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happy mission accomplished day

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2008 05 01 tarheelcoxn mccain Comments Off

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.

2008 04 14 tarheelcoxn torture Comments Off

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.

2008 04 14 tarheelcoxn politics
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“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 [...]

2008 03 10 tarheelcoxn impeachment Comments Off

independent oversight is overrated

Who needs it?
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2008 03 03 tarheelcoxn politics Comments Off

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.

2007 11 09 tarheelcoxn Comments Off

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 [...]

2007 11 07 tarheelcoxn Comments (3)

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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2007 11 01 tarheelcoxn cia
law
npr
radio Comments (1)

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.

2007 10 06 tarheelcoxn impeachment
law
politics
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