If you missed NOW tonight, check here to read about this very important story on how Ashcroft is willing to change laws to eliminate all kinds of civil rights, at the same time that he protects the privacy of gun purchasers – even against the opinion of his own Justice Department! ” President Bush will [...]
A must-see cartoon posted to the Stand-down web site (also referred to as the nowarblog. See Cartoon here.
“the rash of bizarre, fake commemorative plaques that has suddenly begun gracing the streets of Paris has got the city council worried. There is, after all, a proper procedure to be followed in such matters, and whoever is responsible is manifestly not following it. Perfect copies of the marble slabs that usually indicate the spot [...]
“A report to be released today predicts that an invasion of Iraq could lead to a "human catastrophe" with casualties as high as 250,000 within the first three months. "Collateral Damage: The Health and Environmental Costs of War on Iraq" was prepared largely by Medact, the British affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of [...]
I think its great that there are still world leaders worried about freeing their countries from “the shackles of subjectivism and metaphysics”!!! Strange how this means admiting capitalists into the communist party. Seems kinda “metaphysical” if you ask me … China-un.ch
“Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it would invest $400 million in boosting education, business partnerships and software development in India, which would aid the next wave of a global technological rebound. .. Some 20 percent of Microsoft’s engineers are of Indian origin and Gates said on Monday that he had “a personal concern” toward the [...]
“The Pentagon is constructing a computer system that could create a vast electronic dragnet, searching for personal information as part of the hunt for terrorists around the globe
“On Monday evening about 1,000 students gathered to protest in the west of Kabul about their poor living conditions and lack of electricity. "We have no water. We have no bread. Everything is expensive," Nangalai, a medical student, said.” BBC NEWS
“Born in Hamburg in 1900 (as Detlef Sierck), the legendary director hobnobbed with the likes of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill in 1920s Germany, then fled the Nazi regime at the beginning of World War II. In Hollywood, he rechristened himself and made his name off a series of bold Technicolor weepies — "Magnificent Obsession," [...]
Someone e-mailed this to me: Media concentration, also known as media convergence or media consolidation, basically comes down to the fact that fewer and fewer companies own the media. Mediachannel.org has created a comprehensive chart of exactly who owns what. http://www.mediachannel.org/ownership/chart.shtml Colombia Journalism Review provides a clickable list of the major media companies and their [...]