AnonOps: UN says US violating Manning's human rights to protect oil interests

The anti-civil rights wing of the Republican Party insists that abortion violates a fetus' human rights but ignores the plight of whistle-blower, Bradley Manning. President Obama: how can you let this continue?:



Read Glenn Greenwald's column in Salon here.

Oil is a national security imperative:

A cable obtained by the Web site WikiLeaks said Washington as early as 2009 was ready to consider green-lighting the project. Critics of TransCanada’s plans point to the perceived rise in the number of oil spills and the potential harm from tar sands oil extracted from Alberta, Canada. The planned extension would cross the Yellowstone River in Montana. U.S. lawmakers are questioning officials regarding a July 1 spill from an Exxon Mobile pipeline into the river.

From A Taste of Armageddon:

We’re human beings, with the blood of a million savage years on our hands. But we can stop it. We can admit that we’re killers, but we won’t kill today--James T. Kirk.