Daily Archives: April 4, 2009

Martin Luther King Died 41 Years Ago Today

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

It was on April 4, 1968 that Martin Luther King was shot and killed. Below is his famous last speech. King’s bravery is at once inspiring and something very hard to live up to. We didn’t deserve such a figure in our history, but we … Continue reading →

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“That complete record will, in due course, come out”: Rachel Maddow Presses Colin Powell on Bush Era Torture, and Gets Powell Squirming and Hinting That the Torture Memos Will Tell a Fuller Story

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

It looks like we’re in for some very big (and disturbing) news surrounding the Bush-Cheney torture memos. And Rachel Maddow is my hero:

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TORTURE MEMOS: Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff Reports That a Dick Cheney Loyalist is Lobbying Barack Obama Hard, Trying to Stop Attorney General Eric Holder from Releasing Bush-Cheney Torture Memos

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

According to Newsweek, John Brennan is doing his very best—-raising “holy hell”—in his efforts to protect Dick Cheney and George Bush. What a great patriot Brennan is, trying to shield the American public from evidence that the previous president and his vice … Continue reading →

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Outrageous: Religious Fundamentalists Murder Six Gay People in Baghdad

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Very depressing. A Reuters report from Baghdad today: Two gay men were killed in Baghdad’s Sadr City slum, a local official said on Saturday, and police said they had found the bodies of four more after clerics urged a crackdown … Continue reading →

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