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Protesters Waterboard Citizen In Front Of Denver Courthouse

skinnychef | Posted 08.26.2008 | Home

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This video, which runs a little over three minutes, gives a demonstration of waterboarding which was presented during a protest held in front of the Denver Federal Courthouse on Monday, August 25, 2008.

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media

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Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

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Friday Talking Points [29] -- Pennsylvania Fallout

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

It was a telling sign that neither Democratic candidate saw fit to visit Punxsutawney before the Pennsylvania primary. Nobody wanted the press to rem...

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The Torturous Logic of The New York Times

Marc Cooper | Posted 03.09.2008 | Home

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Marc Cooper

With President Bush's veto this weekend of a bill to outlaw the CIA's use of waterboarding, torture now becomes officially codified U.S. policy. But you'd never know it from the reading the Times.

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Friday Talking Points [18]

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I'm going to start off with a quick piece of advice for both Democratic campaigns (or perhaps for Howard Dean) -- spend the next few weeks taping ever...

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Open Letter To Feinstein And Schumer

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.07.2007 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

To Senators Dianne Feinstein and Charles Schumer;   When, in the future, you retire from the Senate and sit down to write your memoirs, I predict...

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Friday Talking Points [Vol. 8]

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Since this column has not been afraid to coin new terms, I submit for the blogosphere's approval the Bush Doublethink Corollary to Godwin's Law: "Stat...

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