torture states love

Torture states love unlimited executive power.

Torture states love destroying evidence of torture, particularly to protect torturers.

Torture states love destroying evidence of torture even more than that when it's actively wanted in a trial.

Gonna do anything about it, Democratic Congress? A sternly-worded letter, perhaps?

And if you're wondering - no, no responses from my Congressional "representation" as of yet.

political life in a torture state

Governor Huckabee, a leading candidate for the Republican nomination for President, says God is directly responsible for his improving poll numbers. Not in the sense of, "by playing to the theocrats, I'm gaining their support," but in the sense of "divine intervention." Yes, really. Explicitly.

Mitt Romney's big "Mormons are Okay, Dammit" speech to the fundamentalists included a couple of slams at nonbelievers, so people went asking, "what about nonbelievers?" A spokesman for the Mitt Romney campaign is thus far refusing to say whether Romney sees any positive role in America for atheists and other non-believers, after Election Central inquired about the topic yesterday.

More locally, Livejournal has removed some interests from searchability - you can't search for them at all. They aren't blocked in Russian (even in translation) so this isn't SUP in action, this is 6A in action. And found via zarq, early early Livejournal staffer insomnia - back when it was all volunteer - has a lengthy set of thoughts on the sale. He's not happy.