Of Torture And Tortured Logic
This op-ed appeared in The Ottawa Citizen on December 18, 2014 The executive summary of a nearly 7,000 page report into the C.I.A.’s Detention and Interrogation program under the Bush…
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Dispatches from your crazy Uncle Steve: It’s all the fault of the media elite!
“Isn’t that Brian Mulroney talking to some guy … Hey! Isn’t that one-a those Trudeaus?! Mulroney’s just another Trudeau lover! Like the Ottawa media elite!” Yadda-yadda… Below: The real Crazy…
Sober second thought: A half-hearted defence of Don Cherry, Stephen Harper and Julian Fantino in military drag
Stephen Harper in his cool green Canadian Forces flight jacket. With him, Alberta Premier Alison Redford and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, during last June’s flooding, both looking as if they…
Canada must arrest Dick Cheney for torture, war crimes: Lawyers
A group of lawyers has asked Canada to arrest former US Vice President Dick Cheney for torture and war crimes when he visits Toronto later this week. The post Canada…
Bradley Manning: A hero or a traitor
I believe that all Bradley Manning did was to expose the atrocities committed by the Americans in Iraq. He is a whistle-blower. Instead of making accountable and punish those who…
Arundhati Roy: Iraq and the ‘psychosis’ of U.S. foreign policy
This month marks the tenth anniversary of the Iraq invasion. The occasion is upon us with barely a whisper from Washington. Hardly surprising… the legacy of the U.S. invasion has…
The War Crimes of Our Political Leaders
Recently I wrote a brief post directing readers to a story written by Chris Hedges. Hedge’s piece, entitled The Crucifixion of Tomas Young, conveyed the very sad story, one that…
How Dick Cheney Buried the Truth of His Iraq War
Dick Cheney has buried the truth of America’s conquest of Iraq so deep that he will himself be long dead and buried before the facts are ever exhumed. It might…
Does Anyone Listen To Dick Cheny Anymore?
Speaking at a Republican dinner in Wyoming recently, Dick Cheney opined that President Obama’s national security personnel choices were “dismal.” He was particularly offended by Obama’s choice of Chuck Hegal…
Ya Think?
Dick “go fuck yourself” Cheney says John McCain’s decision in the 2008 campaign to pick Sarah Palin was his vice-presidential running mate was “a mistake.” “I like Governor Palin. I’ve…
ALEC Launches Assault on Renewable Energy Industry
ALEC Exposed Image.jpg The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), as covered previously by DeSmogBlog, is the "Trojan Horse" behind mandating that climate change denial ("skepticism," or "balance," in its words)…
Matt Damon “‘I Would Kiss George W. Bush on the Mouth’ for His AIDS Work”
Matt Damon: I would kiss George W. Bush on the mouth for what he did on PEPFAR. Reporter Jeffrey Goldberg: How long would you kiss him? Matt Damon: Three seconds.…
Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld -the liars
These bastards are responsible for the killing of over one million Iraqis – majority of them women and children. No one has the courage to make them accountable including softy…
Dick Cheney is Dead?
Ooops! They meant Dick Clark. Read the story here.
Dick Cheney Gets Heart Transplant
Who did he kill this time to get a new heart? Is it an Afghani or an Iraqi heart? This man will go down in history as a mass murderer…
Toronto Too Frightening A Venue For War-Mongerer
Suggested twenty-first century update for that old grade-school primer: See Dick Run Recommend this Post
Cheney chickens out of visit to Toronto
Must be all those mandatory minimum sentences that spooked the skittish Mr. Cheney. Do the crime, do the time must be scary words to a man wanted in much of…
Cheney chickens out of visit to Toronto
Must be all those mandatory minimum sentences that spooked the skittish Mr. Cheney. Do the crime, do the time scary words to a man wanted the world over for crimes…
Report Partially Blames Federal Government For Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Explosion
Deepwater-Horizon-oil-rig-006.jpg Perhaps one of the most honest assessments of last year’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion reveals the numerous failures of both industry and the federal government in the worst…