The Altered State of the Union

Fuckitall.com released a sweet sweet altered version of Bush's State of the Union address. It is an excellent piece of sly video editing and yall should check it. It's not streaming video so it should work well on bad connections. (Available in Quicktime, RealMedia and Windows Media) Thanks to Ofer for the link!

Afghan prisoners beaten to death at US military base

Two prisoners of the US military were beaten to death at an interrogation prison in Afghanistan, according to a March 7 article in the UK's Guardian. The autopsies verified that both died of blunt force injuries and have been classified as 'homicides.' But we are in the land of the free, which means that the government hasn't really covered it up. But has this story been covered in the United States?

It is believed that the recently captured Al-Qaeda leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is also being held at this base. I wonder how the CIA is interrogating him.

HongPong.com comes back for 2003

Ok, it only took three months, but I have finally gotten it together to redo hongpong.com to permit people to get involved. So you can get registered and submit stuff...

There is something wrong. There is a war about to go underway which will kill thousands without just cause. People must object to the unilateral, hasty, and unjustified conflict. We have to get the word out and the Internet is an exceedingly valuable tool for this. There should be several news and opinion links a day as we go forward into what Thomas Friedman is already calling "World War III."

Of course not everyone agrees right now, and I want to get all perspectives published, so if you feel religious genocide or seizing the oilfields is yet again the answer, or lots of Communism, please send in your news and views. Pro-war stuff and indeed pro-war people are welcome here.

When submitting stories, the site software can automatically generate hyperlinks and HTML for you, so you don't need to know how to code. Just select "Auto Format" from the (HTML Format) popup menu. ( More about auto-format)

Dan -- March 9 2003.