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Animated Cartoon: Mercenary Madnessnew

Recent news reveals that the US government has been using Blackwater USA (now called Xe) to do everything from assassinate Al Qaeda members to load Hellfire missiles onto Predator drone planes in Pakistan. What next for the firm that does everything? New animated editorial cartoon by Ted Rall and David Essman goes there.
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  09-04-2009  |  Cartoons

Comparing Jay Bybee's Torture Memos & 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'new

For Bybee as much as for Thompson, reality must be mitigated, banished or defeated. Thompson uses drugs, and Bybee plays with the law until it goes blind.
Las Vegas Weekly  |  Richard Abowitz  |  05-14-2009  |  Commentary

The Annotated Alberto Gonzalesnew

Gonzales is having trouble finding employment, so to help, we're providing his resume, annotated as a service for prospective employers.
Houston Press  |  Richard Connelly  |  04-29-2008  |  Comedy

Anti-Bush Artnew

Painter Al Salzman's "Inamorato" shows Alberto Gonzales kissing George Bush's ass.
Seven Days  |  Pamela Polston  |  09-05-2007  |  Art

Top of the Bottom of 2004new

A TV anchorman with a two-month-long case of hiccups and an elderly woman who collapsed and died while in line for the flu vaccine are among the missteps of 2004 deemed worthy of further reflection.
East Bay Express  |  Will Harper  |  01-03-2005  |  Commentary

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