UPDATE: Everyone is still pointing their “You totally knew about torture” finger at Pelosi and she continues to deny that she knew anything. “To the contrary … we were told explicitly that waterboarding was not being used,” she told reporters, referring to a formal CIA briefing she received in the fall of 2002. “I wasn’t briefed, I [...]

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If Obama gets his way, the sweet new 365 Days Of Illegal US Torture calendar will be blocked from release.
It’s censorship! It’s anti-transparency! It’s the right thing to do!

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Liz Cheney went on Morning Joe today to defend her dad. It’s basically just a replay of the pro=torture propoganda/ass covering Dick has been doing, only this time we learn that he’d rather be fishing. Someone get him an apron or visor with that [...]

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Condoleezza Rice seems so punch-drunk from attempting to toe the party line that she can actually get called out on torture policies of the Bush Administration by a four-year old! Misha Lerner, (read “patriot”) actually toned down the question’s strength prior to asking his question!  Her answer parallels the infamous Frost-Nixon interview of 1977:

You can [...]

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Which makes sense because in doing so, she is also sticking up for herself. However, she’s a smart woman so you’d think she’d come up with a better excuse than to dress denial in a sheep’s clothing of legal loopholes and blunders. Apparently no one told her that crime doesn’t cover crime.
This weekend during a [...]

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It’s an interesting question and one that churchgoers have obviously been thinking about. Their answer: He would waterboard the shit out of people.
According to a new survey by the Pew Research Center, the more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, reports CNN.  More [...]

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If “God” were just, this man would have a Grammy.

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In an effort for transparency and moving forward and maybe eventually rallying enough public outrage to put Bush officials on trial instead of just giving them a disapproving look and calling them out on late night comedy shows, the Department of Defense has announced it will release a number of pictures of abused detainees.
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Dietary restrictions are just a part of the torture outlined in the recently released Bush memos. To ensure that they didn’t actually kill anyone by manipulating their food intake, out linersof protocol turned to commercial weight loss diets like Jenny and Slimfast.
In a footnote to a May 10, 2005, memorandum from the Office of Legal [...]

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A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll has just been released and proves that most American’s like justice! A majority of people think that investigating Bush’s bad behavior is a good idea.
Close to two-thirds of those surveyed said there should be investigations into allegations that Bush liked to torture people and wiretap US citizens and your grandma. Almost [...]

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Obama has repeatedly stated that one of his first duties in office will be to order the closing of the U.S. military prison and torture center, Guantanamo Bay. It is expected during Obama’s first week on the job, maybe even day numero uno, and will direct his administration to figure out what to do with the [...]

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This is going to be major:
President-elect Obama’s advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on his promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but could require creation of a controversial new system [...]

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A man named Ricky P. Wallace was recently found guilty of cocaine distribution in the Second District court (New York, Vermont, and Connecticut) even though he was merely sharing his drugs with friends and not selling

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The internationally renowned medical center at Johns Hopkins University will release a study today which basically says that psychedelic drugs are A-OK.

And what’s more: if you take hallucinogens you’re more likely to have a religious experience, with the possibility of maybe even seeing God along your travels.*
Not exactly breaking news to our hardcore drug using [...]

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