Lance Corporal "Daniel" intentionally fails [1] a drug test to avoid going back to Iraq and First Lieutenant Ehran Watada details how the U.S. army is trying to silence [2] his dissent. Meanwhile, as the death-toll hits another milestone [3], the San Diego Naval Medical Center is opening up a new wing [4] to deal with the extra volume of combat wounded.
Klan members everywhere would agree, there's nothin' better than a good bonfire! Homophobic arsonists stage book burning [5] in Chicago.
Colbert calls out [6] Congressman Lynn Westmoreland for pushing 10 commandments legislation when he can't even name them! Just like this joker in South Carolina who is trying to ban sex toys [7] while admitting that he doesn't know what they are.
More [8] on the electoral [9] security breaches [10] in California's 50th.
Judge tells Cheney to 'go Cheney himself [11]' and that "embarrassment is not sufficient cause for exemption" from the FOIA request.
Finally, score another one for the netroots - DoubleSpeak helps oust [12] another D.C. bigot.
Happy weekend to all, and to all a good Friday!
Links:
[1] http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061506P.shtml
[2] http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061406R.shtml
[3] http://www.first-draft.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6307&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0&PHPSESSID=9ae453398dd728544ad6e5f99be1886a
[4] http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20060615-9999-1n15hospital.html
[5] http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/46395.php
[6] http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/06/15.html#a8728
[7] http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4928287
[8] http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061506K.shtml
[9] http://commonwonders.com/archives/col350.htm
[10] http://www.bradblog.com/?p=2954&print=1
[11] http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Documents_suggest_Army_lied_about_Cheney_0615.html
[12] http://www.doublespeakshow.com/2006/06/15/getting-local-washington-dc-bigot/
[13] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthehindsightfactor.com%2Ffriday_link_vomit_0&linkname=Friday%20Link%20Vomit