Greetings weary travelers. Here are some good examples of douchebag-exposery. -- First off, our pal Jon Elmer has done some reporting on the Department of National Defence's preparations of a comprehensive counter-insurgency field manual for its soldiers and officers. Read part one and part two (via Inter Press Service). -- Next ...

I opened my email today to discover that The Onion's running a special issue this week: The War in Iraq - Celebrating Four Years of Winning. Highlights include "Bush Announces Iraq Exit Strategy: 'We'll Go Through Iran'", and this opinion from the American Voices segment titled "Public ...

No one likes a country rampant with sexism and homophobia, especially one run by religious extremists. Least of all us at G7. But to be fair, this applies not only to the USA, but also to Iran. Nonetheless, it was funny to see Iran offer to shut down all ...

You may have heard lots of hullabaloo in the media as of late regarding Hugo Chavez being granted the power to legislate by decree in Venezuela. Now, I'm no fan of giving anyone power to do anything generally - especially if that person is not myself - but the ...

I've been meaning to post this for over a week ... the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was leaked to The Observer (UK newspaper) recently, and although it's not quite finished yet, it basically says this: listen up dipshits, this whole climate change due to ...