No, this isn't becoming a politics blog...

... but some things just have to be mentioned.

Today the UN released a report stating that the US should release or bring to trial al Guantanamo Bay detainees, and shut down the facility. About damn time. I don't know why they had to do so much investigation to determine that what's happening at Guantanamo might not be "okay." Nevermind that US practice at Guantanamo is in complete violation of the Third Geneva Convention. Nevermind that "unlawful combatant" is a conveniently invented and legally baseless categorization. Nevermind that the current administration has even less regard for international law than it does for domestic law. Those pesky laws just get in the way of their attempts to take over the world and extend coporate interests at the expense of the 98% of the world's population that is not part of the Ruling Elite.

Now let's hope that the UN has the spine to follow through on this one. Something tells me, however, not much will come of it...

I haven't found a link to the actual report yet, but you can read more on it here.