It is difficult to believe that, given stories like this, there can still be people like this on the fringes refusing to accept global warming.
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Bush’s tortured legacy
Daniel Froomkin calls the president on the legacy question that was raised by his veto of the anti-torture bill and a New York Times piece on Sunday.
The president views his legacy as one of protecting the homeland, with the added benefit of his boosting the power of the chief executive. Froomkin’s assessment is not so kind:
I’ll be a little more blunt: The legacy that Bush affirmed with Saturday’s veto was one of torture.
By refusing to impose on the CIA the same anti-torture prohibitions mandated by the Army Field Manual— prohibitions against such tactics as waterboarding, prolonged exposure to freezing temperatures, forced nudity, sexual humiliation, mock executions, the use of attack dogs, the application of electric shocks and the withholding of food, water and medical care — Bush cast his lot with the world’s torturers and against the global human rights movement that was until recently the centerpiece of American foreign policy.
And by making the claim that the country would have been attacked again after 9/11 were it not for the CIA’s interrogation program — a claim allowed to go unrefuted in most media coverage — Bush has further damaged his credibility among those who are paying attention.
Ouch.
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Runner’s diary, Monday
Not feeling 100 percent — long weekend, time change, hust tired of the winter and treadmill and waiting for the weather to get warmer and get myself outside. Call me a wimp, I guess.
In any case, I ran three miles in 25:45 (8:35), with splits of 9:04, 8:11 and 8:30.
I’m hoping to get five days in this week and at least 15-17 miles.
Music: a mix
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Editorials: budgets, budgets, budgets
We did editorials this week on the South Brunswick municipal budget — too much surplus being used — and the unfairness of the carrot-and-stick use of aid by the governor.
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Bad moon on the rise
I know there are specific definitions of recession and it is possible that we have yet to meet them. Any way you slice it, the economy is in the tank and it is hitting those hardest who can least afford to be hit in the first place.
WASHINGTON – Employers slashed 63,000 jobs in February, the most in five years and the starkest sign yet that the country is heading dangerously toward recession or is in one already.
The Labor Department’s report, released Friday, also indicated that the nation’s unemployment rate dipped from 4.9 percent in January to 4.8 percent last month as hundreds of thousands of people — perhaps discouraged by their prospects — left the civilian labor force.
Job losses were widespread, with hefty cuts coming from construction, manufacturing, retailing, financial services and a variety of professional and business services. Those losses swamped gains elsewhere, including education and health care, leisure and hospitality and the government.
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Hank Kalet 