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Sunday, June 14th, 2009

We have ways of making you not talk

By Thoreau
Joe Biden: Shut up. Now. Right this goddamn second. If you don’t, I will pay a dentist to wire your jaw shut. In fact, I know a Republican dentist in Maryland who would do it for free. Do you hear me? The US government’s only reasonable options [...]

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Inherent powers of the litigator

By Thoreau
Jose Padilla, who was tortured and held without charges for several years (although IOZ hastens to add that there is international precedent for such a thing), is suing John Yoo.  An appellate court is allowing the suit to go forward.  What does Yoo have to say about this?
The legal system should not be used [...]

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Why Not the Best?

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Given that, presumably, Iranian elections allow write-in voting, I consider myself as much a victim of the alleged election fraud in Iran as anyone: for all I know, a majority of Iranians voted for me! (How [...]