President Obama used the T-word at a press conference earlier today that addressed the Senate intelligence report on Bush-era handling of terrorism suspects: Even before I came into office, I was very clear that in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we did some things that were wrong. We did a whole lot of things that …
Torture
Funny/Tragic
This is so on-point it hurts: Iggy’s confessing that “Justin Bieber is the future of rock ‘n’ roll” — and the caption reads “Torture a man and he’ll tell you anything. Torture isn’t just inhumane, it’s ineffective. Stop it.” This comes from the brilliant folks at or working with the Belgian operation of Amnesty International …
“Out, damned spot! Out, I say!”
Has a sitting governor ever taken it upon herself to absolve her constituents of murder most foul? Maybe, but I don’t recall it. Here’s a remarkable statement by Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (R-Edrum) in a column published yesterday that addressed the recent botched execution: “Justice was served. The people of Oklahoma do not have blood …
Mary Fallin Can’t Even Murder A Man Without Fucking It Up
McALESTER, Okla. —An Oklahoma inmate whose execution was halted Tuesday because the delivery of a new drug combination was botched died of a heart attack, the state Department of Corrections said. Director Robert Patton said inmate Clayton Lockett died Tuesday after all three drugs were administered. Patton halted Lockett’s execution about 20 minutes after the …
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Bitches Be All Emotional
These guys don’t know when to shut up: But on Fox News Sunday this week, Bush-era National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency Director Michael Hayden suggested that Feinstein actually encouraged the public release of the interrogation techniques report because of her emotions. Citing specifically Feinstein’s line about not using such techniques again, Hayden told …
One Dead in Ohio
At least I know I’m free: A death row inmate who was executed by the state of Ohio on Thursday with an untried and untested combination of two medical drugs appeared to gasp and snort in a procedure that took an unusually long 25 minutes to kill him. Dennis McGuire was pronounced dead at 10.53am …
In Our Names
Driving back from dropping my son off at his first day of summer camp, I turned on the radio in the middle of our local broadcast of the BBC’s World Service. Almost the first thing up was an interview with director Asif Kapadia, talking about his latest project, a short film starring Yasiim Bey’s (Mos …