Like Garfield, I hate Mondays

1. Watering down reality — Access to safe drinking water: another basic Human Right being shredded in the gears of the Great Machine. Fuck it. Let them drink Dasani™.
2. Remember back in November when General Pace and Rumsfeld had their spat over whether US troops should intervene and stop torture by Iraqi forces, as Pace said — or that they don’t “have an obligation to physically stop it” but just “to report it,” as Rummy said? — Well, Rummy won. — More torture found at Iraqi jails
3. You’re free to go; you just can’t leave. — Nearly 30 percent at Guantanamo jail cleared to go
4. Women’s HIV Gel Said Possible by 2010 — A safe and effective gel allowing women to protect themselves from the AIDS virus may be available by 2010 — [sarcasm]Abstinence is available already, you filthy whores.[/sarcasm] (Don’t be surprised when the abstinence only crowd tries to prevent the distribution of this gel.)
5. CIA Officer’s Job Made Any Leaks More Delicate — The rare firing last week of a CIA officer accused of leaking information to the news media stems both from the sensitivity of the subjects she allegedly discussed and the Bush administration’s forceful efforts to block national security disclosures that have proved embarrassing or caused operational problems… — What sensitive information did she leak? The existence of …secret, CIA-run prisons for suspected terrorists in Eastern Europe and elsewhere. — Should ‘whistleblower protection’ perhaps come into play here?
6. President Visits with Marine Corps and Navy Families in Twentynine Palms, California
OFFAL said this again yesterday to the Marines: And because of your service, we’re defeating an enemy overseas so we do not have to face them here at home. — Meanwhile we are relentlessly being told that there is a continuing significant risk of terrorist attacks. — Which is it?
7. Fuck the telephone company. — Ignorance and Internet Bliss — Internet neutrality. —