Category Archives: military industrial complex

“If you are an 18 to 28-year-old Muslim man, then you should be strip searched.”

Posted on 6 January, 2010 by

via TPM So says Retired Lt. General Tom McInerney: Also: it’s not racial profiling?  My ass it isn’t.

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Thursday Link Love

Posted on 19 November, 2009 by

Holy crap, not being on top of the link situation for 5 straight days is brutal.  I have more things starred in my Reader than I know what to do with! Daily Kos: Fun with Numbers on Abortion Coverage On … Continue reading →

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Dear Senator Cornyn

Posted on 20 October, 2009 by

Yesterday I posted the votes on the 2010 Franken Senate Defense Appropriations Amendment, which was created by Senator Al Franken largely in response to the legal issues Jamie Leigh Jones [trigger warning] faces after being gang raped by 7 employees … Continue reading →

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A nice solid dose of WTF??

Posted on 30 June, 2009 by

At least 100 detainees have been killed by U.S. torture and interrogation methods via AlterNet and Salon And to make matters worse, His Great Holiness, The Sacred Purveyor of Change We Can Believe In President Obama is doing things scarily … Continue reading →

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Cyber Shoe-Throw

Posted on 20 January, 2009 by

Today, on the eve of a new presidency, the blog world throws its shoes at the worst president in US history. Rufus and I are participating on behalf of all those innocent people murdered at the hands of the war … Continue reading →

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The Gray Lady of Bagram

Posted on 28 December, 2008 by

I periodically post about people, usually immigrants, who have died while in US custody.  I’m ashamed to say I wasn’t really paying attention to Aafia Siddiqui’s story.  I vaguely remember hearing the name a few years back, but I honestly just wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Plan Mexico approved by Congress

Posted on 27 May, 2008 by

via La Chola It’s official: Congress has approved Plan Mexico. [...] Plan Mexico will provide resources, equipment, and training to the Mexican government, police, and military. It will not give Mexico liquid funds. The US military, government agencies such as USAID, … Continue reading →

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