[Via fark.com]
"Borat Sagdiyev from Kazakhstan", a.k.a. HBO's "Ali G" seems to have rialed up the crowd at a rodeo. Nothing unusual except that he demolished George Bush and the US national anthem at the Salem Civic Center, Virginia in front of a pro-Bush crowd.
"...And may George W. Bush drink the blood of every man, [...]
Tags: · Civil Liberties, Freedom, Media, Oddities, Television
Check out the cans on that statue! In a widely anticipated move, John Ashcroft has resigned. Let's just hope that he won't slide into some other cabinet position under Bush... According to Yahoo, his five-page resignation letter included this gem (if anyone has a copy, please send it along):
"The objective of securing [...]
Tags: · Censorship, Civil Liberties, Freedom, Government, Law, Politics, Privacy, Ranting
Update: Scott Taylor has published a complete account of his story.
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The CBC is reporting that Scott Taylor, an Ottawa-based military analyst, journalist, and author is safe in Turkey following five days of captivity in Iraq:
"He said his captors thought he was an Israeli spy, moving him through seven locations while the town faced [...]
Tags: · Canada, Civil Liberties, Freedom, Government, Politics