Senate Reveals Report Detailing Brutal Torture Systematically Practiced by the CIA Under Bush

"The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters," by Goya from his series 'Caprichos.'

The word 'capricious' has its origins on the island of Capri reputed in antiquity for the infamous debauches of the Roman Emperor Tiberius and outrageous tortures performed there.  Caligula who succeeded him as emperor received his training there.


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The Republican Rape Litmus Test

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Recently subpoenaed Bush/Rove IT expert, is Wellstoned

Karl Rove, left | Mike Connell, right
Recently Subpoenaed Bush/Rove IT Expert, Is Wellstoned

You know about the guy who could blow the lid off the Rove e-mail and Siegelman case? He died in a plane crash last week.

Connell was an expert pilot whose plane crashed in clear weather. He held virtually all the secrets to how George W. Bush was illegally foisted on the American people---and the world---for eight horrifying years.

More importantly, he was a computer guru. If Karl Rove was "the brains" behind getting George Bush elected, Mike Connell knew how to make it happen because he knew how the GOP steals elections.

By manipulating computerized results in Florida 2000 and Ohio 2004 Connell made history. By some accounts, he was about to tell the attorneys in the on-going King-Lincoln-Bronzeville federal civil rights lawsuit how he did it. He also expressed a willingness to appear under oath before Congress and had sought protection for himself and his family.

But now he is dead.

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The more layers you pull back on this under-reported onion, the more it stinks.

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Bush's Final F.U.

Bush's Final F.U.

With president-elect Barack Obama already taking command of the financial crisis, it's tempting to think that regime change in America is a done deal. But if George Bush has his way, the country will be ruled by his slash-and-burn ideology for a long time to come.

In its final days, the administration is rushing to implement a sweeping array of "midnight regulations" — de facto laws issued by the executive branch — designed to lock in Bush's legacy. Under the last- minute rules, which can be extremely difficult to overturn, loaded firearms would be allowed in national parks, uranium mining would be permitted near the Grand Canyon and many injured consumers would no longer be able to sue negligent manufacturers in state courts. Other rules would gut the Endangered Species Act, open millions of acres of wild lands to mining, restrict access to birth control and put local cops to work spying for the federal government.

"The administration is handing out final favors to its friends," says Véronique de Rugy, a scholar at George Mason University who has tracked six decades of midnight regulations. "They couldn't do it earlier — there would have been too many political repercussions. But with the Republicans having lost seats in Congress and the presidency changing parties, Bush has nothing left to lose."

Fucker. How much raping and pillaging can one country be forced to endure? This article will really piss you off.

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Sarah, Sigh...

This video found on Pam's House Blend is a must see. Watch the guy in the background. Safe for work, but may not be for the faint of heart.

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