How long can "last throes" last?

Very good short flash thingy explaining the Downing Street memos.

If you have a credit card, you should read this. Thanks, Washington. Good stuff from David Sirota.

This is rich: "During a White House press conference, journalist Terry Moran asked Scott McClellan whether the insurgency in Iraq was in its "last throes," as had been claimed by Vice President Dick Cheney, or was not. McClellan gave a vague answer, so Moran repeated his question five more times. "Is there any idea," he finally asked, "how long a last throe lasts for?""
more here

Hmm. Must be nice to have affordable healthcare, eh? Fuck you, Saxby Chambliss, you ass-sucking election thief. (Oops, did I just say that?)

Robots (scary). We're on the road to obsolescence, folks. In the meantime, you might consider a career in tech support insurance...

Former Chief Economist in Bush's Labor dept, declaring that the Official Story of 911 is BS. Good solid stuff.

So why isn't anyone asking the officials at FEMA about why they broke the law after 911 by destroying evidence and a crime scene? This is outrageous. Nothin' makes me think "coverup" like -um- covering up the evidence. DUH Looking for the banal? Here ya go. Nothing outlandish about it at all: Someone at FEMA said "clean this up." Who gave what orders, and why?

A Sherlock Holmes Type Twist To The 9/11 Murder Mystery. Verrrrry interesting...

Shell Chairman sez we're in trouble: "The boat is sinking, and we have to use everything that we possibly can." and "We have roughly 45 years. And if we start NOW, not in 10 or 15 years' time, we have a chance..."