[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?
The Torture Report: Americans React
[icopyright one button toolbar] Only five years ago, when he was President Obama’s counterterrorism adviser, John O. Brennan criticized the CIA’ s “enhanced interrogation techniques" for having “led us to stray from our ideals as a nation.” He added, “Tactics such as waterboarding were not in keeping with our values as Americans,” according to the New York … [Read more...] about The Torture Report: Americans React
A Study In Frustration & Depravity: Seven Years Of Torture-Related Posts
My home blog, Kiko's House, has published dozens of posts on the Bush Torture Regime over the past seven years, including -- or perhaps concluding, we shall see -- an analysis this week of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA. Many were cross-posted to The Moderate Voice. Click here for an index of some of the more important posts. … [Read more...] about A Study In Frustration & Depravity: Seven Years Of Torture-Related Posts
President Kwasniewski: ‘Sadist’ CIA Should Be Shuttered; Denies Knowledge of Torture (Polityka, Poland)
The former President of Poland, Aleksander Kwasniewski, appeared on a morning radio program yesterday and was grilled by Polityka journalist Jacek Zakowski about CIA torture and extraordinary renditions that we know now beyond doubt took place on Polish soil during his administration. Some of his comments are rather astounding - including that he had no idea what the CIA was … [Read more...] about President Kwasniewski: ‘Sadist’ CIA Should Be Shuttered; Denies Knowledge of Torture (Polityka, Poland)
We Are All ‘Full of Crap’
[icopyright one button toolbar] When Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, said that the Benghazi report -- crafted by his own Republican colleagues and Democrats -- was “full of crap,” it raised some eyebrows But, still, one could attribute this inelegant language to political differences, even ugly partisanship. But then, along comes a man who has consistently … [Read more...] about We Are All ‘Full of Crap’
Torture: Did the American Psychological Association Collude With Torture of Human Beings?
[icopyright one button toolbar] I first wrote and then published this article on December 8, 2007, seven long years ago at TMV. True then. Still so now. The ability of citizens to 'petition their government' has become a feat of climbing the glass mountain, as in the fairytales of eld. Not until the glass mountain was shattered, were the people able to scale to the treasure, … [Read more...] about Torture: Did the American Psychological Association Collude With Torture of Human Beings?
A Showstopping Christmas Song to Start Off Your Day: Liza Minelli and Cyril Ritchard “Ding A Ling”
[icopyright one button toolbar] Start off your Christmas season with PIZZAZZ. And to help you out: So here...for a special holiday treat...is a RARE find: a "lost" Christmas song showstopper, from a 1965 ABC TV one-shot network airing of an original musical about Red Riding Hood. In this zippy holiday song, you'll see a young Liza Minnelli playing Red Riding Hood … [Read more...] about A Showstopping Christmas Song to Start Off Your Day: Liza Minelli and Cyril Ritchard “Ding A Ling”
Torture: The problem for America comes when we put it all together
[icopyright one button toolbar] The problem for America comes when we put it all together: We reëlected George Bush knowing that he had approved of waterboarding and torture. We have accepted President Obama’s contention that we should look forward, not backward, thereby absolving those who committed war crimes of any accountability. Criminal prosecutions are both … [Read more...] about Torture: The problem for America comes when we put it all together
Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bush
Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bush by Mike Peters OF RELATED INTEREST: --Donald Rumsfeld Has Nothing To Say About Torture, But He’d Like Your Money --Cheney: 'The report's full of crap' --Bush, aides lie low in wake of CIA report --There’s No Way Bush and Cheney Didn’t Know Mike Peters is recognized as one of our nation’s most prominent cartoon artists for his … [Read more...] about Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bush
Links To Highlights Of Senate Intelligence Committee On CIA Torture
[icopyright one button toolbar] The Senate Intelligence Committee released their report today, providing documentation that the CIA was both brutal and dishonest about their tactics, and that torture did not work. The New York Times listed these seven key points: The C.I.A.’s interrogation techniques were more brutal and employed more extensively than the agency … [Read more...] about Links To Highlights Of Senate Intelligence Committee On CIA Torture
Cartoon: Rolling Stone Rape Story
See great cartoons by all the top political cartoonists at http://cagle.com. To license this cartoon for your own site, visit http://politicalcartoons.com … [Read more...] about Cartoon: Rolling Stone Rape Story
Questions for the Torture Defenders
James Downie at the Washington Post has two good questions for the “torture defenders”: First, Downie asks, “[i]f the program was successful, then why hide it and lie about it? The CIA repeatedly ‘impeded’ oversight from Congress, the White House and even the agency’s own inspector general.” Second, he asks, “Why wouldn’t the president or his subordinates want to know … [Read more...] about Questions for the Torture Defenders