A Truly Shocking Guantanamo Story: Judge Confirms That an Innocent Man Was Tortured to Make False Confessions

While this is shocking, it doesn't surprise me given the scandalous behavior of the last 9 years. False confessions are simply part and parcel of torture. That is one practical reason why torture should not be done. Aside, of course, from the moral reasons. Even after all this news has come out, part of me simply cannot believe that the United States of America *tortures* - it is against everything we stand for. But one look at Bush and (especially) Cheney, and I remember the identity change that has taken place in the last 20-30 years. No longer is the US at the forefront of human rights law and practice. No longer does the United States stand up for what is right in the world. More often, we are seen standing up for the interests of the powerful (usually us), not the people and the underdog. We have lost our heritage. And it is a shame.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

More Fox News Idiocy on Global Warmin...

More Fox News Idiocy on Global Warming: Why the Rest of the World Thinks We are Out of Touch

Just happened to be flipping through the channels last night and catch a couple of minutes of Laura Ingraham on Fox News last night - apparently filling in for Bill O'Reilly on the O'Reilly Factor. I couldn't actually believe they were interviewing a scientist on Fox News about climate change! She started to say that global temperatures were rising when she was interrupted by Ingraham, who "corrected" the scientist, saying that in fact global temperatures were declining! The scientist tried to repeat and back up what every reputable scientist in the world knows, that global temperatures are rising, but she was cut off by Ingraham to go to commercial.

Of course, every journalist knows that scientists are wrong! There is no such thing as global warming!

If we just say it loud and often enough, it just might become true!