[ … and, wow, what a year it’s been. It kicked off with Israel acting like something out of Nazi Germany (and no-one in our government even blinked), then Swine flu turned out to be crap, global warming was also crap, Christmas was crap, Peak Oil was -definitely- crap, Columbian […]
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In America, the president suffers character assassination via the press. In America, the president rules like a king. World leaders condemn America while the citizens are divided. American Corporations have stake and stance in the execution of war. The Constitution is abused. Ice caps are melting. Education is used as […]
One of the cornerstones of Australian cinema is Peter Weir’s highly acclaimed 1981 war drama “Gallipoli” which was instrumental in making Mel Gibson a star and influenced many war films around the globe that followed. [youtube]i8e7ECdG69U[/youtube] Now in an extensive interview with The 7:30 Report (via TVNZ, Peter Jackson revealed […]
Reflections on a Recent Evaluation of Dr. David Ray Griffin by Elizabeth Woodworth The cover story of the September 24, 2009, issue of The New Statesman, [ … no, not that New Statesman – this New Statesman : ] the venerable left-leaning British magazine, was entitled “The 50 People […]
An excerpt from the recently published book The Mother of All Battles: The Endless U.S.-Iraq War by Malcom Lagauche: In December 2003, we all saw the photos of a disheveled Saddam Hussein after he was pulled out of a “spider hole” in a town near Tikrit. The administration laughed and the […]
[ The Wall Street Journal – not fit for bumwipe ] It’s not really new that Rupert Murdoch owns the Wall Street Journal. But it’s something worth reminding yourself of when you see garbage journalism such as what appeared in this weekend’s WSJ. – Homeland Insecurity – “The US is […]
Trailer and clips from In The Loop, the new comedy from comic genius Armando Iannucci, the man behind The Day Today (the forerunner to the genius that is ‘Brasseye‘), I’m Alan Partridge and The Thick Of It. Profanity may offend. [youtube]dQrqMkCuHqA[/youtube] [youtube]EAA74aXZXlg&NR=1[/youtube] [youtube]reTHiReUNo4[/youtube] [youtube]LugJd6uGJqI[/youtube] [youtube]wa3eoMnMC80[/youtube]
An extremely well made documentary from the Beeb – on the commerce of war, and how the military industrial complex profits so much from war, that it must create wars to continue the growth of it’s business. It’s quite the eye-opener. Click here to watch
I nside B r i t a i n’s I s r a e l Lobby https://snardfarker.ning.com/video/i-nside-b-r-i-t-a-i-ns-i-s-1 Dispatches ( Channel 4 – U.K. ) investigates one of the most powerful and influential political lobbies in Britain, which is working in support of the interests of the State of Israel. Despite […]
By Mallary Jean Tenore, Poynter Online “Daily Show” producer Ramin Hedayati spends his morning flipping back and forth between the “Today Show” and “The Early Show,” glancing at major news sites and political blogs and reading The New York Times. When he gets into the office, he scans through news […]