Archive for August 2009
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Wednesday 26th August 2009
Mp3 of Jamaican Radio Interview on Torture Etc.
10:46 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
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Click on the above to hear the MP3 of my recent interview on torture on the Jamaican radio station. (We had a phone problem, so I come on about 3 minutes into the program).
I’m the guy on the show without an accent.
I appreciate all the effort that Tara of Newstalk FM93 made [...]
Tuesday 25th August 2009
On Jamaican Radio tonight (8/25) on Torture Prosecutions
2:22 pm | Torture | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
I will be on the the Evening Edition, a radio program in Kingston, Jamaica, this evening (Tuesday, 8/25) from 7:45 to 8:00 Eastern time. We will discussthe torture investigations and the high criminals who got away.
You can listen live here.
[Newstalk 93 FM Jamaica]
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UPDATE: The hosts were very good but the phone connection…. [...]
Monday 24th August 2009
Glenn Beck Transcript; Suggestions on Getting Video?
4:35 pm | AmeriCorps | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 9
Following is the transcript of the interview on AmeriCorps with Glenn Beck late last month.
I have not been able to track down a video of the interview. (Fox didn’t come through…) Is there someplace where it is possible to order a DVD/video of a Beck interview?
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Copyright 2009 Fox News Network, LLC.
Fox News Network
SHOW: GLENN [...]
Torturous Betting Odds for Justice?
10:43 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Torture | Uncategorized | Comments: 4
So the Obama administration is moving forward with a plan to prosecute some CIA agents who went beyond the guidelines the Bush administration authorized for extreme interrogations. This is good news.
But will the torture policymakers be exempt from the law?
If so, maybe the pimp media will bring West Virginia’s Lynndie England, the star of the [...]
Wednesday 19th August 2009
Ginning Up Another Election Scam Abroad - Afghanistan
8:18 am | Afghanistan | Attention Deficit Democracy | Elective Dictatorship | Comments: 5
So the Afghan people will have the chance to prove they are free and self-governing this week.
Or at least that is the story the Obama team and most of the U.S. media are shoveling.
After the Bush team successfully carried off similar scams in Iraq, it is not surprising that the new regime in America would [...]
Sunday 9th August 2009
Iran’s Worst Barbarism: Honesty About Torture
8:42 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Iran | Torture | Comments: 2
The current government is Iran is a bunch of damn rascals and thugs, and there are boatloads of questions about the honesty of their last election.
The regime’s brutal crackdown on protestors reveals its true character. (But the Iranian government is not novel in this sense: the Syrians have been as brutal with their dissidents, [...]
Friday 7th August 2009
Obama and the Perilous Delusions of Democracy
10:28 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Elective Dictatorship | Obama | Comments: 2
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article on “Obama and the Perilous Delusions of Democracy.” This was originally published in the April issue of Freedom Daily.
OBAMA & THE PERILOUS DELUSIONS OF DEMOCRACY Freedom Daily April 2009
by James Bovard
When Barack [...]
Thursday 6th August 2009
The Higher the Death Count, the Bigger the Lies….
3:13 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 1
This is the anniversary of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima.
In announcing the attack to America and the world, President Harry Truman declared: “The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. That was because we wished in this first attack to avoid, insofar as possible, the killing [...]
Saturday 1st August 2009
Zippety Political Satire at RedStateUpdate.Com
9:00 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Comments: 2
If you enjoy satire, take a gander at this. It is less than 4 minutes long.
This is the first RedStateUpdate video I have seen, and it is far better than most of the political humor out there.
I especially enjoyed the bit about the new conservative duty to gush over cops and welcome them [...]