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The Death of Twelve-Year-Old Tamir Rice Has Been Declared a Homicide
By Elaine Magliaro The death of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old Cleveland boy who was fatally shot by a police officer in November, has been ruled a homicide. According to a Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s autopsy report that was released on Friday, Rice was … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Society, United States
Tagged Cleveland, Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, Tamir Rice
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On the Subject of Mass Hysteria: The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and the United States Post 9/11
By Elaine Magliaro The first post that I wrote for Res Ipsa Loquitor as a guest blogger in 2010 was about Giles Corey. Corey, an elderly man, was a victim of the Salem witch hysteria. He was executed–not by hanging…but by … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Government, Propaganda, Society, United States
Tagged Giles Corey, Hysteria, Mass Hysteria, Salem Witch Trials, Torture
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Music Saturday: Tina S, a rising star with a guitar.
By: Chuck Stanley for Music Saturday Some folks seem to think child prodigy talent suddenly appears full blown without apparent effort. Unless the talent is an autistic savant, that simply doesn’t happen. It takes work, dedication, and practice. Lots of … Continue reading
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Joins the Torture Debate…Once Again Claiming That Nothing in the Constitution Prohibits It
By Elaine Magliaro Mark Sherman of the Associated Press reported today that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was “joining the debate over the Senate’s torture report by saying it’s hard to rule out the use of extreme measures to extract … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Government, Hypocrisy, Media, Politics, Society, United States
Tagged Antonin Scalia, CIA Torture Report, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Torture
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Nonsense! – The Poetry of Lewis Carroll
by Gene Howington Poetry Friday is usually Elaine’s bailiwick and rightfully so with her being our resident Poet Laureate. Although I appreciate poetry, my personal predilection for the grammatical arts tends toward the novel and its smaller variations. However, that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Poetry, Short Video
Tagged Lewis Carroll, Marx Brothers, Neil Gaiman, nonsense, Poetry Friday
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“TORTURES”–A Poem by Wislawa Szymborska
By Elaine Magliaro I selected a poem that I think is most appropriate to post this Poetry Friday after the release of the Senate’s CIA torture report earlier in the week. “Tortures” was written by my favorite poet–Wislawa Szymborska. Szymborska was awarded the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Poetry
Tagged CIA Torture Report, Poetry Friday, Torture, Wislawa Szymborska
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Senator Mark Udall: The CIA Is Still Lying
By Elaine Magliaro On Wednesday, Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) said that the CIA was still lying about “its post-9/11 torture program.” During a speech on the floor of the Senate, Udall “delivered a blistering critique of the agency’s torture during the … Continue reading
A Mark Fiore Video: Who Killed Michael Brown?
By Elaine Magliaro Political cartoonist Mark Fiore said it seems as if “everyone but Darren Wilson is responsible for the death of Michael Brown. It’s Michael Brown’s fault, black-on-black violence is at fault, it’s a culture of disrespect and lawbreaking … Continue reading
NYT: Obama Administration Urges Court to Reject Freedom of Information Request to Disclose Documents from Justice Department Investigation into CIA Torture of Detainees
By Elaine Magliaro Charlie Savage reported in The New York Times today that the Obama administration “has urged a court to reject a request to disclose thousands of pages of documents from a Justice Department investigation into the torture of detainees by … Continue reading
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Rep. Peter King of New York Declares That CIA Detainees Were Not Tortured
By Elaine Magliaro Rep. Peter King (R-NY)–who made the news last week after claiming that Eric Garner was responsible for his own death because he was obese and had asthma and a heart condition–is back making headlines again. Andrew Kaczynski of BuzzFeed … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Government, Hypocrisy, Media, Politics, Presidents, Propaganda, Society, United States
Tagged CIA, CIA Torture Report, Rep. Peter King (R-NY), Torture
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