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Oct. 18th, 2006
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Oct. 18th, 2006 01:27 pmNext year, I predict, will be a dark year for our country.
Newspapers have been reporting that Bush and Rove are upbeat about the upcoming elections, not even planning for if they lose.
The polls, as they stand now, indicate that the House is lost for Republicans and the Senate, while a stretch, could be taken. Imagine this scenario: On November 7, the exit polls all indicate a sweep for Democrats, but the official results have Republicans still in power.
Those who contest the results may be designated unlawful enemy combatants and whisked away to the prisons the government has been building in the West that now stand empty but can house up to 300,000 people (last I heard).
What happens then?
This is all a figment of my imagination. We still have three weeks before the midterm elections. But the President now has the power--the legal authority--to designate anyone as an "unlawful enemy combatant" and set up tribunals of his own making for the trials. Habeas corpus is eliminated for these people.
What happens then?
( Read more... )
Newspapers have been reporting that Bush and Rove are upbeat about the upcoming elections, not even planning for if they lose.
The polls, as they stand now, indicate that the House is lost for Republicans and the Senate, while a stretch, could be taken. Imagine this scenario: On November 7, the exit polls all indicate a sweep for Democrats, but the official results have Republicans still in power.
Those who contest the results may be designated unlawful enemy combatants and whisked away to the prisons the government has been building in the West that now stand empty but can house up to 300,000 people (last I heard).
What happens then?
This is all a figment of my imagination. We still have three weeks before the midterm elections. But the President now has the power--the legal authority--to designate anyone as an "unlawful enemy combatant" and set up tribunals of his own making for the trials. Habeas corpus is eliminated for these people.
What happens then?
( Read more... )
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Oct. 18th, 2006 04:07 pmSchool Colors: Md. Students Say Coded ID Tags Reinforce Divisive Labels Instead Of Creating Community Identities -- who thought this would be a good idea?
No Death Benefits for Studds's Spouse -- Yay bigotry!
No Death Benefits for Studds's Spouse -- Yay bigotry!
sometimes etymology shocks you
Oct. 18th, 2006 11:49 pmsardonic–-adjective characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
[Origin: 1630–40; alter. of earlier sardonian (influenced by F sardonique) < L sardoni(us) (< Gk sardónios of Sardinia) + -an; alluding to a Sardinian plant which when eaten was supposed to produce convulsive laughter ending in death]
[Origin: 1630–40; alter. of earlier sardonian (influenced by F sardonique) < L sardoni(us) (< Gk sardónios of Sardinia) + -an; alluding to a Sardinian plant which when eaten was supposed to produce convulsive laughter ending in death]