Archives for the 'Spain' Category
Spanish Judicial Misconduct Thwarted
Published on 14 Jul 2009 at 10:35 pm.
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Filed under Iraq, Spain, justice, military.
Spain’s National Court finds an investigative judge presented one-sided evidence in an effort to railroad three American soldiers, and tosses the murder case against Shawn Gibson, Philip Wolford and Philip deCamp in the April 8, 2003, killing of Spanish newsman Jose Couso in the Hotel Palestine. Again. Reuters:
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Injustice Sought
Published on 21 May 2009 at 11:50 am.
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Filed under Iraq, Spain, law & order, military, moronocy.
Again. Spanish judge reinstates charges against three American soldiers in the April 2003 Hotel Palestine incident. AP:
Judge Santiago Pedraz said he had obtained new testimony from witnesses contradicting the U.S. argument that the tank crew was responding to hostile fire when it shot at a Baghdad hotel housing Western journalists.
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In a new 10-page indictment announced [...]
Spanish Inquisition Re-Update
Published on 18 Apr 2009 at 9:17 am.
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Filed under Spain, moronocy, pols.
Spanish judge to Spanish AG: “How dare you attempt to render me unstupid?”
OK, that’s not exactly how he said it. But investigative judge Baltasar Garzon insists he will press ahead with the persecution of Bush admin officials on torture charges, despite a lack of jurisdiction, and despite the lack of interest in the duly elected [...]
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Spanish Inquisition Update
Published on 16 Apr 2009 at 12:18 pm.
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Filed under GWOT, Spain, al qaeda.
Spanish prosecutors attempt to unstupid a judge … again. via Yahoo: Spain’s AG declines to prosecute idiot judge’s effort to haul Bush admin officials into their Euro Star Chamber on torture charges. (No cruel Spanish Inquisition jokes, please.)
This is more or less how it works in Spain, where some judges apparently (A) think the Daily Kos and like-minded [...]
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Madrid
Published on 11 Mar 2009 at 8:09 am.
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Filed under Spain.
Barcepundit marks the fifth anniversary of the Madrid train bombings with a simple recitation of names, innocents aged 7 months to 63 years old. The coordinated series of attacks killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800. There’s one victim Jose forgot to mention. Spanish freedom. The attack was a victory for Islamic terrorism, which succeeded in changing [...]
Absolut Apologies
Published on 6 Apr 2008 at 7:55 pm.
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Filed under America, Mexico, Nazis, Spain, booze, history, shameless self-promotion.
World-bettering boozemaker is sorry. I’ll say. And that’s nice. But first, here are some more Absolut worldviews from clever readers. This one neglects to put Absolut Sweden in the Nazi camp, which is more or less where the Nazi-enabling neutrals spent the war. via Gateway:
Noblesse Oblige
Published on 12 Nov 2007 at 10:28 pm.
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Filed under Spain, chavez.
With rank and privilege come responsibilities. King Juan Carlos to Hugo Chavez, “Why don’t you shut up?” Peasant-royal spat continues:
