Torture - and our previous Administration's shady past with it - have been hot topics lately, with many of us calling for actual accountability on behalf of our former leaders. We may soon get our wish - just today, the New York Times … [Read more...]
Let’s Have a Congressional Vote on the Truth Commission
Cross-posted in the usual places. According to the Washington Post, President Obama is opposed to a "truth commission." In a lengthy exchange with House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), Obama appeared to back away from a … [Read more...]
What Part of De-populated Nature Preserve Do You Not Understand
Fantastic warm spring day trailride with all three very frisky Apocalyptic horses trotting neck and neck over barely unfrozen ground. Grampy giving a two year old complete enjoyment doing simple but very cool things like running up … [Read more...]
Bush legacy continues
Just released from the Associated Press AP Newsbreak: CIA destroyed 92 interrogation tapes WASHINGTON-New documents show the CIA destroyed nearly 100 tapes of terror interrogations. The figure is far higher than the handful of recordings … [Read more...]
Goldsmith on torture investigations
Jack Goldsmith was one of the good guys in the Bush administration, resisting the internal push by David Addington and John Yoo to essentially legalize torture. Therefore his opinion about how to proceed with corrective and preventative … [Read more...]
Former Governor Spills the Beans
Gets me wondering how "the End" is going to come. Is it going to be all fire and brimstone, disaster, war, riots and marital law or are we just going to slip into future post-modern dystopian feudalism gradually and with little notice. I … [Read more...]
We Looked In the DIY Section, But Bob Vila Didn’t Have A Handbook On It …
Spencer Ackerman, former stalwart of TPMmuckracker, writing now for The Washington Independent, has penned a beauty, detailing the sorry, sad road the Central Intelligence Agency (oxymoron?) - at the direction and order of The Commander Guy … [Read more...]
Best News of All
http://www.boston911truth.org/... … [Read more...]
(202) 456-1414 – I called the White House for the first time in my life. And you know what?
It was strangely gratifying. I was inspired by this call from the Joe Biden Campaign. I have minimal-to-zero hope that my phone call made an impact, but taking five minutes out of my life to tell someone at the White House I think Bush and … [Read more...]
Flashback: Bush & Gonzales – No stay of execution for severely retarded man
So, you think it's impossible to feel any more rage towards Bush and Gonzales? Inspired by cadmium's comment in yesterday's thread on the Libby commutation, I decided to do a quick look at Bush's propensity for leaniancy as Govenor of … [Read more...]