Andymatic

Month: November 2005

  • UK Airports Used in CIA Kidnappings and Torture

    Times Online: Eleven police forces were today threatened with legal action if they fail to investigate allegations that UK airports are being used as secret stop-overs by CIA jets transferring terror suspects to torture camps.

  • Back in the Saddle

    (from the Thanksgiving trip – written on Satirday, November 26) It is Saturday. I didn’t put my lenses in so I can’t see much far away at the gate. Gate A15 is packed with people going… somewhere. I managed to get online to print my boarding pass in time to get in Group A. Hoping […]

  • Thanksgiving Report Out

    (from the Thanksgiving trip – written on Thursday, November 24) We drove out to my aunt and uncle’s house out in the countryside and a few relatives as well. Then we rode out to the long term care center where my grandmother lives and met up with another set of relatives – these from my […]

  • The Apprentice Seasons 4, Episode 10

    (from the Thanksgiving trip – written on Thursday, November 24) It is nice to know that the news here in Louisville is just as full of fear-mongering as the news in Chicago. You can’t go wrong with panicked mothers and children at risk… of something… somewhere… We are sitting here watching The Apprentice. Sometimes I […]

  • Bass Pro Shop in Clarksville, Indiana

    (from the Thanksgiving trip – written on Thursday, November 24) It is Thursday night. Just grabbed most of my email. I think I’d go nuts if I had to be on dial-up all the time. I think web designers and especially graphic designers who use Flash intros to their websites should be forced to watch […]

  • Flight Home, Coachville, Hubris, Bouffants, Slovenliness

    (from the Thanksgiving trip – written on Wednesday, November 24) It is Wednesday morning and I am zooming to Midway in a taxi. It is 6:17 am and it is snowing. Yes, friends, snowing. One annoyance with this old Sony PCG-SRX87 is that the hard drive never seems to shut up. There’s over half of […]

  • IRS Should Investigate James Dobson for Being a Complete Asshole

    Eat it, Jimmy: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today filed an Internal Revenue Services (IRS) complaint against Focus on the Family, a conservative, non-profit organization led by its Founder and Chairman James C. Dobson. The complaint asks for the IRS to investigate activities by the group which may violate IRS regulations and […]

  • Madonna to Destroy Cinema From Behind the Camera

    You know you care deeply: What Madonna Really Wants to Do Is Direct

  • 5 Facts About Al Jazeera

    From the Al Jazeera journalists blog, Don’t Bomb Us: Al Jazeera was the first Arab station to ever broadcast interviews with Israeli officials. Al Jazeera has never broadcast a beheading. George W. Bush has recieved approximately 500 hours of airtime, while Bin Laden has received about 5 hours of airtime. Over 50 million people across […]

  • Memo: Bush Wanted to Bomb Al-Jazeera in Qatar

    2001, U.S. forces destroy Al-Jazeera offices in Kabul. Said it was an accident. 2003, U.S. forces destroy Al-Jazeera offices in Baghdad (eyewitness). Said it was an accident. 2004, George W. Bush talks about U.S. forces destroying Al-Jazeera offices in Qatar. 2005, A memo is leaked to the press about what Bush said. Said it was […]