Impeaching George Bush is a damn good idea. But the full page ad in the Jan. 12 New York Times by ImpeachBush.org appears to be a bid by the unrepentantly Stalinist Workers World Party to garner mainstream liberal support, probably… Read moreStalino-fascists go mainstream
A little more than a year ago, it was a mysterious sweet smell that mystified New Yorkers. This time a mysterious sinister smell. A psychological warfare experiment? From Reuters, Jan. 10: A powerful, mysterious smell of gas wafted through much… Read moreSmell of fear in NYC; dead birds in Austin
An ACLU press release, Nov. 28, online at Common Dreams: Khaled El-Masri, Victim of CIA Kidnapping and Abuse, Seeks Acknowledgement, Explanation and Apology RICHMOND, Virginia – The American Civil Liberties Union today argued before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals… Read more“Rendition” victim seeks re-instatement of suit against CIA
Hmmm, it seems that all the lefties who weighed in against the admittedly vile Judith Miller’s journalistic privilege in the Plame affair will be in the uncomfortable position of having to cheer her on this time around. From AP, Nov…. Read moreJudith Miller in the news again (for better or worse…)
Is this a great time to be alive or what? From The Independent, Nov. 19: A high-tech and unmanned “bionic wasp” capable of destroying a cell of militants or guerrillas is among a series of futuristic weapons being discussed by… Read moreIsraeli mad scientists develop “bionic wasps”
From UPI, Nov. 14, links added: WASHINGTON — A Pentagon spokesman dismissed as “frivolous” a lawsuit alleging war crimes filed in Germany Tuesday against Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The criminal complaint was filed on behalf of 11 former prisoners at… Read moreWar crimes charges filed against Rumsfeld
For all of the lurid propaganda about Islamo-fascism, you’d think these guys would at least know a little about Islam… From the Nov. 2 editorial page of the conservative Washington Times, link added: What they don’t know is frightening How… Read moreGWOT policy makers don’t know Sunni from Shi’ite
From AP, Nov. 7: ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal public defender who took on some of the nation’s most high-profile terrorism cases after Nine-Eleven has died at age 64. Frank Dunham Junior died Friday of brain cancer at his northern… Read moreFrank Dunham, terror war public defender, dead at 64
Here we go again. Fox News has the following to say about their upcoming “documentary,” Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West, to air this weekend (strategically just before the mid-term elections, if that escaped your notice): We see in… Read moreFox News: Islamism worse than Hitler
From the Washington Post, Oct. 20: Court Told It Lacks Power in Detainee Cases Moving quickly to implement the bill signed by President Bush this week that authorizes military trials of enemy combatants, the administration has formally notified the U.S…. Read moreWhite House seizes power from judiciary under Military Commissions Act
From the Center for Constitutional Rights, Oct. 17: Bush Signs the Military Commissions Act: CCR Calls it a Blow to Democracy and the Constitution New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) denounced President Bush’s signing into… Read moreBush signs Military Commissions Act
From the New York Law Journal, Oct. 17: Veteran defense attorney Lynne Stewart cried tears of relief yesterday as a federal judge ordered her to serve a dramatically lower sentence than prosecutors had requested for her conviction on providing material… Read moreLynne Stewart gets 28 months, remains free pending appeal
