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zarq

Sunday Links: Politics

Dec 11, 2005 15:35

Under pressure from an impending Supreme Court case -- more than four years after 9/11 and three and a half years after his arrest, -- Jose Padilla, American citizen, (BBC profile,) has been charged with crimes by the Federal government. It’s not the ‘dirty bomb’ plot he was arrested for, either. Instead, “the Justice Department’s 31-page ( Read more... )

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copperwise December 11 2005, 20:55:28 UTC

Jon my sweet, I think you might want to link what I just posted. Worrisome.

zarq December 11 2005, 21:35:10 UTC

*nod* I saw the OP when 14cyclenotes posted it, but didn't link to it yet on purpose because I'd like to post the link with additional personal commentary. I do think it's a shame Tribes is being forced to take such drastic censorship actions... but there's no denying they're within their legal right to do so.

We live in a country where a large majority of people approve of the censorship of pornography and violent images from consumption by underage eyes. Speaking as someone who wants to have kids one day and who does have nieces and nephews, I'm not against certain kinds of censorship. And you can probably understand why I fall into the "protect the children" crowd over the "anti-censorship at all costs" crowd, based on certain experiences ( ... )

copperwise December 11 2005, 21:42:37 UTC

Oh, indeed. I have no problem with having some rules as to where and when you can post adult content.

The problem is the age old definition of obscenity...hehe.

jakemadison December 11 2005, 22:20:02 UTC

"Victory is Life! It Takes a Potemkin Village and the Bush victory plan that wasn’t."

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sad face..

zarq December 12 2005, 17:15:10 UTC

Heh. I'm a subscriber. Will post the article in a friends-only entry shortly. :)

zarq December 12 2005, 17:23:12 UTC

http://www.livejournal.com/users/zarq/373285.html

jlygrnmigt December 11 2005, 23:18:14 UTC

"Osama Bin Laden's Homobortion pot Commie Jizzporium"

cute :)

zarq December 12 2005, 17:25:38 UTC

:-D The man is awe-inspiring :)

I'd LOVE to see O'Reilly run that clip!

Propaganda or fact? gbam December 12 2005, 01:02:30 UTC

I don't think it's any more propaganda to claim that Osama bin Laden and like-minded folk want to establish a caliphate than it is to say that the United States wants every country to be a democracy and is willing to kill and undermine exisitng governments to do it. Both sides say it, and both sides mean it ( ... )

Re: Propaganda or fact? zarq December 12 2005, 01:21:28 UTC

Propaganda.

This administration continues to promote worst-case scenarios as likely outcomes of a failure to support their policies knowing full well that the chance of them coming true -- whether the Bush administration is in power or not -- is practically zero. That, my friend is practically a textbook definition of propaganda.

Re: Propaganda or fact? gbam December 12 2005, 02:29:31 UTC

If you would have told me before 9/11 that we arrested some Egyptian guy because his learning to fly airplanes meant that he was part of a conspiracy to destroy the Twin Towers,Pentagon and the White House, I would have laughed and called it propaganda too, maybe even anti-Muslim ( ... )

Re: Propaganda or fact? zarq December 12 2005, 03:10:23 UTC

Fear of potential danger is not an adequate reason for the government to violate the law. Ask any lawyer. For example, one can't legally go shooting people in the head because they looked menacing.

By the same token, it doesn't matter whether you, his own grandmother, your mother, the Psychic Friends Network or George "Strahteegery" Bush believe he should be locked up and the key thrown away. He's an American citizen, and only a suspect, entitled to the following:

From here: http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html

Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; ( ... )

Thread 7

Life's creation anonymous October 10 2007, 14:22:36 UTC

Square water melons and genetically engineered food are samples that once in a while, life is created. Not a proof, but a plausibility.

Re: Life's creation zarq October 10 2007, 15:10:09 UTC

Square watermelons are not the result of created life, but rather the act of placing an already living watermelon into a glass while it is still on the vine.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/odd/watermelon.asp

"To make it happen, farmers grew the melons in glass boxes and the fruit then naturally assumed the same shape. Today the cuboid watermelons are hand-picked and shipped all over Japan."

Genetically modified food is food which has been changed through genetic engineering. It's not "created" life, but modified life.

If you're trying to make a point, those examples don't really measure up.