Enough shit from my native country to break an industrial-sized toilet.
DRCNet Interview: Whitney Taylor, Executive Director, Drug Policy Forum of Massachusetts
What's next in Massachusetts drug policy reform.
A portrait of President Bush using monkeys to form his image led to the closure of a New York art exhibition over the weekend and anguished protests on Monday over freedom of expression.
Okay, so this was actually a month ago now, but that was not the first or the last time anti-Bush political art has been silenced and as such it should still be noted.
Alabama Judge Wears Ten Commandments on Robe
Halliburton hires 25 Colombian mercenaries for work in Iraq
Oh, I'm sorry. 'Retired Colombian police and army officers.'
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) official website
Nicely designed website, in five languages. I found their laws particularly interesting.
Rep. Conyers' letter to FBI in response to allegations of Triad tampering
A North Carolina National Guard member thought to be the first U.S. soldier convicted of murdering an Iraqi said he "snapped" and shot the 17-year-old boy after they had consensual sex, according to court-martial records released this week.
44% of Americans favour at least some restrictions on the civil liberties of Muslim Americans; 48% said liberties should not be restricted in any way
Cuba retaliated for the U.S. diplomatic mission's Christmas display supporting Cuban dissidents by putting up a billboard Friday emblazoned with photographs of American soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners and a huge swastika overlaid with a "Made in the U.S.A" stamp.
I Miss Republicans
Yeah. Real Republicans, not the scary neo-cons in Republican clothing.
America's war on itself: Bush's wrecking tactics over climate change follow an established pattern of self-destruction
Torture continues in Iraq and Guatanamo Bay; trail leads back to FBI Director Mueller and President Bush
Martha Stewart calls for reforms in federal sentencing guidelines and rehabilitation for nonviolent first-time offenders and drug users
Funny what a little time up and close and personal with the prison-industrial complex will do to a person.
Conservative realists just as afraid of current US foreign policy as liberal realists
When you filter out the unproven, the half-proven, and the sheer nonsense among the various assertions, there is still a core there which is unambiguous, which is serious, and which is Fraud.
Links to video diaries of voter suppression in the comments of the article.
TSA modifies pat-down rules to exclude breasts
The gay airport staff who search Aidan every single time he travels into Boston breathe a sigh of relief that they can still put their hands down his trousers.
53 pages of election irregularities in Ohio
Creating a no-win situation for anti-abortion protesters -- the more picketers who demonstrate outside a Planned Parenthood clinic, the more donations the Planned Parenthood clinic receives.
A day after backing off a rules change that would have allowed an indicted congressional leader to retain his post, the House of Representatives on Tuesday adopted a separate change that will make it harder to pursue ethics probes of members of Congress.
Tom Paine has a further explanation. Ugh. These people are supposed to be the moral party?
The Bush administration is preparing plans for possible lifetime detention of suspected terrorists, including hundreds whom the government does not have enough evidence to charge in court
Top Ten War Profiteers of 2004
The #10, Qualcomm, makes Eudora; use a different email client instead.
Kerry preparing grounds to unconcede - election challenge likely on 6 January
Too bad it seems to have been mostly false.
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) signs the challenge to the Ohio vote; debate occurs in House and Senate, US media ignores it
Iraqi women were long the most liberated in the Middle East; occupation has confined them to their homes
Virginia Delegate John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake) trying to pass law where a woman will be charged with a Class 1 Misdemeanor if she doesn't report a miscarriage to the police within 12 hours
A Class 1 Misdemeanor is punishable with up to 12 months in jail and a $2,500 fine. Further information and links can be found here.
What's next in Massachusetts drug policy reform.
A portrait of President Bush using monkeys to form his image led to the closure of a New York art exhibition over the weekend and anguished protests on Monday over freedom of expression.
Okay, so this was actually a month ago now, but that was not the first or the last time anti-Bush political art has been silenced and as such it should still be noted.
Alabama Judge Wears Ten Commandments on Robe
Halliburton hires 25 Colombian mercenaries for work in Iraq
Oh, I'm sorry. 'Retired Colombian police and army officers.'
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) official website
Nicely designed website, in five languages. I found their laws particularly interesting.
Rep. Conyers' letter to FBI in response to allegations of Triad tampering
A North Carolina National Guard member thought to be the first U.S. soldier convicted of murdering an Iraqi said he "snapped" and shot the 17-year-old boy after they had consensual sex, according to court-martial records released this week.
44% of Americans favour at least some restrictions on the civil liberties of Muslim Americans; 48% said liberties should not be restricted in any way
Cuba retaliated for the U.S. diplomatic mission's Christmas display supporting Cuban dissidents by putting up a billboard Friday emblazoned with photographs of American soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners and a huge swastika overlaid with a "Made in the U.S.A" stamp.
I Miss Republicans
Yeah. Real Republicans, not the scary neo-cons in Republican clothing.
America's war on itself: Bush's wrecking tactics over climate change follow an established pattern of self-destruction
Torture continues in Iraq and Guatanamo Bay; trail leads back to FBI Director Mueller and President Bush
Martha Stewart calls for reforms in federal sentencing guidelines and rehabilitation for nonviolent first-time offenders and drug users
Funny what a little time up and close and personal with the prison-industrial complex will do to a person.
Conservative realists just as afraid of current US foreign policy as liberal realists
When you filter out the unproven, the half-proven, and the sheer nonsense among the various assertions, there is still a core there which is unambiguous, which is serious, and which is Fraud.
Links to video diaries of voter suppression in the comments of the article.
TSA modifies pat-down rules to exclude breasts
The gay airport staff who search Aidan every single time he travels into Boston breathe a sigh of relief that they can still put their hands down his trousers.
53 pages of election irregularities in Ohio
Creating a no-win situation for anti-abortion protesters -- the more picketers who demonstrate outside a Planned Parenthood clinic, the more donations the Planned Parenthood clinic receives.
A day after backing off a rules change that would have allowed an indicted congressional leader to retain his post, the House of Representatives on Tuesday adopted a separate change that will make it harder to pursue ethics probes of members of Congress.
Tom Paine has a further explanation. Ugh. These people are supposed to be the moral party?
The Bush administration is preparing plans for possible lifetime detention of suspected terrorists, including hundreds whom the government does not have enough evidence to charge in court
Top Ten War Profiteers of 2004
The #10, Qualcomm, makes Eudora; use a different email client instead.
Kerry preparing grounds to unconcede - election challenge likely on 6 January
Too bad it seems to have been mostly false.
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) signs the challenge to the Ohio vote; debate occurs in House and Senate, US media ignores it
Iraqi women were long the most liberated in the Middle East; occupation has confined them to their homes
Virginia Delegate John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake) trying to pass law where a woman will be charged with a Class 1 Misdemeanor if she doesn't report a miscarriage to the police within 12 hours
A Class 1 Misdemeanor is punishable with up to 12 months in jail and a $2,500 fine. Further information and links can be found here.