tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62265282011-08-21T09:05:32.535-04:00My thoughts on whatever strikes my fancy.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500483285992126713noreply@blogger.comBlogger11041100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226528.post-61543249730237272372009-04-30T07:55:00.001-04:002009-04-30T07:56:40.585-04:00

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In 2002, Military Agency Warned Against 'Torture'Extreme Duress Could Yield Unreliable Information, It Said"The requirement to obtain information from an uncooperative source as quickly as possible -- in time to prevent, for example, an impending terrorist attack that could result in loss of life -- has been forwarded as a compelling argument for the use of torture," the document said. "In

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The CIA's Questioning Worked By Marc A. Thiessen:Critics claim that enhanced techniques do not produce good intelligence because people will say anything to get the techniques to stop. But the memos note that, "as Abu Zubaydah himself explained with respect to enhanced techniques, 'brothers who are captured and interrogated are permitted by Allah to provide information when they believe they have

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Jeff Stein, CQ SpyTalk Columnist has a bombshell: Rep. Jane Harman , the California Democrat with a longtime involvement in intelligence issues, was overheard on an NSA wiretap telling a suspected Israeli agent that she would lobby the Justice Department reduce espionage-related charges against two officials of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, the most powerful pro-Israel

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The Torturers’ ManifestoThese memos make it clear that Mr. Bybee is unfit for a job that requires legal judgment and a respect for the Constitution. Congress should impeach him. And if the administration will not conduct a thorough investigation of these issues, then Congress has a constitutional duty to hold the executive branch accountable. If that means putting Donald Rumsfeld and Alberto

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Divisions Arose on Rough Tactics for Qaeda Figure:But senior agency officials, still persuaded, as they had told President George W. Bush and his staff, that he was an important Qaeda leader, insisted that he must know more. So, bottom line is that when captured, the game of telephone between the guys in the field and the President Dickhead Cheney went from "we got a fish" to "we caught a WHOPPER

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Dick Cheney's get out of jail free card includes as its concluding paragraph, the following (emphasis mine): "Given the paucity of relevant precedent and the subjective nature of the inquiry, however, we cannot predict with confidence whether a court would agree with this conclusion, though, for the reasons explained, the question is unlikely to be subject to judicial inquiry." - Steven G.

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Scroll past the screed penned by the odious Michele Malkin, to the first comment. By: kmf1967I'm a middle-class white guy living in Jacksonville, Florida. I've got a wife and two kids. Because the kids had no school today, I took a vacation day from work, and took the kids downtown to vote early. Fifty-nine minutes later, two smiling children and I proudly sported "I Voted" stickers.But I didn't

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In Fla., Palin Goes for the Rough Stuff as Audience Boos Obama"And, according to the New York Times, he was a domestic terrorist and part of a group that, quote, 'launched a campaign of bombings that would target the Pentagon and our U.S. Capitol,'" she continued."Boooo!" the crowd repeated."Kill him!" proposed one man in the audience. I think I'm going to be sick. I've got yer Two Minutes Hate

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David Brooks wrestles with himself and casts out his conservative demon.He starts off chastising Nancy Pelosi for being mean - wah! Then, he blames thecomplete collapse of western civilization on the Democrats, who failed to deliverthe last 30% of their caucus:House leaders of both parties got wrapped up in their own negotiations, but did it occur to any of them that it might be hard to pass a

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Watch CBS Videos OnlineSeriously, this woman is WORSE than W in terms of her inability to construct a coherent sentence. She has a bunch of buzz words flying around in her head and she manages to occasionally inject a conjunction or adverb. Sad. This clip is actually WORSE than the performance by the Miss Teen USA contestant from SC.

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Bad News For The Bailout (Forbes.com):In fact, some of the most basic details, including the $700 billion figure Treasury would use to buy up bad debt, are fuzzy."It's not based on any particular data point," a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. "We just wanted to choose a really large number." I'd say so.

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John Cole:Additionally, McCain has suggested that he and Obama could debate next Thursday instead of the VP candidates.Let me unpack this for the rest of you retrograde morons out there who are still undecided and can not figure out whether you will vote for Obama or McCain. And no, I am not with the Obama campaign on any official level, so I feel perfectly comfortable calling you a total moron

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Sen. Dodd competing proposal to the blank check proposal offered by the SecTreas. It is hosted at a site that provides for public comment. Very nice.

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Here's the draft legislation for the bailout. One thing that has caught a few eyes is the following section, entitled "Review":Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency. The Secretary can do whatever the f*** he wants and there is no review or

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Best line of the campaign so far:“Yesterday, John McCain actually said that if he’s president he’ll take on, and I quote, 'the old boys’ network in Washington.' I’m not making this up. This is somebody been in Congress for 26 years, who put seven of the most powerful Washington lobbyists in charge of his campaign. And now he tells us that he’s the one who’s gonna take on the old boys' network,”

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500483285992126713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226528.post-9055567194011153772008-09-17T15:46:00.002-04:002008-09-17T15:54:32.918-04:00

What simply amazes me is how this Tucker Bounds guy can keep a straight face while he lies about whether or not McCain, Palin and the campaign in general are spewing lies on the stump and in their ads.Whatever, the fact that this continues to be a story, repeated daily across the 24x7 non-stop news coverage will help ensure that the meme that McCain == Liar will likely stick.The more that McCain

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It seems that the NYT editorial board is waking up from its 8 year immitation of Rip Van Winkle and doesn't like what it sees:This nation has suffered through eight years of an ill-prepared and unblinkingly obstinate president. One who didn’t pause to think before he started a disastrous war of choice in Iraq. One who blithely looked the other way as the Taliban and Al Qaeda regrouped in

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500483285992126713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226528.post-19635629348540342372008-09-14T08:46:00.003-04:002008-09-14T08:54:30.632-04:00

MoDo nails it:I’ve been in Alaska only a week, but I’m already feeling ever so much smarter about Russia.[...]An Arctic blast of action has swept into the 2008 race, making thinking passé. We don’t really need to hurt our brains studying the world; we just need the world to know we’re capable of bringing a world of hurt to the world if the world continues to be hell-bent on misbehaving.Two weeks

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Palin Links Iraq to Sept. 11 In Talk to Troops in AlaskaFORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Sarah Palin linked the war in Iraq with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, telling an Iraq-bound brigade of soldiers that included her son that they would "defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans."By making this false claim,

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This and this make me want to puke. When will the war criminals be prosecuted?

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Happy Towel Day! That brings back a flood of memories. When interviewing people for jobs, I used to ask them if they had a towel with them. If they didn't know what I was talking about, then they had an up-hill climb for the job.Image courtesy of Fire Monkey Fish

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15 bln dlrs in US Iraq spending unaccounted for: reports WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Pentagon cannot account for nearly 15 billion dollars in payments for goods and services in Iraq, according to an internal audit which members of Congress blasted Friday as a "shocking" accountability failure.Of 8.2 billion dollars in US taxpayer-funded defense contracts reviewed by the defense department's inspector

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Iraq Spending Ignored Rules, Pentagon Says: The Pentagon report, titled “Internal Controls Over Payments Made in Iraq, Kuwait and Egypt,” also notes that auditors were unable to find a comprehensible set of records to explain $134.8 million in payments by the American military to its allies in the Iraq war.The mysterious payments, whose amounts had not been publicly disclosed, included $68.2

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The Real McCain. He'll do and say anything to get elected.

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Be Afwaid!“Protecting our citizens from terrorist attacks is a top priority for our government. The private sector can help us do that. By taking action to curtail the use of YouTube to disseminate the goals and methods of those who wish to kill innocent civilians, Google will make a singularly important contribution to this important national effort.” How does removing YouTube videos portraying

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500483285992126713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226528.post-13147679335368526862008-04-30T07:59:00.002-04:002008-04-30T08:03:33.665-04:00

Dear LeaderWe’re in a long struggle, as I’ve told you many a time, against these jihadists.I guess no one has told Dubya that jihad means "struggle".That aside, what a dick.Oh, and we're making progress, again! Really! I'm not making this up!

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500483285992126713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226528.post-74235013379033229332008-04-18T23:17:00.002-04:002008-04-18T23:59:59.519-04:00

A few people are listing their favorite covers. I don't think any list could be complete without SRV covering Jimi on Voodoo Chile (Slight Return), Little Wing or The Sky is Crying. That said, my favorite genre, the Blues, is all about covers. Seriously, how many artists have covered Stormy Monday? Possibly my favorite cover of that song would be the Allman Bros, though this one by Albert King

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McCain camp pulls its proposal — for passion fruit mousseThe McCain campaign quickly moved to quell the controversy over cabbage slaw. “Apparently a web intern added Rachael Ray to our policy team without her knowing it,” McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds told CNN Tuesday morning. “He was swiftly dealt with and the page is down for revision. Our apologies to Food Network …but according to

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Adding Insult to Injury:It's disappointing to hear now, two years after the fact, that the president was knowingly bull----ing us the whole time. And that he justified such dishonesty in the name of supporting the troops and protecting their morale. That's an insult to America's men and women in uniform (and their families), who deserve to be told the truth by their political leaders about what's

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The Green LightRead the whole article, but here's a taste:The abuse, rising to the level of torture, of those captured and detained in the war on terror is a defining feature of the presidency of George W. Bush. Its military beginnings, however, lie not in Abu Ghraib, as is commonly thought, or in the “rendition” of prisoners to other countries for questioning, but in the treatment of the very

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Bob Sutor has posted a funny.Graphic by David Han

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The surge is a grand success! Here's Dipshit telling us all how surgetacular things are going in Iraq, today:Wanted, reality-based government

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That more people aren't screaming "Henny Penny, the sky is falling!". Seriously, things are way worse than is being let on in the press.

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With the media nearly falling over itself to give McSame a pass on what would have been a career-ending faux pas had it come from the mouth of one of the Democratic candidates, we should remind the so-called MSM that we had another, highly decorated, prisoner of war who ran for national public office: James Stockdale. It was pretty clear that he was not up to the job. Why does the media give

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500483285992126713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226528.post-64065050541220687892008-03-24T19:19:00.003-04:002008-03-24T19:23:16.316-04:00

Shorter Dick Cheney: Hey, they asked for it.In the same Martha Raddatz interview that brought us the "So?" comment from the torturer in chief, comes this gem, in which he claims that the one that is REALLY suffering is Dear Leader... the soldiers that are being stop-lossed and sent back on their third and fourth tours in Iraq? Hey, they volunteered for this.He makes me want to puke.Cheney on Iraq

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500483285992126713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226528.post-79577403173443118602008-03-23T08:18:00.002-04:002008-03-23T08:22:16.070-04:00

Dick Cheney's ErrorWhat, then, is the straw that causes me to finally consign a man I served with in the House Republican leadership to the category of "those about whom we should be greatly concerned"?It is Cheney's all-too-revealing conversation this week with ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz. On Wednesday, reminded of the public's disapproval of the war in Iraq, now five years old, the

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Newsrooms Revolt!Anchors have abdicated their role as educated inquisitors; some because, simply, they are unqualified or unprepared, others because they would rather cater to their guests or the corporate bottom line than to the mission to bring truth to the airwaves. And yes, there is objective truth, or at least legitimate facts from which people may divine their own conclusions.I could harp

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Author Arthur C. Clarke dies He died early Wednesday -- Tuesday afternoon ET -- at a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he had lived since the 1950s, Chase said."He had been taken to hospital in what we had hoped was one of the slings and arrows of being 90, but in this case it was his final visit," he said.In a videotaped 90th birthday message to fans, Clarke said he still hoped to see some

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Think Progress: Cheney: Was There ‘A Link Between Iraq And Al Qaeda? Seems To Me Pretty Clear That There Was’Before the Iraq war began, Dick Cheney was among the most prominent messengers of the false claim that Saddam Hussein had a relationship with al Qaeda. For example, he said it was “pretty well confirmed” that a 9/11 hijacker met with Iraqi intelligence officials before 9/11.Over the past

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The Intelligence Cover-UpFinally, Mr. Bush said it was vital to national security to give amnesty to any company that turned over data on Americans without a court order. The purpose of this amnesty is not to protect national secrets — that could be done during a trial — but to make sure that the full damage to Americans’ civil liberties is never revealed. Mr. Bush also objects to a provision

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EPA Scrambles To Justify ActionEPA officials initially tried to set a lower seasonal limit on ozone to protect wildlife, parks and farmland, as required under the law. While their proposal was less restrictive than what the EPA's scientific advisers had proposed, Bush overruled EPA officials and on Tuesday ordered the agency to increase the limit, according to the documents. Hey, Dubya. Go f*ck

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I've gone down the rabbit-hole. So far, it is a wonderful experience. Since I plan to make my new MacBook Air my primary machine, it will mean that I am also intending to go cold turkey on Microsoft Windows. We'll see how this plays out.

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500483285992126713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226528.post-12749256983309193332008-03-11T17:07:00.004-04:002008-03-11T17:18:41.046-04:00

The Man Between War and PeaceIf, in the dying light of the Bush administration, we go to war with Iran, it'll all come down to one man. If we do not go to war with Iran, it'll come down to the same man. Now that man is gone. Will Dick Cheney get his war? I hope not, but fear that the sociopath-in-chief has removed the last obstacle.My dad wonders if he'll ramain silent. I certainly hope not.

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All the fuss over Gov. Spitzer's dalliances, with every Republican within shouting distance of a camera calling for him to resign, or face impeachment. (Seriously? Impeachment? Seriously?) Reminds me of the scene above from Monty Python's Holy Grail.Karl Rove and George Bush are rolling on the floor laughing their heads off that they have managed to put a stake through the heart of yet another

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NYT Editorial Radio Fear America:Mr. Bush announced that he had vetoed the 2008 intelligence budget because it contains a clause barring the C.I.A. from torturing prisoners. Mr. Bush told the nation that it “would take away one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror — the C.I.A. program to detain and question key terrorist leaders and operatives.” That is simply not true. Nothing in the

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500483285992126713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226528.post-57887791347278705162008-03-11T08:33:00.001-04:002008-03-11T08:37:20.894-04:00

Apple just informed me that my new MBA just shipped!

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The Spitzer Sex Sting: A Few More QuestionsIt looks like the Bush Justice Department just bagged themselves another Democratic Governor. When I first saw the crawler on CNN, I thought: Spitzer was running a prostitution ring? No, he just over paid for sex. Oh, why is that such a big deal? Just about everyone in Washington has been caught with his pants down. It's embarrassing, sad for the

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500483285992126713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226528.post-48458877761216626622008-03-09T14:40:00.002-04:002008-03-09T15:00:18.925-04:00

Alice Martin’s WarAnd one day, law officers charge onto the floor of the legislature as it is in session to serve warrants on a large block of members, and as it turns out just the members he’s most eager to get rid of. Lukashenko’s Belarus, perhaps? Or some forgotten banana republic?Well, no, actually. This all really happened in George W. Bush’s America. In one of the fifty states. Indeed, in

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500483285992126713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226528.post-91396457779084755922008-03-09T08:45:00.003-04:002008-03-09T10:45:14.278-04:00

It's the answer to the question: "What are the Republicans standing in?"Foster wins Hastert’s seat.Bill Foster — a Democratic candidate who is a physicist — defeated Republican dairy owner Jim Oberweis in a special election to claim the Illinois congressional seat of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R).DDay put it best: Put it this way: if I told you in the middle of 2006 that Democrats would

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Tom and Sam have also taken the red pill this past week. Others in our team who have recently switched include Kelvin and David, though I suspect there are others, and I know that there are a few just aching to make the switch.

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... and they'll none of them be missed, they'll none of them be missed.A Wave of the Watch List, and Speech DisappearsThe report, by Shirin Sinnar, said that there were 6,400 names on the list and that, like no-fly lists at airports, it gave rise to endless and serious problems of mistaken identity.“Financial institutions, credit bureaus, charities, car dealerships, health insurers, landlords and

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It should arrive in 5-7 business days...

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How is it that I managed never to have heard of this guy? Maybe I'm not canadian enough, or something. Sure, after hearing "Angel Eyes" again, I remember that song, but never associated that with seriously good guitar playing. Take a listen RIP, Jeff

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William F. Buckley: RIPYour editor remembers Buckley as one of the most entertaining talk show guests of the 1970s and early 1980s, always on programs such as Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show and his own Firing Line, which makes today’s political talk shows look like security-camera video of a special-ed playground. Of all of the eulogies that I've read today for him, this has to be one of the

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Congress Probes Case Of The Missing White House E-mailsTheresa Payton, CIO for the White House Office of Administration, said in her prepared statement that the incoming Bush administration transitioned from Lotus Notes toMicrosoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Exchange over a two-year period from 2002-2004, and that the ARM System established by the previous administration did not work properly with Exchange.

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CBS: More Prosecutorial Misconduct in Siegelman Case (emphasis mine): But the show was dominated by one of 52 former attorneys general from 40 of the 50 states who have called for a Congressional probe of the conduct of the Siegelman case, former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods. He leveled a series of blistering accusations at the Bush Administration’s Justice Department. With the Alabama

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Mr. Cheney's Government (emphasis mine):Mr. Cheney clearly lost that battle in the gun case. Rather than respect the approach of the administration -- which, in this case, is well within the bounds of accepted jurisprudence -- Mr. Cheney packed up his shotgun and joined forces with the Capitol Hill gang. It's yet another indication that Mr. Cheney thinks the normal rules of American democracy

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Bush Blames Dems on Surveillance Bill (emphasis mine):WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic leaders came under criticism Saturday from President Bush who said they are blocking intelligence legislation so lawyers can sue telephone companies for helping the government eavesdrop on suspected terrorists.Terrorists are plotting attacks "at this very moment," Bush said in his weekly radio address. He

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Reid: President's Latest Surveillance Scare Tactics Irresponsibly Distort Reality (emphasis mine):Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today in response to President Bush’s letter on FISA:“The President sadly continues to choose confrontation over negotiation, threatening to veto any extension of the Protect America Act while crying wolf about the dangers

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Cheney Impeachment: Courageous, But Not SurprisingFor the first time since the Bush administration took office, three members of the House Judiciary Committee, Robert Wexler (D-FL), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), are calling for hearings on the impeachment of Vice President Richard Cheney. Their position, while courageous, is not surprising. What is surprising is that it took

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NYT Breaking News! For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own RiskA female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, visiting his offices and accompanying him on a client’s corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself — instructing staff members to block the woman’s access, privately

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Talk Left: Senate Votes to Ban WaterboardingThe House adopted the provision back in December. Bush has threatened to veto the bill.As I wrote yesterday, Hillary Clinton wrote Bush Monday and urged him to withdraw his veto threat.Today Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin and other senior Democratic Senators wrote to Bush and called on him to revise his Executive Order on CIA interrogation to

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Shorter BushCo administration; I've got your culture of life right here (emphasis mine):WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court said Friday the Bush administration ignored the law when it imposed less stringent requirements on power plants to reduce mercury pollution, which scientists fear could cause neurological problems in 60,000 newborns a year.A three-judge panel unanimous struck down a

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A Tortured Explanation From The White HouseLet's review: waterboarding is torture except when it's not, torture is illegal except when the Justice Department says it's not, the administration doesn't torture except when they do, and if anyone has a problem with that, the Justice Department investigate, except that they won't. Got that?

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Justice Department Indicts Respected Miami Lawyer (emphasis mine):This case represents the first time ever in which federal criminal charges were brought against a lawyer whose legal work consisted of representing a fellow lawyer who sought advice about compensation for defending a client in a criminal case. To target an adversary like Ben Kuehne, who is held in such high regard by the community

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Have you?

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Of course, my guess is that Alice Martin was never on Karl Rove's Alberto Gonzales's list of U.S. Attorneys to be fired.If this isn't the most corrupt administration in history... Have these criminals been impeached yet?Another Election Season, Another Political Prosecution in Alabama:The morning calm in the small Alabama town of Toney, located near Huntsville, was broken at 6:15 a.m. yesterday

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Soldier Suicides at Record LevelWhiteside's personal tragedy is part of an alarming phenomenon in the Army's ranks: Suicides among active-duty soldiers in 2007 reached their highest level since the Army began keeping such records in 1980, according to a draft internal study obtained by The Washington Post. Last year, 121 soldiers took their own lives, nearly 20 percent more than in 2006.At the

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This NYT editorial is possibly the harshest I've read from the editors towards BushCo's unconstitutional behavior.Just before Monday night’s State of the Union speech, in which Mr. Bush extolled bipartisanship, railed against government excesses and promised to bring the troops home as soon as it’s safe to withdraw, the White House undermined all of those sentiments with the latest of the

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The FISA Follies, Redux (emphasis mine):Mr. Bush says without amnesty, the government won’t get cooperation in the future. We don’t buy it. The real aim is to make sure the full story of the illegal wiretapping never comes out in court.The NYT editorial board finally grows a spine. FWIW, I'm glad that this is coming to light, finally.This salient point has been widely understood here in East

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House Passes Restrictions on Interrogation MethodsDefying a veto threat from President Bush, the House of Representatives voted Thursday to prohibit waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods used by the Central Intelligence Agency against high-level prisoners from Al Qaeda. Point one: torture is already illegal, and waterboarding is, by definition, torture.Point two: see point one.Just

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Think Progress -- Iraq Déjà Vu: Cheney Pressuring Intel Analysts, Stifling Dissent, Manipulating Intelligence (emphasis original):Gareth Porter of Inter Press Service reports that Vice President Cheney has been thwarting the release of a long-overdue National Intelligence Estimate on Iran because it doesn’t deliver the casus belli for war: A National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran has

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A Story of Surveillance"I flipped out," he said. "They're copying the whole Internet. There's no selection going on here. Maybe they select out later, but at the point of handoff to the government, they get everything." If only our congress critters understood what that meant. It means that the NSA has been monitoring all internet traffic, including HTTP traffic between browsers and servers,

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Bush presses Musharraf to hold elections (emphasis mine) WASHINGTON - President Bush told Pakistan's president on Wednesday that he must hold parliamentary elections and step down as army leader."You can't be the president and the head of the military at the same time," Bush said, describing a telephone call with Gen. Pervez Musharraf. "I had a very frank discussion with him." What about all that

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The Justice Department’s Culture of Torture (emphasis is that of the original author, not mine):Note that Alberto Gonzales insisted on the inclusion of an infamous footnote which stated that, notwithstanding the different analysis, it was not overturning the advice given by the Yoo/Bybee torture memorandum. Although Levin grudgingly included this, that was not enough to save his job. Why did the

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Bush’s Musharraf Envy (emphasis mine):Developments in Pakistan since Saturday warrant close attention. I am not a Pakistan expert, though I track the affairs of Central Asia very closely, and Pakistan is a vital peripheral power to my zone of concentration. Moreover, those who are deep into counterterrorism studies know that no country in the world is nearly so much a subject of concern as

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Dartmouth Coach's Fiancée Faces Deportation Over Visa Flap:Vinnikova, 21, was arrested for a minor infraction related to her visa paperwork, Wiens and lawyers involved in the case say, and now faces a deportation order that would bar her from returning to the U.S. for 10 years. The scenario is a nightmare for the German couple, who were just settling into Hanover as Wiens begins his coaching

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Also sprach President Bush:Second, we have made it clear to all nations, if you harbor terrorists, you are just as guilty as the terrorists; you're an enemy of the United States, and you will be held to account. Makes you wonder why, in response to the news from Yemen, that a division has not already been dispatched, the bombing has not already started, to hold the Yemeni government to account

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and instead, simply criminal?The U.S. State Department is unable to account for most of $1.2 billion in funding that it gave to DynCorp International to train Iraqi police, a government report said Tuesday.

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This is simply too funny.... largely because it is so true. The Onion seems to have hit one out of the park again.Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters

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Not much I can add to this post, either.from the courier-journal.com (Louisville, KY): Hold firm for kids The House vote that failed to override President Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was a real test of values. In siding with the President and against millions of kids, the House Republicans -- including Kentuckians Ron Lewis, Geoff Davis, Ed

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QUOTATION: “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” “A Republic, if you can keep it.”John Dean wrote yesterday (emphasis mine):"I've got nothing to hide, so electronic surveillance doesn't bother me. To the contrary, I'm delighted that the Bush Administration is monitoring calls and electronic traffic on a massive scale, because catching terrorists is far more important that

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http://action.chrisdodd.com/signUp.jsp?key=1570: The Military Commissions Act. Warrantless wiretapping. Shredding of Habeas Corpus. Torture. Extraordinary Rendition. Secret Prisons. No more. I have decided to place a "hold" on the latest FISA bill that would have included amnesty for telecommunications companies that enabled the President's assault on the Constitution by illegaly

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More phoney soldiers speak out (emphasis mine):Today marks five years since the authorization of military force in Iraq, setting Operation Iraqi Freedom in motion. Five years on, the Iraq war is as undermanned and under-resourced as it was from the start. And, five years on, Iraq is in shambles.As Army captains who served in Baghdad and beyond, we've seen the corruption and the sectarian division

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Rice Worried by Putin's Broad PowersMOSCOW -The Russian government under Vladimir Putin has amassed so much central authority that the power-grab may undermine Moscow's commitment to democracy, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday."In any country, if you don't have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic development," Rice told

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Granted, public speaking is difficult. Avoiding the "uhms" and "ahhs" is a challenge. Most politicians learn to simply use bullshit rather than the unfortunate "uhm". "That's a really good question""I wish I had one of those 60 second responses with a 30 second follow-up"Basically, say something, even if it is non-responsive. Don't just stand there and go "uhm".Fred Thompson is no Ronald Reagan,

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Watchdog of C.I.A. Is Subject Of C.I.A. Inquiry (emphasis mine):WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 — The director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Gen. Michael V. Hayden, has ordered an unusual internal inquiry into the work of the agency’s inspector general, whose aggressive investigations of the C.I.A.’s detention and interrogation programs and other matters have created resentment among agency

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Won’t Back DownIs it treason yet?

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Krugman nails it (emphasis mine):Politics aside, the Graeme Frost case demonstrates the true depth of the health care crisis: every other advanced country has universal health insurance, but in America, insurance is now out of reach for many hard-working families, even if they have incomes some might call middle-class.And there’s one more point that should not be forgotten: ultimately, this isn’t

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The right wingnuts are indulging in their ritual two minutes hate over last weekend's Democratic response to the President's weekly radio address, which was given over to a 12-year old victim of a tragic auto accident, that also left his sister with severe disabilities, to respond to President Bush's veto of the S-CHIP bill. Apparently, disagreeing with Big Brother Dear Leader is enough to send

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Lieberman Has No Plans To Investigate Blackwater, Corrupt Iraq ContractorsJoe Lieberman (I-CT), who chairs the Senate committee responsible for government oversight, says he has no plans to investigate Blackwater and other Iraq war contractors accused of potentially criminal wrongdoing. Roll Call reports Seriously. The man needs an intervention. I feel sorry for Connecticut.

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... that the Bush administration's ineptitude is not keeping us safer. Via the WaPo we learn today: Leak Severed a Link to Al-Qaeda's SecretsA small private intelligence company that monitors Islamic terrorist groups obtained a new Osama bin Laden video ahead of its official release last month, and around 10 a.m. on Sept. 7, it notified the Bush administration of its secret acquisition. It gave

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The UK Telegraph brings us this choice morsel: The man who stands between US and new warPentagon sources say Mr Gates is waging a subtle campaign to undermine the Cheney camp by encouraging the army's senior officers to speak frankly about the overstretch of forces, and the difficulty of fighting another war.Bruce Reidel, a former CIA Middle East officer, said: "Cheney's people know they can

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Nigerian "419" e-mail scammers targeted in 80 arrests around the worldAn international crackdown on e-mail scammers and telephone fraudsters has led to at least 80 arrests and the seizure of almost £8 million worth of fake cheques and postal orders heading for the UK.The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has begun to tackle the multi-billion pound industry of mass marketing cons.The best

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Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe InterrogationsWhen the Justice Department publicly declared torture “abhorrent” in a legal opinion in December 2004, the Bush administration appeared to have abandoned its assertion of nearly unlimited presidential authority to order brutal interrogations.But soon after Alberto R. Gonzales’s arrival as attorney general in February 2005, the Justice Department

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Bush astounds activists, supports human rights: Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly, the president called for renewed efforts to enforce the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a striking point of emphasis for a leader who's widely accused of violating human rights in waging war against terrorism.Bush didn't mention the U.S. prisons in Afghanistan or at Abu Ghraib and

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Buried deep in this WaPo article (emphasis mine):While both Petraeus and the recent Pentagon report emphasized improved statistics over the past three months, the intelligence community generally declines to declare trends based on data measured in periods shorter than six months to a year. Several senior intelligence officials said last week that most numerical indicators appear to be moving in

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02500483285992126713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226528.post-4418314834021466292007-09-25T15:17:00.000-04:002007-09-25T15:19:23.402-04:00

Why isn't this guy running for President?

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breaking the law:The U.S. government is collecting electronic records on the travel habits of millions of Americans who fly, drive or take cruises abroad, retaining data on the persons with whom they travel or plan to stay, the personal items they carry during their journeys, and even the books that travelers have carried, according to documents obtained by a group of civil liberties advocates

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