Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Sen. Harry Reid eviscerates GOP leaders in New York Times exit interview





Sen. Harry Reid eviscerates GOP leaders in New York Times exit interview
Asked whether any of his Republican counterparts could become president, outgoing Senate majority leader replies, 'Of what?'




This would be a good time to remind some people that Ronald Reagan banned torture.  And technically, Jesus did too. #TortureReport - John Fugelsang









They say Bush purged bin Laden's scourge
And torture did protect us
But soulless hacks are lax with facts
Like textbooks made in Texas.- John Fugelsang





The Feces Are Hitting The Oscillating Fan In Democrat Land
The CIA is still lying about its post-9/11 torture program, even in the face of a devastating Senate report, Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) said Wednesday.

In a dramatic floor speech during his final month in the Senate, Udall said the CIA's lies have been aided and abetted by President Barack Obama's White House and called on the president to "purge" his administration of CIA officials who were involved in the interrogation program detailed in the report.











On 9/11 America was attacked by 15 Saudis and now the CIA is explaining why we had to torture people in Iraq.- John Fugelsang





Afghan President Is Mad At The CIA. Well, Duh.
Afghan president condemns 'inhumane torture' described in CIA report.
Ashraf Ghani vows to defends the dignity of those who had been jailed in reminder of how impact of CIA interrogation programme still fuels anger










Those who do not learn from history are determined to elect another Bush.- LOLGOP





Papa Bush Was Out Of The Loop On Iran/Contra
Baby Bush Knew Nothing Of The Torture. And We Paid These Guys A Salary?
President George W. Bush was promising the world the United States would not torture while the CIA was torturing.
President George W. Bush marked June 26, 2003, the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, with a strong statement spelling out America's commitment to eliminating the scourge from the earth.
Behind the scenes, however, the agency tasked with carrying out the Bush administration's torture program had no idea what the president was talking about.




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Bush/Cheney foreign policy may have been an unmitigated disaster, but on the other hand they also tanked our economy, so it all evens out!- The Teenage Sleuth tweey









Ch-Ch-Ch Cheney In The Torture Report
It may come as little surprise that former Vice President Dick Cheney's name crops up 41 times in the Senate report on the CIA's use of "enhanced interrogation." Here are some of his noteworthy appearances:

1. Cheney personally worked to quash press coverage of the CIA's secret prison network.....










The Tortured Will Eventually Tell You What You Want To Hear
 A Senate investigation into the CIA's use of brutal interrogation practices released Tuesday suggests that at least one detainee supplied false intelligence contributing to erroneous claims by the Bush administration that former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction and was working with al-Qaida.










Radio Hack Makes Heroes Of The  Torturers. How Much Lower Can America Sink?
Radio host and former Republican Rep. Joe Walsh suggested on Wednesday that anyone who participated in torture techniques like rectal forced feedings or chaining prisoners naked to the floor were “American heroes.”




Most of you aren't old enough to remember this but The Torture Report was the original name of the O'Reilly Factor.- LOLGOP









"In Washington, the U.S. House passed a bill unanimously. Every single member of both parties voted for it. What was it? To deny Social Security benefits to Nazis. So from now on, no SS for the SS." –Craig Ferguson







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I had to do a quickie edition, today. Deep apologizes for any humor inconvenience. 




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Grand Canyon Elves Chasm, Colorado River.

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

The Bush Legacy





Sexual threats, other CIA methods detailed in new U.S. report
The CIA used sexual threats, waterboarding and other harsh methods to interrogate terrorism suspects and all were ineffective at eliciting critical information, according to a U.S. Senate report released on Tuesday.




Why would the release of the torture report damage America? It's not like we'd ever elect the brother of the guy who approved torture.- LOLGOP









The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam





Torture gave us real info about bin Laden, say politicians who gave us false info about Iraq.- John Fugelsang









Iraq Wants US To Continue Bombing
 Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi pressed outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday for more air strikes and weaponry to accelerate what he called the "descent" of Islamic State.




Welcome to America, where some of you will have an easier time buying an assault rifle than marrying who you love.- John Fugelsang









Republican Shenanigans




So torture goes along with 9/11, Iraq, Katrina & the financial crisis on the list of ahistorical fuckups that somehow happened under Bush.- LOLGOP








Jail For Man Making Threats. Bush Torture Is Okey Dokey
A New York man was sentenced on Monday to 33 months in prison for threatening Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, federal prosecutors said.




Conservatives vow another Obamacare repeal vote, ask black people to get over slavery.- LOLGOP






Torture led us to Iraq, not bin Laden.- LOLGOP




McCain Comes To His Senses
Republican Sen. John McCain broke with members of his party Tuesday, lauding the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on torture and decrying the use of torture as having "stained our national honor" and doing "much harm and little practical good."




I'm going to try to remember only the John McCain who speaks about torture from now on.- LOLGOP









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Today I learned that if you have information the CIA wants, they'll shove food up your ass.- The Good God Above tweet




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Another Republican Liar Caught
The top executive charged in a chemical spill that left 300,000 people without drinking water lied about his role with the company to protect his personal wealth of nearly $8 million from lawsuits, according to an FBI affidavit.








I generally don't recommend holding a cat while bare-chested at the exact moment someone turns on a vacuum.- John Fugelsang




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Khafre Pyramid, Sphinx at Giza, Egypt.

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Monday, December 8, 2014

In 179 fatalities involving on-duty NYPD cops in 15 years





In 179 fatalities involving on-duty NYPD cops in 15 years, only 3 cases led to indictments — and just 1 conviction
A Daily News analysis of NYPD-involved deaths starts with the 1999 slaying of unarmed Amadou Diallo in a hail of bullets in the Bronx and ends with last month’s shooting death of Akai Gurley in a Brooklyn stairwell. Where race was known, 86% were black or Hispanic




Poll shows most Americans believe race relations in baseball worsened  under Jackie Robinson.- LOLGOP








The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam





China's Eye Gets Poked
China's foreign ministry rebuked the U.S. Congress on Monday after legislators passed a bill allowing the sale of second-hand warships to Taiwan, the self-ruled island which Beijing claims as a renegade province.



'Eric Garner and Michael Brown would be alive if they'd obeyed law enforcement' - white guy who supported Cliven Bundy.- John Fugelsang










Newt Gingrich says gays can't marry cos 'marriage is sacred.' Oh, & every 12 years or so, Newt's needed some New Sacred.- John Fugelsang




Protests Across The Nation, Mostly Non-Violent
From the streets of California to the stores of New York City, protesters are making sure no one forgets the case of Eric Garner.
But some are doing so more violently than others.








Republican Shenanigans




Jesus came to America but he was brown, had no papers and didn't speak English so they shipped Him off to Juarez. - John Fugelsang








2012 far right: Rape can't make you pregnant.
2014 far right: Somebody oughta teach these rape victims a thing or two.- LOLGOP




Baptists Also Believe That If Anything Bad Happens To You, It's Probably Your Fault
Responding to a book written by an author documenting his struggles as a gay Christian, a Baptist minister wrote the author a very un-Christian email saying “I pray that you will commit suicide.”










22 people had to approve every Mitt Romney campaign tweet. Such a tragedy that America missed out on that kind of bold leadership.- LOLGOP



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NYPD spends $700M each yr settling lawsuits re: police abuse, negligence, property damage. $700M would pay for 12K teacher salaries.- Eric Boehlert










What Liberal Media?
When the Republican-led House Intelligence Committee quietly released a report on the Friday before Thanksgiving clearing U.S. officials of multiple accusations leveled after the 2012 Benghazi attacks, it didn't exactly capture the public's attention.

Eighty-four percent of Americans said they had heard little or nothing about the report's release






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Keep Christ in Christmas? Can we put him back in Christianity first?- John Fugelsang








"There are reports that President Obama has finally found a nominee to replace Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. His nominee is named Ashton Carter. Which sounds less like a defense secretary and more like the member of a boy band." –Jimmy Fallon




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The Great Native American Land Grab
On December 4th, the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which included a provision to transfer 2,400 acres of Apache ancestral and ceremonial lands to a foreign mining company.


You can be depressed, or you can google the phrase 'Rick Perry eats a corndog in front of a painting.'- John Fugelsang






Prohibition ended 81 years ago today. But not for you, pothead.- John Fugelsang





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Patagonia, Argentina.

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