Posted by: quiscus | June 11, 2009

June 11, 2009

1.  Sotomayor:

“When it comes to checking government power, Sotomayor’s record is pretty poor. Civil libertarians can’t be happy with her pro-police orientation: The former prosecutor has backed law enforcement in more than two-thirds of criminal cases that she’s heard.

Her record on property rights is no more promising: In 2006′s Didden v. Village of Port Chester, she ratified an eminent domain abuse that makes the infamous Kelo case look mild.”

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/GeneHealy/Sotomayor-A-presidential-power-skeptic.html

2.  “Flickr Deletes Account of Man Posting Torture Photos”
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2009/06/10/flickr-deletes-account-of-man-posting-torture-photos/

3.  “ UK cop accuses colleagues of waterboarding pot suspects

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/09/london-police-waterboarding-pot/

4.  “Guantanamo Prisoners Were Starved

A new report by Andy Worthington reviewing Pentagon documents released in 2007 reveals:

Throughout Guantánamo’s history, one in ten of the total population — 80 prisoners in total — weighed, at some point, less than 112 pounds (eight stone, or 50 kg), and 20 of these prisoners weighed less than 98 pounds (seven stone, or 44 kg).

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/06/guantanamo-prisoners-were-starved.html

5.  “MADONNA ADOPTS NICK GRIFFIN

POP icon Madonna has adopted the BNP leader Nick Griffin, describing him as the ‘perfect addition’ to her rainbow tribe.

A spokeswoman for the singer said: “Madonna is all about diversity, and you can’t get any more diverse than a Malawian orphan and the puffy, pig-eyed, middle-aged leader of a neo-fascist political party.”

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity/madonna-adopts-nick-griffin-200906111822/

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