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Gingrich is a very likely going to run for President in 2012, he is charismatic and to the Right of George W Bush; reading this article shows how dangerous he could be.

Gingrich: Remove Iranian regime
May 3, 2009br> WASHINGTON (JTA) — Newt Gingrich at the AIPAC policy conference called for ousting the regime in Iran and bombing its missile sites.

Gingrich, a former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and a likely presidential candidate in 2012, in his address faulted the last Bush administration and the current Obama administration for engaging with Iran as long as it is led by theocrats who threaten Israel.

“We need to recognize that there are some regimes we will never be able to cut a deal with because they are in fact evil,” he said Sunday, the opening day of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference, which drew nearly 7,000 delegates.

Gingrich likened negotiations with the current Iranian regime to negotiating with Adolf Hitler, and called for “enforcing the disruption of gasoline supplies until the Iranian economy broke, the ayatollahs were ousted and a new regime was in place without a single shot fired.” That earned thunderous applause.

The Georgia Republican also called for a military strike to destroy missiles in Iran and North Korea.

Via: John Cole & Retro*Politics

Rep. Peter Hoekstra writes in Pravda the WSJ op-ed pages:

Congress Knew About the Interrogations
It was not necessary to release details of the enhanced interrogation techniques, because members of Congress from both parties have been fully aware of them since the program began in 2002. We believed it was something that had to be done in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to keep our nation safe. After many long and contentious debates, Congress repeatedly approved and funded this program on a bipartisan basis in both Republican and Democratic Congresses. by them.

• The principal is the one whose acts or omissions, accompanied by the relevant mens rea, are the most immediate cause of the actus reus (Latin for “guilty act”).
• If two or more people are directly responsible for the actus reus, they can be charged as joint principals (see common purpose). The test to distinguish a joint principal from an accessory is whether the defendant independently contributed to causing the actus reus rather than merely giving generalised and/or limited help and encouragement……. wikipedia

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vaughnshirley:spiegelman: Torture.

Commentary by Tim Jones @www.eff.org

Friday evening, in a motion to dismiss Jewel v. NSA, EFF’s litigation against the National Security Agency for the warrantless wiretapping of countless Americans, the Obama Administration’s made two deeply troubling arguments.

First, they argued, exactly as the Bush Administration did on countless occasions, that the state secrets privilege requires the court to dismiss the issue out of hand. They argue that simply allowing the case to continue “would cause exceptionally grave harm to national security.” As in the past, this is a blatant ploy to dismiss the litigation without allowing the courts to consider the evidence….

By KEITH BRADSHER
Published: April 10, 2009

BEIJING — Senior Chinese officials on Friday outlined how they aimed to turn their country into the world’s largest producer of electric cars, including a focus on consumer choice rather than corporate subsidies…..

China is already giving the US it’s lunch money; it looks like they will be eating our lunch as well. As the world shifts to a new economy (one NOT centered on oil) China might be leading the way.

From Financial Times
By Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Published: April 7 2009 20:02

These are the 10 principles read the article to see each items explanation.

1. What is fragile should break early while it is still small.
2. No socialisation of losses and privatisation of gains
3. People who were driving a school bus blindfolded (and crashed it) should never be given a new bus
4. Do not let someone making an “incentive” bonus manage a nuclear plant – or your financial risks
5. Counter-balance complexity with simplicity.
6. Do not give children sticks of dynamite, even if they come with a warning
7. Only Ponzi schemes should depend on confidence. Governments should never need to “restore confidence”
8. Do not give an addict more drugs if he has withdrawal pains
9. Citizens should not depend on financial assets or fallible “expert” advice for their retiremen
10. Make an omelette with the broken eggs.

Geithner Plan II Explained Chalkboard Style

The video was made by The Khan Academy—an educational non-profit focusing on math training. The conclusion: The money ends up in the hands of the people who created the mess.
Via: Max Zeledon