Andymatic

Category: 2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights

  • American Family Association Blames VTech Shootings on Lack of Prayer

    Condoms, spanking, porn, abortion, no prayer, banned Bibles, gay teachers, Hollywood, profanity:

  • Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater USA

    Scahill has done extensive coverage of Blackwater USA, one of the biggest mercenary companies in outsourcing the war (and providing a lockdown on New Orleans during Katrina)

  • White House proposes retroactive war crimes protection

    White House proposes retroactive war crimes protection The Bush administration drafted amendments to the War Crimes Act that would retroactively protect policy makers from possible criminal charges for authorizing any humiliating and degrading treatment of detainees, according to lawyers who have seen the proposal.

  • BBC Newsnight Does a John Bolton Takedown

    (via ThinkProgress and Digg) “What staggers me about this clip is Bolton’s point-blank view that the US had no responsibility to impose order after the invasion, and no responsibility for security within the country. Bolton actually says that the only error Bush really made was not giving the Iraqis ‘a copy of the Federalist papers […]

  • Boston Globe Reporter Charlie Savage Wins Pulitzer for Tracking Bush's Overreach

    Excerpts from the winning stories: President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution. … The office of Vice President Dick Cheney routinely […]

  • US now detaining 18,000 prisoners in Iraq

    Blessed are the peacemakers: The United States currently holds some 18,000 detainees in two US-run Iraqi detention facilities, Camp Bucca and Camp Cropper, the Washington Post reported Sunday, citing US military sources. In the past month, the US has increased security in Baghdad, leading to an additional 1,000 arrests. The detainees are considered “enemy combatants”, […]

  • Orwell Reads the Finale of 1984

    Bouncing around YouTube on a Friday night:

  • Trailer for THX 1138

    George Lucas’s first film – with some of his most subversive imagery and amazing soud design – I found the overall pic a bit slow but the themes and visuals are worth it.

  • Bill Moyers Program on Iraq War Lies to Air April 25 on PBS

    Program that Tivo: David Swanson | Record of Iraq War Lies to Air April 25 on PBS: Bill Moyers has put together an amazing 90-minute video documenting the lies that the Bush administration told to sell the Iraq war to the American public, with a special focus on how the media led the charge. I’ve […]

  • Secret FBI Unit Worked with DC Cops to Interrogate War Protesters

    Back in 2002: On April 20, 2002, FBI agents in plain clothes targeted the protesters because of their black garments, apparently the definitive anarchist fashion choice. Then, the people were separated and asked about their political and religious views as well as the names of their friends and associates. Some of the interrogations were videotaped […]