As usual for the holiday weekend, some random links I’m seeing while watching a bit of TV.
The ironic twists and turns of the torture tapes
As it turns out, the reasoning behind the CIA’s decision to record interrogations on video, stop recording interrogations on video, and destroy the interrogation videos was all exactly the same: officials were hoping to avoid a public-relations nightmare. If Abu Zubaydah, a senior operative of Al Qaeda, died in American hands, Central Intelligence Agency officers pursuing [...]
Huckabee flip flops on immigration again: Now he wants to send “children back to Mexico, but then says not really” Huh?
OK, so Huck is flopping around on immigration because the hard core wingnut base of the GOP doesn’t like his stance on giving kids that were born in the country some protections because they are US citizens. And he said that if all illegal immigrants were deported. the American economy would [...]
McCain Now #1 In National Polls
For the first time all year, Arizona Senator John McCain finds himself on top with support from 17% of Likely Republican Primary Voters. In the muddled GOP race, McCain becomes the third person to top the poll this month and the fourth since October. But his lead is statistically insignificant–Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are [...]
Tags: Bush Administration, CIA, Terrorists
Categories: 2008 Election · Bush Administration · Terrorism
Made it to Sunday night. Whipped up a batch of really good chili tonight, but continue to wonder where Christmas went. I was running errands today, and happened to stumble upon the Christmas music channel on Sirius. They were playing some of the old standards, the songs we played at home when I was growing up. We played a lot of music back then, and leisurely got into the Christmas season. There seemed to be time to accomplish everything, and save time to enjoy the season. Again this year, around here, everything else seemed to take priority, the decorating was rushed and minimal, and I’ll be darned if I’m taking lights and the tree down this weekend, just because others are doing just that. Next year, I’ll try harder to make it more like it once was. No matter what it takes.
Meanwhile, there is much going on.
Did Bhutto Martyr Herself?
What would you say about a politician who refused to tolerate sensible security measures just a few weeks after a major assassination attempt came within a hair’s breadth of killing her [...]
Tags: Pakistan
Categories: Pakistan
