literally”
Jerry Falwell’s God
France
And finally, New Rule: Conservatives have to stop rolling their eyes every time they hear the word, “France.” Like just calling something “French” is the ultimate argument winner. As if to say, “What can you say about a country that was too stupid to get on board with our wonderfully-conceived and brilliantly-executed war in Iraq?”
(more…)Mitt Romney: As crazy as a nebula of crap
Mitt Romney’s favorite novel? Battlefield Earth
(more…)Condoleezza Rice says something stupid
Missile-Defense Plan No Threat to Russia, Rice Says “The idea that somehow 10 interceptors and a few radars in Eastern Europe are going to threaten the Soviet strategic deterrent is purely ludicrous, and everybody knows it,” — Condoleezza Rice, April 26, 2007 Soviet? WTF?
Tim Russert spells I-R-A-K
Yet Another Insightful Quote from Jon Stewart
John Derbyshire Explained
How John Derbyshire sees himself (via Rising Hegemon):
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