This week, the long-awaited Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA's use of torture after 9/11 (nevar forget!) was released, and I, for one, am proud to be an American.
The report served as an important reminder that here, in the U.S. of A., we can still do anything that we set our minds to—domestic and/or international laws notwithstanding.
That's a big part of what makes this God-blessed country so awesome—and anybody who claims otherwise is either a dirty, stinking liar or a ████
██████ ██████.
Another thing that sets us apart from the rest of the world is our hunger for knowledge; and thus, the CIA should probably be commended for going to such great depths to feed us information, despite the grave risks.
Rectum? Damn near killed 'em!
Morning lineup:
Meet The Press War Criminal Dick Cheney; Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR); Others TBD.
Face The Nation: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ); Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA); Sen. Angus King (I-ME); Roundtable: Peggy Noonan (Wall Street Journal), Michael Gerson (Washington Post), Charles Ellison (The Root) and Mark Mazzetti (New York Times).
This Week: Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden; Former Army Interrogator Eric Fair; Tom Friedman (New York Times); Roundtable: Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), Radio Host Laura Ingraham and Radio Host Michael Smerconish.
Fox News Sunday: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); Republican Strategist Karl Rove; Former Director of the CIA's Clandestine Service Jose Rodriguez; Roundtable: George Will (Washington Post), Julie Pace (Associated Press), Michael Needham (Heritage Action for America) and Charles Lane (Washington Post).
State of the Union: Rep. Peter King (R-NY); Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D); Others TBD.
Evening lineup:
60 Minutes will feature: a rare look inside Syria's civil war (preview); and, a report on "mindfulness," the self-awareness that's hard to attain in today's digitally distracted world (preview).
On Comedy Central...
Jon Stewart reacted to the revelations in the Senate's CIA torture report. (12/09/14)
The Daily Show
Monday: Director Tim Burton
Tuesday: Musician Paul McCartney
Wednesday: Actress Anna Kendrick
Thursday: Actor/Comedian Chris Rock
And Stephen Colbert abdicated his throne to King Obama. (12/08/14)
The Colbert Report
Monday: Actor Seth Rogen
Tuesday: Musician Kendrick Lamar
Wednesday: Author Phil Klay
Thursday: Grimmy
Note: This will be the final week of The Colbert Report.
Elsewhere...
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal prepared to point the finger of God at the gays, abortionists, and pornographers.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is following in the footsteps of Texas Gov. Rick Perry and kicking off his possible presidential campaign next month with a stadium prayer rally organized by radical religious right activists. [...]
Jindal's prayer rally appears to be so closely modeled after Perry's that its organizers are even reusing materials from the 2011 Texas event, including a prayer guide contending that natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the tornado in Joplin, Missouri, were the result of God's displeasure with the "alternative lifestyle" of homosexuality, marriage equality, legal abortion, and Internet pornography.
Meanwhile...
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker added a new term to the Jewish lexicon.
In an undated letter posted by the Capital Times Wednesday, Walker wrote to a constituent that he would be happy to display a menorah at the Milwaukee County Courthouse. At the time, he was serving as county executive. But what stands out most is his closing line.
From the letter:
Thank you for you letter regarding the Menorah Display. Yes we would be happy to display the Menorah celebrating "The Eight Days of Chanukah" here at the Courthouse. [...]
Thank you again and Molotov.
And, in related news...
Outgoing Rep. Michele Bachmann gave new meaning to the phrase "War on Christmas."
In an interview with the Washington Free Beacon, outgoing Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann said she attended the White House Christmas party this week and used the opportunity to lobby the President to bomb Iran. [...]
According to Bachmann, she waited until she and her family had their picture taken with the President and — after her family left the stage – spoke with the President whose response she called, "condescending."
"I turned to the president and I said, something to the effect of, 'Mr. President, you need to bomb the Iranian nuclear facilities, because if you don't, Iran will have a nuclear weapon on your watch and the course of world history will change,'" Bachmann explained.
According to the Republican congresswoman, the President laughed at her.
Christ, what an asshole!
- Trix