I feel so much better:
The nation’s median household income rose slightly faster than inflation last year for the first time in six years, the Census Bureau reported yesterday.
The rise, however, had little to do with bigger paychecks — in fact, both men and women earned less in 2005 than 2004. Rather, census officials said, more […]

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Over here! I know you wanted to know what was taking those lazy Negroes so long to rebuild New Orleans. Guess what? FEMA doesn’t know what it’s doing!
Someone had to pay to remove 3,000 dead trees in New Orleans. The trees, insisted the Federal Emergency Management Agency, couldn’t have been killed by Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters […]

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A settlement with the Canadian government, under the direct control of the White House, with no Congressional oversight, just in time for the mid-terms.
Up to no good? The Mighty Corrente organization reports, you decide.

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They have no shame:
Brain injuries are so common among U.S. troops that they’re called the signature injury of the Iraq war, but Congress is poised to cut military spending on researching and treating them.
House and Senate versions of the defense appropriation bill would chop funding for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center from $14 […]

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We’ll see:
Two attorneys representing claimants in a lawsuit over wiretapping by the National Security Agency claim that they have sent subpoenas to the White House today, RAW STORY has learned.
Bruce Afran and Carl Mayer, who say they represent hundreds of plaintiffs in lawsuits against Verizon, AT&T, and the US Government, will announce today that they […]

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Ann Jones:
The story of success in Afghanistan was always more fairy tale than fact — one scam used to sell another. Now, as the Bush administration hands off “peacekeeping” to NATO forces, Afghanistan is the scene of the largest military operation in the history of that organization. Today’s personal email brings word from an American […]

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In keeping with today’s theme, the Beatles:

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There’s a line of thunderstorms coming through, and rain always makes me sleepy.
I was just trying to take a nap before dinner. But I had “Tucker” on in the background, and when I heard this rant from Joe Scarborough about how the only reason New Orleans wasn’t rebuilt yet was because their politicians were […]

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Didn’t we already see this movie?
NEW YORK (Reuters) — U.S. federal investigators are examining whether BP Plc manipulated crude oil and unleaded gasoline markets, the company said on Tuesday.
BP (down $1.15 to $67.15, Charts) confirmed a report in The Wall Street Journal that an investigation was underway, but declined further comment. […]
The U.S. Congress is […]

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And the rain beats on my roof
And it does not ask for proof.
“Look Through My Window,” Mamas & The Papas

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[More here.]
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve choked back tears of rage in the past few years, and seeing the images of Katrina in the past few days has brought it all right back. This gang of thieves at our nation’s helm has treated this country and its citizens like a jailhouse […]

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Joe Strummer:

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You know, I read this Sebastian Mallaby piece yesterday and was too appalled to write about it. So I’m glad Eric Alterman did instead, because it’s excreable:
How is the economic philosophy of the Washington Post’s Sebastian Mallaby here any different than that of the Wall Street Journal editorial page? And is it any wonder that […]

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Beware of “reasonable” men, people like Frank Gaffney who was a featured guest on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal this morning. One of the PNAC founders, the man is completely unflappable in that way insane ideologues have. (One caller demanded to know about his military service, and he responded by saying he’d served “on Capitol Hill.”) He’s […]

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Hint: He didn’t fly over like a tourist. And he didn’t call a press conference. In fact, he’s never discussed it publicly.

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Oh. See, I would think it’s the ghosts of all those civilians fried by white phosphorus that was keeping him up at night:
FALLON NAVAL AIR STATION, Nevada — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said he is deeply troubled by the success of terrorist groups in “manipulating the media” to influence Westerners.
“That’s the thing that […]

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Go, team:
The number of Americans without health insurance probably rose to a record in 2005 as medical costs increased three times as fast as wages, according to forecasts for a Census Bureau report today.
The total has climbed every year since President George W. Bush took office, a point Democrats are likely to seize on in […]

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The nice folks at Music Rising have been replacing the instruments of New Orleans musicians who lost them in Katrina, and now Epiphone has announced a limited edition guitar to aid the cause. If you’re in the market for a Les Paul-style guitar, check it out.

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Tomorrow’s Times is running a piece about the severe drought conditions in the northern Great Plains.
My friend MB (of Draft Gore 2008 PAC fame) has been telling me about this for weeks now. But I assured her there’s no such thing as global warming, so she feels a lot better now.
This might be a good […]

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Still as fresh as when it was released in November 1969. Creedence Clearwater Revival:

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More good news for the paycheck class:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - DuPont Co. (DD) on Monday said it will sharply cut its pension plan for U.S. employees, reducing the amount it will contribute to workers’ pensions after 2007 by two-thirds.
The company said it will enhance its savings and investment plan for employees, making a contribution of […]

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Glad I’m a renter.

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One for the good guys:
A federal judge in Florida has blocked enforcement of a state law that could have fined voter registration groups hundreds of dollars per ballot, according to a press release by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University.
At issue in the case, League of Women Voters v. Cobb (case no. […]

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Saddam is being forced to watch “South Park: The Movie.” No, really.

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