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Webバージョン  |  アップデート設定  |  登録解除 いいね ツイート 転送 http://endofsecrets.blogspot.com Obama Administration Needs to Explain Drone Strikes Posted by jon on 4 January, 2013 Hina Shamsi Vince Warren The Obama administration, having killed a 16-year-old American boy, refuses to explain why in court.Abdulrahman Al-Aulaqi was 16 years old when he was killed by a US missile strike from CIA drone. The boy, Abdulrahman Al-Aulaqi, was born in Denver and lived there until he was 7, when his family moved to Yemen. read more Celebrating Closure of an Inhuman and Ridiculously Expensive Super Max Prison Posted by jon on 4 January, 2013 Amy Fettig Here’s to starting the New Year right. The notorious Tamms Correctional Center in Illinois, with its practice of housing human beings alone in cells for 22-24 hours per day with little or no human interaction or outside stimulus, officially shut its doors today. read more Why Jobs Must Be Our Goal Now, Not Deficit Reduction Posted by jon on 4 January, 2013 Robert Reich The news today from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is that the U.S. job market is treading water.(Photo: Reuters/Eric Thayer) The number of new jobs created in December (155,000), and percent unemployment (7.8), were the same as the revised numbers for November. Also, about the same number of people are looking for work (12.2 million), with additional millions too discouraged even to look. read more How Liberals Shirk Responsibility for Atrocious Policies Posted by jon on 4 January, 2013 Thomas S. Harrington When a person votes for George W. Bush or another Republican, it is generally presumed that he or she is expressing support for the candidate’s policy prescriptions. This is why those who do not share the same views rightly hold those voters and the person they helped to elect responsible for the measures enacted during his or her term in office. read more The Education Reform Dichotomy: Big Choices Ahead Posted by jon on 4 January, 2013 Anthony Cody In recent weeks, some commenters on my blog have suggested that there is a "false dichotomy" at work in the debate over education reform. We are told we should "tone down" our views in order that we be might be better heard. read more The 'War on Terror' - by Design - Can Never End Posted by jon on 4 January, 2013 Glenn Greenwald A U.S. Army soldier takes cover as a Black Hawk chopper takes off from a U.S. military base in Arghandab valley near Kandahar. (Photo: Reuters)Last month, outgoing pentagon general counsel Jeh Johnson gave a speech at the Oxford Union and said that the War on Terror must, at some point, come to an end: read more America’s Political Dysfunction Rooted in War Addiction Posted by jon on 4 January, 2013 Dave Lindorff read more Al Jazeera Purchase of Current TV an Attempt to Overcome Bias Posted by jacob on 4 January, 2013 Amitabh Pal It’s early in the new year, but the media landscape has already shifted with the news that Al Jazeera is purchasing Al Gore’s Current TV. “Al Jazeera did not disclose the purchase price, but people with direct knowledge of the deal pegged it at around $500 million, indicating a $100 million payout for Mr. Gore, who owned 20 percent of Current,” reports the New York Times. What is the motivation? read more Late Stage Capitalism And The Shame Haunted Life: You Can't Kill Trauma With A Gun Posted by lauren on 4 January, 2013 Phil Rockstroh "Memory believes before knowing remembers." -- William Faulkner read more The Case Against John Kerry Posted by jacob on 4 January, 2013 Stephen Zunes President Obama’s selection of John Kerry as the next secretary of state sends the wrong signal to America’s allies and adversaries alike. Kerry’s record in the United States Senate, where he currently chairs the Foreign Relations Committee, has included spurious attacks on the International Court of Justice, unqualified defense of Israeli occupation policies and human rights violations, and support for the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, thereby raising serious questions about his commitment to international law and treaty obligations. read more 登録変更 | 登録解除

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