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Not a "Criminal?" What’s the Problem?
Cameras on Harris County toll road. Toll road cameras looking beyond scofflaw drivers. Camera system upgraded to help catch criminals.By Rosanna Ruiz / Houston Chronicle / April 4, 2008 Harris County Toll Road Authority cameras are now on the lookout … Continue reading
Beware the New New Thing AND The Already Thing
Christian Northeast / NYTNew internet technologies could bring de facto censorship.By Damian Kulash Jr. / April 5, 2008 Recently, the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust task force invited me to be the lead witness for its hearing on “net neutrality.” I’ve … Continue reading
Hey, Kids – It’s Just a Joke
We bet he won’t be laughing at his next election. The Rag “PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has been caught on film saluting US president George W Bush – but he says the incident was just a joke. Cameras caught the … Continue reading
Martin Luther King’s Voice Still Silenced by MSM
40 Years Later, (The Late) Martin Luther King Still Silencedby Jeff Cohen Soon after Martin Luther King’s birthday became a federal holiday in 1986, I began prodding mainstream media to cover the dramatic story of King’s last year as he … Continue reading
Seymour Hersh at Trinity College
Reporter Seymour HershPulitzer winner discusses media, Bush, IraqBy Steve Bennett / April 4, 2008 Last night my 82 year-old mom called (after attending Seymour Hersh’s speech), and she was blown away. Mother added that Hersh spoke about the mental condition … Continue reading
Defending the Indefensible: Billions in Subsidies
I don’t know about you, but I wanna throw up all over these smug, arrogant fuckers. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Stephen Simon (Exxon Mobil), John Hofmeister (Shell), Peter Robertson (Chevron), JohnLowe (Conoco Phillips) and Robert Malone (BP America) … Continue reading
A Case of Great Respect for Privacy Rights
Notice the lawyer’s name — could he be related to our own Red-Headed Stranger?? Mariann Wizard / The Rag Blog Search and Seizure: Vermont Supreme Court Throws Out Marijuana Conviction Based on Warrantless Aerial Surveillancefrom Drug War Chronicle, Issue #530 … Continue reading
Never Did the Possibility of Disappointment Offer So Much Hope
Would you like change with that? Super Tuesday II, as Fox dubbed it, took some steam out of the Obama bandwagon, but he’s still the likely Democratic nominee, and therefore the likely president-to-be. Which is remarkable, really—a nonparticipant can only … Continue reading
On the Road with the Beats
On Display Through August at The University of Texas at Austin.Now on display at The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin is Jack Kerouac’s scroll manuscript of On the Road, included for a limited time with … Continue reading
An Outrageous Miscarriage of Justice
Lynne Stewart arrives at court Oct. 16, 2006. Photo: AP Targeting Defense Lawyers: Lynne Stewart’s Long Struggle for JusticeBy Stephan Lendman / April 3, 2008 On April 9, 2002, Attorney General John Ashcroft made a symbolic visit to “Ground Zero.” … Continue reading
The Surge Is Prolonging Instability
General William Odom Tells Senate: Rapid Withdrawal Is Only Solution TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON IRAQBy William E. Odom, LT General, USA, Ret. / April 2, 2008 Good morning Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. It … Continue reading
Col. Ted Westhusing : A Death Reconsidered
Gen. Petraeus and a High-Level Suicide in Iraq
