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POPSACLU Files Lawsuit Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Office and his son is a US citizen. He was also an employee of Handyman Maintenance at the time of the raid. The lawsuit claims that the Mora’s were detained for over 3 hours and denied food and water during this time. It also alleges that the experience was “humiliating” for Julian Mora since he is a diabetic and was forced to urinate in the parking lot. Almost lost in the story is the fact that the raid resulted in the apprehension of 60 illegal aliens, while the company itself did work for the Maricopa County government. The strategy for silencing Arpaio seems clear; Investigate and sue him into submission. An anti Arpaio website claims that the Sheriff’s office has been involved in over 5000 lawsuits and proclaims that 42 million has been spent defending Arpaio and his department. This is used as a justification for removing Arpaio, whether his efforts are sanctioned under the law is irrelevant to these groups. . . .
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POPSThe Role of the Mexican Military in the Cartel War The subtext here is simple: the Mexican military is just one more cartel in the cartel war. Another subtext is that U.S. drug czar Gil Kerlikowske wants the US and Mexico to focus on so-called prevention and treatment, etc etc. This is quite politically correct but it means even more interference in Mexican society than before: people will be sent to reeducation camps instead of to jail, etc etc. Therefore, the bait and switch is still on: the war on drugs is destroying Mexican society far more than the drugs ever could or would. The next step, if U.S. drug czar Gil Kerlikowske has his way, is for it to begin destroying individual autonomy...
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POPS"Half our losses" in Iraq from Abu Ghraib and Gitmo Bush Pentagon official: "the first and second identifiable causes of U.S. combat deaths in Iraq – as judged by their effectiveness in recruiting insurgent fighters into combat – are, respectively the symbols of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo."
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POPSThe putsch that imperiled America "Others have been less scrupulous for reasons that do them even less credit than ideological fanaticism. Take, for example, former Pentagon general counsel William J. Haynes II. In a sworn statement, Air Force Col. Morris Davis -- the former top prosecutor in the Office of Military Commissions -- says he resigned after being pressured by Haynes to move forward with politically "sexy" prosecutions even though Morris believed the evidence against the defendants had been obtained by torture. Davis said he also told Haynes that a few acquittals at Guantanamo, if warranted, would send a message that the commissions sitting there were fair, just as the not-guilty verdicts against some Nazi defendants had done for the Nuremberg trials. Haynes' response was emphatic, according to Morris: "We can't have acquittals! We've got to have convictions! ... If we've been holding these guys for so long, how can we explain letting them get off?""
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POPSMexican Drug War Cops Want Bigger Guns Calderon has made crushing drug cartels the centerpiece of his presidency but violence has grown since he sent out some 25,000 troops and police officers against them. Medina Mora said higher prices for cocaine and methamphetamines on U.S. streets showed the crackdown was shutting off supply routes and hurting cartel revenues.
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POPSPaolo Mora conservation/creativity & dedication "When a conservator sees something in bad condition," said Paolo, "he has to put it in good condition. It is not only for paintings. At home when I see that a glass or a dish is broken, I have to put it together. It is a desire to set things right."
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POPSIRAQ: 2 of 7 soldiers writing in NYT against the war are Dead. More: The Daily News in Galveston interviewed Mora's mother, who confirmed his death and that he was one of the co-authors of the Times piece. The article today relates: "Olga Capetillo said that by the time Mora submitted the editorial, he had grown increasingly depressed. 'I told him God is going to take care of him and take him home,' she said. 'But yesterday is the darkest day for me.'”
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POPS2Grunts, critics of the war, die in Iraq The article they helped 'co-write,' in the NYT is pretty serious and somber. The stunning difference is between what they describe "on the ground," and what we hear and see and are told about the our sold-out politicians and TV Talking Heads, government propaganda, etc. Perhaps bring attention to this, now once again with his death, Sgt. Mora leaves behind a worth memory. He sounded human, not like some general betray us or madman president or the daily warmongers.
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