Debt Rattle January 10 2015

[Raúl Ilargi Meijer]

DPC “Steamer loading grain from floating elevator, New Orleans 1906 • Global Economy On The Verge Of A Once-in-a-Generation Transformation (Telegraph)
[See the full post at: Debt Rattle January 10 2015]

[John Day]

“Frexit” from the Euro as Marine LePen’s star rises and reinstitution of death penalty in France gets France expelled from EU?
“Diabolical!”
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2015/01/hebdo-fallout-greater-odds-frexit-marine-le-pens-star-rises.html

[kazoo]

Re: Ray McGovern article

An interesting look from FAIR.org, “How did TV News Talk About Torture in Coverage of the Torture Report?”

How Did TV News Talk About Torture in Coverage of the Torture Report?

I would say instead though that the “partisan bickering” talking point seems more of a straw man constructed to evade any real discussion of torture, leading to the conclusion of “nothing of substance will result from this (so-called) report b/c ….”

Biting the hands that feed them? Doubtful at this moment

excerpt:
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Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer (12/14/14) was the only host to offer an opinion on this issue. He said the CIA “went too far in the interrogation practices it adopted,” but that it is “hard” for him to “condemn those who were trying to prevent a second attack” after 9/11. Schieffer did not once use “torture” to describe the CIA’s interrogation methods, but euphemistically described them as “ghastly practices.” Schieffer interviewed torture defenders Rep. Mike Rogers, Sen. Saxby Chambliss and former CIA Director Michael Hayden.

The only times Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace (12/14/14) even uttered the word “torture” was to ask whether or not the CIA’s activities legally constituted torture. Two of the guests Wallace interviewed helped implement torture: former White House adviser Karl Rove and CIA Deputy Director Jose Rodriguez.

State of the Union host Candy Crowley (12/7/14, 12/14/14) only used “torture” three times in two episodes, largely avoiding using it when speaking to prominent officials or members of the intelligence community: George W. Bush, House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Mike Rogers, fellow committee member Rep. Peter King and military officer Steven Kleinman, who was the only one she interviewed that opposed torture. When interviewing King, Crowley was more interested in asking him about how the CIA can “get its reputation back.” Such softball questions create great platforms for torture hawks like King, who insisted the CIA did an “excellent job” in preventing terrorist attacks.

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Can we learn? I think we have to.

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