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Guantánamo Bay as of June 08

It seems like Bush’s popularity is ever decreasing. With the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that the denial of habeas corpus to detainees at Guantánamo Bay is unconstitutional and that those prisoners have a right to challenge their imprisonment in the civilian courts, it’s no longer necessarily true that “the law doesn’t extend to Cuba”.

Though the rulings did not outlaw the prison outright, the rulings do somewhat approach the human rights issues that the U.S. is responsible for. And how has “Reporters Without Borders” reacted to this news? As of June 13, 2008, they haven’t, but still have half of their web site dedicated to attacking China and supporting the boycott of the Olympic games. Look at (click) this screenshot; do they even mention Guantánamo Bay?

Now, back on topic. This sort of decision is truly what the judicial branch of government is supposed to do: discuss the constitutional issues and re-think the policies of the executive and legislative branches. Unfortunately, Bush wants to bypass this ruling through an act of Congress.

And how does that make you feel?

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Space Alone

This is an amazing piece of work by Ilias Sounas. This video is available in in 1080p (you’ll need a huge monitor and modern computer components to watch it in this version).

If you’re on a typical Internet connection, you might want to view it below or as a streaming QuickTime file.

There’s also a 720p HD QuickTime file that you can download and show to your family or friends when you’re not connected to the Internet. This one is significantly smaller than the 1080p version available from Adobe.

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One Last Time

Another amazing video from smpfilms.

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And we can’t forget the poll: