Independence. It clashes with the sunsettet that is Legendary British musician billy bragg singing about Scottish Independence and his song take down the union jack. Today, he joins us in the studio for debate against historian Sam Wetherell on thursday Scottish Independence vote. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The most senior u. S. Military officer has said u. S. Ground troops may be needed in iraq as part of the obama ministrations offensive against the Islamic State. General Martin Dempsey testified before the Senate Armed Services committee tuesday. As i said in my statement, my view at this point is that this coalition is the appropriate way forward. I believe that will prove true. But if it fails to be true and if there are threats to the United States, then i would go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use of u. S. Military ground forces. His remarks can less t
Of these thousands of daily frisks, only 6 lead to an arrest. John its basically like catchandrelease fishing except you get to feel the fish up and shout at it a bit before throwing it back. Also, almost all the fish are brown. laughter this policy has been in place for over a decade. But there may be some good news on the horizon if you happen to be a minority who likes walking. Today a federal judge called the n. Y. P. D. s policy of stop, question, and frisk unconstitutional. The judge said the city adopted a policy of indirect racial profiling. John its indirect racial profiling. laughter its like a cop saying should we frisk people outside the apollo or outside the Jimmy Buffett concert . Tell you what, lets flip a coin and then head up to harlem. laughter the judging ruling found the police disproportionately targeted black and latino new yorkers citing, for example, that black new yorkers are 20 more likely to be stopped for furtive movements even though, she writes, there is n
I care least about. Next week, the tosh. O marathon runs wild on you. That bit might be our waterworld. Thats a reference to a very expensive flop. Be sure you follow me on twitter, so we can live chat during the shows. Keep up with our daily blog over at tosh. Comedycentral. Com, and come see me on the tosh tour on ice. Finally its time for the unfortunate domain names of the week. First up, we have twofingerpussydance. Com. Okay, that sounds vulgar, but its actually just a site where you learn how to massage a cat. Its very informative, so get your mind out of the gutter. Our next one is. Guys, that is a real site. Grow up. This show is intended for a mature audience, and right now you are proving otherwise. Its a site for the chesterfield dam and landscaping company, serving eastern iowa for over 25 years with the finest in landscaping modification. Well, now fillmywet stinkyholewithyourlog. Com makes perfect sense. And finally we have. See, come on. That cant its sites like that th
As the house votes on whether to arm rebels in syria today, we will speak with Congress Member Jim Mcdermott of washington. Then, to the scottish vote for independence. It clashes with the sunsettet that is Legendary British musician billy bragg singing about Scottish Independence and his song take down the union jack. Today, he joins us in the studio for debate against historian Sam Wetherell on thursday Scottish Independence vote. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The most senior u. S. Military officer has said u. S. Ground troops may be needed in iraq as part of the obama ministrations offensive against the Islamic State. General Martin Dempsey testified before the Senate Armed Services committee tuesday. As i said in my statement, my view at this point is that this coalition is the appropriate way forward. I believe that will prove true. But if it fails to be true and if there are threats to the Unit
More than a million indonesians were killed beginning in 1965 by the u. S. Backed military and paramilitary death. The story is told by the killers themselves. At first we beat them dig at that there was too much blood. There was so much blood here. So when we cleaned it up, it smelled awful. Used thishe blood, i system. Can i show you . The act of killing. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The military judge presiding over the courtmartial of u. S. Army private Bradley Manning has upheld the most serious charge against him that he knowingly aided the enemy by giving hundreds of thousands of classified documents to wikileaks. Mannings defense team had asked colonel denise land to dismiss the charge, which could see manning sentenced to life in prison without parole plus an additional 154 years. But on thursday, she ruled there was enough evidence to show that in giving information to wikileaks, manning h