Harry Potter and "the War on Terra"

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Monday July 18, 2005 · 6:37 AM PDT

2005/07/18 · 06:37

[SPOILER ALERT]

I am not going to get deep into the story of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" except to point out some political through lines that I noticed.

Below the fold... Update [2005-7-18 12:57:49 by dantes]: There are some spoilers in this thread, but all major ones have been marked as such. It is possible to contribute to the thread without having read the book, but why would you be wanting to post a comment instead of read the thing? Update [2005-7-19 10:40:36 by dantes]: There is an increasing amount of SPOILERS and theories being posted, so I suggest you don't read these until you've read the book. Read More

Rumsfeld And Torture

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Monday June 27, 2005 · 12:08 PM PDT

2005/06/27 · 12:08

What exactly does Rummy think? He told Chris Wallace this:

WALLACE: The Bush administration and you personally have come under fire recently for the treatment of prisoners in the war on terror. We've been having a running debate on this show about that. And the head of Amnesty International USA, William Schulz, called you an apparent high-level architect of torture. And here's how he explained it on this program. Let's take a look.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

WILLIAM SCHULZ, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA: Those who authorized it or encouraged it or provided rationales for it, or in the case of Rumsfeld provided the exact rules -- 27 of them, in fact, for interrogation, some of which do constitute torture or cruel, inhumane treatment.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WALLACE: Mr. Secretary, how do you respond? Read More

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