Month: August 2004
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Paul Krugman: Networks prefer puff over policy
Paul Krugman complains of US media’s near obsession with puff rather than hard policy facts. He also points out some interesting differences in how some politicians are represented differently, usually along party lines. Kevin Drum also talks about it, and gives more links to related stories. Well, I’ve been reading 60 days’ worth of transcripts…
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China's 'steel mouse' is still roaring – warily
A good story from the IHT on what its like to express personal views in today’s China. We need more people like Liu. Even so, Liu has resumed writing. Several months ago, she signed an online petition calling for the release of Du Daobin, another online Internet essayist. Du, in fact, had been jailed after…
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Where has all the oil money gone?
Paul Krugman asks a fair question, where has all the oil money gone? And why has so little money been spent? He asks: Last month we learned that the United States, while it has spent vast sums on the war in Iraq, has so far provided almost no aid. Of $18.4 billion in reconstruction funds…
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Richard A. Clarke: 9/11 report is honorable but incomplete
The former head of counterterrorism at the National Security Council Richard A. Clarke, believe that the September 11 report is somewhat lacking. He proposes how the war on terrorism should really be fought: We need to expose the Islamic world to values that are more attractive than those of the jihadists. This means aiding economic…
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What about the Saudis who flew off on 9/13?
Gerald Posner of the NYT asks the question, also posed by Unger and Moore. The report makes no mention that one of the Saudis on the flight that left Kentucky for Saudi Arabia was Prince Ahmed bin Salman. The nephew to King Fahd, Prince Ahmed was later mentioned to American interrogators in March 2002 by…
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The Workplace: Blowing whistles and the EU: Marta Andreasen
Marta Andreasen blew the whistle on dodgy practices inside the European Union, she now resides in limbo. The saga dates to May 2002, when she started alerting her bosses and then ultimately their bosses that the government computer software was vulnerable to error and fraud just five months after she started her job. “It was…
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"What I Do", a Proof-Dogmatic collaboration
Although Mc Big Proof is Eminem’s best friend, he really needed to take some distance with Shady Records and release his own work with different record labels. Thats’ why Promatic is a Koch Records production from the Contra Music Label and “I Miss the Hip Hop Shop” was released at Iron First Records.