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Friday, October 10th, 2008
From Jurist:
US military officers feared for the mental health of alleged terrorism detainees held in isolation in the US, according to documents received through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and released Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) . The materials released Wednesday are a collection of heavily ...
Posted in Civil Rights, Iraq War, Middle East, Torture, corruption | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Twenty-four according to this from the LA Times. That includes the singular use of the word. From the LAT writeup:
It is the most pronounced verbal tic in modern American politics -- John McCain's incessant use of the phrase "my friends."
For months, it has provided blog fodder. During the Republican National ...
Posted in 2008 elections, John McCain, Politics | 32 Comments »
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
From Brave New PAC:
During last night's debate, John McCain said we need "a cool hand at the tiller," but McCain has proven to be a loose cannon. He has accosted his Congressional colleagues on both sides of the aisle on everything from the federal budget to diplomatic relations. He is ...
Posted in 2008 elections, John McCain, Politics | 15 Comments »
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
America, specifically the Federal Government and our CIA, have blood on their hands. They aided and abetted the brutal murder of untold numbers of Mexican citizens in what has become known as The Tlatelolco Massacre. Thank you to Peter, an anonymous commenter on my personal blog, for reminding me of ...
Posted in Politics | 2 Comments »
Why are so many banks failing…is the government protecting the wrong folks?
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
It's a legitimate question. I think the reasons are similar. Over at ProPublica, a great site btw, they have a good piece up entitled: Anatomy of a Bank Failure. In the writeup, they examine the failure of California's IndyMac, aka Independent National Mortgage Corporation. IndyMac was the first big bank ...
Posted in Economics, Politics, capitalism, greed | 2 Comments »
Friday, September 26th, 2008
Both parties deserve credit for hosing up the banking, credit and financial markets. Mother Jones has a very nice timeline that shows all the changes made to our laws and regulations, starting with of course the 1913 Federal Reserve Act which created our national banking system. The timeline points fingers ...
Posted in Economics, Politics | No Comments »
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
She took all of Five questions..CNN also has another writeup about the cough..Q&A here. From the very short transcript, here are the questions:
CNN: On the topic of never letting this happen again, do you agree with the way the Bush administration has handled the war on terrorism, is there anything ...
Posted in 2008 elections, Politics, media | 2 Comments »
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Up at Morse's blog is an old issue but, that said, this issue needs to be kept in the front of hearts and minds. Why? Because McCain wants to be President, thats why! Sidney Schanberg tells us about McCain, the media and the POW cover up over at The Nation ...
Posted in 2008 elections, John McCain, Military, Politics | 5 Comments »
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Jill Greenberg is a photographer. She recently took the picture below of Weathervane McCain for an Atlantic Monthly cover:
Ms. Greenberg also asked to take some photos for her personal use. McSame's handlers agreed...
Evidently his handlers aren't astute enough to realize that these types of shots are not...well...appealing nor do they ...
Posted in 2008 elections, Politics | 9 Comments »
