Recent Posts Tagged With 'torture'

• The Lack Of Torture Betrays Everything America Stands For!

  Posted on Friday December 25th, 2009 at 23:36 in torture, ethics, international law, anti-torture

  Progressive Nation » Blog Archive » Hoekstra Blames Obama For Fort Hood Massacre:"Hoekstra and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) charged that terror-fighting tools used until recently by the intelligence community had lately been restricted or placed off lim...

• Free Speech and it's consequences.

  Posted on Sunday August 9th, 2009 at 11:57 in torture, ethics, conservatism, first amendment, glenn beck stupid

  Of late, I've been noting the bury brigades over on digg and the #tcot twits twittering; in those abrupt contexts, a rather pervasive misunderstanding of the First Amendment is often painfully illustrated.The view is that a person has the right to sa...

• Hey, Gov. Ventura; is that a 2X or a 3X?

  Posted on Saturday May 23rd, 2009 at 22:47 in media, torture, ethics, waterboarding

  I'd Rather Be Waterboarding... T-Shirt by webcarveDesign a Custom Shirt with www.Zazzle.comSometimes this stuff just writes itself.Raw Story » Ventura: I’ll waterboard Hannity into saying Obama best president ever: "The former Navy SEAL said he’...

• Your silence is deafening, Mr. Hannity...

  Posted on Wednesday May 6th, 2009 at 15:11 in morality, torture, ethics, fox news, conservatism, Hannity

  I'd Rather Be Waterboarding... T-Shirt by webcarveHannity demonstrates a usage of the term "troll" I had previously been unaware of. (Credit to asgardshill on this digg thread)Think Progress » Eight days of silence since Hannity volunteered to be wa...

• It should not need to be said: And then they came for me...

  Posted on Monday May 4th, 2009 at 14:48 in morality, torture, ethics, foreign policy, citizenship

  Welcome to Canada!Do you have any fruit, firearmsor implements of tortureto declare today?HT Digby: Please click the digg link."First they tortured in ticking time bomb cases but I didn't mind because it was a clear and imminent danger..."An obvious ...

• 'Hannity: My Money Where Your Mouth Is' by Keith Olbermann

  Posted on Friday April 24th, 2009 at 14:14 in human rights, torture, abuse of power, international law, authority abuse

  "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin Ironically enough, I had just finished creating this particular design and still had the quote on my clipboard, when I saw a link from Josh to this story in my digg ...

• Aide: Holder Has Made No Decisions On Prosecuting Bush Officials

  Posted on Wednesday January 28th, 2009 at 21:54 in law, torture, international law, comments on comments

  Another instance of what's becoming a habit of mine - reactions to the reactions; in this case to the Huffpo story about what, precisely Eric Holder means to do regarding various allegations of criminal actions by the Bush Administration, such as tor...

• Ethics, Law and Torture

  Posted on Tuesday January 20th, 2009 at 00:34 in economics, torture, ethics, US Politics, glenn greenwald

  Arresting Valentine Button by webcarveCreate a pinback button On zazzleView other Major Holidays ButtonsGlenn Greenwald sets it up.Binding U.S. law requires prosecutions for those who authorize torture - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com:International trea...