Our friend and journalistic hero Chris Floyd has a new book out, and you should read it. My copy is on the way, but I’m sure it’s the equal to his excellent work on his site. If you’ve already read everything he’s written there, think about buying this book for your non-Internet friends, it’d make a great Saturnalia gift*.
From the Amazon review:

The Secret History of the Bush Regime From the Award-Winning journalist comes a much-anticipated collection of his penetrating and prescient coverage of the Bush Administration. Never has the American Republic stood in such a degraded state as it does today: terrorized, militarized, subjected to arbitrary rule, riddled with corruption, despised and feared around the world - and more exposed to attack than ever before. How the hell did we get here? Empire Burlesque tells the tale, giving us the secret history of the Bush Regime - the backroom deals, the covert ops, and the monstrous betrayals of American principles that have gone down behind the pious rhetoric and sugary deceptions.

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Chris Floyd is one of a handful of writers on the political scene who report the truth and don’t hold their punches. Mr Floyd’s varied life experiences here and abroad give him an excellent perspective on what is really happening in American politics - and it’s not lame, pro-Democratic Party reactionism, but a true analysis of what the current regime is doing. The only way to get beyond ’business as usual’ with either major party is to have a clear understanding of what is really going on and of the real agenda of those in power, as well as what is truly at stake - elements totally lacking in mainstream journalism. Chris Floyd is one of the most important writers today who can help provide that understanding, and I strongly encourage readers to check out his work.

Chris has long been one of my daily stops, and I can’t encourage you enough to get to know his work.

*Doing my part in the War on Chirstmas.