Loading ...Ah, yes: There’s nothing Yoo can do that can’t be done. It’s more or less (OK, not entirely) along the lines of the message the Obama Justice Department sent vis-a-vis the report it released earlier today. Rather than having committed “professional misconduct,” John Yoo was instead deemed guilty of what the Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility is calling “poor judgment.”
Fair enough, DOJ. What such terminology translates to is Yoo is a freeeeeeee man read more »
Well, maybe. A forthcoming Department of Justice Report will find that Yoo-Know-Hoo did NOT, in fact, violate his “professional obligations” as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Bush administration. Apparently, the department that arbitrates that fickle b*tch, Justice, opted to “soften” an earlier version of the report, which had said that, yes, in justifying alleged torture Yoo screwed up not only in general, but also in his capacity as a professional. read more »
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Organize protests as fast as you can. Yoo can’t catch Yoo. He’s the gingerbread man. [The Bay Area]
OK, we take that back. This Berkeley mom could probably catch him. Too bad she’s busy being a badass on behalf of her daughter. [SJ Mercury News]
El Presidente presented over 100 young scientists with Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers today at the White House. Being the narcissists interested and spirited students that we are, we counted one win for UC Berkeley and two for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. [Press Release]
Aaand, Prop 8 trial updates out the wazoo. (Obviously.) [SF Appeal, NYT, Chron]
Earlier: They’re Not Gonna Take It
Everyone’s favorite UC Berkeley law professor and former Bush administration lawyer will be appearing on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart tomorrow night.
Stewart interviewed Steven Chu, another campus professor turned White House higher-up, a few months back, but we’re guessing this interview will probably go a bit differently.
It is unclear to us whether Stewart shares the grievances of many protesters against Yoo or if he plans to pepper the interview with light-hearted waterboarding jokes. Or both. In any case, we’ll be watching.
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Official Website [Site]
John Yoo is not welcome in Berkeley anymore, as you may have noticed from the countless signs, protests, demonstrations, and just plain yelling that erupted around the city this past year.
And in a recent interview with the New York Times Magazine, the former Berkeley law professor (and author of the “torture memos”) sought to convince all Berkeleyans that the feeling is mutual.
Here are just a few choice highlights from the interview:
About Berkeley: “There are probably more Communists in Berkeley than any other town in America, but I think of them more as lovers of Birkenstocks than Marx.”
About the Constitution: “The idea is that the president’s power grows and changes based on read more »
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We might as well have included a Yoo pun. Berkeley has apparently decided to go where no self-respecting American city has gone before: the United Nations. Yes, our city council decided it was high time we started complying with international human rights treaties and scrounged up some interns to draft a report on the quick. Oh, don’t act so surprised—hey, if you squint real hard, you can almost see secession! And wouldn’t that be rad …
Embarrassingly, there’s a chance Berkeley may not be in compliance with some treaties regarding civil liberties, racial discrimination, and torture—you know, what with our homelessness, school achievement (K-12, we take it …) and recurring man-of-the-hour, John Yoo. We eagerly anticipate the results.
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Berkeley first city to report to UN (CHRON)
Yoo can always tell a new school year is nigh when the hordes of protesters start accumulating in the general area of campus. Like the swallows of Capistrano, who return to their nests each year with freakish regularity, read more »
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Yoo all know all about John Yoo, so this clip of a couple of wily Aussie comedians playing a wittle twick on him during a lecture at Chapman University probably doesn’t need much explanation. Have a look for yoo-rself (yeah, we know that was a stretch) and revel in the awkward. Enjoy!
Chasers War on Everything – Torture John Yoo [YouTube]
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John Yoo, lucky duck of a man, can now add the lovely ladies of Code Pink to his ever-expanding fan base. Like so many shameless groupies, the avid activists clamored outside his Berkeley residence early Sunday evening, vying desperately for the law professor’s attention. Haven’t they any dignity?
Okay, so that’s not exactly how it went down, which (transparent sarcasm notwithstanding) read more »
And we’re not the only ones. San Francisco federal judge Jeffrey White rebuked a bid to dismiss Legally Blondes The Sting rip
Jose Padilla’s lawsuit against the UC Berkeley law professor. The suit holds that Yoo’s torture memos permitted the extreme abuse Padilla allegedly suffered during his long captivity as a prisoner of war. read more »
