Turley: Spanish courts may be building case against Cheney
Raw Story- David Edwards and Stephen C. Webster
Published: Tuesday March 31, 2009
According to constitutional law expert Jonathan Turley, the prosecution of Bush’s so-called “torture lawyers” might just give Spanish prosecutors the “low lying fruit” needed to bring a case against Vice President Cheney.
Appearing on Monday night’s edition [...]
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Turley Tells Olbermann: Spanish Courts Could Bring A Case Against Cheney (VIDEO)
Posted in Cheney, Keith Olbermann, Torture, Video, tagged bush, Cheney, Countdown 3/30/09, Jonathan Turley, Keith Olbermann, MSNBC's Countdown, Seymor Hersh, Torture, Video on March 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Your Tax Money & Their Bail-Out Plan$
Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Your Tax Money & Their Bail-Out Plan$
by Geezer Power
The media in those days was AM radio and the news papers, but there was considerable propaganda at the movie theatres. The News and a cartoon were always shown before the previews and the main feature. In those times the focus was on [...]
Spanish Lawyer Tells Feith: “Get A Good Lawyer”
Posted in Torture, tagged Alberto Gonzales, David Addington, Douglas Feith, George W. Bush, Guantanamo Bay, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, Spanish human rights lawyers, Torture, William Haynes on March 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
‘Get a good lawyer,’ lawyer tells former Bush official
Raw Story- John Byrne
Published: Monday March 30, 2009
After a former Bush official responded to a lawyer who’s suing him for alleged torture at Guantanamo Bay, the lawyer has fired back in kind.
Douglas Feith, former undersecretary of defense under President George W. Bush, is accused by Spanish [...]
Afternoon Jukebox- Whenever Wherever
Posted in Afternoon Jukebox, Video, tagged Afternoon Jukebox, Shakira, Video, Whenever Wherever on March 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Shakira- Whenever Wherever (Live- Moscow)
GM CEO, Rick Wagoner, Will Step Down
Posted in GM, GM CEO Rick Wagoner, tagged Business News, General Motors, GM, GM CEO Rick Wagoner, Obama Asks Wagoner, Rick Wagoner, Rick Wagoner Resigns, Rick Wagoner Stepping Down, White House Asks Wagoner To Step Down on March 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Rick Wagoner, GM CEO, Will Step Down At Obama’s Behest
Huffington Post/NYT/CNBC | March 29, 2009 05:04 PM
UPDATE:
The Obama administration asked GM [...]
Spanish Official: Arrest Warrants ‘Highly Probable’ For Bush ‘Torture Lawyers’; Gonzales, Yoo, Addington, Haynes, Bybee And Feith
Posted in Guantánamo, Torture, tagged Alberto Gonzales, David Addington, Doug Feith, Guantanamo Bay, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, Torture, William J. Haynes II on March 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Pinochet judge weighs criminal probe of Bush ‘torture lawyers’
Raw Story- Stephen C. Webster
Published: Saturday March 28, 2009
Spanish official says arrest warrants ‘highly probable’
Six Bush-era officials responsible for crafting the legal justifications permitting the military prison at Guantanamo Bay are the subject of a potential Spanish criminal probe which could place the men under serious [...]
GOP Is Suddenly Worried About “Rights”
Posted in Constitution of the United States, GOP, tagged Constitution, Gingrich, GOP, GOP Is Suddenly Worried About "Rights", Hannity on March 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
After 8 years of Republicans trashing the Constitution and illegally spying on Americans, now the GOP is suddenly worried about “rights”
AmericaBlog- by John Aravosis (DC) on 3/27/2009 09:00:00 AM
Gingrich and Hannity think America is hurtling towards socialism, or worse, dictatorship.
Funny that Gingrich and Hannity sure didn’t care when their Republican buddies [...]
Afternoon Jukebox- Ironic
Posted in Afternoon Jukebox, Video, tagged Afternoon Jukebox, Ironic, Video on March 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Alanis Morissette – Ironic
They banned the wrong George
Posted in Bush Administration, US President George W. Bush, war crimes, tagged Canadian government, George Galloway, George W. Bush, opponent of war, war criminal on March 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sudhan @17:30 CET
Erik Wallenberg wonders about the mix-up in Canada where the government allowed in a known war criminal, but kept out a leading opponent of war.
Socialist Worker, March 27, 2009
George Galloway speaking at a 2008 protest of George W. Bush’s visit to London (Davide Simonetti)
IT SEEMS that the Canadian government, and the immigration ministry [...]
Art Imitates Life
Posted in aig on March 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Hemp Is Not Pot: It’s the Economic Stimulus and Green Jobs Solution We Need
Posted in Economic Crisis, Environment, tagged Economic Stimulus, Green Jobs Solution, Vote Hemp on March 27, 2009 | Comments Off
We can make over 25,000 things with it. Farmers love it. Environmentalists love it. You can’t get high from it. So why is it still illegal?
By Dara Colwell, AlterNet. Posted March 26, 2009.
While Uncle Sam’s scramble for new revenue sources has recently kicked up the marijuana debate — to legalize and tax, or not? — [...]
Dead Banks And Wall Street Bailouts??
Posted in Bailout, Banks, Economic Crisis, Economy, tagged Banks, Economic Crisis, Economy, Recession, Wall Street on March 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This Crisis Is Way Bigger Than Dead Banks and Wall Street Bailouts
By James Galbraith, Washington Monthly. Posted March 23, 2009.
Why the economic crisis, and its solution, are bigger than anyone has so far admitted.
Barack Obama’s presidency began in hope and goodwill, but its test will be its success or [...]
Cheney War Crimes: Just Look at the Statute
Posted in Cheney, Torture, Waterboarding, war crimes, tagged Dick Cheney, Geneva Conventions, inhuman treatment, Torture, U.S. Criminal Code on March 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
By Matthew Rothschild | The Progressive, March 25, 2009
President Obama needs to tell Attorney General Eric Holder to indict Dick Cheney, right now, for war crimes.
Just look at the statute, Title 18 of the U.S. Criminal Code, Section 2441. It says that someone is guilty of a war crime if he or she commits [...]
Tent Cities Across America
Posted in Economic Crisis, Economy, Shantytown, Tent Cities, tagged Economic Crisis, Economy, Home News, Hooverville, Illegal Encampments, Living In Tents, Return Of Shantytowns, Shantytown on March 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Cities Deal With Surge In Shantytowns
HuffPo/New York Times | JESSE McKINLEY | [...]
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Earth Hour: Lights out at 8:30 PM March 28, 2009
Posted in Climate Change, Coal, Commentary, Economic Crisis, Environment, Holidays 2008, Science, Surveillance Camera, You Are Being Watched, global warming, tagged earth hour climate change earthhour earthhour2009 vote voteearth global warming globalwarming wwf climatechange Furtado Cate Blanchett Branson Shepard Fairey lights out lightsout on March 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Hmm, interesting concept* wonder if there is anyone out there who will notice. I will be participating, always the optimist when it comes to group think, and I hope that the participation is 100%. If our troubled old planet is being observed from other lifeforms in our galaxy an event like this might get their [...]
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