July 19, 2008

Physicians For Human Rights - Broken Laws, Broken Lives

Standing up for human dignity and human rights.
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Physicians for Human Rights mobilizes health professionals to advance health, dignity, and justice and promotes the right to health for all. Harnessing the specialized skills, rigor, and passion of doctors, nurses, public health specialists, and scientists, PHR investigates human rights abuses and works to stop them.

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In PHR’s new report, Broken Laws, Broken Lives, we have for the first time medical evidence to confirm first-hand accounts of men who endured torture by US personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo Bay. These men were never charged with any crime.

To download either the Executive Summary or the full text of the free report Broken Laws, Broken Lives: Medical Evidence of Torture by US Personnel and Its Impact, please register on our site with your name, email address and postal code. We promise to keep your name and contact information confidential. But we’d like to thank you for reading and keep you informed of ways to learn more and take action.

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July 18, 2008

July 16, 1945: Trinity Blast Opens Atomic Age

A grim reminder...
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July 16, 1945: Trinity Blast Opens Atomic Age





The Trinity test showed that the atomic bomb worked. An eyewitness to the awesome explosion called it "unprecedented, magnificent, beautiful, stupendous and terrifying."
Courtesy Los Alamos National Lab

1945: The first atomic bomb is tested successfully at the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range in a remote section of desert near Los Alamos, New Mexico. The instant the bomb detonated at 5:30 a.m. that Monday, the atomic age was born, and the world changed forever.

The Trinity test, as it was known, was the culmination of the American effort to win the race against Germany (and, ultimately, the Soviet Union) in building an atomic bomb. A mere three weeks after the test, the United States used atomic bombs to destroy the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

quotes Oppenheimer, then near the end of his life:
Our government should have acted with more foresight and clarity in telling the world and Japan what the bomb meant.
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Dennis Kuchinich truthout interview pt. 2

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Dennis Kuchinich truthout interview pt. 1

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July 17, 2008

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July 16, 2008

Habeas Corpus Suspended

Habeas Corpus Suspended
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History of American Empire

A Peoples History of American Empire by Howard Zinn
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July 10, 2008

Boston Legal's Depiction of the Supreme Court...

Was right on target. When I first saw this clip, I couldn't believe how wonderful it would be if this was not fiction. Well, it seems the Supreme Court may not be as politically polarized as I thought but just one more Republican justice and it will be. When that happens a case like this will only be a fairytale. I can't embed it any longer but you can view it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqlGoxfAkuU

See John Stewart's hilarious view of Scalia and the Supreme Court. Click Here: http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/04/30/daily-show%20-the-loveable-and-charming-antonin-scalia/
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Supreme Court Fictionalized Dramatization
UPDATE: SUPREME COURT REJECTS THE IDEA OF DEATH FOR RAPE OF A
CHILD:
WASHINGTON - Proponents and opponents of imposing the death penalty
for rape of a child underwent intense questioning Wednesday from a seemingly
divided Supreme Court.

The hour-long argument came in the case of inmate
Patrick Kennedy, sentenced to death for raping his 8-year-old stepdaughter.


Kennedy's lawyer, Jeffrey L. Fisher, told the court the death penalty
for child rape under Louisiana law violates the Eighth Amendment protection
against cruel and unusual punishment.
More here:
msnbc.msn.com/id/24155465/

This is a short video clip that shows how the
Supreme Court has become partisan during the long reign of the Republican Party.
If only this depiction could be reality,
But alas, it can never be, as long as we have the Limbaughs, the Coulters and
the radical, religious wing of the Republican Party. Too bad, too sad!
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July 2, 2008

Bill Moyers Journal: It's Not About Oil

Bill Moyers hits the nail on the head again..
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June 27, 2008

Washington's War: From Independence to Iraq: an interview

Great stuff here!
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June 24, 2008

293 House Members vote against 4th amendment

Here is what the MSM did not show you. The 4th amendment is actually about "security"...a right to be secure from government intrusion. This is worth watching and forwarding.
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HR 6304 - A Bill to Abolish the 4th Amendment
On June 20, 2008 - 293 Representatives voted in favor to invalidate the 4th Amendment
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*THIS COUNTRY IS FINISHED* GEORGE CARLIN ON COUNTDOWN

I hope he was wrong.
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June 21, 2008

Keith Olberman w/ Jonathan Turley on Failing To Impeach

When checks and balances break down
“…clear Presidential crimes…”

So says Constitutional law expert Jonathan Turley in an interview with MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann about Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s 35 Articles of Impeachment against President George W. Bush – a document that Olbermann calls “a remarkably lengthy and thorough record of high crimes and misdemeanors.

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June 20, 2008

Phil Donahue smacked O'Reilly

It's so hard to defend lies. Dirty job...
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June 19, 2008

A Presidential Legacy?

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June 18, 2008

The Media in the Tank for Obama? Rlly?

You could have fooled me!

Jon Stewart takes an in-depth look at the phenomenon known as Baracknophobia, defined as the “irrational fear of hope.”

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“The Irrational fear that behind the mild-mannered persona, Barack Obama is intent on enslaving the white race. It’s true. Wake up, white people.”

Which attempt at smearing Obama is your favorite? Mine is a close tie between Sean Hannity calling Obama a “radical liberal,” and Steve Doocy claiming Obama plagiarized a speech from Mario Cuomo, despite only three words being the same.

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June 8, 2008

Tank Man - The photo that changed china and the world

It is an amazing story.
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Documentary about the legendary tank man and surrounding events of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989.

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June 7, 2008

Israel's Influence on US Foreign Policy

Please remember the distinction between the War Party and individuals or even the nation.

Former U.S. Marine Corps officer and UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter talks about the unique influence that the Israel war lobby has on the U.S. news media and U.S. foreign policy.

Can anything be done to turn this around?

Ritter has written an important new book "Waging Peace" which answers this question realistically and comprehensively.

It's the peace manual for our times.

By they way, please note that the is a HUGE difference between the Israeli War Lobby (an alliance of the Israeli war party and corrupt politicians in the US) and Israelis, Jews, and even Zionists.

Many Israelis oppose the behavior of their government as do many Jews in the United States and elsewhere. Also, many "Zionists" are naive people whose idealism has been co-opted by corrupt elements.

To talk of "Israel", "Jews" and even "Zionists" as the problem is ignorant and counterproductive. It is the Israeli war party and their supporters in the US that is the problem.
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June 6, 2008

A Ringing Endorsement From George Galloway

You’ll have to go to Little Green Footballs to see his endorsement of Obama.
Barack Obama has picked up another celebrity endorsement: British communist and terrorist sympathizer George Galloway. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.)

Now wherever did Galloway get the idea that Obama is his kind of guy?

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/30203_Galloway_for_Obama_Destruction_of_Israel
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Here’s video of America-detesting, terrorist-loving, Saddam-smooching British MP George Galloway endorsing Obama:

P.S. I see he gave his endorsement of Obama on Al-Aqsa TV, the Hamas network. It’s good to know Galloway’s not playing favorites between Hamas and Hezbollah.

sorry. That’s video of Galloway endorsing Hezbollah and their terrorism against Israel.

And even though Hamas is now “distancing themselves” (heh, wink-wink) from their endorsement of Obama, they still don’t mind having Galloway on to do it for them.

(Cue Barack Obama: This is not the Hamas I knew twenty years ago…)

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