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BushCo – Continuing to Punish Fallujah
Classified Memo Reveals Iraqi Prisoners as “Starving”by Jason Leopold / March 28, 2008 A classified memo written by a top military official stationed in Western Iraq reveals that a prison in downtown Fallujah is so overcrowded and dirty that it … Continue reading
Terrorist Tits in Texas
As her attorney Gloria Allred looks on during a news conference in L.A., Mandi Hamlin, (right), demonstrates what she was asked to do by a TSA agent in order to board a plane. Photo by Nick Ut /APNipple rings fall … Continue reading
Tibetan Monks Spoil Press Party
Tibetan monks at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa on Thursday. Photo by Andy Wong / AP.Monks Protest During Press Tour of ChinaBy David Barboza / New York Times / March 28, 2008 SHANGHAI — Tibetan monks shouting pro-independence slogans caught … Continue reading
More On Police State Amerikkka
We are coming to the point that we must conclude that George W. Bush and his entire administration could not, cannot, and will never do one fucking thing right. Now they turn away Iraqi refugees for having participated 17 years … Continue reading
Rag Blog Sports : Baseball Honors Frank Robinson at Civil Rights Game
Hall of Famer Frank Robinson will be honored for his contributions to civil rights and to the betterment of baseball. Photo by Jacquelyn Martin / AP.Beacon Awards salute trailblazersBy Justice B. Hill / March 26, 2008As it did a year … Continue reading
Pissing Off As Much Brass As Possible
Listen to what this remarkably articulate young man tells us. He tells us that our government is in the business of torture, that the euphemistic semantics (of those who want to conceal their bad behaviour) does count, and that we … Continue reading
The Forgotten Victims of the Iraq War
The untold story of Iraq’s refugee crisisWritten by: Alex Klaushofer, 19 Mar 2008 16:28:00 GMT Coming back on the train from a news-free holiday earlier this week, idly flicking through the papers abandoned by commuters, I found myself plunged into … Continue reading
Beyond Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Judge calls immigration officials’ decision ‘beyond cruel’By Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMarch 13, 2008 In a stinging ruling, a Los Angeles federal judge said immigration officials’ alleged decision to withhold a critical medical test and other treatment from … Continue reading
A Hard Rain’s A Gonna Fall
U.S. Chief Auditor Leaves: Giving Dire Warning About National DebtBy David S. Broader 16/03/08 “Washington Post” — -It was sheer coincidence that David M. Walker spent his last day Wednesday as comptroller general of the United States at the same … Continue reading
Another Forgotten Victim of 911
Dr. Sami Al-Arian vs Big Brotherby Eileen Fleming / March 15th, 2008 American Palestinian Professor Dr. Sami Amin Al-Arian, has spent the last five years behind bars although NO jury ever returned a single guilty verdict against him. On March … Continue reading
