A bit of background. I try very hard to not hurt anything or anyone if it can possibly be avoided. I really do. I try to catch most creepy crawly things when they and I cross paths, and move then gently out of my home. I do not interfere with spiders. I do though, kill mosquitoes, whether I am provoked or not. Effective immediately, this policy applies to wasps and yellow jackets in my home as well. lasarina suffers life threatening anaphylactic reactions to certain insect stings, specifically bees and wasps.
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More on the Torture and “No Habeas Corpus” Bill
29 SepCongress Sends Bush Terror Tribunal Bill
Congress sent President Bush a bill Friday that endorses his plan to interrogate and prosecute terror suspects, legislation Republicans hope will win them political points on the campaign trail.
Once Bush signs it, which he was expected to do very soon, the military can begin prosecuting terror suspects.
Many Democrats opposed the legislation because they said it eliminated rights of defendants considered fundamental to American values, such as a person’s ability to protest court detention and the use of coerced testimony as evidence.
The House had already voted this week, 253-168, endorsing Bush’s plan for military detainees. The Senate passed a nearly identical bill Thursday by a 65-34 vote. Rather than reconcile the technical differences between the two bills, the House voted 250-170 to send the Senate version to the president to sign.
Voting record for the “lock ’em up and pound ’em ’til they talk” bill
29 SepWell, it passed. The nation as we believed in it is at an end.
ETA: Thomas has the details of this abomination here.
See these links for the official voting record of every member of Congress on this bill.
You must go see this!
29 SepChris Hedges on Olbermann’s Countdown
Sept. 28: Chris Hedges, author of “American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America,” discusses the growing influence of church on state. (Countdown)
Christian Right going after contraception next…
28 SepContraception becomes new rallying point for abortion foes
Emboldened by the anti-abortion movement’s success in restricting access to abortion, an increasingly vocal group of Christian conservatives is arguing that it’s time to mount a concerted attack on contraception.
Can we still stop the torture compromise?
28 SepSilence in a Time of Torture is Complicity
We have now come to a defining moment, where before the world’s eyes the U.S. Congress is poised to legalize torture. We reject such a course outright. It does not represent us.
Real investigative reporting
27 SepIt doesn’t look good for Bush, and seems to support Clinton’s assertions. Watch it for yourself.
An Aging Trans Woman 