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• CLIMATEGATE IS A DOUBLE-EDGED CAUSE, SO BEWARE

  
  REAL LIBERAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH — Authority: 127
  I want to go on record here sooner than later about this thing called Climategate. I am on record many times saying that it is not a question of whether or not 9/11 was an inside job but rather only a matter of how deep and wide. This thing called Climategate at best must be approached from the opposite direction. ...
  6 hours ago

• What a Coincidence!

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 155
  Doh, I cant remember what I told them! Suicide? Murder? Suicide? Murder? Hmm, when a doctor suddenly dies of salad poisoning after spilling the beans about protesters being tortured in Iran’s prisons, you can pretty much suspect foul play. Oh yeah, especially when investigators say they are unsure whether Ramin ...
  23 hours ago

• John Mendelsohn: "My Country Tortured" video song

  
  Madam Miaow says ... — Authority: 484
  I just received the above from my friend, John Mendelsohn (Christopher Milk, Sparks, critic on Rolling Stone ). John wrote and performed My Country Tortured, a haunting song about the realisation of what America did under the Bush administration. Another excellent track is The Afghanistan Song by Superbia, a ...
  5 days ago

• Torture claim has little impact in Afghanistan: soldiers

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 168
  Allegations that detainees transferred by Canadians to Afghan prisons were likely tortured have had little impact on troops in Afghanistan, say soldiers returning to Ottawa from a tour of duty there.
  1 week ago

• Canadian, Australian, freed after 16 months as Somali hostages

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 554
  Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout and Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan were freed Wednesday 25 Novmber after 16 months in captivity in Somalia, where both say they were tortured physically and mentally. Lindhout described her ordeal by phone to the Globe & Mail, saying that in her mind she ...
  1 week ago

• Mon Voyage (For Elvis & Edith) – a poem

  
  Marking Time — Authority: 105
  Mon Voyage (For Elvis, Edith Piaf, and All Whom Paris and New York Have Swallowed Whole)     11-23-09                         by Mark Nielsen Some days I feel about as important as a single telephone pole– That one! There. See it? Covered in kudzu vines, Just one in a string of a ...
  1 week ago

• RealClimate Plays Defense Worse Than The Cleveland Browns

  
  sonicfrog.net — Authority: 127
  *** Note# 1: I’m off the grid for a few days. If you leave a comment, I’ll reply as soon as I can. Man, I miss my iPhone! *** *** Note # 2: If you’re familiar with climate science and Climategate, skip the first paragraph. *** For those who aren’t familiar with the in’s and out’s of what the heck ...
  1 week ago

• Books ~ Ten on My MUST READ List ~

  
  The Thought Vox — Authority: 112
  I’ve been an avid reader since I was a child. I have no idea how many books I’ve read. Sometimes certain books stay with us for a long time after we’ve read them. This list is in no way a ranking of the *Value* of these books. It is simply a list of ten books [...]
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• Review: The Twilight Saga: New Moon

  
  Row Three — Authority: 510
  Director: Chris Weitz ( The Golden Compass , About a Boy , American Pie ) Screenplay: Melissa Rosenberg, Stephenie Meyer (novel) Producer: Wyck Godfrey Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Edi ...
  1 week ago

• 25 years later, the Karen refugee crisis continues unabated

  
  Particular Baptist Kev's Random Thoughts — Authority: 141
  In 1984, the first wave of Myanmarese refugees fleeing from conflict began flooding across the border into Thailand, reports MNN.25 years later, the crisis continues. Patrick Klein with Vision Beyond Borders says, "There are currently over 150,000 refugees that have come into Thailand from Burma. There are still more ...
  2 weeks ago

• Canadians handed over innocent Afghans to torture: diplomat

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 168
  OTTAWA — All of the prisoners Canada handed over to Afghanistans notorious intelligence service in 2006-07 were tortured and many of them were likely innocent, a federal official has testified.Intelligence officer Richard Colvin, a former diplomat in
  2 weeks ago

• Which verboten images do you want to see more?

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 525
  eight sex tapes of Carrie Prejean (link NSFW, maybe) 44 Pentagon-blocked images of tortured detainees SOURCE
  2 weeks ago

• 12 Sci-Fi Shows That Were Canceled Too Soon

  
  Hobbies Fun & entertainment - fun-entertainment.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  Joss Whedon has become something of a tortured artist since Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its highly successful seven-season run in 2003. Since Sun
  2 weeks ago

• Sheik and Bake

  
  Chickaboomer — Authority: 153
  Obama rolls the dice for a show trial of 9/11 orchestrator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other terrorist thugs .  At Ground Zero.  A NYC civilian court.   Provocative photo op pulling the Band-Aid off the victims families gaping wounds.  The spin is it greases the skids for Obamas promise to close Gitmo .  I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Yoo Withdrew: Amidst Growing Call for Criminal Investigation, Torture Memos Author John Yoo Withdraws from Federalist Society Panel

  
  Justice Watch — Authority: 409
  Amidst a growing call for a criminal investigation of the DOJ lawyers who authorized torture, John Yoo, author of the most infamous of the “torture memos” withdrew as a speaker at the conservative Federalist Society Convention where Alliance for Justice and human rights supporters are scheduled to take action . ...
  3 weeks ago

• Glenn Greenwald – Dishonest Blogger??? Patterico – Criticism Is Lacking Something… Honesty.

  
  sonicfrog.net — Authority: 127
  On the one hand, from what I’ve read on his blog, though I don’t think I’ve ever used him as a source for anything, Greenwald seems knowledgeable enough on the stuff that I’ve read. On the other hand, Patterico says he uses cheap party trick to make conservative bloggers seem disreputable, cherry picking, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tortured for Christ: Available for Free from Voice of the Martyrs

  
  Civil Religion — Authority: 501
  Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand With the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (which fellow blogger Sharon Autenrieth wrote about here ) coming up on November 9th, I thought it would be a good time to let people know about an amazingly moving book that you can receive absolutely free from ...
  4 weeks ago

• Memphis Animal Shelter, Canine Concentration Camp – VIDEO

  
  For the Love of the Dog — Authority: 423
  This cute little 6-month-old puppy, listed on paperwork as Puppy 199287, was admitted to the Memphis Animal Shelter on August 18. By all accounts a healthy little puppy but by September 4, only 16 days later, this little puppy was dead, a victim of starvation at the hands of the Memphis Animal Shelter! [...]
  4 weeks ago

• Facts About “Torture Memos” Must Come to Light

  
  Justice Watch — Authority: 409
  A distinguished panel of legal scholars and practitioners held a spirited discussion today about how best to hold accountable lawyers whose legal advice provided cover for torture in the Bush administration. Watch the web cast of the discussion . In addition to the panel, the event featured a keynote speech by ...
  4 weeks ago

• Alliance for Justice Joins CREDO Action in Call for Accountability

  
  Justice Watch — Authority: 409
  We have all been outraged and saddened by the stories of how our government violated basic human rights. Waterboarding, stress positions, sleep deprivation, detainees stripped and abused - the list goes on. Yet so far there has been all too little accountability for those who laid the groundwork for torture. Some of ...
  4 weeks ago

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