Daily Archive: June 8, 2004

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Memo? What Memo?

Attorney General John Ashcroft, whose subordinates have written confidential legal memorandums seemingly approving of torture, told a Senate committee today that President Bush had “made no order that would require or direct the violation”...

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All Points Bulletin

An arrest warrant has been issued for Ahmed Chalabi’s right-hand man in Baghdad, the American consultant Francis Brooke … an Iraqi judge said that Mr Brooke had obstructed the Iraqi police. He is believed...

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Fact & Fiction

A number of news sources have already proclaimed Mr. Reagan the most popular president of modern times. In fact, though Mr. Reagan was very popular in 1984 and 1985, he spent the latter part...

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Divine Right of King Bush

It’s been confirmed: President Bush is above the law, both of the United States and of human decency. Memos from last year confirm that elements within the White House sought, and were “given”, the...

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X Games 1904

People have been doing silly things on bikes for along time. Here’s an early forerunner of the X Games from 1904 Berlin: