Judge uses penis pump during trials. Are you kidding me? He is accused of using the pump during two murder trials and a civil case in 2003. Jurors claim they heard what sounded like a bicycle pump or blood-pressure pump. One saw Thompson making some movement “with his upper body and arms”, according to documents filed by the state attorney-general in Oklahoma. So who gets a new trial? Can you see it? “Well I was convicted of murder one, but…
CNN.com – Judge orders release of Abu Ghraib photos – Sep 29, 2005 Despite opposition from the White House, photos of detainee abuse must be released. Our “image” is past the tarnish point. Likely content will include the sodomizing of young boys, possibly in front of their mothers. The American Civil Liberties Union sought the release of 87 photographs and four videotapes as part of an October 2003 lawsuit demanding information on the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody and…
Roberts confirmed 78-22. Democrats were split down the middle – 22 Democrats and one independent joined 55 Republicans to approve Roberts. YEAs — 78 Alexander (R-TN)Allard (R-CO)Allen (R-VA)Baucus (D-MT)Bennett (R-UT)Bingaman (D-NM)Bond (R-MO)Brownback (R-KS)Bunning (R-KY)Burns (R-MT)Burr (R-NC)Byrd (D-WV)Carper (D-DE)Chafee (R-RI)Chambliss (R-GA)Coburn (R-OK)Cochran (R-MS)Coleman (R-MN)Collins (R-ME)Conrad (D-ND)Cornyn (R-TX)Craig (R-ID)Crapo (R-ID)DeMint (R-SC)DeWine (R-OH)Dodd (D-CT) Dole (R-NC)Domenici (R-NM)Dorgan (D-ND)Ensign (R-NV)Enzi (R-WY)Feingold (D-WI)Frist (R-TN)Graham (R-SC)Grassley (R-IA)Gregg (R-NH)Hagel (R-NE)Hatch (R-UT)Hutchison (R-TX)Inhofe (R-OK)Isakson (R-GA)Jeffords (I-VT)Johnson (D-SD)Kohl (D-WI)Kyl (R-AZ)Landrieu (D-LA)Leahy (D-VT)Levin (D-MI)Lieberman (D-CT)Lincoln (D-AR)Lott (R-MS)Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL)McCain…
Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. An economist with great credentials, he is against the Bush administration for economic reasons. In his Sept. 26 article America is Running Out of Time he argues that “The Iraqi war has three beneficiaries: (1) al Qaeda, (2) Iran and (3) US war industries and Bush-Cheney cronies who receive no-bid contracts. Everyone else is a loser.” He is critical of the war – and of both parties…
Another Year of Executive Excess – Especially at Defense Contractors 2004 was a banner year for CEOs and a dismal year for workers, according to United for a Fair Economy’s new report, “Executive Excess 2005: Defense Contractors Get More Bucks for the Bang,” written in collaboration with the Institute for Policy Studies. The ratio of average CEO pay (now $11.8 million) to worker pay (now $27,460) spiked up from 301-to-1 in 2003 to 431-to-1 in 2004. If the minimum wage…
Why are there no windows in a jehovah witness temple? First, you should know that they refer to each of their houses of worship as a “Kingdom Hall.” There are a few reasons why there are usually (although there are exceptions) no windows in a Kingdom Hall . 1) The first and foremost reason is for security. Think of it as a bunker. Jehovah’s Witnesses are a pacifist but paranoid group. They believe that at any time, they will be…