Monthly Archives: November 2004
And you thought Delta was uncomfortable
From the Sunday Times of London, more on Third World America:
US accused of "torture flights"
An executive jet is being used by the American intelligence agencies to fly terrorist suspects to countries that routinely use torture in their prisons.
The movements of the Gulfstream 5 leased by agents from the United States defence department and the CIA are detailed in confidential logs obtained by The Sunday Times which cover more than 300 flights.
Countries with poor human rights records to which the Americans have delivered prisoners include Egypt, Syria and Uzbekistan, according to the files. The logs have prompted allegations from critics that the agency is using such regimes to carry out "torture by proxy"
George W. Bush: A powerful pro-drug argument
It dawned on me tonight that George W. Bush himself may be the most powerful argument ever made for the use of recreational drugs.
After all, if Bush was still drooling half-conscious on a couch covered in Cheetos… think how much better off we’d all be.
OK. See you in Guantanamo…