CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS - Amnesty Bill Covers Torturers, Too; To Be Bundled With War Supplmental
'Persons immune from lawsuits include "Anyone" who "provid[ed] assistance to an element of the intelligence community . . . in connection with intelligence activity involving communications that was (i) authorized by the President during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on January 17, 2007 and (ii) designed to prevent or detect a terrorist attack, or activities in preparation of a terrorist attack, against the United States and (B) the subject of a written request or directive . . . indicating that the activity was (i) authorized by the President; and (ii) determined to be lawful."'
Friday, June 20, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Habeas Corpus: The Bulwark of Our Liberties
Habeas Corpus: The Bulwark of Our Liberties
The following is an excerpt from the majority opinion in yesterday’s Supreme Court decision in Boumediene v. Bush. Citations to books and articles have been removed to facilitate reading.
The following is an excerpt from the majority opinion in yesterday’s Supreme Court decision in Boumediene v. Bush. Citations to books and articles have been removed to facilitate reading.
McCain's Offshore Drilling Position A Flip From Three Weeks Ago
McCain's Offshore Drilling Position A Flip From Three Weeks Ago - Politics on The Huffington Post: "It is hardly a secret that when it comes to offshore drilling, Sen. John McCain was against the idea before he was for it. On Monday, the Arizona Republican told a crowd in Texas that he was abandoning his long-time support for a federal moratorium on drilling along the nation's coastlines in favor of allowing states to decide for themselves."
Documents confirm U.S. hid detainees from Red Cross
McClatchy Washington Bureau | 06/18/2008 | Documents confirm U.S. hid detainees from Red Cross: "WASHINGTON — The U.S. military hid the locations of suspected terrorist detainees and concealed harsh treatment to avoid the scrutiny of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to documents that a Senate committee released Tuesday."
General Who Probed Abu Ghraib: Bush Officials Committed 'War Crimes'
General Who Probed Abu Ghraib: Bush Officials Committed 'War Crimes' - Politics on The Huffington Post: "The remarks by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, who's now retired, came in a new report that found that U.S. personnel tortured and abused detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, using beatings, electrical shocks, sexual humiliation and other cruel practices."
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Legal Drugs Kill Far More Than Illegal, Florida Says
Legal Drugs Kill Far More Than Illegal, Florida Says - NYTimes.com: "An analysis of autopsies in 2007 released this week by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission found that the rate of deaths caused by prescription drugs was three times the rate of deaths caused by all illicit drugs combined."
Good thing the gov't is protecting us from those evil drugs! Thank you DEA!
Good thing the gov't is protecting us from those evil drugs! Thank you DEA!
America's prison for terrorists often held the wrong men
McClatchy Washington Bureau | 06/15/2008 | America's prison for terrorists often held the wrong men
Former Army Secretary: A Third Of The Prisoners Don't Belong In Guantanamo. U.S. has wrongfully imprisoned "perhaps hundreds" of men "in Afghanistan, Cuba and elsewhere on the basis of flimsy or fabricated evidence, old personal scores or bounty payments."
Former Army Secretary: A Third Of The Prisoners Don't Belong In Guantanamo. U.S. has wrongfully imprisoned "perhaps hundreds" of men "in Afghanistan, Cuba and elsewhere on the basis of flimsy or fabricated evidence, old personal scores or bounty payments."
John McCain angrily denounces mandatory caps on carbon dioxide. Guess who's campaign released a plan for mandatory caps last month?
Crooks and Liars » McCain confused about his own energy policy: "QUESTION: The European Union has set mandatory targets on renewable energy. Is that something you would consider in a McCain administration? […]"
What's wrong with this guy? It's gone beyond flip-flopping. It's just a weird lust for power thing.
What's wrong with this guy? It's gone beyond flip-flopping. It's just a weird lust for power thing.
Article from The Onion in Jan. 2001 Predicts Everything Bush Administration Does
Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over' | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: "WASHINGTON, DC–Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that 'our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over.'"
Monday, June 16, 2008
Get Osama Bin Laden before I leave office, orders George W Bush
Get Osama Bin Laden before I leave office, orders George W Bush - Times Online: "President George W Bush has enlisted British special forces in a final attempt to capture Osama Bin Laden before he leaves the White House."
George, I know you're trying to do this for your "legacy," but maybe the outlook for your legacy would have been better if you had done this right away, instead of putting it off 'til the last second, spending $3 trillion of our children and grand children's money on an unrelated revenge killing of Saddam.
George, I know you're trying to do this for your "legacy," but maybe the outlook for your legacy would have been better if you had done this right away, instead of putting it off 'til the last second, spending $3 trillion of our children and grand children's money on an unrelated revenge killing of Saddam.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Maliki raises possibility that Iraq might ask U.S. to leave
McClatchy Washington Bureau | 06/13/2008 | Maliki raises possibility that Iraq might ask U.S. to leave: "Maliki made the comment after weeks of complaints from Shiite Muslim lawmakers that U.S. proposals that would govern a continued troop presence in Iraq would infringe on Iraq's sovereignty."
Army's PR Office Spreading Partisan Attacks On Obama
Army Shows Its Colors - Intel Dump - Phillip Carter on national security and the military.
This is the problem of the military industrial complex that Eisenhower warned us about. The military getting involved in politics. Go to YouTube if you haven't seen his famous TV speech.
This is the problem of the military industrial complex that Eisenhower warned us about. The military getting involved in politics. Go to YouTube if you haven't seen his famous TV speech.
The Federal Government Keeps Two Sets of Books
USATODAY.com - What's the real federal deficit?: "The set the government doesn't talk about is the audited financial statement produced by the government's accountants following standard accounting rules. It reports a more ominous financial picture: a $760 billion deficit for 2005. If Social Security and Medicare were included — as the board that sets accounting rules is considering — the federal deficit would have been $3.5 trillion."
Friday, June 13, 2008
Supreme Court Repudiates Bush for Third Time
Court says detainees have rights, bucking Bush: "In a stinging rebuke to President Bush's anti-terror policies, a deeply divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign detainees held for years at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have the right to appeal to U.S. civilian courts to challenge their indefinite imprisonment without charges."
U.S. Seeking Immunity for Blackwater
Immunity for private guards in Iraq a sticking point: US - Yahoo! News: "'The issue of contractors including (foreign) security contractors is a sensitive one, is a significant one,' David Satterfield, the US State Department's top Iraq adviser told reporters in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone."
U.S. seeking 58 permanent bases in Iraq, Shiite lawmakers say
McClatchy Washington Bureau | 06/09/2008 | U.S. seeking 58 bases in Iraq, Shiite lawmakers say: "Leading members of the two ruling Shiite parties said in a series of interviews the Iraqi government rejected this proposal along with another U.S. demand that would have effectively handed over to the United States the power to determine if a hostile act from another country is aggression against Iraq. Lawmakers said they fear this power would drag Iraq into a war between the United States and Iran."
GOP Senators Hopping Mad About Habeus Corpus
The Crypt: GOP blast Gitmo decision, Graham says he is willing to push for a constitutional amendment if necessary - Politico.com: "Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) vowed Thursday to do everything in his power to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision on Guantanamo Bay detainees, saying that, “if necessary,” he would push for a constitutional amendment to modify the decision.
McCain Says He's Never Supported Privatizing Social Security, But He Has
Think Progress » McCain denies his record of supporting Social Security privatization.:
- “Without privatization, I don’t see how you can possibly, over time, make sure that young Americans are able to receive Social Security benefits.” [C-Span Road to the White House, 11/18/2004]
- “As part of Social Security reform, I believe that private savings accounts are a part of it — along the lines that President Bush proposed.” [Wall Street Journal, 3/3/2008]
McCain is nuts. Does he not remember? Why would he contradict himself so obviously?
Monday, June 9, 2008
Does the Government Manipulate Economic Data?
Does the Government Manipulate Economic Data? at Emac’s Stock Watch | Fox Business: "A generation ago Phillips wrote “The Emerging Republican Majority” which Newsweek magazine described as the “political bible of the Nixon administration,” and previously has dissected the fakery in the government deficit numbers-federal, budget, current account and trade deficits-where he says that essentially the country is living on “borrowed prosperity.”"
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
McCain: I'd Spy on Americans Secretly, Too
McCain: I'd Spy on Americans Secretly, Too | Threat Level from Wired.com: "If elected president, Senator John McCain would reserve the right to run his own warrantless wiretapping program against Americans, based on the theory that the president's wartime powers trump federal criminal statutes and court oversight, according to a statement released by his campaign Monday."
New Venezuelan law allows warrantless wiretapping and manipulation of the judicial process to favor the government over the rights of the accused
BBC NEWS | Americas | Venezuela 'spy' law draws protest: "Mr Chavez argues the law will help Venezuela guarantee its national security and prevent assassination plots and military rebellions."
Good thing we live in America, where that would never, ever happen.
Good thing we live in America, where that would never, ever happen.
U.S. to require electronic travel data
U.S. to require electronic travel data | Politics | Reuters: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will make visa-free foreign travelers provide electronic information about themselves and their trip before they depart, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Tuesday."
This will be good for tourism. And keep believing the Republican line that they are pro-business, and Dems aren't.
This will be good for tourism. And keep believing the Republican line that they are pro-business, and Dems aren't.
Canada's parliament votes to grant asylum to US war resisters
The Raw Story | Canada's parliament votes to grant asylum to US war resisters: "Parliament on Tuesday voted to allow US resisters of the Iraq war who fled to Canada to stay in this country, thus avoiding military court-martial in the United States."
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Carter Reveals Israel's Possession of 150 Nuclear Weapons
Carter Reveals Israel's Possession of 150 Nuclear Weapons - Salem-News.Com: "(SALEM, Ore.) - At this moment a search of 'Israel' in Google News turns up endless results. The first entry about a 'Call for PM to Step Down' shows 1,761 articles. If you search 'Carter' however, you pull up 214 stories with the biting revelation that Israel has 150 nuclear weapons."
Get the inspectors in there!!!!! If they balk for one second, we're going in!!
Get the inspectors in there!!!!! If they balk for one second, we're going in!!
Australia lowers flag in Iraq
Australia lowers flag in Iraq - World - smh.com.au: "FOR Australian combat troops the war in Iraq is over."
Guantanamo trials 'being rushed' to get done before elections
BBC NEWS | Americas | Guantanamo trials 'being rushed': "They have called for the military judge to dismiss the case on the grounds it is politically motivated, according to documents seen by the Associated Press."
Coalition of the Billing: US paying allies to fight war in Iraq
US paying allies to fight war in Iraq-USA-World-The Times of India
"In her testimony, Ugone also revealed that $135 million were given to forces from three countries UK, South Korea and Poland to facilitate their participation in the war. This is the first time that the US has officially admitted paying its allies in the so-called Coalition of the Willing that invaded Iraq in March 2003."
In the first Gulf War, Bush Sr. got paid by our allies. In this one, Jr. is paying them.
"In her testimony, Ugone also revealed that $135 million were given to forces from three countries UK, South Korea and Poland to facilitate their participation in the war. This is the first time that the US has officially admitted paying its allies in the so-called Coalition of the Willing that invaded Iraq in March 2003."
In the first Gulf War, Bush Sr. got paid by our allies. In this one, Jr. is paying them.
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