Tens of thousands of people fled the path of a monster storm bearing down on northeastern Australia as officials warned that the life-threatening cyclone had increased in strength overnight.
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh urged residents of low-lying areas to evacuate quickly as gusts up to 174 mph (280 kph) were expected ahead of Cyclone Yasi, forecast to hit Cairns late Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Al Gore is soooooo fat
What global climate change? It still snows in the Winter.
There are times to avoid Sully
After he completely kissed Bush's ass toward Iraq in 2003, but it is telling...and I wonder if Sullivan noticed...to compare these pictures of the central squares of Baghdad that he was so taken by and those of Cairo.
Naturally, this was written not by Sullivan but by Chris Bodenner.
Naturally, this was written not by Sullivan but by Chris Bodenner.
Johnny One Note
John Bolton set the moral tenor of his life early on by saying:
"by the time I was about to graduate in 1970, it was clear to me that opponents of the Vietnam War had made it certain we could not prevail, and that I had no great interest in going there to have Teddy Kennedy give it back to the people I might die to take it away from."
Thus began a life-long tradition of presumptively blaming liberals for all bad things while having no problem watching others die for a situation he didn't want to get personally involved in. A real moral giant. A real Neo-Con.
And so it goes:
Bolton: Mubarak’s Downfall Would Mean We Need To Bomb Iran Sooner
What else calls for the bombing of Iran? Bolton's a war mongerer for all seasons. The coming of Spring; Summer; Fall; and Winter.
North Korea does something, bomb Iran! Gaza protests, bomb Iran! And, of course, Iran protests in Iran, bomb Iran!
Packers win, bomb Iran. Steelers win, bomb Iran.
There's only one instance where John Bolton did not want to bomb Iran, when he wanted to bomb Chicago.
Fill In The Blank
Welcome to a fun new Rising Hegemon feature: "Our Trolls are so stupid that _________". To play, all you need to do is fill in the blank!
I'll get us started.
"Our trolls are so stupid that they believe the New York Times is 'leftist'".
You play along in comments.
I'll get us started.
"Our trolls are so stupid that they believe the New York Times is 'leftist'".
You play along in comments.
Maybe they should put some of that bonus money
The Tax Payers have given them into security?
Wait a minute, Al Qaeda has a magazine?
"Better Homes & Bombings"?
"Good Jihading"?
"Highlights"?
Why don't we just wait for them to go bankrupt on it?
NBC New York says that over the past few weeks, law enforcement agencies have been briefing banks on this new, terrifying terror threat. What kind of threat? Well, let's see: it's "general in nature." But a terror blogger did write about "targeting financial sites." And Al Qaeda wrote about the same thing in its magazine.
Wait a minute, Al Qaeda has a magazine?
"Better Homes & Bombings"?
"Good Jihading"?
"Highlights"?
Why don't we just wait for them to go bankrupt on it?
Now his concern trolling belongs to the World
Determined to become irrelevant in all cultures, noted social critic and military strategist Richard Cohen has decided to critique political movements overseas.
The dream of a democratic Egypt is sure to produce a nightmare.
Egypt's problems are immense. It has a population it cannot support, a standard of living that is stagnant and a self-image as leader of the (Sunni) Arab world that does not, really, correspond to reality. It also lacks the civic and political institutions that are necessary for democracy. The next Egyptian government - or the one after - might well be composed of Islamists. In that case, the peace with Israel will be abrogated and the mob currently in the streets will roar its approval.
My take on all this is relentlessly gloomy. I care about Israel. I care about Egypt, too, but its survival is hardly at stake.
Screw Egypt's people, it will still be a place on the map! If you can't bomb 'em, what's the point?
[cross-posted at Firedoglake]
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