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Seth Meyers: US SNL Government Propagandist
Pop Goes the Culture: Live from New York … It’s the Same Old PropagandaBy Lord Baltimore / March 15, 2009 Studio 8H in New York City’s Rockefeller Center is not only the two-floor sound stage from which Saturday Night Live … Continue reading
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Tagged Existential Angst, Journalism, Mainstream Media, Propaganda
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More About MRSA and Agribusiness
This is a follow-up to an article we posted a few days ago. The big news here is the potential connection between the development of debilitating (even deadly) antibiotic-resistant pathogens and the use of antibiotics in animal feed. Let’s press … Continue reading
Rachel Maddow and the Irresistible Rise of Sarcastic News
The Sarcastic Times. . . For Rachel Maddow and the other ironic anchors, absurdity is serious stuff What has caused sarcastic news to flower? For starters, today’s bloggers and YouTube snidesters see parody as information and information as parody. By … Continue reading
Ritter: Obama Needs to Learn the Truth About Iran
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, doing his best impersonation of a Bond villain, tours a Russian facility last summer that produces advanced surface-to-air missiles. AP pool photo / Aleksey Nikolskyi.A Lesson in International Gamesmanship: Barack Obama, Meet Team BBy Scott Ritter … Continue reading
Richard L. Scott: Healthcare Enemy Number One
See also Dr. Stephen R. Keister’s remarks below about Richard L. Scott. All of this is rather enlightening to say the least. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Former Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. co-founder Richard Scott is now chairman of Solantic, … Continue reading
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Eliminating the Taliban Threat: Not Achievable
How to Leave AfghanistanBy Leslie H. Gelb / March 12, 2009 ONLY if our troop levels hit 100,000 and fighting floods over into Taliban havens in Pakistan will Washington be likely to look hard at the alternative policy for Afghanistan … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Obama Administration, U.S. Foreign Policy, War on Terror
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The Explosion at the Shrine of Rahman Baba
The explosion badly damaged Rahman Baba’s Shrine. AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad.Uprooting Flowers on Pakistan’s FrontierBy James Caron / March 14, 2009 Some time before dawn on the 5th of this month, there was an explosion in the main building at the … Continue reading
MRSA: A Potential Cost of Industrial Agriculture
One of the many industrial hog farms outside Camden, Ind. Photo: Nicholas D. Kristof/The New York Times.Our Pigs, Our Food, Our HealthBy Nicholas D. Kristof / March 11, 2009 The late Tom Anderson, the family doctor in this little farm … Continue reading
Kisseloff: A Review of Warren Beatty’s ‘Reds’
Illustration by Hugo Gellert. Source: Wikipedia.Remembering a Red From RedsBy Jeff Kisseloff / March 5, 2009 The other day I sat in front of my TV watching Warren Beatty’s Reds with tears in my eyes–not because I was so moved … Continue reading
Some Fundamental Changes in Decision-Making in Germany and the USA
THIS IS SATIRE on the front page of “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.” Photo by David MacBryde.Some fundamental changes in decision-making in Germany and the USA — pointed at by the Rag Blog Berlin correspondentBy David MacBryde / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged David MacBryde, Europe, Financial Crisis, Global Economy, Politics
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Financial Meltdown : The 12 Corrupt Deals That Caused it
Graphic from The Energy Source. $5 billion in lobbying for 12 corrupt deals caused the multi-trillion dollar financial meltdown. It got the finance industry lucrative legislative favors that paved the way for Wall Street’s devastating collapse. By Robert Weissman / … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Deregulation, Economic Collapse, Financial Crisis, Lobbyists, Political Corruption
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