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This IS What You Get When You Stack the Court
The founders were wary of corporate influence on politics — and their rhetoric sometimes got pretty heated.
In an 1816 letter, Thomas Jefferson declared his hope to “crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws [...]
Barack Obama: Fascist
there is no other way to describe someone who believes in “post-acquittal detention:
Spencer Ackerman yesterday attended a Senate hearing at which the DOD’s General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, testified. As Ackerman highlighted, Johnson actually said that even for those detainees to whom the Obama administration deigns to give a real trial in a real court, [...]
Brendan Calling “After Dark”: The Sanford Emails
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Note: the “two magnificent parts” are his chippy’s glass eye and her prosthetic leg.
C Students from Yale
Remember when Bush bragged about being a C student? This is what you get from undisciplined people who don’t work hard and don’t pay attention to details…
In a series of high-level meetings in 2002, without a single dissent from cabinet members or lawmakers, the United States for the first time officially embraced the brutal [...]
“No matter where you stand politically, Jay is universally respected for his intellect, honesty, and ability to articulate the issues, plus he is not a compromiser of principles.”
Crossposted at oxdown gazette
Torquemada Jay Bybee
Oh my.
Jay Bybee’s fluff profile in Meridian magazine:
On the day the U.S. Senate confirmed Jay S. Bybee’s nomination to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the largest appellate court in the country, this new judge went home to celebrate in his usual unaffected way—by helping his kids with their homework [...]
Torquemada of the 9th Circuit
Jay Bybee, Torquemada of the 9th Circuit
Jane Hamsher is right. Jay Bybee, who signed off on this:
… you [the CIA] have informed us [the Office of Legal Counsel] that he [Abu Zubaydah] would spend at most two hours in this box. You have informed us that your purpose in using these boxes is not to [...]
PRESIDENT BUSH OR NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN? NEW GOP STRATEGY OF APPEASEMENT
What do you call someone who talks to their enemies? In Bushworld, you call them appeasers and compare them to Neville Chamberlain, which is why someone needs to buy Bush an umbrella (right-wing dingaling link on purpose): US considering talks with Taliban, official says:
The United States is looking at negotiating with “reconciliable” members of the [...]
Anniversary
What a shitty day.
Read More..>>I Think the Shit is About to Hit the Fan
Although it hasn’t been as prominent in the news as truly important events like the Olympics and John Edwards’ mistress, but some really nutso aggression is going down between Georgia and Russia over the area of South Ossatia (no I hadn’t heard of it either before this weekend).
I’m honestly not sure who started [...]
Happy “Determined to Strike” Day
Via atrios, the folks at Think Progress remind us that seven years ago today, George Bush received his Presidential Daily Brief titled “Bin Laden Determined to Strike In US”.
The President responded All right, you’ve covered your ass now
“All right, you’ve covered your ass now.”
“All right, you’ve covered your ass now.”
“All right, you’ve covered your ass [...]
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