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9/11: Lest We Forget
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- Wednesday 15th August 2007
It’s almost the 6th anniversary of the WTC horrors.
And here’s a 93 second Realaudio film recapping why it didn’t have to happen.
Thanks, Spocko.
Impeach…
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Pearl Jam Webcast Censored by AT&T Over Political Content (UPDATED)
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- Wednesday 8th August 2007
The latest entry on pearljam.com announces that a live webcast of theirs from Lollapalooza had lyrics derogatory to George Bush edited out of the performance without Pearl Jam’s knowledge or pemission.
During the performance of “Daughter” the following lyrics were sung to the tune of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” but were cut from the webcast:
- “George Bush, leave this world…
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George Carlin On The American Dream
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- Tuesday 7th August 2007
Here’s a dream team for the next election: Bill Moyers for President, and George Carlin for…
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Killing time at Heathrow
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- Tuesday 7th August 2007
Leaving Womad (see above), I arrived at Heathrow with several hours to spare before boarding my flight back to the States. Alays the nervous traveller, I augmented the book I was reading with the purchase of a recent book of interviews with Noam Chomsky, Imperial Ambitions; Conversations With Noam Chomsky On The Post 9/11 World.
Now, I’m a big Chomsky fan, and I’ve read a few of his books,…
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No Cooler For The Scooter
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- Wednesday 1st August 2007
A quiet number from the Club Secure Undisclosed.
VERY well done. A buck in the request glass for Rebecca at WFMU, who generously…
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Net Neutrality loses (updated)
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- Saturday 7th July 2007
The FTC has decided to abandon net neutrality.
Thought that battle was won, huh? Think again.
What does this mean? If your ISP is Verizon, and Verizon has, let’s say, a contract with Yahoo to provide fast service to Yahoo but not Google, then your browser may load Google very slooooooowly. That’s if Verizon feels good. If they want to play hardball, you won’t be able get Google at all….
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If you can’t see it, it doesn’t exist (continued)
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- Saturday 7th July 2007
No picture for this link; the images accompanying this story on the photographs of the Iraq war that don’t seem to show up in the US media have a devastating effect without anything I can add.
The Republicans, with the brainpower of Karl Rove and Roger Ailes driving them, realize that images of war dead, injuries, and American coffins make for, you know, icky feelings about conquering other…
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Rich Republicans find a new charity: Arnold Schwarzenegger
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- Thursday 5th July 2007
Taking a page from scumbag Tom Delay’s playbook, wealthy Republicans and various lobbying groups are contributing unlimited, untraceable amounts of tax deductible cash to a “charity” whose only purpose is to pay for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s hotel suites and private jets.
The purpose of Schwarzeneggger’s travel? Ostensibly, “trade missions.” Actually, for no reason other than to keep Arnold’s…
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A deft summation of the Bush/Libby scandal
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- Wednesday 4th July 2007
This sums up my feelings rather well; Ron Fournier kicks ass in all directions in this short but blistering AP opinion piece.
The hypocrisy is unpardonable. President Bush’s decision to commute the sentence of a convicted liar brought out the worst in both parties and politics.
In keeping I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby out of jail, Bush defied his promise to hold wrongdoers accountable and…
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Why webcams were invented (continued)
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- Tuesday 3rd July 2007
Thanks to James The Advocate for the…
