Live from the Nuke Free Zone

Though there was never any threat of Niger uranium exploding in Saddam’s fictional nuclear arsenal, the Niger uranium story has exploded into a real-live superscandal that has the potential to bring down the Bush administration. That is, if the news will cover it. Remember that nobody covered Watergate except for a pair of enterprising reporters, […]

Attorney General John Ashcroft has ordered federal prosecutors to seek maximum penalties in all cases, and to avoid plea bargains where a defendant is given a lesser charge and lower sentence in exchange for admitting guilt.
Simple economics proves the common sense of how bad an idea this is:

Defendant plea
Chance of avoiding jail
Average sentence before
Average sentence […]

I was reading CalPundit’s comment boards and came across this litte gem some guy named Richard posted:
” The leading cause of poverty is government.”
Ummm. Okay. Hell, I’ll even paste in the paragraph this was stated in.
“He says this is not a middle class tax cut. If you talk to middle class wage earners, […]

This recall in California is as crazy as they say it is. I’m having trouble understanding it.
The Republicans stole billions of dollars from the state by faking energy shortages and blocking any investigation of the crimes, and the Republicans are keeping the state in a budget deficit by refusing to consider any kind of tax […]

Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, there’s a reason for the things that I have on.
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin’ in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear […]

I got a kick out of this entry from the guys at Burnt Orange Report, who normally covers Texas politics.
Anyway, go check it out.

So, there’s a choice brewing for Bush. His Iraq war or his tax cuts for the rich. And we’re starting to talk big money. Check out this paragraph from that story:
“With $166 billion spent or requested, Bush’s war spending in 2003 and 2004 already exceeds the inflation-adjusted costs of the Revolutionary War, […]

Okay, guess when these headlines were printed?
The New York Times: “Violence in Mideast, Despite Plans to Talk.” The Washington Post: “GOP Seeks to Ease Fears on Economy.” A Los Angeles Times heading told of a “scramble to fix economy.” While one of The Chronicle’s headlines focused on a “milestone domestic partners bill,” in Sacramento, another […]

Shudder in dread, gentle readers, for I continue to live on.
I wish it was a slow news week, but - alas! - the world seems to keep wanting to just keep doing things, and so here I am with a few of the news events that have leapt out at me in the past […]

So, I promised some coverage of DEFCON - I hope none of you mind it being a bit over a month late. ^_^;
I didn’t pick up many technical details. Most of the actual tutorials and new ideas are presented at Black Hat Briefings, the more offical and more expensive convention held just before DEFCON each […]