Category: Cheney
A License To Break The Law
April 12th, 2008, 1 Comment
If there is any one thing that lays bare the rottenness of the British political system for all to see it’s the news that following the court’s excorating decision on the Saudi Arms for Oil and bribery deal yesterday, the Tories are to support Labour in giving the Attorney General powers to shut down politically [...]
Kangaroo Courts as Wingnut Welfare?
October 31st, 2007, 1 Comment
Bryan Finoki writes at BagNewsNotes and in more depth at his own blog, Subtopia, about the militarisation of public life and public space.
His latest post is about the US’ “Expeditionary Legal Complex”, aka ‘Camp Justice’.
Camp Justice is a moveable, tent-city courtroom and jail complex that can be dopped down virtually anywhere to dispense American ‘justice’ [...]
“Between the idea and the reality, between the motion and the act, lies the shadow.”
September 28th, 2007, No Comments
The shadow government shows forth and Cheney is summoned to council.
Whether this is a bad thing or a very very bad thing – well, that remains to be seen, doesn’t it?
An ultra-secret conservative group — so secret that members don’t even use the group’s name in communications — will feature Vice President Dick Cheney as [...]
Why Tomatoes Are Better Than Politics
June 6th, 2007, No Comments
I had to walk away from the radio and tv altogether yesterday; Bush’s ideliberately inept stirring up of a hornet’s nest with Russia made me want to gio and put my fist through a window. I had to go and pot up some seedlings instead. There’s nothing gives you more perspective than potting up seedlings, [...]
Interesting Times
May 24th, 2007, No Comments
This is getting scary now – Steve Clemons at the Washington Note says that Cheney is planning an ‘end run’ around Bush to bomb Iran, that he doesn’t trust Bush, and he thinks he should take over as the ‘presidents hands’, colluding with Israel to attack Iran. He’s sent his minions out to various [...]
Defence lawyer at Guantanamo
May 11th, 2005, No Comments
The Talking Dog has an interview with Joshua Dratel, defence lawyer for David Hicks, an Australian citizen held at Guantanamo Bay. The interview had some interesting nuggets in it:
Talking Dog: Any reason why Mr. Lindh was charged with a crime, whereas, for example, Yasir Hamdi, also a citizen, or Hicks, were denoted “enemy combatants” [...]
