31 May 2008 | News | Jim Lobe
Speaking of Rupert Murdoch, the May edition of his Far Eastern Economic Review was banned in China, according to Friday’s Washington Times, which attributed the banning to the magazine’s publication of an essay by the American Enterprise Institute’s “Freedom Scholar,” Michael Ledeen, entitled “Beijing Embraces Classical Fascism.”
I find the ban absurd myself, but I [...]
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29 May 2008 | George W. Bush, News, US Military | Tim Swanson
A recent report notes that there has been a marked increase in suicides for active duty Army personnel. According to the study, 2007 was the worst year on record with 115 troops taking their own lives. This was up from the previous year of 102 and the year before which was 85.
Is there [...]
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29 May 2008 | News | James Bovard
Antiwar.com Radio yesterday posted a very informative interview between Charles Goyette and Ron Paul. At about 10 minutes into the interview, Goyette asked Congressman Paul about my comment on the blog regarding negotiations with the Republican party for a speaking slot at the Republican Convention in September convention.
Congressman Paul replied: “I don’t know [...]
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29 May 2008 | News | Eric Garris
Another big victory for Michelle Malkin over the forces of terrorism!
Dunkin’ Donuts recently released an ad featuring celebrity chef Rachael Ray. Innocent enough, right?
Terror sleuth and columnist Michelle Malkin discovered the hidden message in the ad – a message meant to offer support for the “murderous Palestinian jihad.”
In the ad, Ray wears a [...]
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28 May 2008 | News | Eric Garris
Earlier today, we ran a story from ABC, “FBI: Al-Qaeda Tape to Call for Use of WMDs.”
But we, along with ABC and the FBI, were “punk’d” by a “jihad fan.”
Noah Shachtman of Wired quotes Evan Kohlmann of Counterterrorism Blog that “The intel community appears to have (once again) fallen victim to poorly researched open source [...]
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28 May 2008 | Empire, George W. Bush, Military spending, News, US Military | Tim Swanson
If you have a chance be sure to read the latest TomDispatch piece from the Highlights section.
Researcher Frida Berrigan copiously details the geometric rise of the Pentagon’s budget and omnipotence through the concerted efforts of the current administration. As Tom notes, it is perhaps the most powerful and concise overview on the breadth [...]
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27 May 2008 | News | James Bovard
The Washington Post has an article today on the number of Ron Paul’s relatives who worked for his presidential campaign.
I will be curious if there are other analyses of how the Paul campaign spent $30 million.
The Post article [...]
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27 May 2008 | Empire, Iraq, Media, Oil | Scott Horton
And check out Antiwar Radio’s new YouTube channel!
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27 May 2008 | Economics, Iraq, Military spending, News, US Military | Tim Swanson
Scifi author Charlie Stross recently discussed other alternatives for the monies that funded the Iraq war. He noted that using current technology the bounty could have created and staffed a colony of 500 astronauts on Mars or enabled the construction of tens of gigawatts in nuclear energy throughout the US. Or even helped [...]
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26 May 2008 | Site Updates | Scott Horton
Announcing the creation, by one Anders Knight of the UK, of Antiwar Radio’s new YouTube channel.
So far, he’s made videos out of last week’s interviews of actor John Cusack and casus belli debunker Gareth Porter and my most recent interview of Michael Scheuer from April 17. A new one of Ron Paul is on the [...]
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26 May 2008 | News | James Bovard
Here is a great Washington Post photo of Bush strutting at the White House as he receives visitors from the Rolling Thunder veterans motorcycle group.
It is obscene how the same politicians who send Americans to die in unnecessary wars are treated like heroes on Memorial Day.
One would hope that this day, above all [...]
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25 May 2008 | News | Eric Garris
After 6 ballots, the Libertarian Party national convention has nominated former Congressman Bob Barr. Barr has turned around on many major issues since leaving congress. He now favors:
– Ending the Iraq War, withdrawal of all American troops from all foreign countries.
– Ending the federal War on Drugs.
– Repealing the Defense [...]
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