65-34: US tells rest of the world to piss off.

In another stunning display of stupidity, the US congress voted yesterday to pass the Terror Detainee Bill by a vote of 65-34. Just when you thought certain Republicans were beginning to distance themselves from Bush (ie McCain, Powell), a so-called "compromise" is reached with the passage of this bill. Although McCain has said this legislation will be in accord with the Geneva Conventions, this news reports explains:

The detainee bill would create military commissions to prosecute terrorism suspects. It also would prohibit blatant abuses of detainees but grant the president flexibility to decide what interrogation techniques are permissible.

How much more flexibility does this President need? For more on this sad story click
here.

In related news, a leading women's rights activist in Afghanistan has been murdered by members of the Taliban earlier this week. Safia Hama Jan was killed while riding in a taxi Monday morning. Because the United States has pretty much forgotten about Afghanistan in their rush to destroy Iraq and capture oil profits, the Taliban is reorganizing itself to re-establish control of the country once again. Big surprise.