Al Jazeera and Fox News (Tor-friendly archived copy) report that fifteen captives have been released from the Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp in Cuba. The prisoners, who were captured in Afghanistan and Yemen, are being transferred to the United Arab Emirates for settlement.
There remain 61 prisoners at the camp, of whom at least 19 have been cleared for release.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 18 2016, @05:46PM
The bad news is that they are very unlikely to win.
Yeah, because no-one votes for them because no-one thinks they can win because no-one votes for them because no one things they have a chance of winning because...
You get my point
Just vote for them already then... Don't be a coward, vote for what you want, not against what you don't want!
Break the cycle, man
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 18 2016, @07:41PM
Johnson isn't getting a vote because he's all about deregulating employment at a time when employment is already disproportionately in favor of the company rather than the work.
And Stein isn't getting a vote because she publicly supports quack science.
At this point I think my vote for 2016 is Barr. She wants us to pull financial support from Israel, has overall sensible policies across (even if I don't agree with all of them) and has been campaigning for at least 2 elections now, so you know she is serious.
Additionally getting a third party that isn't just Republican/Democrat lite might be more refreshing to the long term goal of a diversified political landscape, even if it doesn't happen this election.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Thursday August 18 2016, @11:25PM
Do you mean Roseanne Barr? I don't think she's standing for election this year.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-roseanne-barr-qa-20160627-snap-story.html [latimes.com]