It’s perfectly okay to kill people for refusing to take off their shoes. Just so you know!
Month: September 2010
Jim DeMint
Closing in
Looks like Sestak might pull it out, after all!
Crony capitalism
Are your state’s politicians flush with Wall Street cash?
The battle of Germantown
If you’re into Revolutionary War history and you live in Philadelphia, you might want to check out the reenactment of the Battle of Germantown this weekend. It’s fun, lots of things to do.
James O’Keefe
Still a tool. And breaking terms of his parole, if I’m not mistaken!
Is this why we’re still at war?
Almost nine years ago, a British embassy official recorded the consensus among American and British officials that the plausibility that we were still at war would affect whether we could legally hold detainees for long periods without trial.
Nine years later, just a handful of the men ultimately captured have had a trial. Our sole claim to still be at war–aside from the Administration’s attempts to stretch the terms of the AUMF–are the 50 al Qaeda members still in Afghanistan. And on that basis, we still hold hundreds of men without trial.
You see, from the start this war was designed to be our longest war. Because all those Commander-in-Chief powers both Republicans and Democrats have grown to love so much depend on it continuing.
Our men and women are risking their lives in Afghanistan at this point to make indefinite detention more legally “plausible.”
Fund Drive
First Draft is one of my favorites, and like Corrente, they’re also having their annual fund drive. If you like them, too, and you can afford it, throw a little something in the kitty.
Union
Glad to see not all unions are rolling over and playing dead:
Longshoremen shut down the Port of New York and New Jersey and Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia Tuesday to protest Del Monte Fresh Produce Co.’s move from Camden to a cheaper-labor terminal in Gloucester City.
Pickets by members of the International Longshoremen’s Association forced work stoppages at four ocean terminals in Port Elizabeth, Newark, and Bayonne, N.J. and Staten Island, N.Y., idling 12 ships and costing each carrier about $50,000 a day, said the New York Shipping Association.
“We haven’t had anything like this is over 25 years,” said spokeswoman Beverly Fedorko. “Think about the ripple effect, the trucks, and all the other companies that depend on the port for their livelihood, and the 270,000 employees. It’s quite an economic reach.”
Port officials expected facilities to reopen Wednesday, Fedorko said.
Continue reading “Union”
Sensitive New Age Guys
The classic tune from Christine Lavin (20 or so years old, the lyrics are a little dated):