So Bush, like LBJ in Vietnam, is sending more troops into Iraq. So the Guardian will regularly print the surging casualty reports. How many more will die because of Bush's mistakes?

01.11.07 - 2:25 pm | Bruce Brugmann |

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By Bruce B. Brugmann

On April 2, 2003, as Bush started a preventive war and invaded a small country that posed no danger to the U.S., the Guardian publshed a cover story predicting the U.S. would soon be mired down in the "The New Vietnam," as our front page head put it. As our editorial warned at the time, "Taking Baghdad will afterward be difficult and bloody--and ruling the divided nation will be, to make a phenomenal understatement, something of a trick...All of this will only lead to increased anti-U.S. Read more »

NOISE: Britney in bikini shape? And K-Fed 2.0?

01.11.07 - 1:35 pm | Music Blogger |

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Whoa, the juicy Brit Spears "gossip" of the day is pictured on TMZ, you non-TMZ junkies. Check the new Britney consort. Who is the mystery dude? He's more muscular than the ex, yet still somewhat K-Fed-esque, and for all we know, he hasn't recorded any "music" yet! Always a plus. Now about that bandana...

Ahoy, baby weight! Courtesy of www.tmz.com.

Bush skewered

01.10.07 - 7:00 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

Watching the speech in replay tonight, and Jesus, Bush looks terrible. I see none of the old confidence and swagger. He's stumbling over words. He looks like he's aged dramatically (like Carter did after the Iran hostage crisis). The wheels are coming off.

And it was fun to watch Anderson Cooper just skewer the plan .....

Bush hands the Dems a big favor

01.10.07 - 6:52 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

By now you've all heard or read about the exceptionally uninspiring speech, but if you want to read the full text, it's here. Beyond thinking that Bush is delusional -- 20,000 new troops in Baghdad? This really is becoming Vietnam again -- I can only say that he has handed the Democrats the best opportunity in many years. Read more »

NOISE: Lady sov takes another stab!

01.10.07 - 5:35 pm | Music Blogger |

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Guardian contributor Ari Messer checked out Lady Sovereign at the Mezzanine on Jan. 8. Here's his review of the show:

Love her or hate her - doesn't she look adorable?

Around seventh or eighth grade I made the transition from oversized Stussy sweatshirts and hypercolor basketball T-shirts to even bigger local punk band tees -- I remember a burgundy Fury 66 shirt that reached to my knees. Read more »

Sex on wheels

01.10.07 - 4:05 pm | Marke B. |

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I promised this blog wouldn't turn into a cornucopia of hot-boy postings, but hey, they asked for it! The new 2007 San Francisco Bike Messenger Calendar is here ...

All local SF models -- the designers and printers too. You can get a copy (or several if you're prone to sticky fingers) at Box Dog Bikes and Refried Cycles. Read more »

Bush is the kind of guy 'who reserves a hotel room and then asks you to the prom'

01.10.07 - 1:49 pm | Bruce Brugmann |

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By Bruce B. Brugmann

Maureen Dowd, in her Wednesday New York Times column, had a telling quote:

"With the surge, as with the invasion of Iraq, W. is like the presumptuous date 'who reserves a hotel room and then asks you to the prom,' as my friend Dana Calvo put it."

On the eve of Bush's speech to surge, escalate, and accelerate in Iraq, she ended her column with Ted Kennedy and his apt remarks after his speech Tuesday to the National Press Club about his legislation that would require Congressional approval before troop levels can be increased. Read more »

Where to protest Bush's "surge"

01.10.07 - 1:42 pm | Tim Redmond |

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By Tim Redmond

There's a website up from Democracy in Action that lists all the protests set for today and tomorrow against the Bush "surge" in troops. Click here to enter your zip code and use this handy-dandy guide to where to go.

Stacking an already stacked deck?

01.10.07 - 1:16 pm | Steven T. Jones |

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By Steven T. Jones
We're getting several calls -- but no callbacks from the Mayor's Office yet -- from people interested in attending Mayor Gavin Newsom's townhall meeting this Saturday who are being told by the mayor's Communications Office that the event is RSVP only. That's a surprise to us, those who have followed the issue of how Newsom is refusing Prop. Read more »

Burning Man family squabble

01.10.07 - 1:00 pm | Steven T. Jones |

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By Steven T. Jones
The Burning Man world has been roiled by a legal fight among its three founders: Larry Harvey, Michael Mikel, and John Law -- the latter of whom left this event in 1996 but this week filed a lawsuit seeking millions in compensation and/or the placing of Burning Man's name, logos, and associated trademarks in the public domain. Read more »