Saturday, February 26, 2011

War in Peace

From Alexander Spence's 1969 album Oar:



And now the news roundup:

  • In Gaddafi's desperation, the soon to be ended Libyan regime jams satellite phones, TV, and mobile phones.
  • Gaddafi blames the Revolution on "hallucinogenic drugs."
  • Gaddafi has murdered thousands, but the people are now in control of most the country, including most of Libya's oil fields.
  • The U.S. Army deployed a specialized "psychological operations" team in 2009 to help convince American legislators to boost funding and troop numbers for the war in Afghanistan.
  • The CIA is spying on reporters.
  • Federal prosecutors have indicted a 78 year old professor for reminding people of jury nullification. 
  • Madison's Police Chief wants Scott Walker to answer questions concerning why he considered sending provocateurs poising as protesters to discredit the ongoing peaceful protests in Wisconsin.
  • Even Forbes Magazine admits Scott Walker is a liar.
  • Abraham Lincoln would be proud of the state legislators of Wisconsin and Indiana currently in Lincoln's state of Illinois.  In 1840, serving as a state legislator, Lincoln jumped out of a window in order to deny quorum to prevent an early adjournment.
  • Though the Union busting bill still has to go through the Senate, where there is not a quorum, yesterday at nearly 2 AM the Republicans in Wisconsin's lower house abruptly cut of debate and passed the bill in a matter of seconds.  This is the response in the Chamber:

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