Author Archive | Jim

Obama’s Torture Regime?

Spencer Ackerman of Wired has an excellent piece today on the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command’s secret jails in Afghanistan. Ackerman notes: Human rights groups have been sounding the alarm about these detention centers since 2009. Detainees who claim to have gone through the sites have told them about abuses inside the so-called “Black Jails” […]

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Wash. Post Editorial: Kill More Libyans Now!

The Washington Post has an editorial today fretting that the Obama administration has not killed enough Libyans. The Post warns that U.S. killing of more Libyans is the best way to assure a bright future for Libya. OK, that’s not verbatim – but this is: “The dangers of the military stalemate for the United States […]

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Listen Live at 5: On the Brian Wilson Radio Show (4/06)

WSPD’s Brian Wilson – a great libertarian radio host – hell, a great radio host per se – is in DC this week helping keep an eye on all the damn rascal politicians. I will be on his show a bit after 5 p.m. today (Wed., 4/06 – EASTERN TIME). You can listen live by […]

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Rebels Running Libya Yet?

Obama, March 28, 2011: “And tonight, I can report that we have stopped Gaddafi’s deadly advance.”   This is from Washington Post cartoonist Tom Toles’ sketchbook. This would have been a great illustration to use for Obama’s speech on Monday. Too bad that historic address was out of date faster than a dead fish begins […]

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