If there's one thing we can count on, fellow travellers, it's the revolting coarseness of the conservative commentariat. Their latest display of utter barbarism was jubilation at the clearly illegal, cold-blooded, extra-judicial murder of Osama bin Laden. This appalling act by the ultimate rogue state, performed deep in the territory of another sovereign nation and without its knowledge or permission defiles us all. Yet Rupert's rotties are calling it a "triumph for freedom".

Can you believe t...
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Fellow travellers, appalling reich-wingers are fond of accusing us of harboring outlandish and ludicrous theories about the deviousness of the Great McSatan in general, and the CIA in particular.

We all know about how they tried to kill fellow traveller Fidel Castro with an exploding cigar. And now a new example of their cruelty has come to light: The CIA sprinkled LSD on bread in a small French town, resulting in widespread hallucinations.

This is deeply distressing, particularly when you con...
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