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Waterboarding, new American sport

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:45:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Who could have imagined this dialogue in my high school civics class (1966...that gentle era when we were throwing VC suspects out of choppers at altitude). Well shit, at least we didn't discuss it. "Its not really torture if the altitude is less than 15 feet."

Clip Source: www.motherjones.com

Visiting the Torture Museum

Commentary: The Bush administration has more in common with Spanish inquisitors than you might think.

"Waterboarding is a controlled drowning that, in the American model, occurs under the watch of a doctor, a psychologist, an interrogator and a trained strap-in/strap-out team. It does not simulate drowning, as the lungs are actually filling with water. There is no way to simulate that. The victim is drowning. How much the victim is to drown depends on the desired result (in the form of answers to questions shouted into the victim's face) and the obstinacy of the subject."

America the Corporation

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:36:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: In the Bush Admin looney tunes policies, I guess this one is perfect.

Clip Source: www.motherjones.com

Meet Bush's Prison Nominee

News: Tennessee's next trial court judge might be a prison company executive who has less courtroom experience than most inmates.

States "management" plans a disguise for eradication.

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:02:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Don't be fooled by special-interest groups rhetoric. Their intention is to drive wolves to extinction again.

Clip Source: www.idausa.org

Prioritizing Wolf “Management”: Protection or Slaughter?

If wolves are delisted, the worst wolf massacre in the lower 48 states in decades will soon ensue. Even worse, it could be executed using egregious killing methods that no civilized person would consider appropriate for "wolf management" efforts. None of the states' wolf management plans adequately address the underlying issues that once brought these magnificent animals to the brink of extinction before they were pulled back by aggressive conservation. In so doing, they ignore not only the wolves' welfare, but also the crucial role the species plays in maintaining balanced ecosystems.

Wolves live together, forming close bonds with members of their packs. They raise their young much like mother dogs raise puppies. It is a sad tragedy that these magnificent and sentient animals may be hunted down again and exterminated.

Tags: wildlife, wolf recovery, endangered

Wyoming wolf eradication plan

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:56:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Wyoming makes no bones about its intent to eradicate the wolf again from its part of the Rockies. The other states management plans are little better.

Clip Source: www.idausa.org

Wyoming: Wolves in the Crosshairs

It is premature for wolf management to be turned over to the states, least of all Wyoming. In fact, even the Service has openly stated they will not release management of wolves to the state because Wyoming does not even meet the most minimal requirements for delisting. Of the three Northern Rocky Mountain states, only Wyoming still lacks a wolf management plan approved by the federal government. They have, however, proposed a draft management plan that includes revisions submitted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).

Much more alarming is that current Wyoming State Law designates wolves as a “predatory animal,” which is defined in the Federal Register as:

Tags: wolf recovery, wildlife, endangered

"Recovery goals" were not intended for recovery of wolves

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:53:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The absurdly low 'recovery goals" for wolves simply means that they can be driven to extinction again by the slaughter that will take place after delisting.

Clip Source: www.idausa.org

Northern Rocky Mountain area wolves threatened with delisting from the Endangered Species List

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) has proposed to remove gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountain (NRM) states from the Federal List of Threatened and Endangered Species. The government feels current “recovery goals” are sufficient and have been sustained long enough to delist wolves in all of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, the eastern one-third of Washington and Oregon, and a small part of north-central Utah. Montana, Idaho and Wyoming wolf management plans would each be required to maintain a population of 100 wolves and 10 breeding pairs. This translates into a total of only 300 wolves, including 30 breeding pairs (packs) able to live without being hunted in the Northern Rocky Mountain Range.

Tags: wildlife, wolves, endangered, recovery

What you can do to save the wolves from slaughter.

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:45:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Take an active part in preventing anti-wolf, special interest groups from destroying decades of effort in supporting the recovery of wolves in the Rockies.

Clip Source: www.earthjustice.org

Take Action: Tell Congress to oppose the slaughter of wolves in the northern Rockies

Support our legal efforts to save the wolves with a donation today

Tags: wildlife, wolves, endangered

Save the wolves from delisting.

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:42:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Wolves are a key species in maintaining balance in the ecosystems of the Rockies. Don't let the anti-wolf, special interest groups louse up the wolf recovery.

Clip Source: www.earthjustice.org

The Vital Role of the Wolf

Wolves play an important role in the northern Rockies and, since their reintroduction, are helping to restore balance to the natural environment. They keep elk and deer populations healthy by taking down sick, weak, and diseased animals. This helps prevent overcrowding and disease outbreaks, leading to stronger, healthier herds.

Wolves provide food for other animals who feed on the leftover remains of the hunt. These animals include eagles, foxes, coyotes and ravens.

Wolves also keep vegetation and streams healthy by preventing elk and deer from overgrazing stream banks. More vegetation along the banks means less soil erosion and more clean cold streams for fish and wildlife.

Tags: wildlife, wolves, endangered

Save the Wolves

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:39:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Don't let the idiots take over management of wolves in the Rockies.

Clip Source: www.earthjustice.org

Wolf Recovery Under Attack

Once virtually wiped off the map by decades of hunting, trapping and poisoning, wolf numbers are now slowly rising thanks to recovery efforts. Unfortunately, the Bush administration has just issued a rule permitting states to kill wolves affecting elk herds in any way in the northern Rockies.

Tags: wildlife, wolves, endangered

Save the Wolves from delisting

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:37:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Don't let the anti-wolf red necks take over the management of wolves.

Clip Source: www.earthjustice.org

BREAKING NEWS: The Bush administration announced today (2/21/08) that it will be removing the gray wolves of the northern Rockies from the endangered species list. Earthjustice is there on the ground, preparing our legal challenge. Stay tuned for more information.

The wolf's amazing comeback in the northern Rockies is one of our country's greatest wildlife success stories. But it may be dangerously short-lived now that the federal government has issued a rule that permits wolf killing in the northern Rockies. This heralds the beginning of a larger plan to remove the animals from the endangered species list and allow large-scale slaughters of more than 80% of the wolf population.

Tags: wildlife, wolves, endangered

Help stop the slaughter...again.

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:34:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The anti-wolf crowd out here in Idaho are oiling their guns. Help to protect the wolves in any way that you can.

Clip Source: www.allheadlinenews.com

Endangered Wolf Delisted

February 21, 2008 2:55 p.m. EST

Delisting the wolves means that the states can allow hunters to kill the Northern Rockies gray wolves. Environmental groups said on Thursday that they intend to sue the federal government to return the Northern Rockies gray wolf to the endangered list.

Tags: wildlife, wolves, delisting

From the Gov who wants to be the first to shoot a wolf.

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:30:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This little spin article by the Governor of Idaho on wolf delisting is by the same guy who stood in front of a bunch of cheering chinless wonders and stated that he wanted to be among the first to shoot a wolf. He is simply a spokesman for the hunting and cattle industry.

Clip Source: www.newwest.net

Idaho is Ready for Wolf Delisting

Some have questioned the future of wolves in Idaho under state management. We have made a compelling case over the past five years for state management with our management of other species and management of wolves under existing rules.

Tags: wolves, delisting

Beware of signing treaties with USA

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:33:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Ask your government to honor its own constitution and laws. I know...its kind of a stretch in the post 2000 election era.

Clip Source: www.republicoflakotah.com

Lakotah Unilateral Withdrawal from All Agreements and Treaties with the United States of America

Even though we are citizens of the United States of America, we are denied protections of the United States

Constitution while living on Indian reservations, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

The operation of the United States in the nefarious ways outlined above are a violation, not only of the sovereignty and independence of Lakotah, not only of the solemn treaty signed between the U.S. and Lakotah, but it

is a violation of the fundamental law of the United States itself. Article Six of the United States Constitution explicitly states that treaties signed by the United States are the supreme law of the land, and must be respected by every court and by every lawmaker, as such.

Tags: republic of lakotah, treaties, withdrawl

Lakotah elder speaks out.

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:13:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Inform yourself.

Clip Source: www.republicoflakotah.com

[Video]

Lakotah Elder
Russell Means Speaks Out!

Lakotah, formally and unilaterally withdraws from all agreements and treaties imposed by the United States Government on the Lakotah People.

Tags: republic of lakotah, treaties

"Then you win".

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:11:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: We're growing lawyers like a shark grows teeth out in Indian country.

Clip Source: www.republicoflakotah.com

Tags: republic of lakotah, declaration

Republic of Lakotah

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:09:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A little history for Dr. Skippy et al.

Clip Source: www.republicoflakotah.com

Republic Of Lakotah P.O. Box 99 Porcupine Lakotah 57772

Political and Diplomatic Relations with the United States of America

The first official contacts between Lakotah and the government of the United States of America began in earnest after the United States conducted a commercial transaction with France, commonly known as the Louisiana Purchase, in1803. Prior to that time, Lakotah exercised complete and unfettered freedom and independence in their territory.

According to the fantasy of United States’ history, the Louisiana Purchase was a purported sale by France to the United States of 530 million acres (2.1 million sq.km.) for $15 million. Part of this sale included the territory of Lakotah who, of course never had knowledge of, nor gave consent to, the sale of their national territory.

Tags: republic of lakotah, treaties