If you want to know if waterboarding is a form of torture, read this post on the Small Wars Journal blog. It’s by Malcolm Nance, a former Master Instructor and Chief of Training at the US Navy Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School (SERE) in San Diego, California. He is one of the […]
So, looking around my workplace today, I find myself wondering: Is dressing in costume for Halloween a gendered activity?
Excepting those persons in the workplace who of necessity will be meeting with customers and are expected (and instructed) to dress in business attire, the numbers of males and females in my building are (roughly) equal in […]
I have a working hypothesis about 2008: Democratic voters will support Hillary if she’s the nominee. But, the party’s base just doesn’t really care for her, they aren’t excited about her and they want someone - Edwards, Obama, Richardson - to take her down.
She has many virtues. Thinking back to election night 2006, she was […]
A 52 percent majority of Americans want to bomb Iran and 53 percent think that President Bush is going to do it, according to a new Zogby poll. Just 29 percent of Americans think the US should not attack Iran. Never mind that Iran poses no threat to our national security unless we […]
The Utah Education Association conference started Monday at the Salt Palace. From an environmental perspective, it’s a clean sweep for the polluters. I volunteered to staff The Nature Conservancy’s information table at the conference. We’re encouraging teachers to sign their classes up for tours of our Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve where I volunteer as […]
A long time ago, when I was exhausted and manic from cancer medication, sleep medication, pain med’s for a back with a ton of titanium in place of a spine, and with a mysterious deep pain in the lower abdomen, next to where my prostate was before it was taken out, I was invited to […]
Apologies from all of us at OneUtah.
OneUtah was down the few days due to some bizarre technical problems - linked possibly to the presence of 200+ spam comments selling, mostly, sexual services but offering other valuable services including, but not limited to accounting, web hosting and job searches.
Cliff did a GREAT job getting us up […]
Like a segment of the population, I trace my ancestry back to before the Revolutionary War - the oldest verified record we have is of a birth in North Carolina in 1750. After that, my ancestors moved west - first to Iowa, then to Utah in 1847. On my mother’s side, it’s a […]
What is President Bush’s Iraq strategy? Not military strategy, he hasn’t got one unless you count “stay the course.” I mean the political and media strategy, something the White House and GOP are actually very good at. The Petraeus-Crocker hearings were just a start. As Arianna Huffington wrote today, “[Y]ou have […]
From Ralph’s Site:
7. We will continue to embrace the diverse communities of Salt Lake City, and our government policies will serve as a model for justice and equality for all residents.
Both Scott McCoy and Paula Julander were walking for Ralph last night.
The experience last night was a good one - walking a neighborhood east of […]
Our career military friend, “American born and bred,” Just Checking (JC) reminds us that being a good American is never obvious. For JC, it means serving in the military to make the world safe…for which we thank him.
I wish it were that simple. According to the National Intelligence Estimate and many other […]
The Harry Potter series - after book 3 - has largely left me feeling underwhelmed. I haven’t been able to really put my finger on why but I’ve generally been frustrated by the books. Book 7 in particular struck me as deeply frustrating - there were easily 200 hundred pages could have been cut without […]
Unbelievably intrepid blogger Jane Stillwater is with the Marines at FOB Hit (pronounced “HEAT”), Al Anbar Province, Iraq. You can read the full account of her trip to Iraq on Jane Stillwater’s Web Log. Here are some excerpts:
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“Ms. Stillwater, you will be riding in the Seven-Ton,” said the platoon gunner as our convoy […]
Apparently alliteration amuses me.
So, via ralphecker.com, I see that Becker supporters raised over $50,000 in seven hours! That’s amazing to me. The money quote:
Former State Senator Karen Hale, who participated in the event, said, “I think this shows how passionate Ralph’s supporters are. You can’t manufacture that kind of enthusiasm for a candidate. Because Ralph […]
By Troy Williams
listen to entire interview
In his first book, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, John Perkins described how he helped the United States swindle poor countries out of trillions of dollars by offering them huge loans that they couldn’t possibly repay. We then used that debt to manipulate their economies and exploit their resources. […]
On Martini Revolution, Alex tells us what the Bush administration wants us to hear: “[We]’ve taken a 180 degree turn in Iraq from bad to good, even though most conservative narratives never conceded that it was bad in the first place.” Could it be that, after 32,000 casualties and more than $462 billion, this […]
This might be the funniest thing I have ever seen.
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The cultural divide seems rarely more evident than in the news story about the middle school in Maine that is going to offer birth control to its students.
Conservatives have lost their collective minds.
Everyone else sees it as a non-issue.
Even some the most active sexuality bloggers - the good folks at Sex in the Public Square - […]
This is not a joke, it’s an official government logo (below, left) developed by the CIA Counterterrorist Center. Wonkette has more, including comments.
Who ya gonna call? Not the CIA, sadly. According to a former CIA operative:
Unless one of bin Ladin’s foot soldiers walks through the door of a U.S. consulate or embassy, the […]
h/t Crooks and Liars
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