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it's always a good idea to check the original source, especially if the quotation/fact/allegation is in any way contentious.  when i was reading final proofs on the paper I used to check anything that sounded in any way surprising or unlikely.   very often - FAR too often - i would discover the writer had either misunderstood the original comment ( Read more... )

Amazing how expediently short memories can become...

While Barack Obama tries to defuse the minefield labelled Jeremiah Wright, H.R.C. has been sucking up to the good and the great - and just incidentally the rabidly rightwing - in good ol' Pennsylvania.  At a meeting with the owner and editors of the Pittdburgh Tribune-Review, she apparently ( Read more... )

Saddam: the truth?
A dignified and brave end

Whatever else can fairly be said about Saddam Hussein and his many sins and vicious acts of bastardry, he went to the gallows with immense dignity and met his end bravely.
The leaked (unofficial) video and soundtrack of his hanging proves that, despite the claims by the flunky who made the official video of ( Read more... )

I find this almost beyond belief. Sadly, it is all too real.

A young McDonald's employee, after being accused of theft by a "policeman" calling the restaurant by phone, is held for three hours, is forced to strip, is cavity-searched, beaten and sodomised on the instruction of the caller. The manager of the restaurant, blindly follows the caller's ( Read more... )

"A photograph published yesterday with an article about the court-martial of a guard at Abu Ghraib prison showed a book cover that contained an obscenity. The obscenity went unnoticed during editing and should not have been published. Publication of the photo violates The Sun's guidelines.
The Sun apologizes for the oversight."

HERE'S THE PHOTO:< ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas, or Hannukah, or whatever other thing you choose to celebrate/observe at this time.
May your hearts be filled with cheer, your stomachs be stuffed with food, and your minds attuned to thoughts of peace and harmony among all mankind.

I know there are doubters out there who will denounce the following as a commie plot, or a bleeding-heart/gay/liberal bullshit story intended to undermine the glory of globalism, but this story is worth noting ( Read more... )

Latest Reuters report ( Read more... )

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When the smoke has cleared around Fallujah, what horrors will be revealed?As the Americans move street by bloody street towards control of the insurgents' stronghold, aid agencies warn of a humanitarian catastrophe. Kim Sengupta and Raymond Whitaker report ( Read more... )