“Best thing I’ve read so far” : Haiti 2010: An Unwelcome Katrina Redux
Day: April 1, 2023
[ … … what ..? ] “We would like all the stakeholders of Illinois to recognize how close the state is to bankruptcy or insolvency,” says Laurence Msall, president of the Civic Federation, a fiscal watchdog in Chicago. “Bankruptcy is the reality that looms out there,” Republican gubernatorial candidate Andrew […]
When spin eclipses reality, people like you die in droves The trick to killing someone is not to know them. [ … um … what ? ] The trick to killing someone is not to know them. That’s what the moneymakers have kept secret from us all these years. All […]
The United States Justice Department indicted 22 businessmen, including four Israelis, on Tuesday in an arms sting. [ neat … … like in ‘Lord Of War’ ] [youtube]1KGu0FMDJfk[/youtube] The businessmen are suspected of attempting to bribe a person they thought was the defense minister of an African country in order […]
[ … for some reason … ] Israel has stopped issuing work permits to foreign aid workers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, sparking fears about the future of relief operations in the Palestinian territories. The Israeli Interior Ministry has issued only tourist visas to aid groups such as […]
For those of you who would think that this is a vicious attack on the obama administration. It is not. It is simply history. Time to wake up folks. None of our current government is good. Right or left. As we all have learned in our lifetimes, the old adage is […]
Stuart Littlewood highlights the BBC’s chronic pro-Israel bias, from allowing untruths about Israel’s onslaught on Gaza in 2008-09 to go unchallenged, to its failure to provide accurate context about the Israeli township of Sderot, to its routine willingness to give disproportionate airtime to Israeli spokesmen and lobbyists. ”[The BBC] gives […]
[ a photo of some very unhappy people from Iceland ] [ h / t : Christopher ] See nytimes on new US Supreme Court decision and permission allowing for corparate funding for elections here read in association with the downloadable DVD series..”Century of the Self ” here Watch The […]
AP- WASHINGTON D.C. – In a move certain to fuel the debate over Obama’s qualifications for the presidency,the group “Americans for Freedom of Information” has Released copies of President Obama’s college transcripts from Occidental College . Released today, the transcript school indicates that Obama, under the name Barry Soetoro, received financial aid […]