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more about #judithmiller more comments → the tiniest mexican: Peggy Noonan would find this article to be deeply unserious. more » Mediahohoho: I was in Damascus, Syria when the war started, up at 4 am as American cable news reported the first bombs dropped on Baghdad, filled with sorrow that ... more » PaisleyPajamas: I remember exactly where I was when the war started: Parking lot of a nursery (you know, plants) when the radio's normal happy tune-age was interrupt... more » Mediahohoho: Technically, the Iraq War was not a quagmire because, technically, the Iraq War ended either with the fall of Baghdad or with the capture of Saddam Hu... more » GuyBitchy: Hey... the oil wasn't going to steal itself! more » melissa grey: Was it just me or does it seem really effing tacky to place "Happy Sixth Anniversary of the War in Iraq!" next to a picture of soldiers' coffins? Sar... more » gawkimo: But Judith Miller saved us from Anthrax-spewing remote control airplanes who were hours away from bombarding our Texas Tudor McMansions in Overlad Par... more » Nic Fit: Yeah, it's been a good ride... more » MisterHippity: more » Aler: Gawker itself was surprisingly war-free back in the day: [web.archive.org] more » dado: I think we're still at war with North Korea, technically. We've only been observing a cease-fire. more » Almostbanned: What quagmire are you talking about? The Iraq War may have been a lot of things, but quagmire it most certainly was not. more » jiminy.peep: Don't forget when Bush lied that the Iraq war was going to be "like the Special Olympics or something." more » Mymoustache: Traditional 6th wedding anniversary gifts have a theme of sugar, iron and candy. Contemporary 6th anniversary gifts have a theme of blood, futility an... more » misslinda: War is just like puppies, they're all full of energy and cute at first, but once they grow old, nobody pays them any attention. more » -
#whatdidyoudoduringthewar
Iraq War Turns Six
Happy Sixth Anniversary of the War in Iraq! Sort of! The war began on March 20, 2003, Baghdad time, so we're totally not late. Let's look back at the lies! More » -
#monsters
Montauk Monster In Secret Mutant Army?
Ken Layne over at Wonkette has done some heroic digging into Plum Island, the Department of Homeland Security-run animal horror lab suspiciously close not only to Montauk, where our friend Monty washed ashore, but to a long string of terrifying outbreaks and hybrid animal attacks. We knew from the start of the Montauk Monster mystery that Plum Island was at the center of various conspiracy theories, but when one looks at the entire awful history in one blog post, one must inevitably conclude that, despite its shifty and inconsistent denials, the federal government is assembling there a fearsome monster army that, if left unchecked, will someday slaughter us while we sleep. More » -
