Month: June 2006
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Supreme Court stands up to Executive Powers abuse
I was very thrilled to hear about the Supreme Court deciding that the Geneva convention does cover the illegally held detainees at Guantanamo. I’m not a lawyer nor do I play one on tv, so when I heard about Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld, I went to Glenn Greenwald’s blog to get a good understanding of it.…
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Missouri Federal Judge Halts State Executions – TalkLeft
U.S. District Judge Fernando Gaitan Jr. has issued an order preventing Missouri from executing prisoners due to the “unconstitutional pain and suffering” the inmate may experience from the drug cocktail used. Until satisfactory changes are made, the Judge says no more executions can take place. The Department of Corrections has 15 days to come up…
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The Buffett Way of Giving It Away
The Buffett Way of Giving It Away – What we can learn from his gift to the Gates Foundation. By Daniel Gross The nation’s second-richest man, Warren Buffett, has decided to turn over most of his $44 billion fortune to the nation’s richest man, Bill Gates. Buffett is committing [pdf] to give about 10 million…
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Greatest. Economic. Video. Ever.
I can’t get Youtube to post here, prolly a javascript thing… Anyway. Ezra Klien posted this on his blog, its the best ever! Who knew a Business School Dean at Columbia University could sing??? I’m very curious about him, who knew that economists could have such talent, besides Krugman (though the only talent I’ve seen…
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The Left Coaster: Suskind: Tora Bora Decision Made In Oval Office
by Steve Soto Q: Are you saying you want him dead or alive, sir? Can I interpret — THE PRESIDENT: I just remember, all I’m doing is remembering when I was a kid I remember that they used to put out there in the old west, a wanted poster. It said: “Wanted, Dead or Alive.”…
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AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: Pregnant and Unhappy About It
Last week I attended the hearing on Ohio’s proposed abortion ban held by the House Health Committee. This bill, in its present form, is the strictest in the country. It would ban all abortions in our state and even make it a felony to transport a woman to another state to seek abortion care. There…
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Military attempts to stop Lt. Watada from speaking against illegal war
On Wednesday, June 7th U.S. Army First Lieutenant Ehren Watada became the first U.S. commissioned officer to publicly refuse deployment to the unlawful Iraq war and occupation. Standing before the national media at a Tacoma, Washington press conference, Lt. Watada outlined his duty to refuse the illegal order to deploy in support of an illegal…
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AlterNet: Jim Hightower: How to Fix Our Health Care Mess
How messed up is America’s health care system? Consider the case of the Leavitts. Anne and her husband Dixie, both in their 70s, got frazzled trying to work their way through the maddening maze of George W’s new prescription drug program, which compels seniors to choose among 1,400 competing drug-insurance schemes offered by 80 corporations.…
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Charlotte Observer | Career crisis hovers over Guantanamo commander
Wow! [Not in a good way] The reporters from the Charlotte Observer that were at Guantanamo during the “aftermath” of the 3 detainees that committed suicide. The original reason that the reporters were at Guantanamo, was to do a profile of the prison Commander, who is a local of the greater Charlotte area. The article…
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Happy Father’s Day
AlterNet: A Father Speaks Out Against the Iraq War Imagine losing your child in a war based on lies and misinformation. On Father’s Day, Fernando Suarez del Solar remembers his son. His buddies in the Marines called him the “Aztec warrior.” Jesus Suarez del Solar was one of the first Americans killed during in invasion…