• Episcopal - Mini-Posts

    Surgeon General Nominee Member of IRD, Methodist Branch…Embezzler?

    Crooks and Liars » Bush’s Homophobic Surgeon General Nominee Charged With Conflicts Of Interest – Funnels Millions From Church George Bush’s nominee for Surgeon General has drawn a lot of heat for among other things, his crack-pot anti-gay views as a leader in the United Methodist affiliate of the Institute on Religion and Democracy. But a new report may finally sink his already controversial nomination in a sea of conflicts of interest that have marked his career.

  • Mini-Posts

    links for 2007-08-31

    A Guide to Media Manipulation, Republican Style | The American Prospect (tags: Republican dirtbags) Glenn Greenwald – Political Blogs and Opinions – Salon (tags: Craig Vitter Republican scandals)

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Toto Is Eyeing The Curtain With Bad Intent

    Another day, another and another and another and another scandal that highlights the incompetence, hypocrisy, corruption, or greed of the current Administration. We can has impeechment naow? Mebbe not. We can has outrage? Yesh. First of all, let’s have a moment of silence for Lt. Colonel Ted Westhusing. I’ll remember him and his family in my prayers. He’s a victim of the corruption scandals (subset: Iraq) too. TPM Muckracker: Officer’s 2005 Suicide a Painful Reminder of Corruption in Iraq With the Pentagon’s inspector general set to arrive in Iraq in a few weeks to personally investigate allegations of corruption in,…

  • Mini-Posts

    links for 2007-08-30

    The Goldilocks Method for Curing Autism | Genetics | DISCOVER Magazine (tags: Discover Genetics) Homeland Insecurity | Weapons & Security | DISCOVER Magazine (tags: Discover TSA HomelandSecurity Pork Waste incompetent)

  • Mini-Posts

    links for 2007-08-28

    McClatchy Washington Bureau | 08/27/2007 | Iraqi insurgents taking cut of U.S. rebuilding money (tags: Corruption Spending War Iraq) Welcome to Grandecom.net – News Via comments at Economist’s View re Gonzalez resignation (tags: Law gonzales) Shiny Shiny: Web fun: Otters holding hands AWWWWWW!!! TEH OTTUR CUTENESS!! (tags: otters)