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Tracing Torture

Tracing Torture

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Here is a brief excerpt from testimony that claims the authorization to use torture in Iraq came from pretty high up. Read the whole article at TomDispatch.com and Truthout.org. “Tracing the Trail of Torture: Embedding Torture as Policy From Guantanamo to Iraq,” by Dahr Jamail While President Bush has regularly claimed – as with reporters in Panama last November – that “we do not torture,” Janis Karpinski, the U.S. Brigadier General whose 800th Military Police Brigade was in charge of…

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Thanks only to 10 Senators

Thanks only to 10 Senators

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For the record – and I will remember this – these are the only Senators who stood up for my civil liberties by voting against the renewal of the USA Patriot Act. I thank you: Russ Feingold (D-WI) Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Robert Byrd (D-WV) Tom Harkin (D-IA) Ron Wyden (D-OR) Daniel Akaka (D-HI) Patty Murray (D-WA) Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Carl Levin (D-MI) Jim Jeffords (I-VT) Boo-hiss to all the Republicans, and: Obama (D-IL) Clinton (D-NY) Kerry (D-MA) Kennedy (D-MA) Biden…

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Napoli: Sodomy of religious virgins might justify abortion

Napoli: Sodomy of religious virgins might justify abortion

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I don’t think I had ever seen South Dakota’s State Senator Bill Napoli speak before tonight. He was commenting on the abortion ban there that would close down – gulp – the only operating clinic that’s left in the entire state (this one clinic has to fly in medical volunteers from out-of-state). Guess there wasn’t really much left to do. Online NewsHour: South Dakota Bans Most Types Of Abortion — March 3, 2006 BILL NAPOLI: When I was growing up…

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Tiny Tooth Horror

Tiny Tooth Horror

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It’s a matter of aesthetics. I simply find certain kinds of mouths repulsive. For me, it all has to do with the teeth. The worst mouth? The one where you have to wonder whether or not there are any teeth at all. The person hardly ever lets you see them. I dislike the bulldog expression – the bottom teeth appear, but the top teeth do not. I dislike very small teeth – they look like corn on the cob. If…

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Port Questions – Et tu Dole?

Port Questions – Et tu Dole?

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It turns out that former Majority Leader and Presidential candidate Bob Dole was hired last year as a legal consultant by Dubai Ports World to shepherd the deal through, courtesy of Alston & Bird. Wife Sen. Elizabeth Dole says that she is "deeply concerned" about operations at six U.S. ports being controlled by Dubai Ports World (owned, in case you somehow hadn’t heard, by the United Arab Emirates – AUE). Congrats on her "independence" – I guess. I have several…

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Speak up for our Biogems

Speak up for our Biogems

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I’ve been a "Biogems Defender" at the Natural Resources Defense Council for some time. I encourage you to join. You will get notices of pending environmental issues, complete with easy "speak up" tools. This environment is the only one we’ve got, and we’re losing ground fast. Their online news page is kept updated. Here is the most recent alert in my inbox: The Bush administration wants to escalate logging, oil exploration and grazing in our last unspoiled western wildlands by…

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