One suspects the terrorists spent far too much time listening to the BBC World Service.
Let’s hasten to add that by no means should the BBC alone be singled out. When it comes to terrorists and their grievances, nearly all the Western media have provided them with a rich diet on which to feed.
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Conspiracy Theory: Wall Street Journal Edition
Creative Commons Gets Legit
Change.gov is licensed under Creative Commons. It used to be that Creative Commons was something that only amateur musicians, fan fic authors, and people who post to Slashdot cared about. But now it’s something of interest to amateur musicians, fan fic authors, people who post to Slashdot and the President of the United States of [...]
What Is Meant By Consumerism
The word, consumerism, is thrown around a lot. It seems that oftentimes the word is used to mean something along the lines of, “Golly, we buy a lot of crap.” But I think it has a much more specific and higher-level meaning.
At a newsstand today I saw the front page of a USA Today. [...]
Hillary
I clearly recall reading a piece in The Guardian which reported that Hillary is the next Secretary State as a fact which had come to pass, the headline of which was: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama’s offer of secretary of state job.
Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack [...]
Good Times With Charlie Rose — Vikram Pandit Edition
Charlie Rose just asked Vikram Pandit (CEO of Citigroup) “Is the U.S. Government becoming the world’s bank.” And Vikram’s response was, “Um…” It wasn’t an unqualified “No! Why of course not. What a silly question!” But, “Um…”
Vikram pointed out how important Citi is because they’re in nearly two-hundred countries worldwide, which is of course why [...]
Pretty In Mink
If there’s a blank spot on your wall which is crying out to be decorated with a calendar featuring photos of female conservative pundits wearing the carcasses of dead animals, then are you ever in luck! The Pretty In Mink Calendar is available for purchase now. Personally, I can’t imagine anything I’d rather look at [...]
This One Slipped By
If there was a hullabaloo made about this ad, I missed it. It blatantly uses a racist stereotype to drum up fear of unions so that you vote for the anti-union candidate.
Hard Feelings
I’m tired of reading all the characterizations of the Lieberman boondoggle as being over hard feelings.
I’m aware of no one who opposed Lieberman retaining his chairmanships based on hard feelings. The issue is that he’s an incompetent idiot who failed to use his power as chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to [...]
