Thursday, May 31, 2007
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Torture doesn't work,
but it sure is fun!
New York Times.
As the Bush administration completes secret new rules governing interrogations, a group of experts advising the intelligence agencies are arguing that the harsh techniques used since the 2001 terrorist attacks are outmoded, amateurish and unreliable.
The psychologists and other specialists, commissioned by the Intelligence Science Board, make the case that more than five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Bush administration has yet to create an elite corps of interrogators trained to glean secrets from terrorism suspects.
As the Bush administration completes secret new rules governing interrogations, a group of experts advising the intelligence agencies are arguing that the harsh techniques used since the 2001 terrorist attacks are outmoded, amateurish and unreliable.
The psychologists and other specialists, commissioned by the Intelligence Science Board, make the case that more than five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Bush administration has yet to create an elite corps of interrogators trained to glean secrets from terrorism suspects.
Those who cannot
forget Santayana are
doomed to repeat him.
by saying "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
Compare with Jane Ace's "Those who cannot forget the past are doomed to remember it."
Compare with Jane Ace's "Those who cannot forget the past are doomed to remember it."
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Monday, May 28, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
I blame Ralph Nader.
He knew what he was doing in 2000.
It will take more than a generation to repair the enironmental damage alone.
It will take more than a generation to repair the enironmental damage alone.
Monday, May 21, 2007
If humans cause global warming,
how did the Ice Age ever end?
Runner-up in a contest by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Each Catastrophe
Requires a Trifecta.
Several very bad things have to happen at exactly the wrong time and exactly the wrong place. See The Next Catastrophe.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Monday, May 07, 2007
Friday, May 04, 2007
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
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