A reader, Kevin Mejlholm, recommended the following lecture (*See update below) by David Ray Griffin regarding 9/11. I am posting this not to promote the ideas presented by Griffin, but rather to simply present information that I think should be presented. Therefore, if you want to spend the time watching this lecture, which is one [...]

   I suggest that we follow the Starbuck’s business model with these delightful urinals and put one on every corner, in every town, in every single country on what remains of our Planet!  Ladies: You will have to work a little harder for your chance at giving George a great big thank you for his wonderful psychosis [...]

I’m tired. Not a lot of sleep last night. I spent it in one of those semi-states of sleep, the sort where you’re aware that you have to be mindful of something that requires that you remain somewhat conscious but are still trying to sleep at the same time. It’s clear and sunny here again [...]

Not that I have a problem with white collar criminals being punished for their crimes - God knows they tend to do far more harm than your average street corner criminal whose environment has typically placed them in the business of stealing car radios. But when it comes to the law, especially precedents set with [...]

It’s been a question in the US for some time now – is waterboarding a form of torture? The Bush administration claims that it isn’t. The former US Attorney General claimed that it wasn’t. The newly confirmed US Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, claimed that he wasn’t even aware of what it was during his confirmation [...]

Six years ago today we all know where we were and what occurred. In fact, we will never forget, and efforts will be made to ensure that. What happened six years ago today opened the flood gates, and we are, all of us, now up to our necks in it. For today, the 11th of [...]

First, from The Village Voice via Roy. The ‘if and when’ is certainly little more than an extremely hopeful ‘if’, but… “If and when there’s the equivalent of an international Nuremberg trial for the American perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Guantánamo, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the CIA’s secret prisons, there will be mounds of evidence available [...]

Last night, after months of searching and then finally having to special order it, I finally got a copy of Ghosts Of Abu Ghraib. Before commenting, let me first say that this documentary should be shown in every classroom in the United States. I believe it to be that important. The fact that it was [...]

The ongoing trials regarding the premeditated rape and murder of 14 year old Abeer Qassim al-Janabi, and the murder of her parents and younger sister, has produced another verdict. Yesterday, Private Jesse Spielman was “convicted of conspiracy to rape and murder” and sentenced to 110 years in prison for his role in the crime. While [...]

No End In Sight is a new documentary by Magnolia Pictures that critically examines the Iraq war with one of the most impressive and knowledgeable casts ever assembled. Trailer… Cast… Faisal al-Istrabadi Iraqi Ambassador to the United Nations Chris Allbritton Journalist, Time Magazine Richard Armitage Deputy Secretary of State, 2001-2005 James Bamford Author, The Puzzle Palace and A [...]