My heart today goes out to the Pakistani people. I hope and pray that all those responsible for the heinous crime that has been committed today will be brought to justice.

Good journey, Benazir Bhutto. Good journey.

I was just at the Fox News website. One of the story teasers (second story, directly below Falwell's death) read:

Hard Time at Gitmo Detainee cries 'torture,' says he was forced to use unscented deodorant and read newsletter full of 'crap'

If one clicks the link and reads the article, it does mention that the source for the story, a transcript of Majid Khan's military hearing, was "redacted" (in other words, parts that would not be in the best interest of the United States military were deleted). Buried deep into the article we also find this:

Ali Shoukat Khan said his son [Majid Khan] was kidnapped in Pakistan and that there, Americans tortured his son "for eight hours at a time, tying him tightly in stressful positions in a small chair until his hands, feet and mind went numb. ... He was often hooded and had difficulty breathing. They also beat him repeatedly, slapping him in the face, and deprived him of sleep."

"Fair and balanced™" is a joke. And a bad one, at that.

Every time I look there seems to be a much higher death count from the Pakistan/India earthquake. The leaps and bounds the numbers are growing by remind me of the December Tsunami. Too much, too fast. I can't comprehend the magnitude of these disasters. I feel as if the world is a line of target-ducks in a shooting gallery at some state fair and I'm watching the other ducks get picked off and hoping my duck isn't next.