Sunday, May 3, 2009


05-03-09
  • To Impose Justice -- Or Not, Obama?
    • Abu Ghraib Guards Say Memos Show They Were Scapegoats (washingtonpost) -- Seems to me that since Obama has excused from prosecution any CIA agent involved in torture, he is obligated to pardon "bad apple" Charles Graner, Jr. and make amends to "bad apple" Lynndie England on the same grounds, that they were 'just following orders that they believed to be legal.' -- Or might it be that only members of Obama's very own personal army, the CIA, are deserving of such lenience and understanding.
  • The Greatest Theft of All Time:
  • The Eskimo Nebula from Hubble (apod)