Cheryl’s Mewsings points out that American companies feel we need to be protected from unpleasant subjects: There are doubtless many explanations as to why this should be so. One of them appears to be that the US media appears to think that their customers need to be protected from anything that might suggest that global [...]
Archive for March 11th, 2004
The Danger of the Market
Posted in Culture, Economics, Environment on March 11, 2004 | 3 Comments »
Help Protect Public Broadcasting
Posted in Politics on March 11, 2004 | 11 Comments »
As you know, this administration is hostile to Public Broadcasting, and has been trying to undermine it. Knowing that cutting funding completely would be politically unwise, the administration intends to approve only short-term funding (perhaps only one year’s worth), while stacking the CPB’s board with people who want to undermine public broadcasting’s content independence. Take [...]
How Gullible are Robertson's Followers?
Posted in Religion on March 11, 2004 | 10 Comments »
In the middle of this snarky look at some of the outrageous things right wingers have said over the years (“Don’t kill all the liberals” was my personal favorite. It’s nice that Rush is so merciful) was this gem “I would warn Orlando that you’re right in the way of some serious hurricanes, and I [...]
Gibson's Next Film
Posted in Politics, Satire on March 11, 2004 | 1 Comment »
South Knox Bubba has a look at Mel’s next project ….
The Saudi Flights
Posted in Politics on March 11, 2004 | 2 Comments »
This is disturbing. It details how Saudi connections with the Bush family and the US government got several highly placed Saudis out of the States — including approval for private jet use when private jests were not allowed to fly — without having to be interrogated. Why is that important? In fact, exactly the opposite [...]
Justice In Iraq
Posted in Iraq, Politics on March 11, 2004 | 1 Comment »
This looks very much like women are being made into scapegoats for the failure of the Bush Administration and the IGC: For the past month, Nadhima Hussein and 12 other women have been locked inside a dark, fly-infested room at a police station here. The Iraqi Finance Ministry says Hussein, a bank manager, owes them [...]
Horrible Terrorist Attack In Spain
Posted in Politics on March 11, 2004 | 8 Comments »
The worst terrorist attack in modern Spanish history — this is their 9/11. A series of explosions ripped through several packed commuter trains in the Spanish capital of Madrid during Thursday morning’s rush hour, killing at least 182 people and wounding at least 900, according to Spain’s Interior Ministry. Many of the wounded have life-threatening [...]
Bertuzzi Suspension: Not Enough
Posted in Sports on March 11, 2004 | 4 Comments »
The NHL suspended Betuzzi, one of the leagues best player and the best player on a Stanley Cup contender, for the rest of the regular season and the entire run of the playoffs. Next year (if there is a season next year) Bertuzzi will have to apply for reinstatement, a reinstatement that I suspect will [...]
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