Alternet (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The story behind last week's stunning ruling on the fate of 17 Uighur prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
The government is fighting a ruling to free detainees from Guantánamo Bay to avoid having the case become a window into the outlaw world of the camps.
Chicago news (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Angelina Jolie isn't giving away who she's backing in the U.S. presidential election, but she does have good things to say about Barack Obama.
MSNBC.com: Newsweek National News (Free subscription) | yesterday
It will be harder to tune them out when they are not just nameless men behind barbed wire.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
April Durrant is a proud military wife. Her husband did a tour of duty in Iraq in 2003. Now he is in Afghanistan. "We've been in it for 20 years," Durrant says. "It's absolutely not for everyone. It's tough on people, tough on families to have a long career in the military."
o! Just Me (Free subscription) | yesterday
[See post to watch Flash video] Sunshine Cleaning (Apple Trailers)A single mom and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in the off-beat dramatic comedy Sunshine Cleaning. This uplifting film about an average family that finds the path to its dreams in an unlikely setting screened in competition at the 2008 [...]
On the Wilder Side (Free subscription) | yesterday
from Democracy Now! JUAN GONZALEZ: The American Psychological Association has approved a landmark measure banning members from taking part in interrogations of prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, Afghanistan and all of the secret CIA black sites. Nearly 60 percent of members voted in favor of the referendum in the largest turnout for an APA vote [...]
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
As of Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, at least 540 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.
connecting*the*dots (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
You don’t have to agree with the message to recognize that Everclear is putting his rock star balls on the table. About time someone did. Jesus. Jesus Christ didn’t have blue eyes or blond hair He looked just like all those people that you want to kill Spin your hell into a heaven you can sell Make it look like [...]
SCOTUSblog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The Justice Department moved on Friday to get a longer postponement of any move of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the U.S. mainland, saying that “could pose a danger to the public at large.” It asked the D.C. Circuit to allow no such transfer until the Supreme Court has considered the delay issue. The motion for a [...]
Sound On The Sound (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Right now, Seattle band Everclear has made available for free download on their website a new song titled “Jesus Was a Democrat.” It’s nice to see some bands that have a bit more credit with the religious crowds call it like it is in the days leading up to the election. A sampling of the [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Art Alexakis and Everclear will likely face a controversy of Fox News-ian proportions with their brand new song, “Jesus Was A Democrat.” “I bet you think of him, as a nice clean long haired republican,” Alexakis sings. “Nah, he would be all locked up in Guantanamo Bay, if he were alive today.” Alexakis was inspired [...]
Les Enragés.org (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
When Innocence Is No Defense. If we can just pry our eyes away from the disaster that is the US economy, I'd like to bring your attention back to the equally disastrous US 'justice' system. The story began with some good news, as reported on Tuesday by the BBC : Anger over Guantanamo Bay ruling The White House has reacted angrily after a judge ordered that 17 Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay...
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Like you didn't know. Yep, heyzeus was totally a tree-hugging hippie liberal sans blue eyes and white skin, says Art Alexakis and mates on the band's new free download. "I ...
SCOTUSblog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Showing a clear interest in the Justice Department’s new plea to put an end to the second layer of civilian court review of military detentions of suspected “enemy combatants,” the D.C. Circuit Court has moved quickly to get the reaction of lawyers for the detainees. In a brief order Thursday, the Court, acting on its own, [...]
