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Why the prison at Guantanamo Bay must be closed

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Two interesting pieces of news concerning the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay:
The first is a report from the Pentagon that about one in five detainees who have been released from Gitmo have joined (or are suspected of joining) militant groups like al Qaeda. This includes two released prisoners who went on to help plan the [...]

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Jon Stewart on Terror-Ball

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Finally, a simple explanation as to how Republicans are claiming that we had no terrorist attacks during the Bush administration.
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Victory in the War on Terror

Sunday, January 10, 2010

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Everything we know about terrorism is wrong

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Andrew Sullivan reprints a great question from one of his readers that really makes you think about how stupidly the US is responding to terrorist acts. The (paraphrased) question is, if the Christmas day underwear terrorist really wanted to blow up the airplane, why did he go back to his seat where he had [...]

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What if we swapped the TSA and the Fed?

Thursday, December 31, 2009

From Emanuel Derman’s Blog:
Trading Places
I had a fantasy in which the Fed and the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) switched roles.
If a bank failed at 9 a.m. one morning and shut its doors, the TSA would announce that all banks henceforth begin their business day at 10 a.m.
And, if a terrorist managed to get on board [...]

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Understanding our own language

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Glenn Greenwald has an excellent column today in Salon, which points out the hypocrisy of typical American war rhetoric about Muslims. For example, there is a column in the NY Times today by Thomas Friedman, who complains bitterly about the “half-truths, propaganda and outright lies about America that have taken hold in the Arab-Muslim world [...]

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Giving the Terrorists What They Want

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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The Rule of Law in the US

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Jon Stewart and Samantha Bee discuss the upcoming trial of 9/11 terrorists in NYC:

Great quote: “Geraldo Rivera is now the voice of reason”.
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