In the dark days of yore, not only Bush and Cheney themselves, but members of the cabinet and assorted flacks reporting to them were shielded from accountability for authorizing torture (among other things).
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Honor and Change
We have been told by Sir John Chilcot himself that the Chilcot inquiry is not a trial, and that nobody will be either acquitted or found guilty; we all know that is not true.
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Blair the dictator bulldozed us into war
In a miracle of brains over brawn, Kathryn Bigelow has just become the first woman to win best director for her film The Hurt Locker, beating her ex-husband’s behemoth, Avatar.
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After Avatar, movies will never be the same again
I have suffered my first fit of consumer rage at being asked to pay 5p for a carrier bag. It happened while I was buying fairy figurines in the syrupy Hades that is The Disney Store. The assistant, in a pious, sing-songy “we’re all just trying to help the environment here” voice, announced that there was now a 5p charge for bags then suggested I upgrade by spending £1.50 on a “re-usable” carrier.
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Saving the planet or just toying with us?
Up and about, are you? Off to work? Congratulations! Tens of thousands are not, according to a sorrowful report from the employment law consultant Peter Mooney.
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Are you reading this at work? If so, well done
Our Armed Forces are not, and never have been, an end in themselves. They have several distinct purposes.
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A pact with France will keep us fighting fit
I constantly tell my students that one of the hardest tasks in journalism is to write a balanced, insightful profile of a controversial person. This is especially hard to do here inside the Beltway, but that is not the topic of the day
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Nailing the Anglican timeline!
JALANDHAR: Taking a leaf out of Sikh religion, the followers of Bhagat Ravidass have declared ‘Ravidassia’, a separate religion and affirmed Guru Ravidass their sole master. They have also released a separate religious granth ‘Amrit Bani Guru Ravidass’ which will replace Guru Granth Sahib in all Ravidass temples
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Ravidass followers declare separate religion, released separate religious granth
On Thursday, a Miller County, Arkansas trial judge terminated the parental rights of six members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries. Thirteen children from four families are involved. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the children were taken into protective custody by the state in 2008 in an investigation of physical and sexual abuse at the Ministries’ compound.
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Parental Rights Terminated For 13 Children From Alamo Ministries Compound
LUCKNOW: The Sikh community of Lucknow has strongly condemned Samajwadi Party (SP) member Amar Singh for comparing the SP leaders with `Panj Piyare’. Under the aegis of the Lucknow Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (LGPC), a notice has also been served on Amar Singh. “We want Amar Singh to apologise in public within 24 hours of the receiving the notice or else we will lodge an FIR against him for hurting the sentiments of the Sikh community,” said RS Bagga, president of LGPC
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Sikh community seeks apology from Amar