Thursday, June 12, 2008
See, you could have gotten your news hours ago, but by waiting and reading it here you are getting something those chumps who read the morning papers didn’t get: The news that the Supreme Court has just ruled that Guantanamo Bay detainees have the right to appeal their detentions in civilian courts. Now the next phase of the terrorists devious plot to drain our resources through lawsuits and trying to get “civil rights” can take affect.
Pakistan, Obama, Beer and Porn after the jump
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
As we mentioned yesterday, the United States is bringing capital murder charges against 6 men allegedly linked to the Sept. 11 attacks. The new development in the story is that they are basing the charges on information gained from these men during coercive interrogation (totally not torture). The Washington Post has a story explaining that the testimony that will be used in the trials was gained by a special FBI “Clean Team” which used “time-tested rapport-building techniques” so that all the information they gained wouldn’t be tainted by allegations of torture or coercion. Sounds great, until you read that the “Clean Team’s” goal was to get the same information that the CIA had already “obtained from five of the six through duress at secret prisons.” Just let that roll around in your head awhile.
One sidenote from that Post story has to be the oddest product placement I have ever seen:
The admissions made by the men — who were given food whenever they were hungry as well as Starbucks coffee at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — played a key role in the government’s decision to proceed with the prosecutions, military and law enforcement officials said.
The Democratic Primary, Iraq, and Art Thieves after the jump.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Super Tuesday is finally here. I know all of you sprung out of bed with barely concealed democratic fervor. For Super Tuesday coverage, all of the papers have finally decided to answer basic questions about it. Took them long enough. The New York Times has an interesting and extremely readable breakdown of everything they have been saying in newspaperese for the past week. The BBC has an interactive map, because the internet CAN! the Los Angeles Times goes with a Q&A style article. Overall these are good reads that should give you a solid understanding of everything involved in the primary. If you really can’t deal with reading, then just take my word for it that the whole primary process is a mess.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Generation Y lives ungody depressing lives but we see voting as a vehicle of change. Apparently, the Times thinks all it takes to win our votes is rappers, blogging, and making government “cool” again. Vote Soulja Boy!
You should go vote. If you don’t know where to vote, just google, “Where do I vote (name of your state)” and that should bring up a web site that clues you in.
The rest of the news after the jump…
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