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John Yoo: A War Criminal Who Materially Assisted Torturers is Interrupted by a Guy Named Larry, a Graduate Student at Johns Hopkins University
Larry and his friend stand up to a Bush torture enabler. They are true American patriots.
The Post Carbon Institute’s Richard Heinberg on Peak Oil
Richard Heinberg’s talk on peak oil is very good. Here’s part 1 of 5: And here’s part 2 of 5:
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Tagged America, autos, cars, ecology, economy, George Bush, oil, Peak Oil, Post Carbon Institute, Saudi Arabia, the environment
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John Calvin’s Geneva: A Little Reminder of What It’s Like to Live in a World Where Church and State are Combined
I’m kind of weirded out by people who express nostalgia for John Calvin, and call themselves admirers of his. I think it a useful correction to this nostalgia to actually recall what it was like, exactly, to live in John … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th century, apologetics, atheist, Calvinism, Christianity, evangelicals, geneva, George Bush, Jesus, John Calvin, john calvin's geneva
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The Bush-Cheney Years
Nostalgic? From the just declassified May 2004 inspector general’s review of CIA interrogations: Sometime between 28 December 2002 and 1 January 2003, the debriefer used an unloaded semi-automatic handgun as a prop to frighten Al-Nashiri into disclosing information. After discussing … Continue reading
Senator Al Franken v. T. Boone Pickens: Remember the Wind Farm Ads—or the Swift Boat Ads?
Wind Farm ads v. Swift Boat ads? Billionaire T. Boone Pickens has recently shifted gears in his political activism, promoting green energy sources (like wind) in ads and at congressional hearings. But Pickens was also a major funder of the Swift … Continue reading
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Tagged al franken, Al Gore, climate change, ecology, George Bush, John Kerry, Politics, T. Boone Pickens, Vietnam, wind, wind farms
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Today’s Question: Where Did Waterboarding Come From?
I’ve been reading Jonathan Kirsch’s history of the the Inquisition, titled The Grand Inquisitor’s Manuel: A History of Terror in the Name of God (Harper-Collins 2008), and waterboarding is a gift to George Bush (and the Gestapo and Stalin’s Secret … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, Catholicism, George Bush, gestapo, Jesus, Jonathan Kirsch, rush limbaugh, stalin, terrorism, the Inquisition, torture, waterboarding
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On Saturday, I Saw Chris Hedges, One of My Favorite Authors, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
I admit it. If Chris Hedges had a fan club, and sent its members David Cassidy-like studio photos and groovy stickers for your school folders, I’d join it. And on Saturday, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA, he … Continue reading
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Prometheus Unbound 