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Garrison Keillor | My Weekend in Manhattan: A Memoir
 Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website Keillor writes: "A string of blazing summer days in New York City and after the sun went down, perfect summer nights, diners in sidewalk cafes along Columbus Avenue, dogs walking their owners, and my wife walking me. 'You need to get out and move around,' she says. 'It's not healthy to sit at a desk all day.' And she is right." READ MORE  Guantanamo trials court. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
September 11 Trial Judge Forbids Use of FBI Interrogations at Guantánamo
Carol Rosenberg, McClatchy D.C. Rosenberg writes: "The judge in the death-penalty trial of those accused of carrying out the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in the U.S. has ruled that prosecutors may not use key FBI interrogations conducted at the Guantánamo detention center soon after years of CIA black site abuse ended." READ MORE  George Papadopoulos. (photo: NYT)
Mueller Seeks Six-Month Sentence for Papadopoulos, Says He Lied and Hurt Russia Probe
Daniel Politi, Slate Politi writes: "If it had not been for George Papadopoulos' lies, federal authorities may have been able to detain a man they suspected was part of Russia's efforts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election, the special counsel said Friday night." READ MORE  US Customs officer at US/Mexican border. (photo: AP)
In Horrifying Detail, Women Accuse US Customs Officers of Invasive Body Searches
Susan Ferriss, Center for Public Integrity
MUST READ!
EXCERPT:
If they can justify suspicions, federal officers at U.S. ports of entry are authorized, without the need for warrants, to require some disrobing for genital and rectal inspections, and monitored bowel movements to check for drugs, according to a CBP handbook. At the same time, the detention-and-search handbook instructs officers to record a solid justification for every step beyond a frisk, and to respect detainees’ dignity and “freedom from unreasonable searches.” The handbook also warns against what could be considered a “visual or physical intrusion” into body cavities.
The women who’ve brought these lawsuits, including two minor girls, say CBP officers subjected them to indignities — such as strip searches while menstruating and prohibited genital probing — despite finding no contraband. Four women further allege they were handcuffed and transported to hospitals where, against their will, one underwent a pelvic exam and X-rays. In one of the cases, the woman’s lawsuit asserts she was intravenously drugged at the hospital, according to lawsuits.
Ferriss writes: "Lovell has accused CBP officers of violating her constitutional rights and sidestepping the agency's rules prohibiting officers from conducting invasive body searches. Her case is one of at least 11 since 2011 examined by the Center for Public Integrity." READ MORE  Pope Francis. (photo: Reuters)
The Clergy Abuse Crisis Has Cost the Catholic Church $3 Billion
Tom Gjelten, NPR Gjelten writes: "Sixteen years after an investigation in Boston highlighted the dimensions of the sex abuse crisis in the Catholic priesthood, the financial and reputational cost to the Catholic church continues to grow." READ MORE  Imran Khan. (photo: AP)
As Imran Khan Takes Office, Military Looms Over Plan for 'New Pakistan'
Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor LaFranchi writes: "Hemmed in as he will be by a deepening economic crisis on the one hand and a military that continues to hold the levers of power on the other, Khan is likely to find the road to his 'New Pakistan' a steep and encumbered one, regional experts say." READ MORE  Houses are partly submerged in the flooded River Ganges in Uttarakashi district, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India. (photo: AP)
The Climate Change Widows of Indian Villages
Arpita Chakrabarty, Al Jazeera Chakrabarty writes: "The struggling women, who say the state government had promised them jobs, are left to deal with the prospect of more unpredictable weather and an uncertain future." READ MORE |
Showing posts with label PAKISTAN ELECTION. Show all posts
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Monday, August 20, 2018
Garrison Keillor | My Weekend in Manhattan: A Memoir
Friday, July 27, 2018
Nick Turse | Cameroon Is a Close US Ally - and Its Soldiers Carried Out a Shocking Execution of Women and Children
26 July 18
Nick Turse | Cameroon Is a Close US Ally - and Its Soldiers Carried Out a Shocking Execution of Women and Children
Nick Turse, The Intercept
Turse writes: "A soldier walks alone down a dirt road with an automatic rifle strapped to his back. It's an innocuous beginning to a disturbing video."
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Nick Turse, The Intercept
Turse writes: "A soldier walks alone down a dirt road with an automatic rifle strapped to his back. It's an innocuous beginning to a disturbing video."
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U.S. soldier waves an American flag. (photo: Getty)
Tom Engelhardt | Three Failing Experiments: Mine, America's, and Humanity's
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch
Engelhardt writes: "There was a period in my later life when I used to say that, from the age of 20 to my late sixties, I was always 40 years old; I was, that is, an old young man and a young old one. Tell that to my legs now."
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Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch
Engelhardt writes: "There was a period in my later life when I used to say that, from the age of 20 to my late sixties, I was always 40 years old; I was, that is, an old young man and a young old one. Tell that to my legs now."
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House Freedom Caucus leaders Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Jim Jordan (R-OH). (photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
House Republicans' Attempt to Impeach Rod Rosenstein Is a Total Clown Show. Here Are the Receipts.
Aaron Rupar, ThinkProgress
Rupar writes: "House Freedom Caucus leaders Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Wednesday introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Suffice it to say the five articles Meadows and Jordan put together fail to make a persuasive case that Rosenstein needs to go."
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Aaron Rupar, ThinkProgress
Rupar writes: "House Freedom Caucus leaders Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Wednesday introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Suffice it to say the five articles Meadows and Jordan put together fail to make a persuasive case that Rosenstein needs to go."
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Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, proposed requiring that student borrowers seeking debt relief prove that they had fallen into financial distress or that their colleges knowingly deceived them. (photo: Tom Brenner/The New York Times)
Betsy DeVos Proposes to Curtail Debt Relief for Defrauded Students
Erica L. Green, The New York Times
Green writes: "Education Secretary Betsy DeVos proposed on Wednesday to curtail Obama administration loan forgiveness rules for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, requiring that student borrowers show they have fallen into hopeless financial straits or prove that their colleges knowingly deceived them."
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Erica L. Green, The New York Times
Green writes: "Education Secretary Betsy DeVos proposed on Wednesday to curtail Obama administration loan forgiveness rules for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, requiring that student borrowers show they have fallen into hopeless financial straits or prove that their colleges knowingly deceived them."
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This image released by Showtime shows Jason Spencer in a scene from the series 'Who Is America?' starring Sacha Baron Cohen. (photo: Showtime/AP)
Racist US Lawmaker Forced to Quit After Sacha Baron Cohen Show
teleSUR
Excerpt: "A U.S. lawmaker who yelled racial slurs and dropped his pants on a prank cable TV show after being told it would intimidate terrorists offered a terse resignation letter to the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives late Tuesday."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "A U.S. lawmaker who yelled racial slurs and dropped his pants on a prank cable TV show after being told it would intimidate terrorists offered a terse resignation letter to the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives late Tuesday."
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Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has promised a 'new Pakistan' that is free of corruption. (photo: Amjum Naveed/AP)
Imran Khan Claims Victory in Pakistan Elections
Memphis Barker, Guardian UK
Barker writes: "The former international cricket star Imran Khan has declared victory in Pakistan's general election, hailing what he described as 'the fairest' vote in the country's history, despite widespread allegations it was rigged in favour of his Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party."
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Memphis Barker, Guardian UK
Barker writes: "The former international cricket star Imran Khan has declared victory in Pakistan's general election, hailing what he described as 'the fairest' vote in the country's history, despite widespread allegations it was rigged in favour of his Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party."
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Gray wolves are threatened by budget riders that would remove protections. (photo: AP)
These Six Species Are About to Be Sacrificed for the Oil and Gas Industry
Jake Bullinger, Guardian UK
Bullinger writes: "Republican-led changes to the Endangered Species Act put plants and animals across America at risk. Here are the ones you should be most concerned about."
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Jake Bullinger, Guardian UK
Bullinger writes: "Republican-led changes to the Endangered Species Act put plants and animals across America at risk. Here are the ones you should be most concerned about."
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