DiFi proposes legislation on Detention and Interrogation
On the floor of the Senate a short while ago, Dianne Feinstein and Ron Wyden introduced the Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act of 2009.In addition to the egregious DiFi and Jay Rockefeller, the...
View ArticleEric Holder's expanding pardon problems
I was surprised not to see this diaried yet. If I missed one, please let me know and I'll delete.Eric Holder, President Elect Obama's choice for Attorney General, has some more pardon problems...
View ArticleThe Myth of "They Couldn't have Done Anything Anyway"
There's a diary on the rec list which attempts to make the case that the law prevented the Democratic members of Congress and the Senate who were briefed on "enhanced interrogation techniques" from...
View ArticleMore Asshattery From Chuck Krauthammer
In today's Washington Post, Charles Krauthammer offers further arguments to justify torture. This column comes in response to wide criticism of his earier column attempting to justify the Bush...
View Article[LIVEBLOG] Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings Day 3, Child 6
The Second Round of questions beginsDO NOT recommend this diary .PLEASE RECOMMEND the MOTHERSHIP diary located here. If you would like to donate your daily diary to this liveblog, please post a reply...
View Article[LIVEBLOG] Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings Day 4, Child #3
The Second Round of questions continues, to be followed by other witnesses.DO NOT recommend this diary .PLEASE RECOMMEND the MOTHERSHIP diary located here. PLEASE REMEMBER: No pictures or embedded...
View ArticleSick and Tired of Kossacks Who Think They Can Read Minds
It has to be said. I am going to say it. Why do so many kossacks think they can pull off the internet version of Bush and Putin - staring into the pixels posted by other kossacks and seeing into...
View ArticleHealth Care Debate Runabout #16
Here is the next Runabout for the liveblog of the HCR debate.Please do NOT rec this diary; please rec the Mothership by Adam Blomeke:http://www.dailykos.com/...
View ArticleElena Kagan and Executive Power
Some may recognize me as one of the more active commenters regarding the present nomination to the Supreme Court. And if you do, you've probable noticed that my comments have generally been of...
View ArticleF*ck it. I'm done with national politics.
The national Democratic Party is hell-bent on political suicide and there ain't one damn thing we can do about it.
View ArticleWell here we are! Introducing the Fitness group
Good morning Kossacks and welcome to the bright shiny new DK4! I'm sure it's going to take a lot of getting used to, even for those of us who spent a little time on the beta, but the good news is it...
View ArticleZimmerman Defense: Trayvon was sort of like a child abuser
In an interview on CBS This Morning George Zimmerman's lawyer Hal Uhrig invoked "shaken baby syndrome" in his client's defense:
View ArticleWe're not quite rid of Allen West yet.
On election night, Patrick Murphy defeated Rep. Allen West (R - BatshitCrazyville) by a margin of 160,328 votes to West’s 157,872 - 0.8%. Florida law has no provision for recounts if the margin is...
View ArticleI Just Can't Wrap My Head Around "Chained CPI"
I've never thought of myself as a stupid man, particularly when it comes to thinking about numbers and algorithms. In fact at one time (admittedly nearly thirty years ago) I was good enough to be...
View ArticleBloomberg: NSA knew about the Heartbleed bug for two years.
Holy crap!If this is true it's arguably the most scandalous NSA story yet: The U.S. National Security Agency knew for at least two years about a flaw in the way that many websites send sensitive...
View ArticleAhmad FRIGGIN Chalabi? Seriously?
I was just catching up on reading Digby and ran across this piece of total fuckery: Over the past two days the American ambassador, Robert S. Beecroft, along with Brett McGurk, the senior State...
View ArticleThe Democratic Spam is Out of Hand
I had no idea I was so popular with the Democratic leadership. It's strange, because they never respond to me when I send them angry or urgent messages. But in the last six hours my mailbox has been...
View ArticleTPP negotiations have concluded, so where's the text?
Back during the TPA vote fight, those of us who complained about the lack of transparency in the TPP negotiation process were told that that's just not how negotiations work - that the working text had...
View ArticleOn Clinton and Sanders "Going Negative"
This isn't much of a diary, but I just feel the need to say something about all this hyperventilating about Clinton's little misogyny dig and/or Sanders' digs at her at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner:Get...
View ArticleA Gentle Suggestion on DK5 Appearance
I’m not a person who generally has trouble staring at a computer screen. I’ve been writing code for about 37 years now, and in that time I’ve probably averaged about 50 hours a week in front of a...
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