Guantanamo Bay
October 9, 2009
- Ok, now I'm just confused. I thought it was just in America where people had gone insane and thought the President was the savior, but apparently it's extended to the Nobel Prize committee.Look, first - congratulations to President Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. It's a big honor to win something like that and, often, I'd say a major achievement. But, therein lies the problem - the award ...
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June 4, 2009
- The very, very tall fellow at my physical therapy session definitely thinks head and shoulders above the crowd. He has such an inventive mind that he thought of yet another use for Guantanamo Bay (after it is emptied of prisoners). In order to help GM emerge from bankruptcy, we the taxpayers who now own a goodly chunk of the company should turn Guantanamo Bay into a giant (global)car dealership ...
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June 4, 2009
- I had an unexpected call from a stand-up comic today who would like some writing help in editing and honing his material. If we go ahead with it, this would be a first for me, and, as such, offers a creative challenge that I would enjoy, provided we find a comfortable mode of working together (and he can pay my fees). So as I moved about my daily doings, including physical therapy, everything I ...
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May 20, 2009
- I'm sick of torture. And the fact that we're one of the countries way up there on the J.D. Powers annual "torture reliability" list makes me unwell as well. As does talking AROUND torture. What this country needs is an up front national referendum on whether we should or shouldn't be torturing people. Oh wait. That's right, we did have one. Last November 4th. These aren't your normal ...
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May 15, 2009
- Pop Quiz:What crazy, right-wing extremist made the following comments/decisions in the last 48 hours?1. - Our current deficit spending is unsustainable and will result in skyrocketing interest rates for consumers. That we are mortgaging our children's futures.2. - That military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay should continue rather than release these terror suspects into our civilian courts.3. - That ...
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May 6, 2009
- Radio Salaam Shalom’s studios buzzed with music and chat as Carolyn, Farhan, Danyal and I created Podcast 12, the latest Jewish-Muslim programme. Fresh from a private session with ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg, Danyal talked about the unexpected dialogue dividends. Moazzam is one of nine British Muslims who were held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detainment ...
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April 21, 2009
- Waterboarding is for amateurs.This weekend, I visited the reconstruction of a medieval castle in Calistoga, imported by vintner Daryl Sattui brick-by-brick from Europe. It included a dungeon with an anatomically correct rack -- did you know they not only stretched people, there was also a roller bar in the middle of the table with spikes in it? Then there was the spiked chair, which seemed not ...
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March 4, 2009
- What should we do with detainees currently held at Gitmo after the base is closed? I say we should allow them to be brought to the United States if for no other reason than to establish socioeconomic equity. Who knows? Bernie Madoff might be persuaded to put up a couple dozen detainees at his $7 million Manhattan condo. And, if more space is needed, there are several luxury ...
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February 22, 2009
- Remember Abu Ghraib? Well, that's what it used to be called anyway.As of now, the infamous prison is to be known as Baghdad Central Prison.The newly rennovated facility (at least what journalists were allowed to see) includes a sewing room, exercise equipment, computers, a library, outdoor recreational areas, greenhouses and a barber shop."We turned it to something like a ...
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January 4, 2009
- On Feb. 20, one month after Barack Obama is sworn in as our next president, he must file a brief to let the Supreme Court, and the American people, know how he stands on the Bush administration's policy that says the commander-in-chief "may order the military to seize legal residents of the United States and hold them indefinitely without charging them with a crime." (NYT) We hope Mr. ...
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