A special message from Nancy Pelosi.

Retroactive immunity for the telecoms, and the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence are empowered “to authorize warrantless surveillance of foreign parties whose communications pass through U.S. switches, even when they are communicating with Americans.” Is anybody surprised? No? Right.

Robert Gates: “Army soldiers can expect to be tasked with reviving public services, rebuilding infrastructure and promoting good governance. All these so-called nontraditional capabilities have move into the mainstream of military thinking, planning and strategy, where they must stay.”

Over 70 students at Morton West High School in Berwyn, IL participated in a sit-in against the Iraq War on All Saint’s Day, Thursday, November 1st. They were suspended, expelled and even face criminal charges for participating.

Andrew Meyer, arrested and publicly tortured by the police for disturbing the torpid peace of a Kerry Q&A session, is reduced to an absurd apology and an idiotic catchphrase.

If the decline or rise of fascism and authoritarianism in your system of government depends on electing the right or wrong politicians, your system of government is already fucked even before the wrong politicians take power.