Here’s an interesting story I see on the BBC but not many other places - a former agent is suing the CIA for retaliatory termination. He claims the reason for his termination was his refusal to falsify WMD documentation. Is it true? We’ll see if Porter Goss wants to meet with him and [...]

WASHINGTON - Saying U.S. soldiers in Iraq “deserve the best,” President Bush on Thursday emphasized that the administration is addressing equipment concerns like the one about armored vehicles raised by a soldier who questioned Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
“The concerns expressed are being addressed, and that is we expect our troops to have the best [...]

Everyone else will want to analyze the intelligence bill compromise, but I want to talk about this retarded economic prolapse instead. If you’re too lazy to read, the story basically breaks down a tax code change being bandied about in the Bush camp to rescind the current practice of allowing taxpayers to deduct their state [...]

I’m walking to school after getting off the Orange Line today, a train which prompted me to invent this toy for the paper’s Holiday Dangerous Toys List:
Stabbers! – The Orange Line Activity Set
Price: $19.99
Tagline: “Any More Carnage and They’ll Have to Rename it the Red Line!”
Description: Comes with plastic train, sweat pants, shiv
Hazards: May cause [...]