Author: BooMan

U.S. Military Staged the Interrogations

The U.S. military staged the interrogations of terrorism suspects for members of Congress and other officials visiting the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to make it appear the government was obtaining valuable...

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Newbies and Lurkers Open Thread

We have seventy-four new users that have joined BooTrib in the last week. I’ve been meaning to update the FAQ, but I haven’t gotten around to it. So, if anyone has any questions, post them here. The old timers might...

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The Nation’s Image Lays in Ashes

People can talk all they want about ‘framing’ and appealing to churchgoers, and representing people who drive pick-up trucks with confederate flag bumperstickers. That’s all bullshit. We, as a country, one and...

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Contra Creationist Open Thread

“… rarity by itself shouldn’t necessarily be evidence of anything. When one is dealt a bridge hand of thirteen cards, the probability of being dealt that particular hand is less than one in 600 billion. Still,...

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That Half-Written Book that Iraq Derailed

Below, I present the outline of the half-written book I started to write after 9/11.  It was the gradual realization that Bush was taking us to war in Iraq, and that the biggest problem facing our country was not...

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