Tag Archives: the press

Taking the night off to watch Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole

I’ve been meaning to watch Ace in the Hole for over a decade now, and I just decided that tonight’s the night… I’m sorry, America, but you’re on your own until tomorrow. Oh, and if you’d like to join me, Ace it the Hole is available on Netflix Streaming.

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Daniel Ellsberg calls on other whistleblowers to come forward, before we’re at war with Iran

Chris Hedges, who I often quote here, just interviewed Daniel Ellsberg, the man responsible for leaking the Pentagon Papers in 1971, hastening the end of the Vietnam war, and contributing toward the downfall of Richard Nixon. And, as it’s been a while since we’ve discussed the increasing severity with which our nation has been cracking […]

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The coordinated effort to kill the Occupy movement began this morning

As you all know, riot police descended on New York City’s Zuccotti Park at about 1:00 AM this morning, forcefully evicting Occupy Wall Street protesters, and destroying their possessions. There have been reports of pepper spray and billy clubs having been used, but there’s little documentary evidence, as police sealed the area off to reporters, […]

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Helen Thomas and the limits of free speech

Last Thursday, former White House correspondent Helen Thomas received a standing ovation in Dearborn, where she addressed a group of roughly 300 people, most of whom, I’m told, were non-Arab. Thomas, in addition to criticizing America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, talked about, “the whole question of money involved in politics” – which is to […]

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Andrew Breitbart admits, “I heart Al-Qaeda”

The folks at MoveOn have done a nice job of editing a speech given by right wing propagandist Andrew Breitbart so that it appears as though he is deeply in love with the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda… Breitbart, for those of you who don’t know, recently made the news for selectively editing a speech given by […]

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