The Ninth Circuit court of federal appeals embraced the Obama and Bush administration’s spurious arguments that Americans cannot be permitted to know the details of Bush-era torture. But the court, in one of the most optimistic moments in recent judicial history, declared that its decision “does not preclude the government from honoring the fundamental principles […]
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9/11 “Government Blowback Day” Brochure
Larry Ludlow and his cohorts at San Diego Complete Liberty have put together an excellent brochure for their protest at the USS Midway in San Diego on Saturday. (Details available here). The brochure is available in PDF. Unfortunately, I am not savvy enough to figure out how to put a PDF file into a WordPress […]
Washington Post: Pervasive Israeli Spying in the U.S.
Jeff Stein, the ace reporter who writes the SpyTalk blog for the Washington Post, has an excellent post on the profusion of Israeli spying operations in the U.S. Stein notes: Israel
Helping Afghans Drown
If only Toles had written the word DEMOCRACY onto the anvil, the cartoon would be perfect. (from today’s Washington Post)
Government Online Surveillance and Your Bad Attitude
This great Dilbert cartoon perfectly captures how surveillance breeds distrust. The feds are spying on us left and right, and yet politicians whine that we don’t trust the government. At least not everyone’s a damn fool on that regard. (No – this isn’t the cue to recite the Pledge of Allegiance….)
Obama’s Bogus Exit Perfectly Captured
When the Washington Post’s Tom Toles is good, he’s great.
Will Obama Out-BS Bush on Iraq?
Popcorn sales are soaring across the nation because Obama will give a live Oval Office speech tonight on the U.S. victory in Iraq. I’m disappointed that Obama will not be giving the speech after climbing out of a jet wearing a flight suit, like George W. did with his “Mission Accomplished” speech in 2003. I […]
