Spanish Prosecutors to Indict the "Bush Six"

The indictment will charge that six members of the Bush administration sanctioned the torture of five Spanish citizens held at Guantanamo.

The indictees are:

Fmr. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
Fmr. Asst. Attorney General Jay Bybee
Fmr. Deputy Asst. Attorney General John Yoo
Fmr. Defense Department Counsel William J. Haynes II
Fmr. Chief of Staff for the Vice President David Addington
Fmr. Undersecretary of Defense Douglas "Dumbest Fucking Guy on the Planet" Feith.

More of the same...

On the heels of the Obama administration's decision to embrace some of the more egregious elements of the Bush administration's policy on secrecy (see here and here), the Justice Department has appealed a district court ruling that granted Habeas Corpus rights to prisoners held at Afghanistan's Bagram Airforce Base.

In essence, the Obama administration is arguing that prisoners of the United States can be flown from anywhere in the world to Bagram and imprisoned without due process, indeed, without rights of any kind.

Keep in mind that the Obama administration isn't merely continuing a Bush-era lawsuit on this matter - it is actually appealing the ruling of a conservative Bush appointee who claimed that this procedure was as unconstitutional as what was happening at Guantanamo. In fact, the judge claimed that detainees at Bagram received fewer rights than detainees at Guantanamo.

More from Glenn Greenwald.

Pygmy Marmoset!

That is all.

Wolfgang's vault

Yeah I know you got to create a fake sign in name and all but just do it and hit play. Maybe even search around if you like.
http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/muddy-waters-blues-band-concert/131-9950.html

Civil War Quote fo the Day

"Send for a clergyman, I wish to be baptised. I have been basely murdered." - The last words of the aforementioned General William Nelson.

Sam Watkins was one of only seven men who survived from the First Tennessee Infantry, Company H, out of an original number of 120. His take on the war:

I always shoot at privates. It was they that did
the shooting and killing, and if I could kill or wound
a private, why, my chances were so much the better.
I always looked upon officers as harmless personages.

Civil War Colonel's Quote of the Day, Pt. I

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TENNESSEE,
In the Field, October 12, 1864.

To the Officer Commanding U. S. Forces at Resaca, Ga.:

SIR: I demand an immediate and unconditional surrender of the post and garrison under your command, and should this be acceded to, all white officers and soldiers will be paroled within a few days. If the place is carried by assault no prisoners will be taken.

Most respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. B. HOOD,
General.

HDQRS. SECOND BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION, FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Resaca, Ga., October 12, 1864.

General J. B. HOOD:

Your communication of this date just received. In reply I have to state that I am somewhat surprised at the concluding paragraph, to the effect that "If the place is carried by assault no prisoners will be taken." In my opinion I can hold this post; if you want it come and take it.

I am, general, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,

CLARK R. WEVER,
Commanding Officer.

Civil War General's Quote of the Day, Part 2

Union Major General William "Bull" Nelson to his subordinate, Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis in regards to Indiana soldiers, whom Gen. Davis had commanded at the beginning of the war:

"(Indiana soldiers are) uncouth descendants of poor trash from the mountains of Kentucky."

Shortly thereafter, Gen. Davis confronted Nelson in a hotel lobby and shot him dead.

Your Civil War General's Quote of the Day

From York, South Carolina native, Confederate Major General Daniel Harvey Hill in response to Federal General John Foster's reprimand for the burning of Plymouth, NC in order to prevent it's capture:

"A meddling Yankee troubles himself about everybody's matters but his own and repents at everybody's sins but his own. Should the Yankees burn a village in Connecticut or Massachusetts, we would bid them Godspeed in their work of purifying the atmosphere."

Get it G-Ma

The Land Walker

via Metafilter.

Rush Limbaugh is leaving NYC

Due to the threat of increased taxation on those making in excess of $500,000 per year (which Rushbo certainly does), Rush Limbaugh has threatened to leave New York City. New Yorker Jon Stewart responds:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	M - Th 11p / 10c
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Obama's domino theory

Juan Cole, Professor of Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan, discusses Obama's rhetoric on Afghanistan.

"Obama's dark vision of the overthrow of the Afghanistan government by al-Qaida-linked Taliban or the "killing" of Pakistan by small tribal groups differs little from the equally apocalyptic and implausible warnings issued by John McCain and Dick Cheney about an "al-Qaida" victory in Iraq. Ominously, the president's views are contradicted by those of his own secretary of defense. Pashtun tribes in northwestern Pakistan and southern Afghanistan have a long history of dissidence, feuding and rebellion, which is now being branded Talibanism and configured as a dire menace to the Western way of life. Obama has added yet another domino theory to the history of Washington's justifications for massive military interventions in Asia. When a policymaker gets the rationale for action wrong, he is at particular risk of falling into mission creep and stubborn commitment to a doomed and unnecessary enterprise."

Update: Added link to wikipedia's entry on the domino theory.

The Imperial March played with a Tesla coil and a Faraday suit.

via Metafilter.

New Nanogenerator May Charge IPods And Cell Phones With A Wave Of The Hand

Hitler's response to this year's football season

I think we all saw last year's response. I gotta say, I think he took it well.



And if this little girl wasn't so damn cute, I would whip her ass.

Chamberlin responds!

Jimmy Chamberlin responds!

March 24, 2009 | 6395 views

Jimmy Chamberlin has crafted his own response to the news that he has left The Smashing Pumpkins.

I will say, without going into any unnecessary details that this represents a positive move forward for me. I can no longer commit all of my energy into something that I don't fully possess. I won't pretend I'm into something I'm not. I won't do it to myself, you the fan, or my former partner. I can't just, "Cash the check" so to speak. Music is my life. It is sacred. It deserves the highest commitment at every level and the Pumpkins are certainly no different. I'm sorry but it really IS that simple. There is no drama, bad blood, or anything else but a full commitment to music. My best goes out to Billy and I'm glad he has chosen to continue under the name. It is his right. I will continue to make music with the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex as well as pursuing other musical interests. I feel that I have a long way to go and a lot to give



I think the "cash the check" comment is telling.

Dr. Feelgood

The Last of the Real Gunslingers

Dave gets married.

Absolute complete and total bullshit.

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS' BILLY CORGAN ANNOUNCES THE DEPARTURE OF JIMMY CHAMBERLIN FROM THE GROUP

CORGAN SET TO HEAD INTO THE STUDIO TO CREATE NEW SMASHING PUMPKINS MUSIC

The SMASHING PUMPKINS' guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member Billy Corgan has announced that drummer Jimmy Chamberlin has left the group. Chamberlin joined the band Corgan founded in Chicago in 1988 and played on all their albums except Adore (1998). Corgan will continue to write and record as SMASHING PUMPKINS with plans to head into the studio this spring.




I know most of you will simply shrug your shoulders. But people, know that this is a sad day for me. And fuck Corgan for still calling it the Smashing Pumpkins.
Goddamn it! 2009 has not been a good year so far.

Hey Paul Krugman

I first got wind of this video a few days ago, but didn't get around to watching it until I saw it over at Crooks and Liars.