tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post784486074735408831..comments2023-12-23T16:22:22.290-05:00Comments on alicublog: SCRAPING BOTTOM.roy edrosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15161980502027888634noreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-7272741450962978992014-12-17T18:55:06.759-05:002014-12-17T18:55:06.759-05:00Good point. A few hundred bucks here and there an...Good point. A few hundred bucks here and there and everybody would've been happy. That is, except for the sadists who wanted people to hurt for whatever their imagined crime might have been, not that "crime" was really that important.billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-11865980554092043822014-12-17T17:36:05.347-05:002014-12-17T17:36:05.347-05:00Anyone know where to find an Orb of Thesulah?Anyone know where to find an <a href="http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Orb_of_Thesulah" rel="nofollow">Orb of Thesulah</a>?Gabriel Ratchetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-54643138816993902012014-12-17T11:29:21.922-05:002014-12-17T11:29:21.922-05:00Quiet! That's a secret.Quiet! That's a secret.billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-22782021850873789192014-12-17T11:26:42.812-05:002014-12-17T11:26:42.812-05:00The balls are small and they still have the vice m...The balls are small and they still have the vice marks.tigrismusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-53358882358528986712014-12-17T11:23:01.408-05:002014-12-17T11:23:01.408-05:00That's what the Wanssee Conference decided, pr...That's what the Wanssee Conference decided, pretty much.Pere Ubuhttp://debraining.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-22916825793032365262014-12-17T11:22:09.228-05:002014-12-17T11:22:09.228-05:00Note to selves: If/when Teddy runs for Preznit, Im...Note to selves: If/when Teddy runs for Preznit, Imma call him "Cruz Windrip" which hopefully will not be too obscure a reference.Pere Ubuhttp://debraining.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-73457342227389153042014-12-17T11:03:02.914-05:002014-12-17T11:03:02.914-05:00well camps are expensive. Killing them immediatel...well camps are expensive. Killing them immediately is more economically efficientbillcinsdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-31963155921546696322014-12-17T10:57:49.969-05:002014-12-17T10:57:49.969-05:00His soul is a cold, black void
Cheney has a soul?...<i>His soul is a cold, black void</i><br /><br />Cheney has a soul? Who knew?<br /><br /><i>but by Cheney's balls</i><br /><br /><br /><br />Cheney has balls? Who knew?mommadillonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-28063503829580475392014-12-17T10:22:10.781-05:002014-12-17T10:22:10.781-05:00A case could be made for Martin Bormann, who was b...A case could be made for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Bormann" rel="nofollow">Martin Bormann</a>, who was basically Hitler's consigliere and was long thought to have escaped the fall of the Reich, although his remains were later found in Berlin and positively identified.Halloween_Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-4303846874982463882014-12-17T10:14:09.427-05:002014-12-17T10:14:09.427-05:00He's very clear on not having any whatsoever.He's very clear on not having any whatsoever.Halloween_Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-48162661783985895932014-12-17T10:09:50.598-05:002014-12-17T10:09:50.598-05:00I like that construction, that we're "act...I like that construction, that we're "acting" shocked and horrified by rectal feeding, hanging from the ceiling, slamming against walls, and, of course, death by hypothermia. Obviously, real men aren't shocked and horrified by any of this, even when it's perpetrated on innocent bystanders. Only liberals "act" that way. Has this writer checked, say, with his wife and kids about what they think? Are they shocked and horrified? And, if so, are they "acting"?<br /><br /><br />"But, honey, this is <em>al-Qaeda!</em>"billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-84795380073346425322014-12-17T09:10:57.610-05:002014-12-17T09:10:57.610-05:00At least part of the purpose of the torture really...At least part of the purpose of the torture really was to <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/14/iraq.torture/index.html" rel="nofollow">extract false confessions, which helped build the case for invading Iraq</a>.atheisthttp://www.tumblr.com/blog/atheist-thoughtsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-84187539870499150782014-12-17T09:09:20.439-05:002014-12-17T09:09:20.439-05:00Well, we've got a president who wants to "...Well, we've got a president who wants to "look forward," which probably is code for something like what Dr. Pierce describes here: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/books/review/Heilbrunn2.t.html?_r=0.<br /><br /><br />Then, we've got a Congress populated by amoral lunatics who probably for the most part think that what Cheney did was just fine and that the media and others better just shut the fuck up about the whole thing.<br /><br /><br />Such is not a recipe for purges, prosecutions, amnesties, or a truth commission. I won't be surprised if the CIA report as released is pretty much all we ever hear about this--unless some CIA version of Edward Snowden exists and he/she decides to come forward.<br /><br /><br />And this doesn't even touch Scalia's expressed opinion that torturing people who have not been convicted of a crime--i.e., who are only being fucked with but not being <em>punished</em>--is not a violation of the Eighth Amendment.billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-69354143564904707692014-12-17T08:23:32.536-05:002014-12-17T08:23:32.536-05:00Don't hold your breath.Don't hold your breath.billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-21421050329507764122014-12-17T08:22:15.229-05:002014-12-17T08:22:15.229-05:00"Hubris" indeed. Makes me think of this..."Hubris" indeed. Makes me think of this: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/books/review/Heilbrunn2.t.html?_r=0billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-59318575445037476272014-12-17T08:18:01.875-05:002014-12-17T08:18:01.875-05:00Cheney has admitted to breaking the law. Are there...Cheney has admitted to breaking the law. Are there ANY (likely or otherwise) circumstances in which an officer of the law can arrest him, or an judge issue a warrant?Donalbainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-9559079735547385252014-12-17T07:50:25.122-05:002014-12-17T07:50:25.122-05:00"Apply once for carefree torturing!""Apply once for carefree torturing!"redoubtagainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-69565211215886548742014-12-17T07:48:04.083-05:002014-12-17T07:48:04.083-05:00A to Z reminds me i must see the movie Z again.A to Z reminds me i must see the movie Z again.Aimaihttp://aimaiameye.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-2581228137278930842014-12-17T07:05:26.132-05:002014-12-17T07:05:26.132-05:00Moral clarity occurs when the justifications are s...Moral clarity occurs when the justifications are sufficiently ragged they become see-through.Pope Zebbidie XIIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-36727303315834639222014-12-17T07:03:47.835-05:002014-12-17T07:03:47.835-05:00They caught Chelsea Manning. Surely that justifie...They caught Chelsea Manning. Surely that justifies it all.Pope Zebbidie XIIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-20141427944827157102014-12-17T06:44:27.996-05:002014-12-17T06:44:27.996-05:00They parade him around the TVs because he's EN...They parade him around the TVs because he's ENTERTAINMENT. It's the Modern News! Shit, they can't have Manson on all the time, amirite? And all the mass shooters end up dead before they can enjoy their 15 minutes. A famous Evil Guy = gruesome fascination = advertising $$$ Win WinColenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-74153671410049056532014-12-17T06:08:01.325-05:002014-12-17T06:08:01.325-05:00Btw, all this domestic US agitation about the tort...Btw, all this domestic US agitation about the torture programs is somewhat perplexing, because the bulk of it has known for years, overall, the black sites, the rendition flights to "friendly" regimes' torturers,... <br />One might even say that there most likely still is a lot of dirt hidden under the rug, either the really clandestine shit like death squads (if Ted Shackley was running an "off-the-book" anti-communist, anti-union, anti-any kind of opposition to the Shah Phoenix program-lite in late 70's Iran, this leaves a lot of wiggle room for the imagination about what may have went down in Iraq), agents provocateurs (the story of those SAS guys once captured disguised as locals?), rampant graft (institutional or by private entrepreneurs - what was the name of that high ranking officer/teacher at West Point, who died a strange death right in the early stage of the occupation in Iraq, after starting having second thoughts at the sight of the graft orgy that surrounded him and his quaint and pointless ideals about military honor and all? ),... <br />Or, what about the plain, simple random "collateral damages"? Meaning all the Iraqi dumbfucks who were at the wrong place, at the wrong time, for whatever reason? Not quite sure that being rectally force-fed is that much worse than having your family car sprayed with machine-gun fire, killing a bunch of relatives, just because you didn't slow down quickly enough at a checkpoint.<br />Hell, even just the habit of having military convoys speed along regardless, to avoid ambushes and mines. How many hit-and-runs, how many accidents, how pissed-off and disgusted Iraqis even?<br /><br />A bit too late for me not to read holier than you, my bad, but my point is that the whole thing was a clusterfuck and a disgrace, and a crime, if not a mistake, from A to Z... and in that regard, this "torture" tempest in a teapot is just that, because no lesson will be learned, and no one will certainly be punished. Oh, well.Kevin Bergernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-53660547537852473492014-12-17T05:41:25.092-05:002014-12-17T05:41:25.092-05:00I know it's petty, but it does remind me of th...I know it's petty, but it does remind me of the French-bashing mania right before the start of the war, and more specifically, of Jacques Chirac telling "war never is the answer"... only to for some commentator, pundit or politician (can't recall, don't care) to quip "War never is the answer... for the French!".<br /><br />Well, for all his faults and flaws, and they are many (the guy is a disgrace, I'll grant you that), a young Chirac, then a student at the ENA school and thus a future member in good standing of the French technocratic elite, *did* wave his deferment away, back during the Algerian war (30 000 French KIA in 8 years, that would be proportionally a bit less than 3x the US KIA in Viet Nam, 10 000 of them draftees); he *did* spent his 18 or 24 months, somewhere in the Sahara I believe, AFAIK, a quite unremarkable draftee service, about which the "macho" Chirac mostly told crude stories about his brothel-patronizing.<br />Anyhow, Chirac did volunteer, for all purpose, for this savage little war, and that might have informed his later views. Including that "war never is the answer" bit, possibly.<br /><br />Cheney, OTOH and unless I'm mistaken, used 5 successive deferments, to avoid being sent, or more accurately, to avoid the risk of being sent, to Viet Nam.<br /><br />Maybe this amusing little snippet should be factored in, when talking about "Cheney's balls"?Kevin Bergernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-32007653940886110722014-12-17T03:09:59.635-05:002014-12-17T03:09:59.635-05:00Can we toss Liz Cheney in as a bonus?Can we toss Liz Cheney in as a bonus?ColBatGuanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-62747897203838742732014-12-17T02:20:54.247-05:002014-12-17T02:20:54.247-05:00These people think that Moral Clarity is a Windshi...These people think that <i>Moral Clarity</i> is a Windshield Washer brandAnother Kiwinoreply@blogger.com