It seems the looming confirmation hearings of Alberto “Torture is OK” Gonzales may be causing some behind the scenes turmoil, as evidenced by this article by NY Times international editor Andrew Rosenthal today, coupled with a New and Improved CYA Torture Memo from the US Justice Department. (Here’s the memo in PDF.) The torture memo, [...]
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(see 10 for introduction) 0 next A real road map for Middle East peace by John Nichols, December 30, 2004 Daily Yomiuri columnist John Jerney reporting, I’m the only one who’s been paying close enough attention to bring this story to a close. It turns out that John Nichols is a hero! All along, selflessly, [...]
After reading my post yesterday quoting Lt. Col. Paul Hastings as saying, “The terrorists are growing more desperate in their attempts to derail the elections and they’re trying to put it all on the line and give it all they can,” the author of the blog Hairy Fish Nuts sent a link to Desperation Watch, [...]
Something Eli said the other day has been bugging me when I read news articles about the Iraqi resistance, because I never really noticed it before. With MacWorld approaching, I’m reminded of the famous Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field. But Jobs has got nothing on the U.S. and Israeli governments, and the Reality Distortion Field [...]
Mercy Corps is a reputable aid agency that has swiftly begun providing assistance to Tsunami-damaged areas in Asia, and accepts online donations (I just donated and they acknowledged immediately and it was painless). Here is some info on what they are doing now, from Care2.com:Mercy Corps’ emergency team is on the ground, assessing damage and [...]
