The Dow Jones Average is seen as a minute to minute index of our economy by many Americans – the pulse of our well·being. Yet while we’ve been on something of a wild ride in the last few years, the Dow Jones Average today is almost exactly what it was ten years ago. But what […]
Clegg’s ‘illegal’ comment sparks calls for Blair trial Morning Star UK by Louise Nousratpour 22 July 2010 Anti-war campaigners have challenged Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to act on his belief that the invasion of Iraq was illegal by making sure those responsible were tried for war crimes, including Tony Blair. Mr Clegg shocked his […]
Robin Cook was the Leader of the House of Commons who resigned over the UK’s involvement in the Iraq War. He was Foreign Secretary during Blair’s first term, but was demoted in June 2001 with Blair’s reelection and replaced by Jack Straw. This is from an opinion piece he wrote after the terrorist attack on […]
Clegg Calls Iraq Invasion ‘Illegal’ At PMQs Sky News Online by Ruth Barnett and Miranda Richardson July 21, 2010 Why is Jack Straw smiling? Nick Clegg has taken Prime Minister’s Questions for the first time but raised eyebrows by calling the invasion of Iraq "illegal" at the dispatch box. The Deputy Prime Minister replaced […]
Noticing that there were no conflict of interest disclosures for Dr. Nemeroff’s CME presentations at the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association [August 6, 2010], I wrote the GPPA and the University of Miami [COI disclosures available through 05/31/2009 only – before Dr. Nemeroff’s arrival]. On 06/22/2010, the GPPA responded: Thank you for your message. Financial disclosures […]
Former MI5 chief demolishes Blair’s defence of the Iraq war The Independent By Andy McSmith 21 July 2010 Tony Blair’s evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry that toppling Saddam Hussein helped make Britain safe from terrorists was dramatically undermined by the former head of MI5 yesterday. Giving evidence to the same inquiry, Eliza Manningham-Buller revealed that […]
Carne Ross explodes the Chilcot inquiry’s cosy consensus The former diplomat’s testimony flatly contradicts those who still claim that intelligence on WMD justified going to war in Iraq by Chris Ames guardian.co.uk 12 July 2010 Carne Ross is a man with too much to say to mince his words. Britain’s erstwhile first secretary at the […]
Did Jay Bybee Accidentally Admit that CIA Experimented on Abu Zubaydah with Sleep Deprivation? By: emptywheel July 15, 2010 Pages 100-102 of the Jay Bybee Transcript are worth reading closely, not least for the way Jay Bybee tries to shift the focus of discussion on torture from “severe physical or mental pain or suffering” to […]
We drove to Eastport on the other side of Passamaquoddy Bay, and on the way back, stopped for a look at the "reversing waterfalls" [you’ll have to take this a bit on faith]. As you can see Denny’s Bay has only a small inlet/outlet. High Tide was a little after 4:00 PM. Standing on the […]
The main activity for the day was a driving tour: Lubec to Campobello via Ferry to Deer Island via Ferry to Saint George New Brunswick to Saint Andrews to Saint Stephens to Callais US then back to Lubec [on land]. Very Scenic. Canada, as always, is very "tidy" compared to the US. But early in […]