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St. Louis Prosecutor Bob McCulloch Says He Knew “Witness 40” Lied to the Ferguson Grand Jury
By Elaine Magliaro Mike Hayes (BuzzFeed) has reported that St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch admitted during a radio interview with KTRS on Friday that he let witnesses who he knew were lying testify before the Ferguson grand jury. McCulloch told radio host McGraw … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Law, DOJ, Equal Rights, Evidence Law, FBI, Government, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Missouri, Politics, Racism, Society, States, United States
Tagged Bob McCulloch, Ferguson (MO), Ferguson Grand Jury, Michael Brown, Sandra McElroy, Witness 40
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How I Went From Casablanca To Hoosiers On The Republican Party
By Mark Esposito A fascinating trope making the rounds on the right-wing blogs this week (here‘s one from the Mothership) concerns Michigan Communications Professor Susan Douglas and her provocative article originally entitled I Hate Republicans. In it, Douglas lays out her indictment … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Art, Blogs, Civil Liberties, Civil War, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economics, Education, Equal Rights, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, Heroism, History, Hypocrisy, Immigrants, Immigration, Jimmy Carter, Jurisprudence, Justice, Liberals, Movies, Neoconservatives, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Presidents, Racism, Richard Nixon, RNC, Short Video, Society, Sports, United States, War
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FFS Update: Rule #1 Refinement
Rule #1 has been refined to better reflect this blogs policy. It now reads as follows: 1) Civility is encouraged but the Ethic of Reciprocity applies. If someone gives you insults back for insults given? That’s just what you deserve. … Continue reading
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A Mark Fiore Video: “Cheney’s Torture Anthem”
By Elaine Magliaro Political cartoonist Mark Fiore says we should remember that the Senate’s CIA torture report “was sanitized by the CIA and approved by Republicans in the Senate before it was released…” He added that we should also think what’s … Continue reading
Stateside New Jersey: The State Paid Fees to Mary Pat Christie’s Firm After State Investment Was Terminated
By Elaine Magliaro During the time that Chris Christie has spent serving as governor of New Jersey, the state “has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Wall Street firms as management fees on the state’s pension funds.” Although just a few hundred thousand … Continue reading
“Oh God, It’s Mom.”: The Best C-SPAN Call…Ever!
By Elaine Magliaro The Brothers Wodehouse–Brad and Dallas–appeared on C-SPAN yesterday. Daniel Strauss of TPM said the two siblings “are on opposite sides of the political spectrum.” Brad is president of the liberal group Americans United for Change. Dallas, a conservative, is president of … Continue reading
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Hunger of Memory: “Starvation Camp Near Jaslo”–A Poem by Wislawa Szymborska
By Elaine Magliaro Stanley Kunitz, the tenth Poet Laureate of the United States, once said, “Memory is everybody’s poet-in-residence.” Wislawa Szymborska, a Nobel Prize-winning poet from Poland, was born in 1923. Jaroslav Anders (Los Angeles Times) said that during her young adulthood, … Continue reading
Open Thread on the Subject of Torture: Does An Eye for an Eye Make the Whole World Blind?
By Elaine Magliaro I’ve come across some articles on the subject of torture that I thought readers of this blog would find interesting and/or informative. CIA on the Couch: Why there would have been no torture without the psychologists. (Slate) This … Continue reading
Posted in American History, CIA, George W. Bush, Government, Hypocrisy, Media, Politics, Psychology, United States
Tagged American Psychological Association, CIA, CIA Torture Report, Torture
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A Sunday Morning Video: A Mother Golden Retriever Playing with Her Puppies in the Snow
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“Do No Harm”: Dr. Steven Miles on the Subject of Doctors and Torture
By Elaine Magliaro Julie Beck has an interesting interview with Dr. Steven Miles on the subject of doctors being involved with the torture of people over at The Atlantic. Dr. Miles is a professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School and a board … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Government, Imperialism, Society, United States
Tagged CIA Torture Report, Doctors and Torture, Dr. Steven Miles, Torture
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