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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

1 October - My Yahoo!

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Afghan prison torture alleged 

( That's from the Aussies. In Canada  , Yet

UN Report on Torture in Afghan Prisons Moves NATO to Suspend Detainee Transfers )

New on Raw Story

Winnipeg crime prompts Air Canada hotel move

The Winnipeg Sun reported the contents of the Air Canada bulletin, which cited "instances of public intoxication, resulting in several downtown locations being susceptible to crimes of violence and opportunity" and refers to "displaced" people from rural Manitoba forced to relocate to the downtown core due to "recent environmental issues."

( Mother attended a conference in Halifax years ago where she noted a speaker quipped about Canadian support for the economically destitute compared to the U.S.  "We have welfare too, except we call it jail and it's terribly expensive."

Sometimes that Onion quip about looking to the past should hit home.

Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales Indicted in Private Prison Case


Also the take as reported by Prison Legal News harks back to Gonzales covering up torture in Cheney-owned institutions in Texas )

 

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