RT @rationalists: Senate Republicans reject tax increase for millionaires. Instead propose cutting food stamps and welfare. Any questions?

Now we hear that the local government in New Orleans has been asking the feds for money to upgrade the levees for years; only to be rebuffed by more and more budget cuts. Add to this the realization that, four years  [more...]

Gosh, a tortured suspect telling his torturers exactly what they want to hear? Who'd have thunk? I mean, doesn't the CIA ever watch TV?