If investigating and prosecuting members of a previous administration is such a Washington no-no, why, then, has the establishment press, the Republicans and the Obama administration not called off...
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Author - Bob Cesca
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Open thread for your Friday night blogotubing. We're ready to believe you. And the final night of our Spring fundraising drive. Last call (sort of) to toss a few samoleons into the jolly candy-like...
Khalid and The Nexus
Sam Stein reports: Some of the first questions asked of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed upon his capture and during the time during which he was waterboarded were about possible connections between al Qaeda...
More Wingnut Self-Contradictions
Dave Neiwert reminds Bill O'Reilly and other torture sadists that you can't support torture, then complain that releasing information about torture will endanger our soldiers. What's clearly never...
The Republican Distraction Machine
Greg Sargent: Multiple news accounts this morning report that Pelosi’s credibility is in question after yesterday’s press conference, in which she accused the CIA of lying about what they told...
Morning Joe
Scarborough, this morning, is all over Speaker Pelosi's press conference yesterday. Back in 2002, when the establishment press could've made a real difference in preventing the invasion and...
Morning Awesome
The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette - "Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs)" This song is timeless.
The Nexus of Torture and Iraq
Josh Marshall via Sullivan: More and more the timeline is raising the question of why, if the torture was to prevent terrorist attacks, it seemed to happen mainly during the period when we were...
Quote of the Day
"What I am saying is that no torture or harsh interrogation techniques were employed by any U.S. interrogator for the entire second term of Cheney-Bush, 2005-2009. So, if we are to believe the...
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Thursday night open thread for all of your blogotubing needs. We're ready to believe you! And also... night four of our Spring fundraising drive! If you have any folding money to spare, feel free to...
Shock! President Obama is a Politician
Yes, his flip flop on the torture photos is disturbing. Yes, the photos will eventually be released one way or another. Most likely by the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, no, the Republicans won't be able...
The Cheney-Torture-WMD Nexus Grows
NBC's Robert Windrem reports for The Daily Beast: *Two U.S. intelligence officers confirm that Vice President Cheney’s office suggested waterboarding an Iraqi prisoner, a former intelligence official...
Oy.
Jason Jones visits Arizona State and learns about prestige and stupid people. Two words: President Hamilton.
Clean Coal Fakery
Something's been bothering me about that American Coalition for Clean Coal commercial that runs all the time on cable news. You've probably seen it. It's a clip of the president (then senator) during...
Denier Stupid
Congressman John Shadegg (R-AZ) said on Morning Joe today that "the evidence isn't in" on the manmade aspect of the climate crisis. Name one conservative position in which all of the evidence...
Doof Quote of the Day
"Carbon dioxide is basically this. (Exhales.) Look at how much pollution I just put out." —Glenn Beck
Morning Joe
Overheard just now on Morning Joe... While laughing off camera, Scarborough said that FBI interrogator Ali Soufan, who legally and successfully interrogated Abu Zubaydah and testified in Congress...
Morning Awesome
Jesse Ventura on Larry King Live
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Me and Lee Stranahan on the blogotube radio device at 10 p.m. EDT. Listen live here. Open phones at 10:30. Call-in number: (347) 945-5235, or participate in the comments... UPDATE: Andy Cobb from the...
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Wednesday night open thread. And day three of our Spring fundraising drive! Thanks again for your generosity, and yes, I'm running behind on thank you notes. Nevertheless, I'm extraordinarily...