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That’s right, Bill O’Lielly, I said CHRISTMAS. Buy Blue has put together their 2005 a list of retaliers that donate primarily to Democratic candidates. They also rate companies on Labor & Human Rights, the Environment, Employment Equality, Corporate & Social Responsibility, and Industry Practices (Wal-Mart sucks all the way around). They even have a handy PDF version that you can print out and take along with you on your holiday (yes, Bill, holiday) shopping. Of course, you can also research your favorite retailer(s) and see how they spend the money you drop at their stores.

From the BBC:

A US civil rights groups says it is taking the CIA to court to stop the transportation of terror suspects to countries outside US legal authority.

The lawsuit will charge that CIA officials at the highest level violated US and universal human rights laws when they authorised agents to abduct an innocent man, detain him in incommunicado, beat him, drug and transport him to a secret CIA prison in Afghanistan,” the ACLU said in a news release.