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Crooks and Liars

Crooks and Liars

If I met the Trent Franks I would have to thank him for the great concern he voices for the plight of Black America, Nah...

Report: CIA Document Cheney Said Would Prove Torture Worked Was

Report: CIA Document Cheney Said Would Prove Torture Worked Was “Plainly Inaccurate”

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The OPR Report: Your Turn To Be Analysts And Reporters - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

The OPR Report: Your Turn To Be Analysts And Reporters - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

Down the slippery slope to government absolutism. For the greater good, as understood by government bureaucrats and political functionaries, we, our government can torture. Oh right, my bad, water boarding isn't torture. Funny, we treated it as torture during WW2 when our soldiers were water boarded. Hmm, I guess whether it's torture turns on who's doing the pouring. Right.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/

More on climate change.

7-Day Forecast for Latitude 42.65°N and Longitude 73.78°W

7-Day Forecast for Latitude 42.65°N and Longitude 73.78°W

There used to be a saying: everybody's talking about the weather but you can't do a darn thing about it. Talkig about the weather, like sports, was always a good ice breaker: boy, it's hot; is it ever going to stop raining; you could freeze your [insert unmentionable body part] out there, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Well, nowadays we find ourselves on the edge of catostrophic climate change for millions of our sisters and brothers on our "fragile island home," Earth, and we can do something. We can reduce carbon emissions. We can plan for disasters and organize for emergencies---on a global scale. We can help to reallocate millions who will bear the brunt of suffering. Or, we can allow the refuseniks, deniers, their backers, appeasers, and enablers to set the public policy agenda. Dylan wasn't singing about the weather, but he was right: a hard rain's gonna fall.

Snowy Monday to you,
Bailes

But first a word

Way too much is being said by fools and knaves. Paid, by our corporate masters, to blast off right wing claptrap as opinions and spewed propaganda pieces as news [that's you Fox Noise], our public information apparatus has fallen to near ruin. The other networks usually simply bite. The old main stream giants of liberal orthodoxy, like the NYT and WasPo, when confronted by corporate thieves, right wing mobs of tea baggers, and GOP shill folks, are suffering from a terminal loss of spine.
What's a red blooded New Yorker to do? Rise up, separate the wheat from the chaff, and share the good news. Brag on the Dems and progressives who are fighting for us commoners. Celebrate the bloggers (and select few=Keith & Rachel most prominently on the tube) who are shining the light of reason and compassion on our fragile globe.

And,of course, have some fun (with a little fluff), too. Film. Music. Books, Art. Sports, most definitely. World Cup this summer. Cuse Lax. Had to watch the Blueshirts last night. Rangers [thank you, Dubi, for calling "the kid, Sid" a big crybaby]. Jets, better luck next year. Yanks [that's 27 titles, you haters]. And, my poor beaten down Knicker Bs. The King's not coming!

Ah, that's why this is the height of folly...

A Luta Continua, jb