Torture

Nice way to wrap up your weekend.  Prepare to be depressed.

Torture at a CIA Jail in Jordan

The Bush Administration insists it does not torture. Former detainees say otherwise. “AMMAN, Jordan — Over the past seven years, an imposing building on the outskirts of this city has served as a secret holding cell for the CIA. [...]

Taking The Easy Way Out

When you don’t have the manpower to do it correctly, what do you do?  Hand out handfuls of drugs.  Nice touch.

Military overmedicating U.S. troops.

A June Defense Department Task report found that the military system lacks resources to “adequately support the psychological health of service members.” A new investigation by ABC News finds that many counselors and therapists believe that instead, “too often the U.S. military is trying to medicate the problem away.” “Pretty much every person in my [...]

Neighborhood Nukes

And we’r worried about Iran. Sheesh.

Toshiba To Market Micro Nuclear Reactor For Towns, Businesses, Even A Few Neighbors Who Want To Grow Their Own

Neat. And scary. But mostly scary. Toshiba has developed a new class of micro size Nuclear Reactors that is designed to power individual apartment buildings or city blocks. The new reactor, which is only 20 feet by 6 feet, could [...]

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A Senator’s Saga

This ain’t gonna help Senator Larry Craig’s situation much.  The big, homestate, newspaper goes after his story.  Big Time.

BIG STORY: More gay men describe alleged sexual encounters with U.S. Sen. Craig, in detail, on tape

And Craig responds:

Craig: I’m still not gay.

After the Idaho Stateman reported five separate new accounts of gay men claiming to have encounters with Larry Craig (in addition to three earlier reports), the Idaho senator has responded by sticking with his claim that he’s never been gay. A statement from Craig: “It is unfortunate that the Idaho Statesman has chosen to continue to [...]

Rainy Sunday

Warm, but dismal, day around these parts.  Cloudy, windy with a line of storms poised to roll through.  Mizzou got pounded last night in the Big 12 Championship game.  I really thought it would, at least, be close. 38-17. U-g-l-y.

Hillary Clinton is getting solid reviews for the way she handled her response to the hostage situation at her campaign headquarters in New Hampshire Friday.  I caught the soundbite Saturday morning and she really did handle herself well. She looked, well, presidential.

AP: “Clinton calm in hostage crisis”

…I’m not convinced that she’ll get that big a bump, but you never know, in New Hampshire at least, she might get a small sympathy bump, and that can’t hurt. Except that she needed [...]