Tag Archives: Torture

Michael Moore’s Take on ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

Posted on January 28, 2013 at 8:17 am by Bob Cesca

I still haven’t seen ZD30, but Michael Moore’s assessment sounds pretty reasonable to me. He argued that the movie is, in fact, an anti-torture movie: “In the final third of Zero Dark Thirty, the agents switch from torture to detective … Continue reading →

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Plan B

Posted on December 20, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – RJ Matson In other news, Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Carl Levin (D-MI) and John McCain (R-AZ) delivered a letter to Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton protesting the depiction of torture in Zero Dark Thirty. The senators criticize the … Continue reading →

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MSNBC’s Scarborough Misled Viewers on Torture

Posted on December 11, 2012 at 9:39 am by Bob Cesca

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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Disgraceful

Posted on December 10, 2012 at 6:30 pm by JM Ashby

Bob already mentioned this, but I’m mentioning it again because it bothers me. I’m not squeamish to what I see on film, but I find this to be ethically reprehensible. If this New Yorker piece on Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark … Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 10, 2012 at 1:53 pm by Bob Cesca

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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Romney Will Bring Back Torture

Posted on November 5, 2012 at 8:21 am by Bob Cesca

If you’re a smug, “civil liberties progressive” who’s voting for a third party candidate, you’re actually voting for this: Q: Waterboarding: do you think it’s torture? Romney: I don’t. … We will have a policy of doing what we think … Continue reading →

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Romney Advisers Want to Bring Back Torture

Posted on September 27, 2012 at 2:00 pm by JM Ashby

If you consider yourself to be a single-issue voter who will not vote for President Obama because of drones or “liberty,” you should read this first. According to an internal campaign memo obtained by the New York Times, Romney’s national … Continue reading →

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Right Wing Terrorism — Again

Posted on December 1, 2011 at 12:35 pm by Bob Cesca

Remember back in 2009 when Homeland Security released a document about an upswing in “Right Wing Extremism,” and far-right conservatives went crazy all over the place as if the Obama administration was targeting people like Limbaugh, Malkin and Hannity. Of … Continue reading →

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The War Criminal Debate

Posted on November 23, 2011 at 7:07 am by Bob Cesca

Nothing really to report about last night’s debate other than a word about the questioners. Paul Wolfowitz, David Addington and Marc Thiessen all presented questions for the candidates. Really, CNN? We’re honoring a rogues gallery of war criminals and torture … Continue reading →

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Moment of Derp

Posted on November 15, 2011 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

Representative Allen West (R-Batshit) professed the merits of torture during his appearance on Fox News yesterday, and to support his position, he made a reference that has left me scratching my head trying to figure why it’s relevant. Rep. Allen … Continue reading →

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