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A documentary worth watching (free)
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- Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Yesterday I mentioned the site freedocumentaries.org and the fact that they have, uh, free documentaries you can stream or download. I wanted to put in my two cents on a film I hadn’t seen before but think is quite good, with one or two minor reservations.
Orwell Rolls In His Grave is a film about the state of the press in the US. Despite a somewhat overhype-y reliance on readings from…
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Venom, Ire, ribs, etc.
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- Tuesday 1st July 2008
Well, I’m still quite fond of the surgeon who performed my recent surgery, even though I think he underestimated the recovery time from my collateral damage, a broken rib. I think I’ll need every moment of the 2 months he initially predicted for my recovery, which he later revised to 6 weeks due to my wonderful prognosis and youth (!).
Just because I’m sitting around at home feeling sorry…
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Who is Laura Berg and why is she getting an award?
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- Sunday 27th April 2008
Better watch those letters to the editor, friend.
Laura Berg is a VA nurse who wrote an outraged letter to a local New Mexico paper about Bush, his non-handling of Katrina, and the murderous bogosity of the Iraq war. Her bosses set the FBI on her, threatening an investigation for sedition.
She just won a highly prestigious award for standing up to Bush and his goons.
Sedition? I’m with…
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The difference between lobbying elected representatives and bribing them.
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- Wednesday 16th April 2008
For 10 points on the exam, compare & contrast:
Example 1
Political giving, Walker said, “gives us the opportunity to participate with elected officials and offer solutions to growing concerns within the energy sector.”
Example 2
Using lobbyists to bribe elected officials of both parties, Walker said, “allows us to get them to cooperate with our program of importing huge amounts of…
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At Nuremburg, the Nazi High Command were hung for the same things Rice & Cheney approved and directed.
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- Thursday 10th April 2008
Oy & Oy. Oy twice. Once for this news, although ABC is right now the only place carrying this that I can find, and once for the quality of this newscast. I realize I’m out of the loop for “serious” programming on the major networks, but the delivery of this piece strikes me as pitched to around a 6th grade level.
And here’s the wrap up. This really depressing news, still not carried…
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Money changes everything
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- Monday 7th April 2008
Truth, objectivity, and scientific integrity are so last century. The important thing is the bucks.
Running those big universities costs so much money, and it’s so hard to get government grant money because it’s all going to fund the war. Better to let the tobacco companies pay for a major cancer study…
Oh my, how the Democrats speak loudly about helping the po’ ol’ folks on Medicare…
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Democratic President or Republican President, Burson-Marsteller will be with us always
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- Monday 7th April 2008
If you read the paper today, you’ll see that Hillary Clinton is shocked – SHOCKED – to find out that her lead pollster and political aide is taking money to support a project Hillary opposes.
Mark Penn, a duplicitous schmuck who runs a huge company called Burson-Marsteller, will leave the Clinton campaign forthwith. At least as far as the press reports. UPDATE: Penn leave the campaign? More…
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Lawrence Lessig and his very good idea
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- Monday 7th April 2008
Following his decision not to run for the US Congress, Lawrence Lessig started an organization called Change Congress.
The organization’s aim is not to fix the United States, but to address what Lessig calls the first problem; the corrosive effects of money on politics, effecting both good people and bad.
He explains, with his usual stunning PowerPoint…
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Charlie Rose gets his ass handed to him by two rather pissed off Iraqi gentlemen
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- Thursday 27th March 2008
I’m just going to link to a great post by Glenn Greenwald that showcases Charlie Rose’s “Fifth Anniversary Of The Iraqi Invasion” show.
There’s fantastic embedded video of a segment of Rose’s show where he attempts to manipulate two Iraqi guests – a journalist and an author – into some sort of “Oh, the US meant well and possibly made a few mistakes” type of dialogue.
Instead, you…
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Something to keep in mind while the media is handicapping the election horse race
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- Tuesday 25th March 2008
Isn’t this an exciting time? Every schmuck pundit and self-absorbed talking head acts as if the election is a critical, head-to-head race. According to the media, it’s neck and neck right down to the primary finals for the Dems, and then it’ll be a dead heat between McCain and whoever.
Well, that sort of “news” coverage certainly delivers viewers to the advertisers. It seems so……
