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Saturday, October 8, 2005 |
ALiberalDose: Copies of the new Iraqi Constitution are rotting on the Baghdad garbage dump.
12:25:48 PM 
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SeattleTimes: "David Safavian, former chief of White House procurement policy, was indicted yesterday on five counts of lying about his dealings with former Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff and impeding a Senate investigation of him."
"Federal prosecutors have accepted an offer from presidential adviser Karl Rove to give 11th-hour testimony in the case of a CIA officer's leaked identity and have warned they cannot guarantee he won't be indicted, according to people directly familiar with the investigation."
The heat is on, George Bush.
12:21:28 PM
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TheRegister: "The Bible Society in Australia has taken the bold step of translating the entire Bible into txt-talk which mobile-savvy believers can disseminate via SMS in 31,173 bite-sized verses."
The SMS Bible.
12:14:33 PM
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George has a problem with his jaws. Is this a sign of his irritation in front of the press or does he have a psychological problem, or a problem with his American subjects or is he losing control?
Telegraph: "The Bush administration pledged yesterday to veto legislation banning the torture of prisoners by US troops after an overwhelming and almost unprecedented revolt by loyalist congressmen."
WSWS: "In an extraordinary declaration of the brutality of American foreign policy, the Bush administration denounced a Senate vote to bar the use of torture against prisoners held by the US military. Responding to the passage of an amendment to a Pentagon spending bill - approved by an overwhelming 90-9 vote Wednesday, the White House said the proposal would 'restrict the president's authority to protect Americans effectively from terrorist attack and bring terrorists to justice'.
Also contributing is the steady stream of revelations about torture at the Guantánamo Bay prison camp. Last month the US press carried reports on widespread hunger strikes among the prisoners at Guantánamo, with as many as 200 prisoners refusing food for as long as 45 days. At least 18 prisoners were hospitalized and several force-fed. The prisoners were protesting the conditions under which they are held, particularly the savage beatings by a notorious squad of military thugs known as IRF. They have also demanded the right to challenge their incarceration before an independent panel, as provided for under the Geneva Conventions, rather than appearing before the rigged military tribunals set up by the Bush administration."
12:05:50 PM
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