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Torture Evidence

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June 12, 2:33 PM

by Jay McDonough, Progressive Politics Examiner

This is not for the squeamish. From USA Today:

The U.S. government has photographic evidence that a Guantanamo Bay inmate was tortured with a knife after being taken to Morocco by U.S. forces, a British human rights group said Tuesday.

Reprieve said their client, Binyam Mohamed, had his genitals slashed repeatedly with a doctor's scalpel while in custody in Morocco after he was flown there from Pakistan by American officials in 2002. It also said his U.S. captors later took pictures of the abuse to show authorities that his wounds were healing.

As Andrew Sullivan points out, slashing someone's genitals with a knife is not torture according to the John Yoo legal briefs supplied to the Bush Administration
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October 6, 5:52 PM

Indian men watched a large screen displaying India's benchmark share index on the facade of the Bombay Stock Exchange building in Mumbai, formerly Bombay. India's main index tumbled nearly 6 percent to its lowest close in more than two years as a looming... Read More
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One more thing about the bailout.....

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October 6, 5:45 PM

About all that righteous indignation that the government took taxpayer dollars to bail out Wall Street? It ain't so. In fact, we should probably wish it were so. In fact, the U.S. will borrow that $700B from China mostly. We are... Read More
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It continues to be all about credit

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October 6, 5:25 PM

Anyone else get a knot in their stomach watching the stock market today? The Dow was down 800 points during the day, eventually closing down nearly 370 points. Anyone hoping the market would respond favorably to the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief... Read More
Topics: Economy , Bailout

Some banks to refuse bailout to preserve big executive bonuses?

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October 6, 3:19 PM

Now that the $700B bailout has been approved by Congress and signed by President Bush, what's next? I had presumed Secretary Paulson and Chairman Bernanke would go about finalizing a plan and start handing out the dough to the appreciative beneficiaries. ... Read More

How McCain intends to pay for his health care plan

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October 6, 1:29 PM

Did you wonder how Senator McCain intended to pay for all those $5000/family rebates he includes in his health care plan? According to the Senator's campaign, the money comes from cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Sen. McCain's... Read More

The longer version, McCain and the Keating Five

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October 6, 9:34 AM

The just released 13 minute version of the documentary outlining John McCain's involvement in the infamous Keating Five scandal:... Read More
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Obama/McCain. How ugly will it get?

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October 6, 8:59 AM

The last gasp McCain offensive began over the weekend. Unable to shift the focus from the economy (and good luck with that now - the Dow is below 10,000 as I write this), the McCain campaign made it clear it will work until election day portraying... Read More
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October 5, 7:39 PM

Stuttgart, Germany, September 24: Cacau of VfB Stuttgart celebrates a goal during his team's German Cup victory over Arminia Bielefeld (Photograph: Alex Grimm/Reuters)... Read More
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Bin Laden's real strategy?

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October 5, 6:24 PM

Not the first time the argument has been made. But it's particularly timely given the economic meltdown of the last couple weeks. From a commenter over at the Daily Dish:On 9/11, Al Qaeda had no expectation of a traditional military victory... Read More