Category Archives: torture

The Point of Torture is Torture

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Point of Torture is Torture”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail There is a progressive argument that since torture is wrong, we need not bother to argue that it does not work. In fact, both arguments are necessary and crucial, much as … Continue reading →

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Rick Santorum Loves Torture Porn

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Rick Santorum Loves Torture Porn”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe 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, … Continue reading →

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Preexisting Failure

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Preexisting Failure”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailHow 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 … Continue reading →

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I Want The Truth

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “I Want The Truth”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail 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 … Continue reading →

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The Morning Awful

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Morning Awful”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailNot 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. … Continue reading →

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Shahzad Is Talking

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Shahzad Is Talking”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail 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 … Continue reading →

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No Immunity For Rumsfeld

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “No Immunity For Rumsfeld”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail 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 … Continue reading →

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Ripping Cheney’s Heart Out

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Ripping Cheney’s Heart Out”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWhile 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 … Continue reading →

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Abdulmutallab Breaks Without Torture

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Abdulmutallab Breaks Without Torture”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe 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 … Continue reading →

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Reading Abdulmutallab’s Rights

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Reading Abdulmutallab’s Rights”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe 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 … Continue reading →

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Bob McDonnell’s Tortured Response and the Origins of Cheneyism

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Bob McDonnell’s Tortured Response and the Origins of Cheneyism”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIn 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 … Continue reading →

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