Former interrogator slams torture: Torture has cost nearly as many lives as 9/11. (5)
share
digg
by
Ali Frick (6)
on
Think Progress (9)
1 day, 12 hours
ago
permalink
In a Washington Post op-ed today, a former Special Operations interrogator who worked in Iraq in 2006 sharply criticizes American torture techniques as ineffective and dangerous. “Torture and abuse cost American lives,” he writes: I learned in Iraq that the No. 1 reason foreign fighters flocked there to fight were the abuses carried out at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Our policy of torture was directly and swiftly recruiting fighters for al-Qaeda in Iraq. … It’s ...
WAIT,I SAV U!!!!! (4)
share
digg
by
Cheezburger Network (144)
on
Loldogs, Dogs 'n' Puppy Dog Pictures - I Has A Hotdog! (38)
2 days, 12 hours
ago
permalink
WAIT,I SAV U!!!!! iz ok. i iz alredee saved. picture: dunno source, via our loldog builder. lol caption: Cheezburger » Recaption This Tagged: dog, fluffy, i, loldog, rescue, save, swim, wait, water, what breed, you
The Population and the Popular Vote (20)
share
digg
by
noreply@blogger.com (Nate Silver) (2)
on
FiveThirtyEight.com: Politics Done Right (2)
3 days, 14 hours
ago
permalink
In response to our post from earlier this week on the size and scale of Barack Obama's popular vote victory, several readers wrote in to ask how Barack Obama's popular vote total ranks as a share of the United States population at the time of his election.Obama has received at least 68,724,397 popular votes for the Presidency. I say "at least" because they're still counting in California and several other states, and so Obama's total ...
-
Soren said:
of course, Bush could too..
-
Rick Klau said:
Wow. This seems like kind of a big deal.
-
vanlandw said:
Interesting look at the popular vote count for Obamaboy. It felt like a closer race but this make it seem the opposite.
Food stamp money finally comes through (2)
share
digg
by
Ann (0)
on
Feministing (3)
4 days, 4 hours
ago
permalink
A class-action suit against New York City for refusing to provide food stamps to nearly 9,500 households was settled back in 2006, but the reimbursements are just going out now: The payback does not quite amount to winning the lottery -- the 18 largest reimbursements just top $5,000, and most average far less. And all of the credits can be used only for food. Still, to many who had given up on or forgotten what ...
The Irrelevant House Republicans (2)
share
digg
by
myglesias (8)
on
Matthew Yglesias (8)
4 days, 10 hours
ago
permalink
Elizabeth Drew has an interesting piece on “The Truth About the Election” but I wanted to comment on this one point: Obama has spoken a great deal about seeking bipartisanship, but how much this is attainable is yet to be known. The Republican ranks on Capitol Hill will have shrunk as a result of the election, and will be more dominated by the right. Few moderate Republicans in the Senate—Maine Senators Susan Collins and Olympia ...
The Rebirth of Keynes, and the Debate to Come (8)
share
digg
by
Robert Reich (1)
on
Robert Reich's Blog (1)
5 days, 5 hours
ago
permalink
The economy has just about come to a standstill – not so much because credit markets are clogged as because there’s not enough demand in the economy to keep it going. Consumer spending has fallen off a cliff. Investment is drying up. And exports are dropping because the recession has now spread around the world.So are we about to return to Keynesianism? Hopefully. Government is the spender of last resort, which means the new Obama ...
-
ppidgeon said:
Good post by Robert Reich.
White House sends out Christmas-themed Hanukkah invitations. (5)
share
digg
by
Ryan Powers (0)
on
Think Progress (9)
5 days, 11 hours
ago
permalink
President and First Lady Bush recently sent Jewish community leaders invitations to a Hanukkah reception at the White House next month. But as the New York Post reports, the invitations “raised more than a few eyebrows” because the image on them was that of a “Clydesdale horse hauling a Christmas fir along the snow-dappled drive to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave”: One Jewish community leader from Brooklyn quipped, “It’s obvious what’s going on here: The Christmas tree ...
-
Riche said:
Way to close out an already embarrassing presidency.....
Bushism: The Highest Form of Conservatism (1)
share
digg
by
myglesias (8)
on
Matthew Yglesias (8)
5 days, 12 hours
ago
permalink
Only the Leninist cool kids will get the title, but it’s still true. At any rate, here’s Ryan Avent on the leader of the free world: [Bush] very easily could have asked Congress to send him a stimulus bill, even a modest one, amid an intensification of what will likely be the worst recession in thirty years, if not longer. It would have made a difference. It would have made the season a little more ...
Press-friendly (for a reason) (1)
share
digg
by
Steve Benen (6)
on
Political Animal (6)
5 days, 12 hours
ago
permalink
PRESS-FRIENDLY (FOR A REASON).... The Washington Times reports that Barack Obama has held more press conferences, and answered more press questions, than any modern president-elect. In the 22 days since winning the White House, President-elect Barack Obama has taken 22...
4e Software Updated with Compendium Integration (2)
share
digg
by
Asmor (0)
on
Encounter-a-Day (0)
5 days, 12 hours
ago
permalink
I’ve updated 5 of my D&D 4th edition applications so that you can now quickly locate the items and monsters in the D&D Insider Compendium. This does, of course, require a subscription to D&D Insider. The updated applications are: Encounter Planner Monster Database Quartermaster Random Encounter Generator Treasure Trove
Quote of the Day (1)
share
digg
by
Rogier van Bakel (0)
on
Nobody's Business (0)
5 days, 12 hours
ago
permalink
"Little Sarah [Palin] confidently announced a Republican win was God’s "perfect will for this nation" and in his hands. Unsurprising of course, we haven't heard a word of praise to God for his truly amazing vision that brought us a liberal black man." — Tatiana von Tauber
Hamlet’s skullduggery (9)
share
digg
by
Phil Plait (7)
on
Discover Magazine | RSS (6)
5 days, 13 hours
ago
permalink
Well, I’m not sure what to make of this. A man donated his body to ...
-
Ember Case said:
Wait, we get to pick who we donate our body to? Do we have to wait til we're actually dead?
-
Twi said:
Man I didn't know you could put stipulations like that in there. I'm making a will stat. After the seven kids.
American History (4)
share
digg
by
myglesias (8)
on
Matthew Yglesias (8)
5 days, 13 hours
ago
permalink
Mark Steyn offers some typical conservative complaining: Mark K, while I was down in Australia a while back, they had a big Education Summit going on, and the then Prime Minister, the great John Howard, used a marvelous phrase to me about how they wanted to teach Oz history — as an “heroic national narrative”. We don’t do that. In fact, we don’t teach it as any kind of coherent narrative at all. We’ve taken ...
Washington state judge admits to calling Mukasey a ‘tyrant.’ (3)
share
digg
by
Faiz Shakir (3)
on
Think Progress (9)
5 days, 13 hours
ago
permalink
Richard Sanders, a justice on the Washington State Supreme Court, confirmed yesterday that he called Attorney General Michael Mukasey a “tyrant” at a Federalist Society dinner last week: After listening to Mukasey defend the Bush administration’s counterterrorism policies — its detainment practices at Guantánamo Bay, its interpretation of the Geneva Conventions’ reach — Sanders stood and shouted “Tyrant! You are a tyrant!” “Frankly, everybody in the room was applauding or sometimes laughing, and I thought, ...
-
hoosteen said:
holy shit!!
-
Jim said:
Judges can do psychic damage.
Turley: By Refusing To Pardon Torture Officials, Bush Is Allowing Democrats To Repair His Legacy (2)
share
digg
by
Ryan Powers (0)
on
Think Progress (9)
5 days, 14 hours
ago
permalink
Last night on MSNBC Rachel Maddow highlighted a report from the Wall Street Journal that said that President Bush is unlikely to pardon any officials involved in engineering or executing the Bush administration’s torture program. According to the Wall Street Journal report, the White House believes that the Justice Department’s torture memos give the officials all the legal cover they need. Maddow’s guest, constitutional legal scholar Jonathan Turley, said that he also believes that Bush ...
-
ppidgeon said:
I agree with Goldsmith. Investigate and then disclose the facts. I would add one caveat, that legislation be passed to prevent future administrations from committing such acts. Dare even say constitutional amendment prohibiting torture under any circumstances.
Stephen Colbert Totally Looks Like Bob Dobbs (5)
share
digg
Fox News shut out at Obama press conferences. (4)
share
digg
by
Faiz Shakir (3)
on
Think Progress (9)
5 days, 14 hours
ago
permalink
Fishbowl DC notes that Fox News has not been allowed to ask a question at any of the four press conferences that Barack Obama has held since winning the election.
-
pberry said:
Maybe he didn't want to answer puppy questions anymore...
-
Chad said:
Why should they let Faux News in? The Daily Show isn't invited either.
-
Jim said:
I shouldn't find this as funny as I do.
PHD Comics (10) permalink
Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com title: "Tech support" - originally published 11/28/2008 Looking for a Holiday gift? Why not a PHD shirt, mug or book? The new 2009 Calendar now on sale! Click to find out more.Shared by | Balu | (8) Alexandar (0) Aℓf (3) André Elias (9) Aria (0) Burad (5) Chung (9) Cz. Z. (2) Daniel (4) Danielle (21) gizmo (8) Greg (6) Jim (4) Lauro (1) Mohammad Siahatgar (2) Musa Yılmaz (1) Nghia (0) ngl (1) Nikki (4) pasparto (0) pclouds (1) Penny (0) pinar (0) Rohith (0) Sharj (0) vim (22) Zac (5)Explore read four notesTotally Looks Like... Famous People and Celeb Look-A-Likes (8) permalink
Comedian and actor Stephen Colbert Totally Looks Like Bob Dobbs from The Church of the Sub Genius Submitted by liamdelf » Think you can do better? Make your own!Contribute comment
