Gitmo manual leaked...come and read!

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Wednesday November 14, 2007 · 6:07 PM PST

2007/11/14 · 18:07

The Gitmo Standard Operating Procedures Manual got leaked. The paragraph that I caught skimming:

17-4 Levels of Visitation
All detainees will have a level of ICRC contact designated for them. These different levels are as follows:
a. No Access: No contact of any kind with the ICRC. This includes the delivery of ICRC mail.
b. Restricted: ICRC is allowed to ask the detainee about health and welfare only. No prolonged questions.
c. Unrestricted: ICRC is allowed full access to talk to the detainee.
d. Visual: Access is restricted to visual inspection of the detainee's physical condition. No form of communication is permitted. No delivery of ICRC mail.

These and other items of interest. Check them out and discuss. I don't have time to read it all, but maybe there is something on detainee treatment...

GOP wants Country Music Month

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Monday October 29, 2007 · 9:08 PM PDT

2007/10/29 · 21:08

I was cruising THOMAS for some research today and found this:

H.J.RES.58 (introduced 10/16/2007)
Title: Expressing support for designation of the month of October 2007 as "Country Music Month" and to honor country music for its long history of supporting America's armed forces and its tremendous impact on national patriotism.
Sponsor: Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] + 27 Cosponsors

I mean, I understand waving the flag as a symbolic gesture to score points. But country music? Thanks for wasting time, Republicans.

A FIRST: Canada's Dollar worth more

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Sunday September 23, 2007 · 7:38 PM PDT

2007/09/23 · 19:38

Did anyone notice a breathtaking unprecedented historical moment this weekend?

(HINT: How many Canadian dollars makes an American dollar?)

Take a look below the fold...

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Thursday August 23, 2007 · 10:32 PM PDT

2007/08/23 · 22:32

One more reason our policy in Iraq is so f'd up, via IraqSlogger:

Documents obtained by IraqSlogger show Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki's chief Iraqi opponent, Ayad Allawi, is paying Washington lobbyists with close ties to the White House $300,000 to help with Allawi's efforts in the U.S. to promote himself and undermine Maliki.

And funny enough, Allawi wrote an op-ed against Maliki in the WaPo on August 18th.

We forget that, just as US politicians use events and actors in Iraq to play politics here, politicians in Iraq use events and actors in the US to play politics in Iraq. Just as Chalabi played people, so can anyone--ANYONE--that US politicians consider an authority push their own agenda, perhaps to the detriment of something workable in Iraq.

Just one more reason to get out of this mess before we get deeper.

so this is what Vindication feels like

jburwen

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Wednesday November 08, 2006 · 12:10 AM PST

2006/11/08 · 00:10

I spent the day canvassing and doing GOTV for Democrat Jerry McNerney in CA-11. As of this moment, he leads 51.7% to 48.4% over his opponent, with 43.9% of precincts reporting. Yesterday I did GOTV phone calling for several hours on his behalf. While my contribution is a negligible drop in the bucket--at most, producing 30-40 votes that would not have otherwise materialized, and even that's optimistic--the cumulative effect of hundreds of people like me may very well push this underdog over the top. I'm glad I got to do my part this time...I so much felt like I needed to do something. Read More

Foley Scandal: Bush speaks!

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Sunday October 01, 2006 · 11:56 PM PDT

2006/10/01 · 23:56

Via TPM:

"If the GOP can't even keep a bunch of 15 year olds safe, how can they keep America safe?"

I can just imagine the speech by Bush now: Read More

Gas, Split Estates, and the West (Part 1 of 3)

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Friday April 28, 2006 · 8:51 PM PDT

2006/04/28 · 20:51

How is it that a Democrat became elected governor of Wyoming in 2002?

The answer to that question is a story with wide-ranging implications about energy and environment, about ranchers and energy developers, about state and federal government in the rough and tumble politics of the West. Below is Part One of a three-part series that I am writing to tell this story, so that we may learn about the battles that have shaped the emerging strategy of the Western Democrat, and how we can strategize to both win elections and find solutions to the problems cropping up in Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, and beyond.

jburwen

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Saturday April 22, 2006 · 2:58 AM PDT

2006/04/22 · 02:58

The Americans who fought bitterly against each other over Vietnam have grown up, and now they carry out those forty year old fights today regarding Iraq. Hippies and straight-lacers, but now both with suits on and in Congress and the White House.

I am young, and it angers me to think that my parents' generation is still fighting the same fights they had in the sixties. How do we change this? Or are we resigned to suffering it until that generation goes to its grave?

It continues... Read More

New Orleans reconstruction corruption watchdog...?

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Friday September 16, 2005 · 1:21 AM PDT

2005/09/16 · 01:21

It's fairly evident that, with the immense influx of reconstruction moneys to New Orleans, there is a huge opportunity for corruption and cronyism on both side of the aisle. There ought to be some oversight of where the funds go and how they are used...

...sounds like a job for the blogosphere. (Unless you know a group already that's doing so--and is not the GAO.) There's one effort being put forth by Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH), but who knows if it will work.

Seriously, if you are interested or know someone who is, let's start systematically recording and organizing data about where the money is going, who's responsible for it, etc. With three to six people, we could keep on top of the news and compile this together, perhaps under a dKosopedia entry like "New Orleans Reconstruction Funds."

Let me know if this is something that you'd be down for. We have to start acting soon.

Sheehan's lesson on getting media attention

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Monday August 08, 2005 · 5:07 AM PDT

2005/08/08 · 05:07

The NYTimes has an article about Cindy Sheehan's one-woman protest. It has garnered a lot of attention, and this strikingly forthright line in the article explains why:

It did not hurt her cause that she staged her protest, which she said was more or less spontaneous, at the doorstep of the White House press corps, which spends each August in Crawford with little to do, minimal access to Mr. Bush and his aides, and an eagerness for any new story.

This is a lesson to learn, yes? Sometimes you just got to show up. The painfully lazy parts of the MSM will take what they can get.

Inside players on the SCOTUS nomination

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Saturday July 02, 2005 · 6:02 PM PDT

2005/07/02 · 18:02

In case you feel like getting in deep, Legal Times (no subscription required!) has a list of under-the-radar players to influence the forthcoming Supreme Court nomination:

RACHEL BRAND
MICHAEL CARVIN
CHARLES COOPER
DABNEY FRIEDRICH
JOSÉ FUENTES
C. BOYDEN GRAY
LEONARD LEO
EDWIN MEESE III
MICHAEL O'NEILL
JAY SEKULOW
THEODORE ULLYOT, RAUL YANES, KYLE SAMPSON

We're not exactly used to following public comments from them; if you happen to come across public comments by them, make sure to post what they say.

GE to increase clean energy R&D

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Tuesday May 10, 2005 · 9:13 AM PDT

2005/05/10 · 09:13

By way of Liberal Street Fighter:

GE chairman and CEO, Jeffrey Immelt, is announcing that the $150 billion company is hitching its future to the growth of clean energy, clean water, and other clean technologies...

More details and a poll below the fold. Read More

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Gitmo manual leaked...come and read!

GOP wants Country Music Month

A FIRST: Canada's Dollar worth more

Getting played by Iraqi politicians

so this is what Vindication feels like

Foley Scandal: Bush speaks!

Gas, Split Estates, and the West (Part 1 of 3)

Bridge the rift that Vietnam created

New Orleans reconstruction corruption watchdog...?

Sheehan's lesson on getting media attention

Inside players on the SCOTUS nomination

GE to increase clean energy R&D