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Daily Archives: October 25th, 2007

He can’t define torture, and doesn’t know it when he sees it

Several Senators are now saying their vote on Mukasey depends on whether he acknowledges that waterboarding is torture. Isn’t it a bit late for that. If he admits it now, it’s only under pressure, so it’s completely meaningless. I don’t know anything about the man. Maybe he was honorable in his former life. But he’s […]

Rock ‘N’ Roll

A first here at CtBlue: a guest writer. I mentioned last week that my family went to see Tom Stoppard’s new (to the U.S.) play, Rock ‘N’ Roll, which is actually still in previews here after a run in London. My brother in law, Eric von Dorster, went with us and we prevailed upon him […]

If you want respect from Democrats, become a Republican

Does anything show the spinelessness and political stupidity of the Democrats more than the telecom immunity bill? This has almost nothing to do with helping the telecoms, though it will surely do that. Bush doesn’t care about anyone but his own crime organization. Other criminals normally have to take care of themselves. No, Bush wants […]

Coup coming in Ecuador

This situation will bear watching : Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael Correa said Washington must let him open a military base in Miami if the U.S.wants to keep using an air base on Ecuador’s Pacific coast.Correa has refused to renew Washington’s lease on the Manta air base, set to expire in 2009. U.S. officials say it […]

Back from the Shadows, yet again

If you have tried to access this site in the last two days you were probably unsuccessful. This may have raised hopes in your breast that I would no longer be inflicting my ravings on an already beleaguered world. Alas, I must dash your hopes. The problem was not with me, but with the server, […]