A Little Habeas for Your Corpus
Wow, the courts have sure been busy lately. They given us lots of fun stuff to cover. Let’s see what we have:
Read morePolitics
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The $54M Pants and Other News of The Week Ending June 5, 2007
This is a wrap of smaller news items for the week ending June 10, 2007.
Read moreLiberal Media Ignoring Al Qaeda Torture Manuals?
Last week the U.S. Military reported finding Al Qaeda torture manuals in a “safe house” in Iraq. The pro-torture wingnuts are all atwitter with the news, as they get out there to say, “they do it too.” As if that’s all the license the U.S. needs to condone torture.
Read moreThe Cure for Republican Memory Loss
This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen yet on YouTube. It’s an ad for “immunity,” the cure for republican memory loss.
Read moreBad Week for Neocon Paul Wolfowitz
First Paul Wolfowitz is forced out as head of the World Bank, and now, according the NY Post, his girl friend (the basic cause of him losing his job) dumps him.
Read moreMiracle on DOJ Street
Steve Benen, in a post at Crooks and Liars makes an excellent point about the U.S. Attorney firings. It seems that all these high ranking Justice Department officials have been asked who created the list of the U.S. Attorneys to be fired, and none of them know. I guess given Bush’s divine dispensation, it just floated down from heaven.
Read moreWingnuts in North Carolina Just Won't Give Up
The North Carolina wingnuts here will not quit. House Bill 493 is back and the Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly are trying to bring it to a floor vote next week by using a procedural end-run to recall the anti-gay amendment from the Rules Committee.
Read moreThe Loyal Opposition?
Here are a couple of people explaining why gay people shouldn’t be able to marry. I’m not sure which is more scary, their beliefs or the fact they are loose in society. I do know one thing, I don’t want the first guy (making a huge point of being engaged), to actually marry and procreate. He does not need to be in the gene pool.
Read moreTampa Televangelist Slams Mitt Romney
While some evangelical Christians are defending the presidential candidacy of Mormon Mitt Romney from an attack by Al Sharpton, another prominent pastor is going further in his condemnation – saying a vote for the former Massachusetts governor is a vote for Satan.
Read moreI Need to Watch Boston Legal More Often
The few time’s I’ve watched Boston Legal, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it, but for some reason it’s never made my “must watch” list. After seeing this, I think I have to set the Tivo to record it. What a great statement.
Read moreYour Papers Please.
The Department of Homeland Security will move forward with plans to implement the REAL ID Act despite widespread opposition from citizens and state legislatures. But DHS spokesman Russ Knocke said Tuesday that even the states which have already passed laws or resolutions against the act would eventually come around and implement the national identification standards, because the citizens who now oppose it would start demanding it.
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