Torture In Context: Update 3 3/4

Since my April 22 post, Torture In Context, I’ve noticed a number of people pursuing the same logical conclusion from slightly different angles: The reverse engineered SERE torture resistance training used on various al Qaeda captives was not designed to produce actionable intelligence but to elicit false confessions to support the case for the invasion of Iraq. These have included …

Sad and Distasteful

WASHINGTON — Not everyone attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner was entertained by comedian Wanda Sykes. Count Bill Bennet as one of them. CNN’s Wolfe Blitzer sat down in the Situation Room© with the colossal Bennet, who was still visibly upset over the Dinner. Yes. The Dinner.

SATAN TRAPPED ME

If you wanna see it good, you must click it Carrie Prejean: “I felt as though Satan was trying to tempt me in asking me this question. And then God was in my head and in my heart saying, “Do not compromise this. You need to stand up for me and you need to share with all these people . …

The Christian Obama Nation

Are we “One” yet?  Click and see. Friend Quaker Dave writes, “We have become what it is we claim to fear.” Rather:  We have always been and still are what we claim we hate. And that is a people that continue to justify the torture and murder of other human beings in the name of— whatever. If America really is …

The Darth Cheney Torture Tour

Darth Cheney takes to the road on his 50 state torture tour What is it with Dick Cheney these days? Why the hell is he still on my teevee? I can’t decide whether he’s trying to taint the jury pool for his war crimes trial or whether he’s just so full of himself that he can’t shut up. Probably both. …

The Sistine Chapel Of Crystals

Crystalline jaws prepare to bite down on a human appetizer “The Sistine Chapel of crystals”, aka The Crystal Cave, was discovered in 2000 some 950 ft. below the surface of the earth in Naica, New Mexico. The crystals there are estimated to be 400,000 years old. Elsewhere in the cave, translucent gypsum beams measure up to 36 feet long and …

THE BEAUTY QUEENS’ CRUSADE

Miss America is roused from her post-pageant funk by the familiar strains of Burt Parks. . .