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NPR : The Mideast : A Century of Conflict |
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2:17 am EST, Jan 10, 2003 |
[ Forwarded to me in an e-mail and recommend into MemeStreams
as I believe this will be of significant general interest.
--Rek ] Last fall NPR did a series of broadcasts on the history of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. The whole series was broadcast on KQED last night. Its very factual and provides an excellent overview of the historical roots of the problem. It does not place blame on either side, but simply tells what happened. You can listen to the whole series in an hour and I highly recommend it. NPR : The Mideast : A Century of Conflict |
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TIMEeurope.com: Poll -- The Biggest Threat To Peace |
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1:51 am EST, Jan 10, 2003 |
[[Who really poses the greatest danger to world peace? Iraq and North Korea are certainly high on President Bush's list though Iraq is still working hard to deny him a reason to attack. ]] I wish this poll had INDIVIDUALS instead of nations. TIMEeurope.com: Poll -- The Biggest Threat To Peace |
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A different take on Airport Security |
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1:27 am EST, Jan 10, 2003 |
From the mind of Penn Gilette. With props to Shawn Yeager for tipping me off to this. This tells the story of Penn's run in with Las Vegas International's finest. A different take on Airport Security |
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4:40 pm EST, Nov 14, 2002 |
1984 is here. The new Cyberspace Security Enhancement Act (CSEA) rider on the Homeland Security Act (HSA) brings a $200 million dollar budget to create an automated J. Edgar Hoover sans the sexual peccadillos. If I were you I would contact my Senators and Representatives today. [Isn't this "America...land of the *free*" ? What kind of freedom are we supposed to feel if we are being watched like this all of the time? If this passes, they should change our slogan to "America...land of surveillance". - nanochick You Are a Suspect |
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8:13 pm EST, Nov 11, 2002 |
Interesting analysis of news stories from 10 different media outlets. Passages are quoted from 1998 and 2002. All of these passages relate to the big lie that UN weapons inspectors were expelled from Iraq in 1998. It's a bold faced lie being propagated by the following culprits: ABC News
NBC News
Associated Press, The
Los Angeles Times, The
National Public Radio
Cable News Network
USA Today
New York Times, The
Washington Post, The
Newsday Not terribly shocking given the corporate media consolidation in the last decade (what are we down to now, like 4 or 5 major holding corporations?) but I've never seen it laid out in such a clear, concise before and after format. Kill your television. Kill your radio. Free the internet. History, recovered |
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