Wow, I *flew” by and was stopped when I read what Roxie had written which Vernon posted in the wee hours….. :love: sniff :bow: Roxieseattle and all who read this, Blessings. Roxie knew…sniff
…and I miss Marc, which Roxie quoted from… :love: :fire:
bloody hell
Former terrorist suspects detained by the United States were tortured, according to medical examinations detailed in a report released Wednesday by a human rights group.
The Massachusetts-based Physicians for Human Rights reached that conclusion after two-day clinical evaluations of 11 former detainees, who had been held at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in Afghanistan.
The detainees were never charged with crimes.
“We found clear physical and psychological evidence of torture and abuse, often causing lasting suffering,” said Dr. Allen Keller, a medical evaluator for the study.
In a 121-page report, the doctors’ group said that it uncovered medical evidence of torture, including beatings, electric shock, sleep deprivation, sexual humiliation, sodomy and scores of other abuses.
The report is prefaced by retired U.S. Major Gen. Antonio Taguba, who led the Army’s investigation into the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal in 2003. Video Watch why a rights group says there’s evidence of torture »
“There is no longer any doubt that the current administration committed war crimes,” Taguba says. “The only question is whether those who ordered torture will be held to account.”
I posted a few new pictures in the members photo area. A way cool firetruck I saw and the after picture of my front room. I painted over the pepto pink puke. :yuck:
The framework under which detainees were imprisoned for years without charges at Guantanamo and in many cases abused in Afghanistan wasn’t the product of American military policy or the fault of a few rogue soldiers.
It was largely the work of five White House, Pentagon and Justice Department lawyers who, following the orders of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, reinterpreted or tossed out the U.S. and international laws that govern the treatment of prisoners in wartime, according to former U.S. defense and Bush administration officials.
The Supreme Court now has struck down many of their legal interpretations. It ruled last Thursday that preventing detainees from challenging their detention in federal courts was unconstitutional.
The quintet of lawyers, who called themselves the “War Council,” drafted legal opinions that circumvented the military’s code of justice, the federal court system and America’s international treaties in order to prevent anyone — from soldiers on the ground to the president — from being held accountable for activities that at other times have been considered war crimes.
Wow, this is really slow. And I haven’t helped much this week. Sorry about that.
I’ve spent the last 30 minutes emailing everyone from Charlie “Screw Florida, I wanna be VP” Crist on down concerning NOT drilling offshore. Crist has his tongue so far down Grampa McSame’s throat that he can see Holy Joe Loserman coming up the anal tract.
😡
Travis, I am more better at cypherin’ than anything else.
My compostion has gotten pert near professional-like since I enlisted in the Faux Skool of Journalism (TM) and Midnight Auto Sales. I will be a writer of light
ONCE you become accustomed to gas at $4 a gallon, brace yourself for the next shocking retail threshold: bananas reaching $1 a pound. At that price, Americans may stop thinking of bananas as a cheap staple, and then a strategy that has served the big banana companies for more than a century — enabling them to turn an exotic, tropical fruit into an everyday favorite — will begin to unravel.
snip
Americans eat as many bananas as apples and oranges combined, which is especially amazing when you consider that not so long ago, bananas were virtually unknown here. They became a staple only after the men who in the late 19th century founded the United Fruit Company (today’s Chiquita) figured out how to get bananas to American tables quickly — by clearing rainforest in Latin America, building railroads and communication networks and inventing refrigeration techniques to control ripening. The banana barons also marketed their product in ways that had never occurred to farmers or grocers before, by offering discount coupons, writing jingles and placing bananas in schoolbooks and on picture postcards. They even hired doctors to convince mothers that bananas were good for children.
Wow, I *flew” by and was stopped when I read what Roxie had written which Vernon posted in the wee hours….. :love: sniff :bow: Roxieseattle and all who read this, Blessings. Roxie knew…sniff
…and I miss Marc, which Roxie quoted from… :love: :fire:
bloody hell
Former terrorist suspects detained by the United States were tortured, according to medical examinations detailed in a report released Wednesday by a human rights group.
The Massachusetts-based Physicians for Human Rights reached that conclusion after two-day clinical evaluations of 11 former detainees, who had been held at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in Afghanistan.
The detainees were never charged with crimes.
“We found clear physical and psychological evidence of torture and abuse, often causing lasting suffering,” said Dr. Allen Keller, a medical evaluator for the study.
In a 121-page report, the doctors’ group said that it uncovered medical evidence of torture, including beatings, electric shock, sleep deprivation, sexual humiliation, sodomy and scores of other abuses.
The report is prefaced by retired U.S. Major Gen. Antonio Taguba, who led the Army’s investigation into the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal in 2003. Video Watch why a rights group says there’s evidence of torture »
“There is no longer any doubt that the current administration committed war crimes,” Taguba says. “The only question is whether those who ordered torture will be held to account.”
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/18/gitmo.detainees/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
I posted a few new pictures in the members photo area. A way cool firetruck I saw and the after picture of my front room. I painted over the pepto pink puke. :yuck:
I hope the reason the blog has been slow is that you’re all studying calculus so you can help me next fall. I’m sure that’s why…
Looks good, KP.
Yeah, that’s it Travis. :smack: :yuck:
The framework under which detainees were imprisoned for years without charges at Guantanamo and in many cases abused in Afghanistan wasn’t the product of American military policy or the fault of a few rogue soldiers.
It was largely the work of five White House, Pentagon and Justice Department lawyers who, following the orders of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, reinterpreted or tossed out the U.S. and international laws that govern the treatment of prisoners in wartime, according to former U.S. defense and Bush administration officials.
The Supreme Court now has struck down many of their legal interpretations. It ruled last Thursday that preventing detainees from challenging their detention in federal courts was unconstitutional.
The quintet of lawyers, who called themselves the “War Council,” drafted legal opinions that circumvented the military’s code of justice, the federal court system and America’s international treaties in order to prevent anyone — from soldiers on the ground to the president — from being held accountable for activities that at other times have been considered war crimes.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/story/38886.html
Instead of impeachment hearings we need war crimes trials.
Wow, this is really slow. And I haven’t helped much this week. Sorry about that.
I’ve spent the last 30 minutes emailing everyone from Charlie “Screw Florida, I wanna be VP” Crist on down concerning NOT drilling offshore. Crist has his tongue so far down Grampa McSame’s throat that he can see Holy Joe Loserman coming up the anal tract.
😡
Takes me back to my fire fighting days. (old coot emo)
Travis, I am more better at cypherin’ than anything else.
My compostion has gotten pert near professional-like since I enlisted in the Faux Skool of Journalism (TM) and Midnight Auto Sales. I will be a writer of light
I just found out that I squeaked by my last algebra class with a 3.5. :pup:
Travis, that isn’t squeaking Congrats!
ONCE you become accustomed to gas at $4 a gallon, brace yourself for the next shocking retail threshold: bananas reaching $1 a pound. At that price, Americans may stop thinking of bananas as a cheap staple, and then a strategy that has served the big banana companies for more than a century — enabling them to turn an exotic, tropical fruit into an everyday favorite — will begin to unravel.
snip
Americans eat as many bananas as apples and oranges combined, which is especially amazing when you consider that not so long ago, bananas were virtually unknown here. They became a staple only after the men who in the late 19th century founded the United Fruit Company (today’s Chiquita) figured out how to get bananas to American tables quickly — by clearing rainforest in Latin America, building railroads and communication networks and inventing refrigeration techniques to control ripening. The banana barons also marketed their product in ways that had never occurred to farmers or grocers before, by offering discount coupons, writing jingles and placing bananas in schoolbooks and on picture postcards. They even hired doctors to convince mothers that bananas were good for children.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/opinion/18koeppel.html?ref=todayspaper
There’s more interesting stuff about bananas that I never knew about.
i can’t hear you!
i have a bannana in my ear…
Yes, we have no bananas :banana:
If you haven’t watched this, it’s worth the 7 minutes. Afterwards, we can start a pool to see how long Laura Logan keeps her job. I’m thinking she’ll be gone by friday.
http://rawstory.com/news08/2008/06/18/cbs-foreign-correspondent-watching-us-news-would-drive-me-nuts/
stunning bit of rare truth coming from msm.
FINALLY A WEE BIT OF SANITY from >>>>> Laura Logan <<<<<
:banana: … … :pirate: OMEGA at 1:52 am A!I!V! … Friday , sadly I agree