Deliberating On Mistakes
[Big Lizards:Blog:Main] But if the mistranslation were deliberate, rewriting the official statements of Iraqi officials to hew more closely to what CNN would prefer they said, then -- well, then that's just the traditional MO of the mainstream media, isn't it?
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“Last Throes” One Year Later
[IntoxiNation] to Cheney means they were half way through their run of terror. Of course if the Pentagon is publicly saying they would last until next year, that means we will still be hearing about these attacks five years from now.
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Posted at 01:40 AM
May 31, 2006
Deliberating On Mistakes
[Big Lizards:Blog:Main] But if the mistranslation were deliberate, rewriting the official statements of Iraqi officials to hew more closely to what CNN would prefer they said, then -- well, then that's just the traditional MO of the mainstream media, isn't it?
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Posted at 01:45 AM
“Last Throes” One Year Later
[IntoxiNation] to Cheney means they were half way through their run of terror. Of course if the Pentagon is publicly saying they would last until next year, that means we will still be hearing about these attacks five years from now.
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Posted at 01:40 AM
May 29, 2006
Murtha on This Week
[IntoxiNation] Murtha said. "This investigation should have been over two or three weeks afterward and it should have been made public and people should have been held responsible for it."
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Posted at 01:48 AM
Memorial Day: Celebrating those who gave chase to evil
[MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy] Memorial Day: Celebrating those who gave chase to evil Wade Zirkle, former Marine, veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and founder of Vets for...
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Posted at 01:43 AM
May 27, 2006
Haditha massacre update - shots fired from only a couple of rifles?
[Sir Humphrey's | The Department of Unspin] Officials briefed on preliminary results of the inquiry said the civilians killed at Haditha, a lawless, insurgent-plagued city deep in Sunni-dominated Anbar Province, did not die from a makeshift bomb, as the military first reported, or in cross-fire between marines and attackers, as was later announced. A separate inquiry has begun to find whether the events were deliberately covered up.
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Posted at 01:59 AM
When will we ever learn?
[The ZenYenta Report] In these days when terms like "collateral damage" have entered the common vernacular it would be too easy to do. Rightwing blogs, some of which are still trying to find ways to blame Congressman Murtha for speaking on the subject, are quickly moving over to this talking point.
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Posted at 01:38 AM
May 25, 2006
NPR: More Details on Haditha
[Transparent Grid] 19, the Marine squad rolled into Haditha, a town northwest of Baghdad, in a four-Humvee convoy. The convoy struck a roadside bomb, which killed one Marine and injured two others.
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Posted at 01:47 AM
Iraq the Mess
[Pajamas Media] David Corn believes that “despite all the happy talk” Iraq is headed for more, rather than less disorder because the security forces have been thoroughly infiltrated by sectarian militias.
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Posted at 01:44 AM
May 23, 2006
whatershed
[observulsion] “But the main reason I've come today is to talk to you about a watershed event that took place this weekend in Iraq. On Saturday, in Baghdad, Iraqis formed a new government, and the world saw the beginning of something new -- constitutional democracy at the heart of the Middle East.
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Posted at 01:44 AM
Turning Point?
[Mad As Hell] The only thing turning in Iraq is the meter clocking the number of dead and maimed since you lied us into war. Cracker.
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Posted at 01:41 AM
May 21, 2006
Iraqi Government formed, three key security posts remain unfilled
[Sir Humphrey's | The Department of Unspin] However three key security posts (Defense, National Security, Interior) remain unfilled. Prime Minister Maliki will handle the Interior portfolio for one week, while the Deputy PM (a Sunni) has been temporarily appointed to lead the Defense Ministry.
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Posted at 01:39 AM
Jean Rohe: Why I Spoke Up
[The Huffington Post] When I was selected as a student speaker for the New School commencement about two months ago I had no idea that I'd end up on CNN and in Maureen Dowd's column in the New York Times, among other places, when it was all over. One day after the big event I'm still reeling from all the media attention and emails from professors, students, and other supporters from all over the country, so forgive me if my writing is a little scattered.
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Posted at 01:37 AM
May 19, 2006
Blogger Certainly Loves America!
[Hammer of Truth | Libertarian Community Weblog] I’ve been enjoying the writings of Jeremiah Bullfrog (who incidentally looks like Shepard Smith with a moustache and mullet). He writes funny tongue-in-cheek renditions of a Southern yokel political views laced with links to the flip side of the coin.
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Posted at 01:46 AM
More from the Religion of Peace
[Oh How I Love Jesus] Al-Jazeera aired the video (of course) but did not play the audio portion. I guess if he’d been a westerner we’d have heard the threats.
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Posted at 01:43 AM
May 15, 2006
U.S. screws up secret arms deal in Iraq
[The Daily Background] The Pentagon has secretly shipped tens of thousands of small arms from Bosnia to Iraq in the past two years, using a web of private companies, at least one of which is a noted arms smuggler blacklisted by Washington and the UN.
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Posted at 01:51 AM
Slogging Towards Victory?
[ » Outside The Beltway | OTB] Austin Bay responds to Richard Fernandez”˜ observation of cognitive dissonance among the abstract blogosphere with a guess as to its cause: here’s a...
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Posted at 01:47 AM
May 11, 2006
Carter was a visionary
[Blog and Tan] In the current environment of multiple wars, possibly including future one(s) against Iran and maybe even Syria, it is no secret to anyone that we are too dependent on foreign oil. Even Bush admits we're "addicted to oil." Note that I've suggested instead that we're addicted to what oil has provided us for generations--cheap transportation, and therefore the flexibility to consume real estate--but that's beside the point.
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Posted at 01:56 AM
I Know Why The Caged Virgin Sings
[Serious Golmal] I Know Why The Caged Virgin Sings May 10th, 2006 Because she, Ayaan Hirsi Ali that is, gets to have Hitchens author hyperbolic, self-gratulatory gush-jobs on her behalf. But women like Haifa Zangana can never expect Hitchens do the same for her.
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Posted at 01:51 AM
May 09, 2006
Iraqi civilian deaths on the rise
[political nonsense] Gunmen operate throughout Baghdad ”” killing brazenly during daytime and moving with impunity during curfew. Because there is rarely any proper investigation of the deaths by either U.S. or Iraqi authorities, it is all but impossible to determine to what extent the killers are motivated by sectarian feuds or by revenge, money or tribal quarrels.
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Posted at 01:41 AM
Two Maine National Guard Soldiers Killed
[ MAINE DEMOCRATS] David Michael Veverka of Jamestown, Pennsylvania, were killed in a roadside bombing, May 6, 2006. Private Christopher Fraser, of Windsor, Maine was seriously wounded.
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Posted at 01:40 AM
May 07, 2006
War, Peace, Patriots, & Citizens
[The Unknown Candidate] weapons inspector Scott Ritter on Jan. 20, 2006 at a symposium for the International Commission of Inquiry on crimes against humanity committed by the Bush administration.
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Posted at 02:06 AM
BushWhacked
[Kmareka.com] One such song, BushWhacked, is attracting some attention for its creative and pointed anti-war message. The song, which is coupled with a slide show of disturbing images, is presently featured on The Huffington Post, as part of its “Contagious Festival.” I highly recommend that you check BushWhacked out (here).
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Posted at 01:53 AM
May 05, 2006
traffic jams: rupert murdoch rules world through news and myspace
[got detroit?] , Myspace has more than just pedophiles gong for it. It’s also becoming quite the little policy maker.
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Posted at 01:44 AM
hey, we all have a job to do”¦ right?
[ connecting*the*dots] The staff at TheStreet.com probably consider me a Rear Echelon Mother Fucker”¦
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Posted at 01:41 AM
May 03, 2006
Iraq to Control Security ”˜In Two Years’
[Inkwell Insurgency] Iraq to Control Security ”˜In Two Years’ Iraqi forces could take control of the country’s security in two years but foreign forces will probably need...
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Posted at 01:43 AM
Retreating and Hiding
[James D. Hudnall] According to Strategy Page, Al Qaeda is retreating from Iraq and “insurgent” leader Al Zarqawi is hiding out, and all alone in Syria. If all of this is true, it only shows how effective our job has been.
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Posted at 01:41 AM
