Goddard: Hand Count of RTA Ballots Affirms Election Results
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: David Safier has faithfully chronicled the goings on in the RTA ballot recount, but since he is on vacation it falls to me to fill you in on the latest news. Advertisement On Tuesday, The Arizona Attorney General’s Office announced that its hand count of the ballots cast in the May 2006 … Read more
Gingrich: U.S. Presidents never smile while greeting Russian dictators (except Republican Presidents)
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Last week the wingnuttia trivial talking point was the "Obama bow." The Latest Faux Obama "Scandal" on Faux News: The Bow This week the wingnuttia trivial talking point is "the handshake": Wingnuttia, led by Dr. Newt "The Professor" Gingrich said Obama's handshake with Venezuela strong man Hugo Chavez poses a grave threat … Read more
Ex-CIA official: “This was torture”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Even after interrogators informed CIA headquarters Abu Zubaydah had told them all he knew, according to a newly released Justice Department memo, they were told to carry out harsh questioning anyway because CIA leaders in Washington insisted he knew more — setting off a quiet crisis inside the government. "You've got people … Read more
From the Archive – John McCain: Japanese Hanged for Waterboarding
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Nov. 29, 2007 – (AP) Republican presidential candidate John McCain reminded people Thursday that some Japanese were tried and hanged for torturing American prisoners during World War II with techniques that included waterboarding. "There should be little doubt from American history that we consider that as torture otherwise we … Read more
Obama open to probe, prosecution of top officials over interrogations
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Speaking to reporters today following a meeting, President Obama defended his decision to release memos in which senior Bush administration officials approved interrogation techniques that have been widely denounced as torture. He said the memos "reflected, in my view, us losing our moral bearings," adding, "That's why I've discontinued those enhanced interrogation … Read more
My God, could it get any worse?
by David SafierNow he's bowing to a dog and gettting ready to knee-cap someone who's probably an important friend of freedom. What will we tell the children?
