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The Modus Operandi of Our Establishment Press
The Media, The Right and 1988: Endless Deja Vuby Glenn Greenwald / May 4, 2008 A large bulk of the political and pundit class are forever stuck in 1972, reflexively viewing every political conflict through its myopic prism (any war-opponent-candidate … Continue reading
Hope This Makes You Breathe Easier
The Greatest Story Never Told: Study Says Smoking Pot Doesn’t Cause Cancer — It May Prevent It!By Fred Gardner / May 4, 2008 Smoking Cannabis Does Not Cause CancerOf Lung or Upper Airways, Tashkin Finds;Data Suggest Possible Protective Effect The … Continue reading
Quote of the Day : Cojones
Concerning Hillary and Obama: “If she gave him one of her cojones, they’d both have two.” James Carville, in Newsweek
Rev. Hagee : John McCain’s Cross to Bear
John Hagee compares † Roman Church † to Hitler The All-White Elephant in the RoomBy Frank Rich / May 4, 2008 BORED by those endless replays of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright? If so, go directly to YouTube, search for “John … Continue reading
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We Must Also Save Ourselves from Ourselves
The Epitome of Conspicuous ConsumptionThe Gospel of Consumptionby Jeffrey Kaplan / May 3, 2008 Private cars were relatively scarce in 1919 and horse-drawn conveyances were still common. In residential districts, electric streetlights had not yet replaced many of the old … Continue reading
Winning Hearts and Minds, Yankee Style
Hospital In Baghdad Casualty of US Air StrikeMay 3, 2009 A hospital in the Iraqi capital’s Sadr City, a Shiite militia stronghold, was damaged in a US air strike on Saturday, wounding around 20 people, medics and witnesses said. A … Continue reading
And if we count the exhibition games in Michigan and Florida…
Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
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More Lies May Still Take Us to War with Iran
Democrats Okay Funds for Covert Ops: Secret Bush “Finding” Widens War on IranBy Andrew Cockburn / May 2, 2008 Six weeks ago President Bush signed a secret finding authorizing a covert offensive against the Iranian regime that, according to those … Continue reading
Stop Fighting and Start Talking, Junior
The UK Times Online assesses the success of the Iraq surge‘US military achievement in Iraq has reached peak’May 2, 2008 NEW YORK — An international think tank has called for fundamental political changes in Iraq, stressing that the US military … Continue reading
The Unjustly Imprisoned – Sami al-Haj Freed
Al-Jazeera Journalist Freed From Guantanamo After 6 Yearsby Mohamed Osman / May 2, 2008 An Al-Jazeera cameraman was released from U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay and returned home to Sudan early Friday after six years of imprisonment that drew worldwide … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Journalism, Official Repression, Religion
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McCain’s Health Care Balancing Act
Wealth Transfer From Voters to CorporationsBy R.J. Eskow / May 1, 2008 Health policy proposals can reflect many different ideologies or political philosophies, but John McCain’s plan isn’t so much ideological as utilitarian. There has been a lot of excellent … Continue reading
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Quote of the Day – Totalitarianism
“When any person is intentionally deprived of his constitutional rights those responsible have committed no ordinary offense. A crime of this nature, if subtly encouraged by failure to condemn and punish, certainly leads down the road to totalitarianism.” J.Edgar Hoover … Continue reading
