Wrongly held at Gitmo for seven years an innocent man is about to be set free.

By , on 25 September, 2009

Imagine for a moment that you are in a country to provide humanitarian aid. Imagine now that that country is Afghanistan. Imagine that you got caught in a round up of suspected terrorists and carted off to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba where you’ll spend the next seven years being tortured into making false confessions with . . . → Read More: Wrongly held at Gitmo for seven years an innocent man is about to be set free.

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Yet more proof that there is no God.

By , on 16 January, 2009

Keanu Reeves has been cast as Spike Spiegel in the upcoming live-action American take on one of my favorite anime series: Cowboy Bebop.

It’s like they don’t want my money. Like they’re trying to see if they can get me to pay them not to produce a movie I’d normally camp out to see. If . . . → Read More: Yet more proof that there is no God.

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Gulf War vet and professional pilot loses job because of “no fly” list. [UPDATED]

By , on 20 August, 2008

The terrorist watch list is such a fucking joke, except that no one who is on it is laughing about it. It’s not a bad idea in principle, but the fact that you aren’t allowed to know if you’re on the list (at least until you get yanked aside at an airport) and you have . . . → Read More: Gulf War vet and professional pilot loses job because of “no fly” list. [UPDATED]

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