Ted Cruz is up against solid opposition: They really don't like this guy. His own colleagues are turning their back on him or simple condemning his politics. A vast majority of the Senate disagreed with Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) assertion that President Obama’s executive order on immigration is unconstitutional. Cruz raised a constitutional point of order against … [Read more...] about Ted Cruz is up against solid opposition
We’re a Nation of Laws
We're a Nation of Laws By Tina Dupuy Torture is illegal. Period. End of debate. There is no legal, moral or probable justification for torture. It's against the Bill of Rights; it's against the Geneva Convention; it's against United Nations Convention Against Torture (ratified by the U.S. in 1994); it's against every state statute from every modern constitutional … [Read more...] about We’re a Nation of Laws
How Three ‘Old Men’ View Torture
[icopyright one button toolbar] It isn’t anymore about whether what the CIA so clinically and technically calls enhanced interrogation techniques is torture or not. That was settled a long time ago when Americans first heard and read about waterboarding, dark cages, black sites and all. Nor is it about whether torture is illegal and immoral. That has been settled … [Read more...] about How Three ‘Old Men’ View Torture
Senate Averts Government Shutdown — Until Wednesday
Senate Averts Government Shutdown -- Until Wednesday The Senate approved a short-term spending bill during a rare Saturday session that will give lawmakers four more days to agree on a $1.1 trillion funding measure that will keep the government running through September. The House passed the bill Thursday and left town. Congressional leaders have been fighting to prevent a … [Read more...] about Senate Averts Government Shutdown — Until Wednesday
24 And Torture
[icopyright one button toolbar] Matt Bai has discussed the "24 Effect" on how terrorism is viewed: In a sense, “24” became a kind of virtual universe in which all of us could role-play — even if we happened to know more about the roles than the actors did. I recall a conversation with Bill Clinton in 2007 during which he brought up the show and spent the better part of a … [Read more...] about 24 And Torture
Mississippi Pastor Dresses Horse in Wedding Dress to Protest Same-Sex Marriage
[icopyright one button toolbar] SMH: Mississippi pastor Edward James dressed a horse in a wedding dress and stood outside the federal courthouse to protest same sex marriage. Um, I didn't realize a horse can consent to marriage in the same way as a gay or straight couple. WJTV reports Pastor James, of Bertha Chapel Missionary Baptist Church of Charlotte, thought of this … [Read more...] about Mississippi Pastor Dresses Horse in Wedding Dress to Protest Same-Sex Marriage
Cartoon: The USA and Torture
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Idiotic behavior: Study shows one gender clearly wins
We are here to discuss idiotic behavior. Not those who tailgate and pass on the right to advance one car-length. That’s being a jerk. Not those who are blind to obvious reality, such as those who thought the Jets really had a chance this year. They’re fanatics. Not those who invested their hard-earned money in a… … [Read more...] about Idiotic behavior: Study shows one gender clearly wins
Ted Cruz Strikes Again (at the GOP Congressional Leadership)
[icopyright one button toolbar] He's clearly off and running. For President. But, in the meantime, if all the world isn't (yet) his stage, his stage is the Senate floor. And he's using it. Texas's Republicqan Sen. Ted Cruz has struck again -- at the GOP's Congressional leadership: Sen. Ted Cruz, the firebrand conservative freshman from Texas, has blown up the … [Read more...] about Ted Cruz Strikes Again (at the GOP Congressional Leadership)
Letter to the Next Generation
Letter to the Next Generation By Jason Stanford Dear boys, Dad here. I want to tell you about something that happened to me yesterday. A friend of mine at the office, a black woman, asked me to join her at a protest about that unarmed 18-year-old who was shot by that police officer in Missouri. I felt a little funny about going, as if a white, 40-something dad had no … [Read more...] about Letter to the Next Generation
Cartoon: After the Torture Report
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Practicing Subsidized Un-Medicine
[icopyright one button toolbar] by Walter Brasch Clutching newspaper clippings in one hand and a medical bag loaded with seeds in the other, my ersatz friend Dr. Franklin Peterson Comstock III, knocking down pregnant ladies, students, the elderly, and two burly construction workers who were waiting for a bus, rushed past me, leaving me in a close and personal encounter … [Read more...] about Practicing Subsidized Un-Medicine
Torture Isn’t a Hard Concept
Kevin Drum unmasks torture apologists' sophistry on Mother Jones.[icopyright one button toolbar] Like all of us, I've had to spend the past several days listening to a procession of stony-faced men—some of them defiant, others obviously nervous—grimly trying to defend the indefensible, and I'm not sure how much more I can take. How hard is this, after all? Following 9/11, we … [Read more...] about Torture Isn’t a Hard Concept
‘Success’ of CIA Torture: Raising Anti-Americanism to its ‘Zenith’ (L’Orient Le Jour, Lebanon)
[icopyright one button toolbar] Continuing with our global survey of reaction to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Study on the Former Detention and Interrogation Program, otherwise known as the CIA torture report, writing in Lebanon's L'Orient Le Jour, columnist Christian Merville penned this scathing overview of the consequences: more terrorism and more … [Read more...] about ‘Success’ of CIA Torture: Raising Anti-Americanism to its ‘Zenith’ (L’Orient Le Jour, Lebanon)
Beinart: Torture is Who We Are
Peter Beinart reviews the history of American torture on The Atlantic.[icopyright one button toolbar] Torture, declared President Obama this week, in response to the newly released Senate report on CIA interrogation, is “contrary to who we are.” Maine Senator Angus King added that, “This is not America. This is not who we are.” According to Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth, … [Read more...] about Beinart: Torture is Who We Are
Answering evil with evil
WASHINGTON -- The "debate" over torture is almost as grotesque as torture itself. There can be no legitimate debate about the intentional infliction of pain upon captive and defenseless human beings. The torturers and their enablers may deny it, but they know -- and knew from the beginning -- that what they did was obscenely wrong. (BEG ITAL)We relied on legal … [Read more...] about Answering evil with evil
Bill Cosby was accused of sexual assault by a Canadian woman 10 years ago. Nothing has been the same for him since
The beginning of the demolition of Bill Cosby's brand as North America's affable father figure began on Jan. 13, 2005, when a woman in Pickering, Ont., east of Toronto, reported a sexual assault to her local police. At that time, though, as is often the case with the first person to point an accusing finger at… … [Read more...] about Bill Cosby was accused of sexual assault by a Canadian woman 10 years ago. Nothing has been the same for him since
Will we torture again?
WASHINGTON -- Can we now say with confidence that our government will not use torture again and that Americans in the future will rise up to prevent it from doing so? In light of the reaction to the Senate Intelligence Committee's report, I fear that we can't. Sen. Dianne Feinstein persisted in releasing the document in the face of opposition from the CIA and attacks by … [Read more...] about Will we torture again?
Can’t Breathe!
https://politicalgraffiti.wordpress.com/2014/12/11/i-cant-breathe/ Copyright 2014 David Donar. All rights reserved.Copyright Donar, Political Graffiti … [Read more...] about Can’t Breathe!
Howard Dean Is Ready For Hillary, But Does Anyone Still Care About What Howard Dean Says?
Howard Dean writes that he is ready for Hillary. He mentions some of her attributes but the most obvious thing in his article is the absence of mention of her support for the Iraq War. Maybe this is not a major factor for everyone (although I think that ones position on one of the major blunders in recent times should be). I just find it more amazing that Howard Dean doesn’t … [Read more...] about Howard Dean Is Ready For Hillary, But Does Anyone Still Care About What Howard Dean Says?