Junk Science
The journal Science published a retraction from a group of Johns Hopkins scientists who’d discovered that a bottle they thought contained Ecstasy was in fact filled with methamphetamine, commonly known as speed. The mix-up...
Monthly Archive: May 2004
Leading By Example
I [President Bush] further urge governments to [support] the efforts of non-governmental organizations to end torture and assist its victims. The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it had repeatedly urged the...
Statement By President Bush On The Occasion Of The United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
June 26, 2003 The United States declares its strong solidarity with torture victims across the world. Torture anywhere is an affront to human dignity everywhere. We are committed to building a world where human...
By Land, Sea, and Air
By Land, Sea, and Air Here’s a great website tracing the influence of Buddhism as it spread throgh Asia’s Medieval trade routes. One thing that impressed me was the extent and cosmopolitan character of...
Under Minimal Supervision
So CACI, one of the mercenary companies subcontracted to torture Iraqi prisoners, is advertising on its jobs page: Interrogator/Intel Analyst Team Assists the interrogation support program team lead to increase the effectiveness of dealing...
No Hee Haw
US soldiers who detained an elderly Iraqi woman last year placed a harness on her, made her crawl on all fours and rode her like a donkey, Prime Minister Tony Blair’s personal human rights...
Mission Really Accomplished, Oh Yes
George Bush, April 30th, 2004:”There are no longer torture chambers or mass graves or rape rooms in Iraq.”
Shot While Trying To Escape
Another prisoner was killed at the Abu Ghraib jail near Baghdad in November 2003 by a private contractor who worked as an interrogator for the CIA … because the CIA contractor was not in...
Oil Shocks
But within three years, we’ll be extracting as much from foreign suppliers as they can spare. At that point, demand cannot continue to grow at the current pace. It cannot exceed supply … For...