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Posted by afanley, at 03:28PM 06/05/09 :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8083505.stm
Note: A group of doctors who worked in Sri Lanka's rebel-held war zone are being held on suspicion of collaborating with Tamil rebels, the government says. The doctors could be in detention for a year or more before being tried. With journalists banned from the conflict zone, they became an important source of news about the fighting during the conflict.
Posted by afanley, at 09:56AM 05/30/09 :
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/29/drug-czars-pot-potency-cl_n_209080.html
Note: A newly released report about marijuana potency undermines previous claims by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) that the drug's potency has hit record highs.
Posted by afanley, at 10:28AM 05/24/09 :
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/05/22/preventive_detention/index.html
Note: Is a system of indefinite detention with no charges a standard or radical idea?
Posted by afanley, at 06:25PM 05/23/09 :
http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/05/22/ventura-ill-waterboard-hannity/
Note: After ripping George W. Bush and expressing his desire to waterboard Dick Cheney, former governor Jesse Ventura continues his media storm...
Posted by afanley, at 04:21PM 05/19/09 :
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/17/oops-biden-reveals-location-secret-vp-bunker/?test=latestnews
Note: Vice President Joe Biden, well-known for his verbal gaffes, may have finally outdone himself, divulging potentially classified information meant to save the life of a sitting vice president. According to a report, while recently attending the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, an annual event where powerful politicians and media elite get a chance
Posted by afanley, at 09:02AM 05/19/09 :
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/thejoshuablog/2009/05/ny-times-maureen-dowd-plagiari.php
Note: Nothing wrong with cutting and pasting as long as credit is given...As the post points out, Dowd was heavily involved in exposing Biden's plagiarism many years ago. Just thought it was interesting.
Posted by afanley, at 08:11AM 05/19/09 and by 1 others:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/18/torture/index.html
Note: The Bush administration's Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it.
Posted by afanley, at 07:42PM 05/16/09 and by 1 others:
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123149266
Note: When he first told a stewardess about the trouble she brushed him off, then: "I told her you need to inform your captain before we go oceanic."
Posted by afanley, at 06:38PM 05/16/09 :
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/us/14explorers.html?_r=1
Note: Homeland Security trains 14-year-olds to shoot terrorists and conduct marijuana raids. I like shooting them, Cathy said. I like the sound they make. It gets me excited.
Posted by afanley, at 08:45AM 05/16/09 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-ZLV_sB3Rc
Note: A high-speed car chase just came to an abrupt end just south of Los Angeles - and the perp is gonna have one nasty boot imprint on his head come morning... but did the cops cross the line, or did dude deserve it?
Posted by afanley, at 11:53AM 05/15/09 :
http://anncoulter.com/cgi-local/printer_friendly.cgi?article=312
Note: Not even Dick Cheney can incite the blood-curdling rage of liberals at the sight of a sexy Evangelical Christian. Paula Jones, Katherine Harris, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin and, most recently, Miss California, Carrie Prejean, have all come under a frenzy of attacks from liberals.Christians are supposed to be fat, balding sweaty little men with
Posted by afanley, at 09:31AM 05/15/09 :
http://www.pubrecord.org/torture/899-cheney-stopped-cia-inspector-general-from-completing-torture-probe.html
Note: Dick Cheney stopped CIA Inspector General John Helgerson from completing an investigation into the agencys use of torture against detainees, but the watchdog was still able to prepare a report that implicated CIA interrogators in three detainee deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq and referred eight criminal cases to the Justice Dept. for investigation.
Posted by afanley, at 06:04PM 05/14/09 :
http://foxnewsboycott.com/fox-news/janeane-garafalo-handles-ambush-on-fox-news/
Note: Coming out of Starbucks, minding her own business, Janeane Garafalo was ambushed with with questions about her comments regarding the Tea Party protesters being racist rednecks. She handled herself well and turned the table by pointing out some of the offensive signs and asking, several times, Why were they not protesting for the last 8 yrs?"
Posted by afanley, at 08:20AM 05/14/09 :
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124225891527617397.html
Note: The Obama administration's new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting "a war on drugs," a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration. In his first interview since being confirmed to head the White House ONDCP, Gil Kerlikowske said the bellicose analogy was a barrier to dealing with abuse.
Posted by afanley, at 02:07PM 05/13/09 :
http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/11/offshore-banking-business-obamas-rich-donors-threaten-him-over-closing-foreign-tax-havens/
Note: Offshore Banking Business: - A top Obama fundraiser and hedge fund manager said: "I'm appalled at the anti-Wall Street rhetoric. It was OK on the campaign but now it's the real world. I'm surprised that Obama is turning out to be so left-wing. He's a real class warrior."
Posted by afanley, at 02:36PM 05/12/09 :
http://moneynews.newsmax.com/streettalk/buffett_rogers_inflation/2009/03/13/191719.html
Note: A parade of luminaries see huge budget deficits and loose monetary policy leading to higher prices. That group includes Warren Buffett, Marc Faber, and Jim Rogers. We are certainly doing things that could lead to a lot of inflation, Buffett says. In economics there is no free lunch.
Posted by afanley, at 11:50AM 05/12/09 :
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/11/ig-report-waterboarding-w_n_201733.html
Note: A CIA inspector general's report from May 2004 that is set to be declassified by the Obama White House will almost certainly disprove claims that waterboarding was only used in controlled circumstances with effective results.
Posted by afanley, at 06:36AM 05/11/09 :
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/05/bush-may-haunt-republicans-for.html
Note: Some fascinating data based on more than 120,000 interviews completed over the past four months, on the way that partisan identification breaks down by age.
Posted by afanley, at 07:08PM 05/09/09 :
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25446731-1248,00.html
Note: A FIVE-year-old Queensland boy was scalped, stoned, hit and taunted in an atrocious case of schoolyard bullying - and the main perpetrator was the "buddy" charged with protecting him.
Posted by afanley, at 06:44AM 05/09/09 :
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/after-air-force-one-flyover-military-office-director-resigns/
Note: The photo's here... and the director of the White House Military Office, Louis Caldera, has resigned, an administration official said Friday, two weeks after he authorized an Air Force One flyover of the Statue of Liberty that terrified thousands of people in New York City. One photo released, along with one responsible resigner.
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Posted by afanley, at 03:28PM 06/05/09 :http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8083505.stm
Note: A group of doctors who worked in Sri Lanka's rebel-held war zone are being held on suspicion of collaborating with Tamil rebels, the government says. The doctors could be in detention for a year or more before being tried. With journalists banned from the conflict zone, they became an important source of news about the fighting during the conflict.
Posted by afanley, at 09:56AM 05/30/09 :http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/29/drug-czars-pot-potency-cl_n_209080.html
Note: A newly released report about marijuana potency undermines previous claims by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) that the drug's potency has hit record highs.
Posted by afanley, at 10:28AM 05/24/09 :http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/05/22/preventive_detention/index.html
Note: Is a system of indefinite detention with no charges a standard or radical idea?
Posted by afanley, at 06:25PM 05/23/09 :http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/05/22/ventura-ill-waterboard-hannity/
Note: After ripping George W. Bush and expressing his desire to waterboard Dick Cheney, former governor Jesse Ventura continues his media storm...
Posted by afanley, at 04:21PM 05/19/09 :http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/17/oops-biden-reveals-location-secret-vp-bunker/?test=latestnews
Note: Vice President Joe Biden, well-known for his verbal gaffes, may have finally outdone himself, divulging potentially classified information meant to save the life of a sitting vice president. According to a report, while recently attending the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, an annual event where powerful politicians and media elite get a chance
Posted by afanley, at 09:02AM 05/19/09 :http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/thejoshuablog/2009/05/ny-times-maureen-dowd-plagiari.php
Note: Nothing wrong with cutting and pasting as long as credit is given...As the post points out, Dowd was heavily involved in exposing Biden's plagiarism many years ago. Just thought it was interesting.
Posted by afanley, at 08:11AM 05/19/09 and by 1 others:http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/18/torture/index.html
Note: The Bush administration's Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it.
Posted by afanley, at 07:42PM 05/16/09 and by 1 others:http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123149266
Note: When he first told a stewardess about the trouble she brushed him off, then: "I told her you need to inform your captain before we go oceanic."
Posted by afanley, at 06:38PM 05/16/09 :http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/us/14explorers.html?_r=1
Note: Homeland Security trains 14-year-olds to shoot terrorists and conduct marijuana raids. I like shooting them, Cathy said. I like the sound they make. It gets me excited.
Posted by afanley, at 08:45AM 05/16/09 :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-ZLV_sB3Rc
Note: A high-speed car chase just came to an abrupt end just south of Los Angeles - and the perp is gonna have one nasty boot imprint on his head come morning... but did the cops cross the line, or did dude deserve it?
Posted by afanley, at 11:53AM 05/15/09 :http://anncoulter.com/cgi-local/printer_friendly.cgi?article=312
Note: Not even Dick Cheney can incite the blood-curdling rage of liberals at the sight of a sexy Evangelical Christian. Paula Jones, Katherine Harris, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin and, most recently, Miss California, Carrie Prejean, have all come under a frenzy of attacks from liberals.Christians are supposed to be fat, balding sweaty little men with
Posted by afanley, at 09:31AM 05/15/09 :http://www.pubrecord.org/torture/899-cheney-stopped-cia-inspector-general-from-completing-torture-probe.html
Note: Dick Cheney stopped CIA Inspector General John Helgerson from completing an investigation into the agencys use of torture against detainees, but the watchdog was still able to prepare a report that implicated CIA interrogators in three detainee deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq and referred eight criminal cases to the Justice Dept. for investigation.
Posted by afanley, at 06:04PM 05/14/09 :http://foxnewsboycott.com/fox-news/janeane-garafalo-handles-ambush-on-fox-news/
Note: Coming out of Starbucks, minding her own business, Janeane Garafalo was ambushed with with questions about her comments regarding the Tea Party protesters being racist rednecks. She handled herself well and turned the table by pointing out some of the offensive signs and asking, several times, Why were they not protesting for the last 8 yrs?"
Posted by afanley, at 08:20AM 05/14/09 :http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124225891527617397.html
Note: The Obama administration's new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting "a war on drugs," a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration. In his first interview since being confirmed to head the White House ONDCP, Gil Kerlikowske said the bellicose analogy was a barrier to dealing with abuse.
Posted by afanley, at 02:07PM 05/13/09 :http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/11/offshore-banking-business-obamas-rich-donors-threaten-him-over-closing-foreign-tax-havens/
Note: Offshore Banking Business: - A top Obama fundraiser and hedge fund manager said: "I'm appalled at the anti-Wall Street rhetoric. It was OK on the campaign but now it's the real world. I'm surprised that Obama is turning out to be so left-wing. He's a real class warrior."
Posted by afanley, at 02:36PM 05/12/09 :http://moneynews.newsmax.com/streettalk/buffett_rogers_inflation/2009/03/13/191719.html
Note: A parade of luminaries see huge budget deficits and loose monetary policy leading to higher prices. That group includes Warren Buffett, Marc Faber, and Jim Rogers. We are certainly doing things that could lead to a lot of inflation, Buffett says. In economics there is no free lunch.
Posted by afanley, at 11:50AM 05/12/09 :http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/11/ig-report-waterboarding-w_n_201733.html
Note: A CIA inspector general's report from May 2004 that is set to be declassified by the Obama White House will almost certainly disprove claims that waterboarding was only used in controlled circumstances with effective results.
Posted by afanley, at 06:36AM 05/11/09 :http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/05/bush-may-haunt-republicans-for.html
Note: Some fascinating data based on more than 120,000 interviews completed over the past four months, on the way that partisan identification breaks down by age.
Posted by afanley, at 07:08PM 05/09/09 :http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25446731-1248,00.html
Note: A FIVE-year-old Queensland boy was scalped, stoned, hit and taunted in an atrocious case of schoolyard bullying - and the main perpetrator was the "buddy" charged with protecting him.
Posted by afanley, at 06:44AM 05/09/09 :http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/after-air-force-one-flyover-military-office-director-resigns/
Note: The photo's here... and the director of the White House Military Office, Louis Caldera, has resigned, an administration official said Friday, two weeks after he authorized an Air Force One flyover of the Statue of Liberty that terrified thousands of people in New York City. One photo released, along with one responsible resigner.
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