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CIA Interrogation Tape-False Flag Alert!

December 11, 2007 B. John 310 Views 1 Comment ABC News, CIA, Enhanced Interrogation, False Flag, torture, Waterboarding

I sincerely hope that no one is falling for this “false flag” (I believe it’s called in intelligence parlance) of the CIA Agent suddenly coming forward to condemn waterboarding as torture, but then saying it saved thousand of lives when used to interrogate Abu Zubaydah. It is just too convenient that this “former” agent, John Kiriakou, suddenly gets permission to come forward and openly discuss this operation on the national news circuit. Does anyone still fall for this shit from this Administration? Kiriakou says he thinks there should be a national debate about torture. BULLSHIT. There should be no discussion about torture. What has become of the values of this Republic and we as a people when we have to have a debate about torture?

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News for The Week of Nov. 30, 2007

December 1, 2007 B. John 224 Views 0 Comments Dr. Robert Cade, Gatorade, I-4, Marijuana, Mausoleum, Pot, Tongue

Lots of weirdness this week with a guy’s girlfriend biting off his tongue, and a couple of cops getting run over by another police car during a chase. And probably the big story was a roadside cleanup crew finding 60 lbs. of pot on the side of I-4.

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News of the week ending Nov. 9, 2007

November 9, 2007 B. John 306 Views 0 Comments Black Rain, bricks, Crime, grow house, Guns, Marijuana, news, Palmetto, Polk County, Pot, Rap

Tidbits of news from the week ending Friday, November 9, 2007. It includes a story on the discovery of another grow house in Polk County, a Palmetto man shooting himself and blaming a gang, a Tampa rapper who raps about guns hides in the ladies room when gun play breaks out, and man in Tampa throws bricks through the neighbors windows.

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Jena 6

November 7, 2007 B. John 307 Views 0 Comments Jena, Jena 6, Jena Six, LA, Race, Racial, Racism

OK, I’ve been meaning to post on this topic for a while. I realize it’s a touchy subject, especially given that my position (as is often the case) is not the most politically correct decision.

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Stickman Drawing Gets 2nd Grader Suspended

November 5, 2007 B. John 310 Views 1 Comment Boston, cops and robbers, Guns, Idiots, New Jersey, overreaction, Schools, Stupidity

According to a report on MSNBC, a New Jersey 2nd grader got a one-day suspension from school because he drew a stick figure picture where the person in the picture was holding a gun. He later told his mom it was a picture of a water gun.

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Fake News, So Why Not a Fake News Conference

November 5, 2007 B. John 214 Views 0 Comments FEMA, Harvey E. Johnson, Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, news

Well, by now most of you have heard the story of the fake FEMA press conference. Apparently, a couple of weeks ago during the height of the California wildfires, Deputy Secretary, Vice Adm. Harvey E. Johnson, was asked questions by other FEMA employees posing as reporters. Real reporters were notified of the conference only 15 minutes before it started, and were only allowed to listen via a listen-only conference line.

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News for the Week of Nov. 2, 2007

November 2, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 296 Views 0 Comments Dayton, death, DUI, Fire, Hunters, Hunting, Mary Wiseman, Myrtle Beach, New York City, Ocean Isle, Ohio, Subway

This is the news wrapup for the week ending Friday, November 2, 2007. It includes notes on a beach house fire in Ocean Isle, N.C., the anniversary of the NYC Subway system, A story about a couple both being arrested for drunk driving, and a story about a man being shot by his hunting dog. In Ohio, a gay person is appointed to a judgeship.

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More Kink in The Republican Armor?

November 1, 2007 B. John 173 Views 0 Comments Homophobe, republican, Richard Curtis, Washington State

My oh my, it seems another gay bashing homophobic republican has been caught with his pants down, or rather his lingerie up. Richard Curtis, a Republican in the Washington State House has had to resign after an extortion attempt resulted in the disclosure of some pretty kinky sexual behavior.

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Finally Some Good News-Westboro Baptist Found Liable

October 31, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 154 Views 0 Comments Civil Lawsuit, Fred Phelps, Marines, Westboro Baptist Church

A Reuters report by John Hurdle reports that the Kansas based Westboro Baptist Church has been ordered to pay $2.9 million in compensatory damages to the family of a gay marine killed in Iraq. They had cheered and protested at his funeral, as they have done at many of the funerals for soldiers killed in the war, claiming it to be God’s vengeance on America for the way it treats them, and for letting gay people live here.

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News Roundup for The Week Ending October 28, 2007

October 27, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 190 Views 0 Comments Citrus County, Elephants, India, Murder, Necrophilia, New York City, Painting, Rice Beer, Rufino Tamayo, Trash, Treasure

This is a collection of news items for the week ending October 28, 2007. It includes stories of drunken elephants, a necrophilia plot in Citrus County, and a classic trash to treasure story.

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September 11–Six Years Later

September 11, 2007May 6, 2018 B. John 290 Views 1 Comment 9-11, bigotry, Bush, cheney, conservatives, Democrats, Iraq, Middle East, neo-cons, Prejudice, president, republicans, September 11

The attacks of 9/11 were used to justify the invasion of Iraq, and ever since, Bu$h has been using the mantra to strike fear into the hearts of Americans and ensure continued support of his war. He and Dick have incessantly linked the words “al-Qaida” and “Iraq.” In a recent speech about Iraq, Bush mentioned al-Qaida 95 times. No matter that the insurgents in Iraq are not the same group that attacked the U.S.