Support the Ex-Troops
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A growing number of Iraq War veterans are turning up homeless. Originally I was just going to republish the cartoon I did predicting that this would happen, which I drew at the height of the Yoo-Ess-Ay-Rocks hype in 2003, but I couldn’t find it in time for my deadline. Besides, this point is one I wanted to make in more than as an “I told you so.” “Support the troops,” always a meaningless phrase, has been rendered obsolete by Iraq vet homelessness.
Butch Up
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Guys who don’t look masculine enough for self-appointed redneck restroom monitors are getting beaten up. Now there’s a solution to restroom homophobia.
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Cartoon for November 12
Dick Cheney says that torture keeps Americans safe from Islam:
“A small number of high-value detainees have gone through the special program run by the CIA.It involves tougher customers — men like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11 — and it involves tougher interrogation. The procedures are designed to be safe, to be legal, and they are in full compliance with the nation’s laws and treaty obligations. They’ve been carefully reviewed by the Department of Justice and are very carefully monitored. The program is run by highly trained professionals who understand their obligations under the law. And the program has uncovered a wealth of information that has foiled attacks against the United States; information that has on numerous occasions made all the difference between life and death.”
Which makes you wonder. What other threats are being neutralized by torture?
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