On Wednesday’s Radio Show…

Comedian Barry Weintraub fills in for Alan.…

US Tortured Innocent Man To Extract False Information

Andy Worthington at The Public Record reveals the story of Fouad al-Rabiah, a Gitmo detainee from Kuwait whose release was ordered last week by U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly.

 In the ruling, to put it bluntly, it was revealed that the US government tortured an innocent man to extract false confessions and then threatened him until he obligingly repeated those lies as though they were the truth.

Among the judge’s conclusions:

Not only did al-Rabiah’s interrogators repeatedly conclude that these same confessions were not believable — which al-Rabiah’s counsel attributes to abuse and coercion, some …

National Review’s John Derbyshire Prefers That Women Don’t Vote

“The Derb” has a book out called We Are Doomed, wherein he makes “The Case Against Female Suffrage.”  He expanded on this revolutionary concept on my radio show, and Think Progress caught it.

DERBYSHIRE: Among the hopes that I do not realistically nurse is the hope that female suffrage will be repealed. But I’ll say this – if it were to be, I wouldn’t lose a minute’s sleep.

COLMES: We’d be a better country if women didn’t vote?

DERBYSHIRE: Probably. Don’t you think so?

COLMES: No, I do not think so whatsoever.…

Newsmax Removes Column Calling For Military Coup

An article by John L. Perry outlining how a military coup is a likely scenario was taken down by the conservative website, Newsmax.com. Newsmax sent a statement to TPM.

Newsmax strongly believes in the principles of Constitutional government and would never advocate or insinuate any suggestion of an activity that would undermine our democracy or democratic institutions.…

Indiana City Fires Insurance Company Whose Exec Sent Out Sickening Obama Images

Bloomington Indiana is cutting ties with the Hylant Group after one of its executives sent out insensitive and racially charged email on his company account. The executve, Denny Flahualt, has resigned.

Blogger Hart Williams broke the story earlier in September, reprinting the email and its troubling images: images of Obama as Hitler (isn’t that getting old), comparing Obama to the USSR, referring to Obama and Biden as “Dumb and Dumber,” Obama as Jesus, and a likeness of Obama urinating on a map of the United States.

The Hyland Group…is a diversified insurance company that also includes health insurance. According to …

Guns Now Allowed In Arizona Bars

When you’re in a Phoenix bar and ask for a shot now, be careful.  Guns are now allowed to mix with alcohol.

Under the law, backed by the National Rifle Association, the 138,350 people with concealed-weapons permits in Arizona will be allowed to bring their guns into bars and restaurants that haven’t posted signs banning them.

Those carrying the weapons aren’t allowed to drink alcohol.

The new law has Shields and other bar owners and workers wondering: What’s going to happen when guns are allowed in an atmosphere filled with booze and people with impaired judgment?

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Whoopi On Polanski: “It Wasn’t Rape-Rape”

“I know it wasn’t rape-rape. It was something else but I don’t believe it was rape-rape. He went to jail and and when they let him out he was like ‘You know what, this guy’s going to give me a hundred years in jail I’m not staying,’ so that’s why he left.”

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US And Cuba Hold Unannounced Talks

The AP is reporting that a high level American diplomat held talks with the Cuban government.

The talks were the first of their kind in years between representatives of the U.S. and Cuban governments, the bitter Cold War rivals among whom trust appears to be gradually building.

Bisa Williams, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, met with Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Dagoberto Rodriguez, visited an area affected by hurricanes in the Western province of Pinar del Rio and toured a government agricultural facility during a six-day trip to Cuba this month.

While the …

Popular Right Wing Site Blares That Coup May Be Necessary For “Obama Problem”

Laffy’s Political Carnival is at it again. She points to the Newsmax story about how a domestic military intervention may be needed to solve the “Obama problem.” John L. Perry, the author, is described as “a prize-winning newspaper editor and writer who served on White House staffs of two presidents.” Perry promotes this fantasy coup as being realistic because our military is going to see what’s going on and do something about it.

# Top military officers can see the Constitution they are sworn to defend being trampled as American institutions and enterprises are nationalized.

# They can see …

On Tuesday’s Radio Show…

• Victoria Gotti sits down with Alan to discuss the fascinating revelations in her new book, This Family of Mine: What It Was Like Growing Up Gotti.

• Conservative activist Kitty Werthmann, who says that President Obama is taking America down the same path as Hitler, attempts to defend her claim.

• The author of We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism, John Derbyshire, explains why he believes the Republican Party has been derailed by foolish optimists.…

OMG! School Children Singing In Praise Of The President!

But it’s okay, because the president was Nixon. (via Codycodester)

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