Weekend Update - April 26th

• Well, apparently they're lining up the heads to be rolled. "The military agency that provided advice on harsh interrogation techniques for use against terrorism suspects referred to the application of extreme duress as "torture" in a July 2002 document sent to the Pentagon's chief lawyer and warned that it would produce "unreliable information."' 2002? Oh, that can't be good.


• "Listen up Republicans: It's been almost 100 days, and your country is not coming back to you. She's found somebody new." Bill Maher on a delightful rant.


• Don't really want to get into this "gun thing" with any of you loyal readers. Hell, being true Americans, we own several badass weapons ourselves, though we'd be hard pressed to remember where they are, not to mention the ammo for them. But here's a great column by Bob Herbert concerning our culture soaked in blood.


• Oh Shit! Swine Flu? We're doomed!


• “Jesus kill Mohammed!” Another head, another shot. Boom. “Jesus kill Mohammed!” Boom. In the distance, Humphrey heard the static of AK fire and the thud of RPGs. He saw a rolling rattle of light that looked like a firefight on wheels. “Each time I go into combat I get closer to God,” DeGiulio would later say. A bizarre and frightening little story about the crusade for a Christian military. Click HERE.


• And speaking of swine, less than two weeks after raising the prospect of seceding from the union, Texas Gov. Rick (Good Hair) Perry is calling on the federal government to come to his state's aid in the midst of the swine flu outbreak. God, we wish Molly Ivins was still alive.


• Mia Farrow is going to go on a 21 day hunger strike for Darfur. I'd have a punch line for this, but I'm not that funny. Good luck Mia.


• We went to our local Credit Union and borrowed enough to pay off all our credit cards. Then we ripped them up. Haven't felt this good since Nixon resigned. It's time to fight back.