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Jul 23 2008
Why No Trial by Jury at Gitmo?
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By MWC NEWS   

Seven years after the Bush administration declared its “war on terrorism,” the first trial of an accused terrorist is now underway at Guantanamo Bay. The Gitmo trial involves the new-fangled “judicial” system that the president and the Pentagon put into place after 9/11, without even the semblance of seeking a constitutional amendment. Keep in mind that this is their model of what an ideal judicial system is all about.

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Tags:  Jacob G. Hornberger Bill of Rights Trial by Jury Gitmo
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Jul 21 2008
American Samaritans
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By MWC NEWS   

There are probably three things necessary if the United States government is to better provide for the American people: First, expose as baseless and harmful the pseudoscientific theories that claim to show that helping people actually hurts them, that charity is cruelty, that a higher minimum wage hurts workers, that health coverage leads to poor habits and health, that altruism doesn't "really" exist and therefore should not be engaged in, etc.

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Jul 18 2008
An Example of Kangaroo Justice at Gitmo
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By MWC NEWS   

A recent experience in kangaroo court at Guantanamo Bay provides an excellent example of how things operate in that surreal, unjust world of military tyranny and oppression.

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Tags:  Jacob G. Hornberger Khalid Shaikh Mohammed kangaroo court Guantanamo Bay
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Jul 17 2008
AP's Problem Is Not What It Thinks It Is
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By MWC NEWS   

There's been a lot of public discussion of late of the Associated Press's Washington Bureau Chief Ron Fournier's changes in style rules. Out with "just the facts," in with opinion and perspective. Or so the story goes. The changes that are afoot at the AP appear to be part of a broader trend, influenced - in part - by the internet, the medium itself and the competition from bloggers.

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Jul 16 2008
'The Iraqis have invited us to be there.' — Bush
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By MWC NEWS   

One of the hallmarks of the Cold War was that whenever the USSR invaded another country, they claimed that they were "invited" by that country's government to enter and keep the peace. When the Warsaw pact nations invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, the USSR declared that the 500,000 troops were invited into the country in order to "preserve socialism." On December 24, 1979 the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, again claiming that the Prime Minister Amin had invited them in to preserve his legitimate government. On December 27, Amin was shot by Soviet forces.

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Tags:  Ian M Fried Ryan Crocker General PetraeusWarsaw pact Czechoslovakia Iraqis
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