Month December 2005

NAACP leader urges clemency to Williams

Calling death row inmate Stanley Tookie Williams a "secret weapon" for helping black men stay out of gangs, the head of the NAACP traveled across California on Tuesday to rally support for clemency for the convicted killer. Schwarzenegger will have…

Ramsey Clark addresses Saddam judge

The court in the Saddam Hussein trial allowed former U.S. attorney-general Ramsey Clark and another foreign defence lawyer to address the session Monday, reversing a ruling which led to a defence walkout. "Reconciliation is essential," Mr. Clark told the court.…

Hey Condi, is this torture?

 A German car salesman says that a year ago he was kidnapped in Europe, beaten and flown to a US-controlled jail in Afghanistan. Now the German government is collecting evidence to back up his story. US defence of tactic makes…

Why am I not surprised

Former senior Bush White House officials negotiated anti-gay deal for Ford Oh doesn’t this get interesting. The two Ford execs who sat down with the extremist gay-hating organization to work out the secret deal, who do you think they were?…

Wikipedia. Does it work?

Wikipedia caught in podfather turf war The simmering feud between podfathers Adam Curry and Dave Winer has exploded into a turf war, and Wikipedia’s credibility has been caught in the crossfire. It’s not so much did Adam Curry slant a…