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Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 11:14 am
The essence of culture war is a marching-backwards. Glenn Beck made "Leave it to Beaver" noises because his target audience is cognitively s...Re: Morning Awful: Catholic Birth Control Contention
02/08/12 10:51 am
Notice how a lot of so-called liberal Catholic MEN, like E J Dionne and Chris Matthews, are making this all about religious freedom. Bullpuc...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 10:46 am
I was six years old and in parochial school when John Kennedy ran for President. I remember my parents and family being pleased when he won,...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/08/12 2:15 am
You've seen them before at the 2009 G-20 meeting and the Battle of Seattle in 1999.Re: Morning Awful: Regressive South Carolina
02/07/12 3:17 pm
It takes an advanced degree in cognitive dissonance to deny these laws have any object other than making it harder for minorities & the ...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/07/12 7:07 am
I checked out on OWS months ago so I never heard of Black Bloc. Wow. Good to know.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:43 am
Applause for a simply-stated version of my own mind.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:41 am
2 is a higher number than my preferred number of "zero," and it's still lower than 30. I think you can summarize a lot of the Obama Era in t...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/06/12 6:47 am
Who has the irrational hatred of POTUS ? Greenwald or Paul ? Which POTUS ? Bush? Obama ? Lincoln ? Madison ? Any ideas about why ? rather...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/05/12 1:30 am
Good post! I've stopped by a few times, but never commented. I think the key phrase in assessing Greenwald is "overcompensates" and he does...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 2:24 pm
I dislike the term "emoprog." It confuses musical politics with movement politics.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:19 pm
For the same reason Ron Paul approved those newsletters.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:18 pm
And vote. No vote, no voice and no right to criticize the government, because the sorry a-holes who don't vote enable whichever government t...
Category Archives: torture
Rick Santorum Loves Torture Porn
The former Senator spouted off yesterday, leaving a frothy mix of verbal diarrhea and lubricating ignorance all over his chin: WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Sen. Rick Santorum said Tuesday that Sen. John McCain, who spent 5 1/2 years enduring brutal … Continue reading
Preexisting Failure
How Republicans reacted to the news that accused embassy bomber Ahmed Ghailani has been found not guilty on almost all charges: U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday’s verdict confirms that the Obama … Continue reading
I Want The Truth
I can handle it: Jay Bybee, who as a senior Justice Department lawyer signed two memos in 2002 authorizing CIA interrogators to torture “war on terror” prisoners, told a congressional panel that more than a half dozen other brutal methods … Continue reading
The Morning Awful
Not only did the Bushies torture prisoners; they have been torturing logic ever since. Is there any doubt the Bush administration was sociopathic? Khalid Sheikh Mohammad was not waterboarded 183 times in search of information. It was punishment, pure and … Continue reading
Shahzad Is Talking
So the feds managed to arrest Shahzad before the plane could take off, and asked him questions, and then read him his Miranda rights before continuing to ask him questions — questions to which he is still giving answers. But…not … Continue reading
No Immunity For Rumsfeld
The worst SecDef in American history will not be protected from the consequences of his policy. Which is what happens when you treat US citizens just like Teh Brown: The suit filed in 2006 alleges that while working for the … Continue reading
Ripping Cheney’s Heart Out
While Dick Cheney was hospitalized for chest pains, the criminal justice system was busy disproving his entire doctrine. AP via HuffPo: NEW YORK — A former airport shuttle driver accused of buying beauty supplies to make bombs for an attack … Continue reading
Abdulmutallab Breaks Without Torture
The underpants bomber is once again giving information under questioning. This is according to Dennis Blair, the Director of National Intelligence. FBI agents didn’t even need the waterboard: according to the MSNBC report, Abdulmutallab is now cooperating as part of … Continue reading
Reading Abdulmutallab’s Rights
The nontroversy over the underpants bomber’s Miranda warning has hit a peak with this LA Times story today: FBI agents questioned him at the hospital for just under an hour. They did not give him the Miranda warning, which advises … Continue reading
Bob McDonnell’s Tortured Response and the Origins of Cheneyism
In his response to the president’s SOTU last night — before a curiously packed and well-coached statehouse — Virginia’s new governor took up the anti-Obama mantle. Not only did his remarks remarkably seem off-key, considering the president’s actual speech, but … Continue reading
