MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'assassination'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:51 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489640&cid=t_177778_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FiK2_fWLEruI%2F By Juan Carlos HidalgoDuring a recent Congressional hearing on President Obama’s trade agenda, Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) stated his continued objections to the FTA with Colombia: “Union worker violence in Colombia remains unacceptably high - if not the highest in the world. Limited progress is being made in the investigation and prosecution of those responsible. Additionally, reports indicate that threats against union workers and others have increased, and there has been little concrete action today to pursue these cases.” [Emphasis added]. Levin warned that, despite signs of a more constructive approach to this issue from Colombia's new president Juan Manuel Santos, “The only adequate measuring stick is progress on the ground.” Rep. Levin should take a look at the Free Trade ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489640 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:22:44 +0100 4489640 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4330998&cid=t_177778_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F69gsw3BvO6Q%2F By Jason KuznickiRadley Balko writes: [I]t’s worth remembering that the government initiates violence against its own citizens every day in this country, citizens who pose no threat or harm to anyone else. The particular policy that leads to the sort of violence… is supported by nearly all of the politicians and pundits decrying anti-government rhetoric on the news channels this morning. (It’s also supported by Sarah Palin, many Tea Party leaders, and other figures on the right that politicians and pundits are shaming this weekend.) I hope Rep. Giffords—and everyone wounded yesterday—makes a full recovery. It’s particularly tragic that she was shot while doing exactly what we want elected officials to do—she was making herself available to the people she serves. And of course... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4330998 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:16:11 +0100 4330998 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013145&cid=t_177778_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FKhclFApgeyQ%2F By David RittgersThat’s the claim the Obama administration made in court. As Glenn Greenwald puts it: [W]hat’s most notable here is that one of the arguments the Obama DOJ raises to demand dismissal of this lawsuit is “state secrets”:  in other words, not only does the President have the right to sentence Americans to death with no due process or charges of any kind, but his decisions as to who will be killed and why he wants them dead are “state secrets,” and thus no court may adjudicate their legality. Italics in the original. My colleagues Gene Healy and Nat Hentoff have expressed concerns about targeted killings. Charlie Savage wrote a good piece on this that highlights how even the most ardent defenders of executive power may blush at this broad claim of power. The govern... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013145 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:22:50 +0100 4013145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3998953&cid=t_177778_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FGC_n9iMKfms%2F By Malou InnocentEarlier this year, both The New York Times and The Washington Post confirmed that the Obama administration authorized the CIA to kill American-born, Yemeni-based Islamic cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki. Several people I admire and respect—and who are far more versed in the legal aspects of the “war on terror”—have already weighed in on whether the U.S. Government is authorized to kill U.S. terror suspects abroad, so I defer to those experts. But what’s interesting is that the U.S. Government has killed “many Westerners, including some U.S. passport holders” in Pakistan’s tribal areas dating all the way back to the Bush administration, according to Bob Woodward’s new book. Jeff Stein over at WaPo’s SpyTalk writes th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3998953 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:08:39 +0100 3998953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3448843&cid=t_177778_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FspboqLtS1nY%2F By Jason KuznickiIn the government of this commonwealth… the executive shall never exercise the legislative [or] judicial powers… to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men. — The Constitution of Massachusetts, 1780, drafted by John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Bowdoin In contrast, consider today’s news: The Obama administration has taken the extraordinary step of authorizing the targeted killing of an American citizen, the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who is believed to have shifted from encouraging attacks on the United States to directly participating in them, intelligence and counterterrorism officials said Tuesday. Americans, this is what arbitrary government looks like. As a simple matter of fact, even George III was never this arbitr... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3448843 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:02:11 +0100 3448843 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458080&cid=t_177778_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fnasty-dishonest-piece-of-journalism.html Take a step back from Obama Beach and watch the right wing spinmeisters in full flow. The Mail on Sunday, trailed by Guido, purports to have an email scoop.Mandelson email savages Gordon Brown as angry, insecure... and unable to win the next electionMail on SundayIt is a damaging headline. It is also a thoroughly dishonest, politically motivated headline. Of course one expects nothing less from the Mail but, even for them, this is a nasty piece of work. It is not justified by Mandelson’s emails. The Mail does not print the emails in full. Instead, it presents a few excerpts and surrounds them with over-the-top partisan interpretation and spin. It is an unpleasant piece of biased, jump-on-the-band-wagon journalism. Read the article quickly. Then remove the Mail's comments and “interpret... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458080 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:46:00 +0100 2458080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1646241&cid=t_177778_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F343117967%2F My friend asked and I’ll try… My first thought relating to how pride aims at the destruction of others comes from the term “character assassination.” Suppose for a moment that you’ve worked on a project for your company for months finally arriving at what you believe in your heart is a magnificent piece of work. Your co-worker has also worked on a similar project and has the same feelings about his/hers. The boss chooses their project for the honors. And you begin a campaign of character assassination maligning anything good about your fellow worker, raising doubt about anything they’ve ever accomplished. You tell everybody willing to listen how your co-worker is nothing more than a dirty so-and-so, a cheat, a philanderer, a thief and on and on… Th... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1646241 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:30:06 +0100 1646241 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1368004&cid=t_177778_151_f&fid=35793&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejunkyswife.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fme-and-jackie-kennedy.html Every time I've ever looked at the video of John F. Kennedy's assassination, I've watched his wife. She's the most interesting part, from her tragic loveliness to her sad pink outfit. When the bullets start firing, her behavior is odd and controversial. Some folks criticize her for appearing to crawl out of the car, for trying to flee...and even if that was what she was doing, folks were getting their heads blown off. It would make sense to flee.I always read her behavior differently, though. I thought she looked like she was reaching over the trunk of the car trying to scoop up pieces of brain. I imagine her thinking something like, "Oh no! This is bad! He's going to need this part of his head when he gets better!" I imagine her in something like denial, scooping up her dying husband's br... Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1368004 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:07:00 +0100 1368004