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Previous News and Commentary – Nov. 2007
November 30
The Torture Compromise of 2007
By David Bromwich
The Huffington Post
November 29, 2007
A friend at a dinner party on the East coast found
herself in an argument in which she was the only person opposed to torture.
The other invitees, all graduates of favored preparatory schools and Ivy
League colleges, worked in the law, investment banking, urban planning and
the arts. They agreed that President Bush was incompetent and untrustworthy;
but his fundamental mistake about torture had been to go after the law.
Torture, they said, cannot be a policy, and a law that permits torture cannot
be on the books. What is wanted is a leader who will break the law selectively,
in a way we can trust. Torture should be allowable, but only by the right
people and for the right reason. To a man and woman, the guests who held this
view were supporters of Hillary Clinton.
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Analysis
of the Desire to ‘Debunk’
By R. Lee
American Chronicle
November
23, 2007
What is it about those who
pathologically debunk just for the hell of it? . . .
We were watching Monster
Quest: Birdzilla! last night, when my husband “George” said to me, “Why
do some people have this obsessive need to debunk, just for the hell of
debunking?”
In particular, George was
referring to the segment on the giant bird kite. Disputing the idea there are
giant birds (Thunderbirds, dinosaurs, cryptids, condors or wayward monkey
eating crowned eagles) a “master kite builder” built a giant black bird kite
to show the rest of us we can be fooled.
The kite was very cool. Very
cool. As someone who loves kite flying myself, I was enchanted by the kite.
It would be great to fly a kite like that! It’d take twenty people, but it
looked like great fun.
Before the master kite
builder segment, there were the usual witnesses to giant birds, including
some interesting footage of a very large bird indeed taken in the 1970s.
Aside from the obvious
anti-anomalous perspective -- no such thing as giant birds, especially those
grabbing up little children -- was that tired chronic skeptic refrain about
size. We can’t judge things correctly in the sky because ... well, we just
can’t. Without a reference point, we don’t know how big it is and all the
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CIA Op
"Pliers" Uncovered in Venezuela; Psyop Aims to Destabilize Venezuela and Overthrow Chavez
Immigration
at Record Level for Past 7 Years, 1 in 8 People Living in US Now is an
Immigrant: Analysis
Iran Leader
Dubs Annapolis Israel-Palestine Summit a Failure
US Tells Iran: Become a Nuclear Power
Beat
the High Court: Rule on Meaning of Second Amendment
Bring
on the Nanobots, and We will Live Long and Prosper – Ray Kurzweil
The
Bush Family Gets Away with Crimes That Would Land Anyone Else in Jail
November 29
What Paul Is Running For –
Mona Charen Charen is grossly misinformed, being malicious or both. "Better"
than the Bomb – Published in Time
Magazine, June 3, 1946
Who
Won the Republican Debate on November 28?
FBI: Widely
Reported Terrorist Threat to Fort Huachuca Unfounded
Domestic Spying, Inc:
New Intelligence institution to be Inaugurated Soon by the Bush
Administration
Road
to Empire: An Illegal Treaty with Iraq Seals our fate
US
Military Struggles to Keep Army Captains – NPR Report (AUDIO)
At
the Gates of Hell: Banks and Brokers Having a Terrible Time and Now the
Misery is Spreading
Oil Costs More
Than You Think
US Army Expands by
Lowering the Bar on Recruits: More with Criminal, Drug, Alcoholism Records
How you Helped
Build Pakistan's Bomb
Newest
Thoughts on Brain Food – Dr. Mercola
November 28
Alleged
Trainer Of 9/11 Hijackers a CIA Informant
Home
Sales at Record Low
Montclair
State University: Students Must Carry
And Pay For GPS-Based Cell Tracking Device
Feds
Cancel Amazon Customer ID Request
Citigroup
to Sell $7.5 Billion Stake to Gulf Arab Emirate Abu Dhabi
A
Bright Shiny Lesson in Government Theft: How the Feds Seized My Silver
Dollars – Morgan Reynolds
Civil
Libertarians Warn of 'PATRIOT Act Lite'
Military
Recruiting Vans Draw Fire: New Amerika’s Reich Youth Movement?
November 27
Federal
Reserve Pumps $8 Billion into Market to Head Off New Crunch
Federal
Robbery: Liberty Dollar and More Grand Theft at Hq and Mint – Alan Stang
Why
Gold Market is Getting Lots of Global Attention
Arkansas
News 12: Tests Confirm Chem Trails Deposit Toxic Levels of Barium at Ground
Level- VIDEO
Only
66 Percent of US Consumers are Confident the Food They Buy is Safe: Survey
Good-Bye
to All That: America's Days of Reckoning – Paul Craig Roberts
The
Mystery of Minot: Loose Nukes and a Cluster of Dead Airmen Raise Troubling
Questions
Get Out of
Debt, Stay Out of Debt: How to do It
The Slight Edge
Philosophy – Jeff Olson
November 26
Prof. Roubini's
Crystal Ball: "A Generalized
Meltdown of Financial Institutions"
Congress
Discloses Intel Earmarks for First Time
Dollar
Drops to Record Low Against the Euro Amid Speculation of Another Rate Cut by
the Fed
$52M-Plus
Payday for Ex Bush AG John Ashcroft for Monitoring Impant Settlement
Paul Says he
Won’t Support GOP Nominee Unless He is Willing to End War and Bring Troops
Home
A
Ron Paul Supporter Explains the "Liberty Dollar"
Court,
Capital and Handgun
November 25
FDA
Staff Issue ‘Psychiatric Event’ Warnings for Two Flu Drugs
More than
Half of Afghanistan 'Under Taliban' Now
Moussaoui
Judge Says Govt’s Evidence Incorrect,
Raising Possiblity of New Trial
US Remains
Vulnerable to Anthrax Attack, Experts Say
Rumsfeld's
Growing Stake in Tamiflu
Bush
Administration Claims Tamiflu is the Remedy for Anthrax
US Navy Steps
Up Fuel Deliveries to Gulf Forces: Hoarding Fuel or Readying to Attack Iran?
Preventing
the Impending War on Iran
20,000
Vets' Brain Injuries Not Listed in Pentagon Tally
Cannabis
Compound 'Halts Cancer': Research Study
Sharing
Sustainable Solutions
Four Years Later: Twins Caged
Like Animals Found Now Thriving --- Happy Ending!
November 24
The
Financial Tsunami: Sub-Prime Mortgage Debt is but the Tip of the Iceberg
Former
Prosecutor: DOJ Breaking Rules for Cell Phone Spying
KPRC
Local 2 Houston Investigates Police Secrecy Behind Unmanned Aircraft Test
Buried
’60 Minutes’ Interview of Former Bush Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill - VIDEO
Meet
the Women Who Won't have Babies - Because They're Not Eco Friendly
Brave
Old World: The Future of Cognitive Enhancement
Vaccines
Threaten Up to 44,000 US Soldiers
Can
Cayenne Peppers Really Cure a Headache? – Dr. Mercola
Ten Great
Snake-Oil Gadgets
November 23
Gold
Piles on Gains Amid Dollar Weakness
French
Prosecutors Throw Out Rumsfeld Torture Case: Rumsfeld Given Immunity
US Considering
Use of the Violent ‘Salvador Option’ in Pakistan
Plan
for the US ‘Shock and Awe’ Air Attack of Iran is Ready
Likelihood
of Iran Attack Gains Credence
Pakistan's
Commonwealth Suspension in Sorrow, not Anger: Britain
Secret
Warrants for Cell Phone Tracking Granted Without Probable Cause
Posthumous
Book Claims Ford Knew of CIA Coverup in Kennedy Assassination
The CIA’s
Detention, Interrogation, and Rendition Program -
VIDEO
Self-Defense
'Castle' Laws Gain Ground
Harvard
Physicist Plays Magician With the Speed of Light
Schrödinger's
Kittens Enter the Classical World
November 22
Canada's
Third Taser Death Sparks 8th Concurrent Probe
Driver
Tased For Asking Officer Why He Was Stopped
The First
Thanksgiving
Wired Puts Your Thanksgiving Feast Under a
Microscope
Next-Gen
Ideas for a Truly Savory Thanksgiving
The
Great Thanksgiving Hoax
Six Tips to
Avoid Holiday Overeating
Nov.
22, 1963: A Magic Bullet, a Grassy Knoll, an Enduring Mystery
Markets Plunge
as Oil Heads for $100 a Barrel
Pakistan’s
Nukes Already Under US Control: Report
Likudnik
Hawks Work to Undermine Upcoming Israeli-Palestinian
Peace Conference
Brazil:
A New Petroleum Power?
Fluoride
Damages Your Brain! – Dr. Mercola
Thanksgiving and
Marginal Utility
Family Shocked, Outraged after
Deputy Shoots Pet Dog in their Yard
November 21
Claim:
US Training Known Terror Leader
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