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Some of the brutal interrogation methods that Mr. Yoo and Mr. Bybee approved for use on Qaeda prisoners, including wall-slamming and the near-drowning of waterboarding, had never before been authorized in American history, and the United States had condemned such treatment as torture and abuse when used by other countries.
Um, perhaps because it is torture?
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John Yoo, page 251
Jay Bybee, page 255
Steven Bradbury, page 258
Michael Chertoff, Adam Ciongoli, John Ashcroft, page 259
OPR Report On Torture Memos.
Based on the results of our investigation, we concluded that former Deputy AAG John Yoo committed intentional professional misconduct when he violated his duty to exercise independent legal judgment and render thorough, objective, and candid [...]

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I left a message on the HRC website. It took 30 seconds.
[C]ontact the Human Rights Campaign on behalf of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
OUR MESSAGE TO HRC IS SIMPLE:
Publicly demand that President Obama take the lead in getting DADT repealed this year.
1) That means the President needs to state publicly that he wants [...]

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[I]t makes sense for us to take a leadership role in ensuring that people are treated the same. —President Barack Obama, January 28, 2010
(via Towleroad.)
So, if a state’s laws say it is legal, and a couple’s church says it’s moral, and a same-sex couple gets married, why isn’t their marriage recognized by the federal government? [...]

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Sully becomes a stand-in for all of us—the post-industrial, post-blue collar office worker stuck in our civilized ways. We are effectively paralyzed too, chained to our desks and DSL lines, far from Eden, far from nature, far from the magical thinking of yore.
via Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / Avatar is [...]

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Ed Gillespie, former counselor to President George W. Bush, whose wife Cathy has been friends with the Roves for 20 years, said: “It’s always sad to see a marriage end. These are two very good people, who came to a not-easy decision. But they care a lot about each other, and they love their son. [...]

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After World War II, large corporations went on acquisition binges and turned themselves into massive conglomerates. In their landmark Harvard Business Review article from 1980, “Managing Our Way to Economic Decline,” Robert Hayes and William Abernathy pointed out that the conglomerate structure forced managers to think of their firms as a collection of financial assets, [...]

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World Toilet Organization WTO is a global non- profit organization committed to improving toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide.

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A tip of the hat to Robert Paterson.

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I find Robert Reich’s blog a consistent source of thought-provoking posts. The latest:
[I]nstead of asking when the recovery will start, we should be asking when and how the new economy will begin.
Robert Reich’s Blog: When Will The Recovery Begin? Never..

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