More random links

* "In the end, we were all good little Germans." Unfortunately. And shamefully.

* A quarter of a million bullets per day in Iraq?! But of course they're bullets of liberation! Even, one might say, "Bullets of Freedom."

* Psst. It's over.

* Tom Engelhardt: "The US-backed special tribunal in Baghdad signalled Monday that it will likely delay a verdict in the first trial of Saddam Hussein to November 5. Why hasn't the mainstream media connected the dots between the Saddam's judgment day and the midterm elections?"

* Check out some more Bad News About the Election.

* Worst. Congress. Ever. That's hard to dispute.

* So Bush has signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006 into law. As Bob Parry says, "Shame on Us All."

* According to the UN, about 13 percent of the globe is starving. One would think that addressing this might be a priority, but that would require living in a world where stuff called "compassion" and, dare I say, "humanity" were valued.

* Witness the ongoing Middle Class Squeeze.

* Well, at least they're consistent. The Bushies are still gunning for "Full Spectrum Dominance."

* Michael Yates serves up "All the Economics You Need to Know in One Lesson."