The world’s only super-power may be soon run by this (via The Daily Beast): With Tim Pawlenty out of the presidential race, it is now fairly clear that the GOP candidate will either be Mitt Romney or someone who makes George W. Bush look like Tom Paine. Of the three most plausible candidates for the…
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Why only corporate fools treat anything Tony Blair says seriously
The shameful legacy of Iraq should never be forgotten (via the Daily Mail): The exhausted secret intelligence officer was heading home after a heavy session analysing reports from Iraq. As he stepped out through the high-security air-lock exit from MI6’s grand headquarters beside the Thames in London, a newspaper-seller’s placard caught his eye — ”˜45…
Selective BDS understanding, not by chance, in Australian corporate media
Following the appearance today of a story in Murdoch’s Australian about BDS, one of those interviewed, Kim Bullimore, sent me the following details of her interview with the paper’s reporter, Cameron Stewart: Stewart (the reporter) wanted to know when was our next action. … I told them Sept 9.… … He… wanted to know if we would be picketing…
US drone strikes are perfect example of modern terrorism
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has the facts: CIA drone strikes have led to far more deaths in Pakistan than previously understood, according to extensive new research published by the Bureau. More than 160 children are among at least 2,292 people reported killed in US attacks since 2004. There are credible reports of at least…
US backed mercenaries in Somalia are how Obama does business
Recently The Nation’s Jeremy Scahill broke the story that the US was operating covertly in Somalia, including the use of an interrogation prison in Mogadishu. The New York Times expands on this tale, thankfully crediting Scahill, and includes the role of privatised forces in the war zone. The future of warfare is unaccountable: Richard Rouget,…
Murdoch’s mob-friendly environment; thugs stick together
Michael Woolf on The Family with a whole lotta scruples: In my biography of Rupert Murdoch, I referred to News Corporation as Mafia-like, provoking the annoyance of my publisher’s libel lawyers. I explained to them that I did not mean to suggest this was an organized crime family, but instead was using “mafia” as a…
Sydney Morning Herald editorial endorses fence-sitting on UN Palestine vote
Perhaps we should be thankful for small mercies but such thoughts are written in a bubble, utterly removed from the fact that a two-state solution will never happen. Occupation is Israel’s only reality: The United Nations General Assembly vote next month for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state is designed to put pressure on Israel,…