Ask Christopher Hitchens, who writes about his firsthand experience with it.
The “board” is the instrument, not the method. You are not being boarded. You are being watered. This was very rapidly brought home to me when, on top of the hood, which still admitted a few flashes of random and worrying strobe light to my [...]
This scene, taken tonight just past sunset, is why there must be absolutely NO offshore drilling. Just a reminder for the two would-be coastal rapists. Those birds are California Brown Pelicans, previously endangered, now thriving. They were endangered by the arrogance of man. We can’t afford to do that again. Note [...]
Appeals Court Invalidates Detainee’s ‘Enemy’ Status
A federal appeals court in Washington has invalidated the Bush administration’s finding that a detainee held for more than six years in the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba is an “enemy combatant,” and has ordered the government to release him, transfer him or offer him a new hearing.
Oh, and [...]
Senator Barbara Boxer and Representative Lois Capps held a conference call today to discuss the Bush/McCain response to $140/barrel oil. Before I share the high points of the call, I want to offer some pictorial perspective on why I and most other Californians, Republican and Democrat, are so vehemently against what is clearly an [...]
This week’s top fear flavor: Iran. Fear that Iran will attack us if Barack Obama is elected. And fear that if Iran doesn’t attack us, Israel will attack Iran after Obama is elected but before he is inagurated. (Okay, the second one is really not tied to Obama being elected, just saying [...]
Someone really needs to tell Congress to get a grip. That someone needs to be us. This is absolutely NOT the time to be saber-rattling in a serious way with Iran, and CERTAINLY not the time to be authorizing any resolution for military action.
Over the last three weeks 77 House Democrats and 92 Republicans have [...]
