Yeah, I have tried to lay off the news articles since a spot of criticism (for being piss weak boring) was thrown at me a month or two ago, but how stupid is this...
The US Attorney General (or should that be Torturer In Chief), Alberto Gonzales, has said that the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay is consistent with the provisions of the Geneva Conventions. And, of course, that the Geneva Conventions should be updated, to take into account these non state player, post 9/11 days.
How wrong art thee, let me count the ways. Where does one begin on such a fucked up statement? Does Alberto 'torture memo boy' really believe what he is saying, or has he lost all sense of reality?
Reminds me of that story about a week back, that the US President had a video link conference with officials from FEMA and other federal agencies before Katrina struck, where he was informed that the levees being broken was a real threat.
About a week later, Dubya said on national television that 'I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees'. How much of a grasp on reality was that?
The US Attorney General (or should that be Torturer In Chief), Alberto Gonzales, has said that the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay is consistent with the provisions of the Geneva Conventions. And, of course, that the Geneva Conventions should be updated, to take into account these non state player, post 9/11 days.
How wrong art thee, let me count the ways. Where does one begin on such a fucked up statement? Does Alberto 'torture memo boy' really believe what he is saying, or has he lost all sense of reality?
Reminds me of that story about a week back, that the US President had a video link conference with officials from FEMA and other federal agencies before Katrina struck, where he was informed that the levees being broken was a real threat.
About a week later, Dubya said on national television that 'I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees'. How much of a grasp on reality was that?
Not even going to start on the depressing news about global warming this week - a report out is saying that we are currently having fifty species extinctions a DAY, rather than the long term average of one extinction every five years. The most catastrophic threat to biodiversity in 65 million years.
The main Greenland glaciers are retracting at twice the normal rate, and flowing at twice the normal speed, so that is four times as much fresh water dumped into the North Atlantic than usual. Wasn't that the premise for The Day After Tomorrow? The North Atlantic currents and weather systems would get fucked up big time?
Eh, I will be either funny or focussed on work or family in my next post - just had to get out a bit of angry bile on paper. Sorry to those who think my personal work is better :)
Paul
The main Greenland glaciers are retracting at twice the normal rate, and flowing at twice the normal speed, so that is four times as much fresh water dumped into the North Atlantic than usual. Wasn't that the premise for The Day After Tomorrow? The North Atlantic currents and weather systems would get fucked up big time?
Eh, I will be either funny or focussed on work or family in my next post - just had to get out a bit of angry bile on paper. Sorry to those who think my personal work is better :)
Paul
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