their biggest problem is that they're republicans

*cough* http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/2 ... 00326.html that's great, 40 million people to go. e; also doesn't change the fact that the dems are spineless But just before leaving town for Christmas, senators reached a deal to ensure Republican support for the bill. It will now go for a vote ...

no they've been really unproductive. the democrats let the republicans filibuster a bill that would give health care to first responders from 9/11. They're not publicizing this at all, in 2 years the republicans will say that the democrats can't pass bills that don't have pork in them, the republica...

A soldier is on the front lines, he can't resist but constantly glance behind him at jerry "when we were in the showers did he grab my dick as an ironic joke or is he really gay?" he thinks, seconds later a bullet passes through his head. In a mere 3 months the Gay-Islamofacist Covert Tali...

this will be hilarious to anyone who saw obama's speech in cairo in 09 ¶1. (S/NF) MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary-equivalent) Patrice Paoli informed POL Minister Counselor June 18 that Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told French officials in Paris June 15 that the Israelis have a &...

Do you think wikileaks is trying to bring down the US government

And is about as meaningful term as "lifestyle" - PeTA,, Doctors Without Borders, the Ku Klux Klan and Amnesty International are all NGOs. That's like saying 'thing'. uh, all right, i mentioned it because someone asked about an acronym earlier & i felt it was relevant to distinguish ak...

WikiLeaks cables: Bangladeshi 'death squad' trained by UK government Rapid Action Battalion, accused of hundreds of extra-judicial killings, received training from UK officers, cables reveal Since the RAB was established six years ago, it is estimated by some human rights activists to have been res...

"whoops" Contrary to a claim made in a leaked US diplomatic cable whose contents we reported, Sicko – a documentary by film-maker Michael Moore – was not banned in Cuba. The film, which examines US healthcare through comparisons with some countries' publicly funded systems, including Cuba'...

empath wrote:It's called "intelligent discourse" - it happens when people start conversations/forum threads.

oh because it looked like pointless pedantry

EDIT WikiLeaks: Cuba banned Sicko for depicting 'mythical' healthcare system Authorities feared footage of gleaming hospital in Michael Moore's Oscar-nominated film would provoke a popular backlash I'd like to imagine that they tried the US' route of calling socialism or communist, but quickly real...

what the fuck is this shit

WikiLeaks cables: Sudanese president 'stashed $9bn in UK banks' Speculation that Omar al-Bashir siphoned $9bn in oil money and deposited it in foreign accounts could fuel calls for his arrest - - - US criticises court that may decide on Julian Assange extradition, WikiLeaks cables show Leaked dispa...

Gordon Fearman wrote:Why is 'sexual' in quotes?

They probably couldn't take the time to specifically identify how the prisoners were tortured sexually so they used a blanket term to identify things like rape or mutilation/torture of genitals etc at least that's what I think it means, idk

lil 'merica :3

WikiLeaks cables: India accused of systematic use of torture in Kashmir Beatings and electric shocks inflicted on hundreds of civilians detained in Kashmir, US diplomats in Delhi told by ICRC Other cables reveal that: • The Dalai Lama has told US officials that combating climate change is more urge...

posting this for people still convinced that solitary confinement isn't torture The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's detention "Who the Fuck is Bradley Manning?" Bradley Manning, the 22-year-old U.S. Army Private accused of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, has never been ...

oh, yes WikiLeaks cables: BP suffered blowout on Azerbaijan gas platform Embassy cables reveal energy firm 'fortunate' to have evacuated workers safely after blast similar to Deepwater Horizon disaster The cables reveal that some of BP's partners in the gas field were upset that the company was so s...

ugh

okay i will continue posting genuine horrors for you sdhonda, yw

I don't think this was posted, I hope the Guardian is just busy with the student protests or something. I'm waiting so hard for something on Citibank or Goldman Sachs i can't wait US diplomats spied on UN leadership • Diplomats ordered to gather intelligence on Ban Ki-moon • Secret directives sent t...

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On the potential arrest/detainment of Assange and the use of the 1917 Espionage Act DANIEL ELLSBERG: Well, as I listened to Attorney General Holder on your program just now, I realize that he’s in the same position of that Attorney General Mitchell was in 40 years ago with the Pentagon Papers when ...

WikiLeaks cables name UK banker as middleman in Kazakh corruption ring Leaked dispatches detail how large bribes were paid to oil chiefs in former Soviet state in return for $219m contract That's kind of my entire point. It's not about the cables at all anymore in terms of news presence (I haven't ...