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Fresh off a first-hand demonstration of how his years of voting to deny accused criminals sufficient access to a legal defense or Fourth Amendment Rights doesn’t apply to the wealthy and powerful — mission accomplished — Ted Stevens sends a message through the tubes.
Is Ted Stevens done playing the system for Ted Stevens’ benefit?
Ted Stevens has filed to run again in the 2014 race for U.S. Senate, but it doesn’t necessarily mean he wants his old seat back.
The reason could be as simple as wanting to keep raising and spending campaign money.
Ted Stevens will be 91 years old in 2014. But more importantly, he’ll still be rich and exploiting. Oh, and he might also be dead — but do you think The First Bank of Hell is in a hurry to foreclose on that guy’s mortgage for the sake of collecting what there is of a soul?
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ZED…Zed is Dead…long live Zed and Ann Coulter’s Adam’s apple!!
cant give up evah….the power and the money
NO MORE BLOOD FOR OIL
Suit: Shell complicit in execution of Nigerian rights activist
Stephen C. Webster
Published: Wednesday April 8, 2009
A landmark human rights lawsuit, accusing Royal Dutch Shell of complicity in the execution of author and human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa some 14 years ago, will proceed to trial in a New York courtroom.
The Center for Constitutional Rights and Earth Rights International, along with Mr. Wiwa’s son, allege the International oil company “financed, armed, and otherwise colluded with the Nigerian military forces that used deadly force and conducted massive, brutal raids against the Ogoni people of the Niger Delta.”
They claim Shell was complicit in the 1995 military executions of nine activist leaders, including Ken Saro-Wiwa.
“Shell began oil production in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in 1958,” the groups say on a new Web site dedicated to promoting the suit. “After more than 30 years of environmental devastation and exploitation by Shell, a popular nonviolent movement of the Ogoni people developed in the early 1990s in opposition to its presence in the region. At the request of Shell, and with Shell’s assistance and financing, Nigerian soldiers used deadly force and massive, brutal raids against the Ogoni people throughout the early 1990s to repress the growing movement against the oil company.”
“Ken Saro-Wiwa, with eight other Ogoni rights activists, was executed by Nigeria’s military dictatorship in 1995,” reported the Guardian.
hey flame man….good mornin
Citizen sadeyes:
Keep the red flags flyin’ there Brother!
Good morning all and thanks for the post, Attaturk.
The current DOJ may have let him off, but Toobz will always be in my mind a bullying, thieving, self serving piece of shit.
Citizen oldnslow:
I think that a lotta the grand old royalty of the Senate are gunna be turnin over here in the next several cycles and those that are replacin’ ‘em are not of the same already millionaire class…both the House and the Senate are gunna have a lot of turnover of these nasty bastards but the nastiest bastard of ‘em all is chief of political operations, Rahm Tiny Dancer Emmanuel…I jest hope this new guy in his district ken carve out some territory in the next 4-6years so Rahm won’t have anyplace ta go but back to the IDF.
Mornin’, pups -
How’s everybody doing today?
Good morning, pups. It’s Cohen and Kristof in the Times today. Mr. Cohen, in “Israel Cries Wolf,” says Barack Obama should view Benjamin Netanyahu’s fear-mongering over Iran’s nuclear ambitions with skepticism, rein him in and pursue Washington’s opening toward Tehran. Mr. Kristof, in “Humanity Even For Nonhumans,” says writings by a Princeton scholar have popularized a movement to grant basic protections to pigs and chickens — and to limit human dominion over other species.
Here they are.
The coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready, and I’ve got Thomas’ English muffins with butter and a choice of jams. Our cold snap seems to be over, and spring may be back. Given the way the weather has been acting lately, however, I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Have a great day.
Oh man, this shoots right to the top of my reading list, Rick Lowry ’s spy thrilling novel “Banquo’s Ghosts” aHAHAHAHa
maybe if I linger long enough wandering through the cherry trees, I will miss that segment, later!
Washington Journal
7:00-7:30 Question/Newspaper Articles/Phones
7:30-8:15 RICH LOWRY
Uplink National Review
Editor
nationalreview.com
Topic: His cover story on Afghanistan and other issues in the news. He has just published his first novel – Banquo’s Ghosts
8:15-9:00 RUTH CONNIFF
The Progressive
Political Editor
progressive.org/list/ruth
Topic: Economic issues in the news. Guest has been writing about the “breaking of the social contract” by both the financial institutions and the government. Her publication is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a special issue and a collection of writings.
9:00-9:30 DR. DELOS COSGROVE
Uplink Cleveland Clinic
President & CEO
my.clevelandclinic.org
` Locator: Cleveland
Topic: How public policy decisions in Washington impact the health care industry.
9:30 StudentCam Winner – Gray – “Left Behind”
9:35-10:00 Newspaper Articles/Phones/Phoner
9:35 JUSTIN NICKELS
Mayor-Elect of Manitowoc, Wisconsin
justinnickels.com
Topic: His election as mayor of Manitowac at 22 years old. He’s a grocery store cashier and college student, and has previously been elected twice to the City Council. The city has a population of 34,600, along Lake Michigan, and it’s the county seat of Manitowac County.
9:45 Bob Titsch Interview
From The Albany Project:
Tedisco’s legal team is moving to disenfranchise an entire class of voters.
If it looks like Roger Stone, smells like Roger Stone and tastes like Roger Stone …
I’d just as lief not go there, please. ;-)
Sorta OT, I’ve been wondering whether the guests interviewed on the “talk” shows (like KO, Rachel, MTP, etc.) are paid? I wonder whether these frequent appearances by Wolffe, Fineman, Krugman, Turley, etc. are both informative (to us) AND lucrative?
Anyone know?
And I would like to see MORE of Krugman and Turley, and less or none of Wolffe, Ana Marie Cox, Fineman,,,
Good morning all. 27 degrees low overnight, up to a balmy 28.4 last I looked. Where is spring?
They’re wonderful entertainment as long as they stay in AK.