Employee relations, Republican style
1. Three citrus contractors were sentenced to prison terms Wednesday for enslaving undocumented farm workers, threatening them with violence and holding them hostage over alleged debts. The three men...
View ArticleDoes our War Against Iraq Violate International Law?
I was looking at the judgment in the Nuremberg Trials the other day. There is a strong argument that our war against Iraq violates international law as enunciated in that judgment. "The judgment of...
View ArticleCalling the Dog
Buster! Come on, you Formidable Pharaoh of Fur, King of Canines, Baron of Beasts, Prince of Pets, Potentate of Pooches, Monarch of Mongrels, Maharajah of Mutts, Sultan of Slobber, Duke of Drool, Wizard...
View ArticleAnother Iraq war whopper
On April 23, 2003, Andew Natsios, the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, unequivocally told Ted Koppel on Nightline that the United States was going to spend no...
View ArticleMelanie has a blog!
For those of you who liked the stuff posted by Melanie, formerly a guest host here, she has just started her own blog called Just a Bump in the Beltway.
View ArticlePoll: Is Dubya among the 10 million best qualified?
The United States has a population of about 280 million people. Do you think Dubya is more qualified than most of those people to be President of the United States?
View ArticleBritish soldiers urinate on, torture, and kill Iraqis
Unbelievable. The British newpaper the Mirror has a story, including photographs, detailing British soldiers urinating on Iraqi prisoners, beating them for hours at a time, and probably killing them in...
View ArticleACLU Sues Rumsfeld for War Crimes
The ACLU and Human Rights First have sued Rumsfeld on behalf of eight men who say that they were tortured by military forces under Rumsfeld's command. The lawsuit was filed this morning in federal...
View ArticleAtrios discontinues his blog!
Shocking news! Atrios, evidently fearing the possibility of new FEC regulations that could impinge upon his freedom to support and solicit donations to political candidates, has discontinued his famous...
View ArticleWhy Does the State Department Hate America?
As we know from the Bush administration, Fox News, and the Right blogosphere, the liberal media is failing to report all the great news coming out of Iraq. I figured I'd have to travel there myself to...
View ArticleRe-Improved Colbert transcript (now with complete text of Colbert-Thomas video!)
UPDATE: Dan Froomkin, in his May 1, 2006 "White House Briefing" column in the Washington Post, writes, "Daily Kos blogger Frederick seems to have the most extensive transcript of Colbert’s talk." A...
View ArticleBush, Congressional Rethuglicans aim to destroy judicial review
The Supreme Court's landmark 1803 decision in Marbury v. Madison established the power of judicial review: the Supreme Court's ability to strike down laws that it finds violate the Constitution....
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