The Low Road

My friend Jim at Noutopia wrote to ask how I was doing. I assumed he meant with my cancer. For anyone else interested, here's what I wr...

Here's Hillary on George Bush: "He is someone who has a lot of charm and charisma, and I think in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, ...

Goss's resignation should come as no surprise to blog readers, especially those that follow Billmon. He was prescient last week, on Apri...

If you're planning to hike the Appalachian Trail, or visit any other areas in National Forests, you better get there in a hurry. The Bus...

Here's a link to Michael Sherer's fun to read (but not for Bushistas) Salon article on the Colbert take down of the regime. The trut...

Here's a lengthy quote from the center of Billmon's review comparing the movie American Nightmarez to Stephen Colbert's performa...

The two oncologists I consulted agree. The only real option is hormone therapy for three months followed by external radiation, 45 treatmen...

If you’re a procrastinator, like me, and looking for a way to wile away a few minutes and you really don’t want to deal with the implicatio...

The full body bone, CT scan and chest X-ray were all clean. Tomorrow I go to the second of two oncologists to discuss treatment. I will pos...

Senators want to buy rights to drill for oil in the Alaska National Artic Wildlife Refuge for a $100 bribe paid to each taxpayer. LINK Perso...

Josh Marshall wrote: ...The White House and the entire DC GOP for that matter is just sitting on too many secrets and bad acts. The bogus in...

…What millions of city and suburban folks thought just disappeared down their toilets actually wound up in nets. Swede Lovgren showed up at ...

Here's a column you must read. It's about our scuzzy little president on the ropes and looking to a last grandstand moment of an A B...

Ommzm’s interesting diary with a post on reality manipulation is being singled out for attention at Kos. Here’s the link: Reality in Desuetu...

Juan Cole helps us understand Iran's nuclear program here: Iran can now make glowing Mickey Mouse watches. Via firedoglake (Speaking of ...

Take a few minutes to read Billmon's latest "Mutually Assured Dementia". Best to do so in the morning when you have an entire...

Yesterday the results of the biopsy revealed an aggressive cancer. Last night I had a dream. Here it is: I am a young deckhand wearing shor...

Here's a quote posted today by Juan Cole. Eric Haney, a founding member of the Delta Force anti-terrorist unit, has denounced the Iraq W...

Carl Levin, a Senator trusted and admired by liberal Democrats, sells us out on the domestic phone tap spying issue. Glen Greenwald has the ...

The other day, on firedoglake (one of my favorite and maybe the best of blogs) blogger Pachacutec posted a lengthy and, for many, moving ap...