Don't believe what you see or what you hear or what you think...Believe what we tell you!

White House denies Cheney hailed 'water boarding'
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/27/cheney.torture.ap/index.html

"You know as a matter of common sense that the vice president of the United States is not going to be talking about water boarding. Never would, never does, never will," Snow said. "You think Dick Cheney's going to slip up on something like this? No, come on."

"In an interview Tuesday with WDAY of Fargo, North Dakota, Cheney was asked if "a dunk in water is a no-brainer if it can save lives."
The vice president replied, "Well, it's a no-brainer for me, but for a while there I was criticized as being the vice president for torture. We don't torture. That's not what we're involved in.""

"The administration has repeatedly refused to say which techniques they believe are permitted under the new law. Asked to define a dunk in water, Snow said, "It's a dunk in the water.""

Sadly, the ole' Jedi mind-trick DOES work.

- Vox

Frontline: The Lost Year in Iraq

I just finished watching this on PBS World. Fascinating stuff. I highly recommend it. It documents the first year of post-invasion Iraq, and the role of L. Paul Bremer and the CPA (Coalition Provisional Authority) in mismanaging the country.

Frontline: The Lost Year in Iraq

- Vox

RIP Buck

Former Negro Leaguer O'Neil dies

"What a fabulous human being," Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson said. "He was a blessing for all of us. I believe that people like Buck and Rachel Robinson and Martin Luther King and Mother Teresa are angels that walk on earth to give us all a greater understanding of what it means to be human. I'm not sad for him. He had a long, full life and I hope I'm as lucky, but I'm sad for us."