The government is going after a high school band for covering Bob Dylan's Masters of War. Hey remember that Osama guy? Maybe we should worry about him instead of this ok? I mean seriously who cares about genocide in Sudan when a bunch of 15 year olds are covering Dylan songs dude.
You can see Scott Rettberg reading from Implementation over here.
Oh boy look what we have to look forward to from our new attorney general! Torture is disgusting and only the sickest, most fowl, human would ever take part in it.
In a January 25, 2002, memo, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales advised the President of "the threat of domestic criminal prosecution under the War Crimes Act," a federal statute. He advised Bush to invent a legal technicality--declaring detainees in the "war on terror" to be outside the Geneva Conventions--which, he said, "substantially reduces" the chance of prosecution. Gonzales went further, telling the President that the war on terrorism "renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners"; he pooh-poohed concerns that abandoning the Geneva standards might endanger US troops.
Let's be clear about what this means: Gonzales was urging--and the President adopted as policy--an end run around federal laws. The War Crimes Act, passed by Congress in 1996, allows criminal prosecution of Americans for actions that violate the rights granted prisoners and civilians by the Geneva Conventions and for "outrages upon personal dignity." It is backed by the full range of federal penalties, up to and including the death penalty. And all treaties, including the Geneva Conventions and the Torture Convention, are likewise the binding law of the land.
Working For Change has a great article up right now about ageism and body image.
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Big congrats to Texas, home of the countries highest teen pregnancy rate, for going to abstinence only sex-ed. Great work guys!
13-year-old Lauren Rainey will no longer recieve health care because of Alabama Medicaid. Because of this she is most likely to die. Bob Harris has info on who you can contact to protest this.
13-year-old Lauren Rainey will no longer receive health care because of Alabama Medicaid. Because of this she is most likely to die.
Bob Harris has info on who you can contact to protest this.
Forever Geek has a post up about enhancing Firefox through extensions. These are good ones to start with, although you should also check out the mozdev site for more.