What happened to 350 tons of high explosives which were under IAEA seal while...
Probable answer:...these super-high-yield explosives probably being used in many, if not most, of the various suicide and car bombings in Iraq, but these particular explosives are ones used in the...
View ArticleThousands of Chicago voters may be disenfranchised.
The City Colleges of Chicago has over 60,000 students. Each of the 7 City Colleges serves as a polling place. The problem is that the faculty and professional employees are on strike, and in this labor...
View ArticleSpeaking of Mission Accomplished....
Thought is more important than art....To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is.Amiri BarakaBut first, the art:...
View ArticleThe enemy within: The Fourth Estate?
Let's begin by defining this would-be enemy:In Carlyle's On Heroes and Hero Worship (1841), he writes, "... does not... the parliamentary debate go on... in a far more comprehensive way, out of...
View ArticleCensorship And Propaganda: anatomy of the neutered media
Alterman and Leary make the case for Censorship: ...'Chilling the Press'. The story is one as old as the political arena itself. When one side feels it wields all the power, it loses a sense of...
View ArticleUnprecedented: The Baltimore Sun Co. vs. Maryland's Governor
As follow-up to Censorship And Propaganda: anatomy of the neutered media comes Sun files suit against Ehrlich. In the former link, Alterman and Leary conclude, in part, that:Hamstrung by its commitment...
View Article"Tactic: Use Google News to Promote 'Unreported' Newsstories"
First let me acknowledge Katerina's work represented in the Diary KOS YAHOO - List for Saturday. This Google idea comes from Tom Ball over at Political Strategy. Google News, a news aggregator that...
View ArticleTop 10 Censored Stories of 2004 as Reported by "The Utne Reader"
January-February 2005 edition (offline)Subtitle: News the mainstream press deemed unfit to printOf interest is that these censored stories, according to Peter Phillips and Project Censored, "...involve...
View ArticleHmmmmmmmmmmm, What about the Irony of it all?
No Kidding: Does Irony Illuminate Or Corrupt?In this piece, dated August 5, 2000, Charles McGrath explores this question. He notes from the outset:One person who was glad when "Seinfeld" ended was...
View ArticleIndeed: "The Gray Lady ... has become a tramp."
Letters to "The Editor" have always been must reads for me but the batch in Salon in response to Andrew O'Hehir's review of two new books on 'The Grey Lady' herself ( The worst of Times), positively...
View ArticleJudith and Ahmad "Together Again": Chris Matthews "Stunned"
What now? Judith on Hardball with a scoop which has failed to make the pages of the NYT - you see, she brings us this news from her vacation spot in Florida, according to Slate's "press box" - Jack...
View ArticleAs mainstream media "keep up the scripted charade", let's look...
Beyond The Headlines: Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2004, via Utne Reader February 10, 2005 Issue.Those who work for Doctors Without Borders, a private nonprofit that serves people...
View ArticleThe Arts shall save us? "Cautionary tale of journalistic corruption gets...
And "Pravda" is thy name: ... a play that spilled red hot from the typewriters of British playwrights Howard Brenton and David Hare in 1985 (when it debuted at London's National Theatre) and remains a...
View ArticleGannon knew before you: "Shock and Awe"
BREAKING NEWS: Gannon reportedly knew about "Shock and Awe" four hours before it happenedAccording to John in DC - AmericaBlog:A news producer for a major network just told me that Gannon told the...
View ArticleRaw Story on the missing link: Bruce Eberle?
"Did Bruce Eberle get Gannon top White House Access?"Hmmmmmmmmmm, followiwng the money: Partner of GOPUSA founder has checkered past as Republican moneymanRAW STORY has found a solid connection between...
View ArticleCombat Stress Busters: From Ecstasy to Rap
From The Guardian:American soldiers traumatised by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be offered the drug ecstasy to help free them of flashbacks and recurring nightmares. ...Scientists behind the...
View ArticleCalling Georgia10: "More Ohio Election Motions"
BREAKING: Kerry/Edwards File More Ohio Election MotionsWhat to make of this:On February 14, Judge Sargus issued an order granting the motion to dismiss the Delaware County Board of Elections' complaint...
View ArticleWolfowitz: "His womanising has come home to roost"?
No way, yes? Let's see.James P. Rubin Notwithstanding, Daily Mail asks"Will a British divorcee cost 'Wolfie' his job?"The appointment of George Bush's leading hawk as head of the World Bank was heading...
View ArticleBill Bradley: "A Party Inverted"; does his voice resonate?
Ruy Teixeira, a Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation and the Center for American Progress, gives him "thumbs up" in this piece on his DonkeyRising Blog: Bill Bradley Deftly Analyses Where the Dems...
View ArticlePlame: In from the cold? Out in the Cold?
There are those "in the know" who take serious issue with the GOP talking points on the issue of "Mrs. Wilson's" CIA status. Thanks to Josh Marshall, we find that 11 former intelligence officers...
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