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CIABush: Waterboarding Is A "Lawful Technique"Submitted by Shane-O on Sat, 2008-03-08 16:13. Frank Luntz-isms live on in the Bush White House.
From today’s Presidential Radio Address:
Where do we start? Read more Simple Truths and Late Night Thoughts about DrugsSubmitted by chicago dyke on Wed, 2007-10-31 03:03.The comments on this post are what make it most interesting, but in general it’s the kind of post that many of us have written, or read, or understood, many times in the past. It’s late and I need to go to bed, but I just have to share this one thought, one that always comes to mind when silly people who don’t understand how the drug trade works are talking. Simply: who owns planes, big rig trucks, and large boats, in this country? Whatever your answer, if you’re reality-based, it’s not “cholos from the barrio” and “thugs in the hood.” No matter what propaganda you may believe about the overarching all-powerful nature of “gangs,” the simple truth is that without some kind of government help, there would be no illicit/illegal drug trade in this country. The Barrio isn’t filled with people who own planes that fly back and forth from Columbia; the military is. And the military leadership is mostly white. Same when it comes to fleets of boats and trucks- yes, there are black people who work on/with them, but not so many who own fleets of them, certainly not when compared to white people. White people in the Republican party, to be exact. If you don’t like illicit drug use, or people who are addicted when you think they shouldn’t be, please don’t blame us (gay, brown, or poor people). We may be ’street level’ dealers and peddlers, but without rich, MIC/prison industrial complex types, there would be no illicit drugs in the United States. This is a matter of common sense, and I’d like to see more people accept this as they speak of these issues. What Goes Iran Comes IranSubmitted by Shane-O on Sat, 2007-09-29 18:48.In apparrent response to the Senate’s passing of Senate Amendment 3017, for which 22 Democrats should be ashamed, Iran has responded:
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Let's help Bush rewrite executive order 12333!Submitted by lambert on Tue, 2007-06-12 21:26.Executive Order 12333 is a Reagan [genuflects]-era order written to make sure the next Ollie North never gets prosecuted, to permit assassinations (in the jargon, “targeted killings”), and to permit domestic surveillance by the NSA. One wonders what expanded powers Our Betters could possibly need. But need them they do, or so they tell us:
I think it’s great that the administration is going to do this now, and I’m sure that the Regent [cough] lawyers down in the basement of Cheney’s bunker have already formed a prayer group on it. And I absolutely trust the Bush administration to do the right thing on this. Wouldn’t you? [Reach me that bucket, wouldja hon?]
Well, gosh. How about we good citizens help McConnell out? Here’s a copy of the order. And after careful, thoughtful, prayerful considerations, I’ve come up with the following changes to the Preamble: Read more »
Council of Europe: Bush prison camps confirmed in Poland, Rumania, used torture, led to Military Commissions ActSubmitted by lambert on Fri, 2007-06-08 08:57.Today’s report from the Council of Europe’s investigator, former Swiss prosecutor Dick Marty, can be found here, along with a timeline of the investigation, and supporting documentation in the form of flight logs for the “extraordinary renditions” to and from the prisons. Here are some excerpts from the report, which is long, detailed, and cries out for the kind of analysis we’re doing on Justice
Estimates of the numbers held range from 8,000 to 35,000, with Colin Powell’s chief-of-staff Lawrence Wilkerson’s estimate at the high end.
And the European governments are resisting accountability just as much as Bush does, what a surprise:
And now we know for sure the countries where the torture camps were: Read more YABL! The Return of Renditions and CIA Torture FlightsSubmitted by xan on Sun, 2007-04-29 18:30.YABL For graphic starters, take a look at this lovely Map of Routes of CIA Torture Transports. A larger version can be found here at Le Monde, and even non-Francophiles will have no trouble understanding the breakdown of which flights were by the big C-130 and which by the little Gulfstream. It’s nice to have various vehicles handy for different uses, don’t you think? But the particular lie in question comes from this story which only a couple of papers appear to have picked up. Those who watched the recent PBS/Bill Moyers story about Pressure on the Press will understand why. The announcement that Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi was transferred to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility from CIA custody raises worrying questions about how long he has been detained by the CIA, where he was held, what kind of treatment he endured, and whether other prisoners still remain in CIA detention. The CIA has previously detained numerous detainees for months and even years. [snip] Now here comes the lie:
Horseshit. He knew it wasn’t closed even as he was speaking. But to continue… Read more Let me tell you that it hurts so goodSubmitted by SteveAudio on Sun, 2006-09-10 05:14.GWBushCo loves him some torture. Acccording to ABC News, though, the military is now prohibited from:
Gone, Forgotten, Never Mind 3000 Dead AmericansSubmitted by chicago dyke on Tue, 2006-07-04 11:14.Woody’s right to point out that the timing of this stinks almost as much as the sentiment. Even though I harbor serious foil-induced ideas about the man and his role in 9-11, I have never been able to understand the…words fail me here…incompetent, unconcerned, bumbling, hypocritical “pursuit” of the most wanted man in modern American history:
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