happy mission accomplished day
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deep thought
People apparently don’t care that our president is a war criminal who authorized torture. How long did your favorite news source spend talking about torture today?
EDIT: I’m glad I’m apparently wrong, at least in part.
it’s always been a war crimes trial ready to happen
Keith Olbermann: If there’s a paper trail regarding this, Jon, is this a War Crimes trial waiting to happen somewhere, someday?
Jonathan Turley: It’s always been a War Crimes trial ready to happen.
“war is inevitable”
What the hell?
Among the disclosures made by Feith in “War and Decision,” scheduled for release next month by HarperCollins, is Bush’s declaration, at a Dec. 18, 2002, National Security Council meeting, that “war is inevitable.” The statement came weeks before U.N. weapons inspectors reported their initial findings on Iraq and months before Bush delivered an [...]
independent oversight is overrated
Who needs it?
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more falafel fun
Looks like slashdot picked up the falafel sales story from the same source jwz used, plus wired, c|net. Rock on, jwz.
rofl over falafel
I regularly eat a falafel and hummus pita for lunch. The nice folks at the Daily Grind stock a neatly-packaged offering from Med Deli. I was a bit startled, then, to see this news item via jwz:
The idea was that a spike in, say, falafel sales, combined with other data, would lead to Iranian secret [...]
13 minutes on drugs, rendition, jet plane.
Here’s an awesome investigative reporting piece that you should take a few minutes to listen to (requires flash). You can also download the piece (mp3).
It’s about a small plane crash in Mexico, Guantanamo Bay, the CIA, over 3 metric tons of cocaine, and why the FAA makes this all possible.
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Dana Perino: Beleaguered Prevaricator
Ouch.
I suggest jumping to the last minute. It gets pretty good. Also good is an exchange at about 2:45 in.
