04-22-09
- Israel: U.S. Partner in Crimes Against Humanity and Companion Black Hole:
- New Foreign Minister Lieberman Says "Believe me, America accepts all our decisions" (haaretz)
- The Biggest Financial Ripoff in the History of the World:
- Robert Scheer: Thievery Under the TARP (truthdig)
- Restore the Rule of Law:
- George W. Bush - Compassionate Conservative: How the Bush administration waterboarded a low-level operative, who was brain-damaged, 83 times (americablog) -- Would it have meant the ovens if Bush were not a "compassionate conservative"?
- Jeremy Scahill: A Closer Look at Obama's 'New' Position on Torture Prosecutions (rebelreports) "We urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan independent Special Counsel to immediately commence a prosecutorial investigation into the most serious alleged crimes of former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Richard B. Cheney, the attorneys formerly employed by the Department of Justice whose memos sought to justify torture, and other former top officials of the Bush Administration." Sign a petition here.
- Torture architect John Rizzo is still serving as the CIA’s acting general counsel (thinkprogress) -- Since the CIA serves almost exclusively as the president's own personal, private army, this says quite a lot about Obama.
- Dozens of Prisoners Held by CIA Still Missing, Fates Unknown (propublica)
- Sedna of the Outer Solar System (apod) - Occultation of Venus This Morning By the Moon (spaceweather - enlarged image)
