Stump Lane
in the dirt since history began

BEYOND THE PALE

There is no longer any question. The Machine— Our system —as a whole, is undeniably EVIL.

ABC News: DOJ Shuns Hearing on Halliburton/KBR Rape Cases
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The Torture Tapes

  1. Back in 2002, the CIA recorded some interrogations.
  2. These interrogations included the use of “harsh interrogation methods.”
  3. The “harsh interrogation methods” included waterboarding.
  4. Waterboarding has been described in two ways.
  5. Waterboarding: placing a piece of cloth over the subject’s face and pouring some water on it. Simulated drowning.
  6. Waterboarding: Actual drowning. The lungs actually begin to fill with water, though under “medical” supervision. Torture. Period.
  7. The tapes were destroyed.
  8. The tapes were destroyed by the CIA to protect its interrogators from potential prosecution.

What. Respectfully, Dear Reader. The. Fuck. —do you think was on those tapes?

Would CIA officials have feared for the prosecution of their interrogators if the tapes depicted nothing more than the placing of a piece of cloth over a subject’s face and pouring some water on it?

No. The tapes either showed the true nature of waterboarding: that it is truly a torture. Or they showed other tortures.

To call waterboarding a torture is not controversial. It is not an extreme position. John McCain will tell you this. It is only controversial— hell, only up for discussion at all among allegedly sane people —in US politics and the media who love them.

I maintain the media have done this issue a serious disservice. (more…)

The Invisible Hand Puts in an Appearance

By Montag @ 2:21 AM
Filed under: Everything Everything,Fascism, Inc.,Name This Comic

December 12, 2007

Visible Hand
Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the crushing weight of energy prices, healthcare premiums, compulsory insurance, childcare and usurious interest on debt!

The market is not an honest broker.

12-0

By Montag @ 9:55 AM
Filed under: Everything Everything,Feats of Strength

December 4, 2007

Time out Baltimore
…for calling that time out!

And a special thanks to the rest of the Baltimore team, who had chances to put the Patriots away in every phase of the game— but didn’t.

Excite Sports: Patriots Rally in Final Minutes to Beat Ravens 27-24, Stay Unbeaten

Low Prices All the Time

By Montag @ 11:27 AM
Filed under: Concision,Everything Everything,War On Christmas

December 3, 2007

Anal-Mart logo.
Shop Anal-Mart for the holidays!

After all, people don’t buy inane Chinese products because they’re safe.

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