Category Archives: Torture

That’s Not A Cover Up

There was no cover up at the ‘highest levels’ over the Benghazi consulate bombing. There were mixed reports, with motive playing catch up to official statements. This all about Wingnut America feeling victimized and wronged for being publicly castigated by … Continue reading
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Conspiracy Theory

Is President Obama intentionally leaving the door open for more terrorist attacks? Todd Starnes of Fox News thinks so. via Right Wing Watch “The Federal Bureau of Investigation waited more than 48 hours before telling New York City police that … Continue reading
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The Right’s Insatiable Need for Torture Porn

Eric Bolling of Fox News’ The Five has a fever, and the only cure is more torture porn. Bolling: The question remains now — why? Because he wanted to kill Americans obviously. How? Did the younger Dzhokhar come over here, … Continue reading
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Paul Wolfowitz Blames Iraqis For Putting Up A Fight

It was on this day in 2003, that George W. Bush addressed the country in prime-time to announce that weapons inspections have failed and we were giving Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave the country and surrender his pistol for … Continue reading
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MSNBC’s Scarborough Misled Viewers on Torture

I missed this yesterday, but holy hell. Here’s Joe Scarborough: “[Zero Dark Thirty] presents a narrative that is going to make a lot of people in the mainstream media, in the Democratic party and in the administration uncomfortable, and that … Continue reading

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Why I Probably Won’t Watch ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

Turns out they falsely link waterboarding with ascertaining the location of Bin Laden: The film includes wrenching scenes of a terrorist suspect being waterboarded and subjected to other forms of torture by C.I.A. operatives; the suspect eventually surrenders information that … Continue reading

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Just Like Bush

The president in Hawaii yesterday set the record straight on the U.S. position regarding waterboarding: KAPOLEI, Hawaii — President Barack Obama says the interrogation technique known as waterboarding constitutes torturing, disputing Republican presidential candidates who say they would reinstate the … Continue reading

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Cruel and Unusual

The accused Wikileaks leaker, Bradley Manning, is being subjected to what amounts to torture in a Supermax prison. Greenwald reports: From the beginning of his detention, Manning has been held in intensive solitary confinement. For 23 out of 24 hours … Continue reading

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Bush Admits to Authorizing War Crime

Oh look. “Damn right.” That’s what former president George W. Bush told CIA officials when they came to ask him for permission to waterboard alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed, according to a Washington Post report on the 43rd president’s … Continue reading

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Retarded

DougJ: Even if we can’t use the word “retarded” anymore, at least we’re still allowed to torture and execute mentally disabled people. Exactly. I wonder how Sarah Palin feels about executing the disabled.

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