Two Torture Links

TAPPED on how the new torture memo is not actually much different from the old one despite excited media reports that the administration finally came out against the practice.

Brad DeLong quotes someone who admits that the torture thing is a big deal, but thinks that the Gonzales confirmation is not the best time to address it, since he's going to get confirmed anyway. Better to save our breath and bring it up at a more opportune time. To this, I say "heh?" You save debates about who forget to get more toilet paper at the grocery store for 'opportune times'. You don't save debates about whether it's okay to smear shit on prisoners and photograph them for some vague time in the future where the issue can get a "dispassionate hearing".