it’s just water
Rachel writes it up.
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economic banditry
John Band has an interesting post here.
He claims that, despite the almost-constant media doom-mongering, the sky is not falling in on the UK’s economy. He makes a few valid points about like-for-like sales against the actual takings on the high street: -
It’s partly due to misleading reporting, of course. Hands up who read this morning’s […]
torched
Those Parisians have extinguished the Olympic flame.
Twice.
Apparently is was so that the torch could escape protesters and be hidden on a bus. Things are getting nasty, as we saw in London, where the pocket-sized Konnie Huq was mugged by pro-Tibet protesters.
No doubt these campaigners will watch themselves on the news tonight. On their Chinese-made […]
dizzy’s empty diatribe against the “anti-war left”
Oh dear. Someone’s trying to be clever again.
Now far be it from me to suggest that this article is the biggest load of fucking idiocy Dizzy has ever posted (I know, that would be quite a stretch), but I do think it may be in with a shot.
Poor old Dizzy has decided to attack that […]
the media focus
Have a play.
I would have been interested to see how some of the other non-English language dailies cover the globe.
More L’Observatoire des médias .
via. Jamie K
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fidel walks. who’da thunk it?
NY Times: -
Castro, 81, said in a statement to the country that he would not seek a new presidential term when the National Assembly meets on Feb. 24.
“To my dear compatriots, who gave me the immense honor in recent days of electing me a member of parliament … I communicate to you that I will […]
bush: waterboarding (see “controlled drowning”) is cool
From the Guardian.
In a wide-ranging interview, Bush:
· Defended the existence of Guantánamo Bay where many of those caught up in the US “war on terror” are held, and claimed that the US was a defender of human rights.
· Insisted the US still occupied the moral high ground worldwide.
· Stood by his decision to remove Saddam […]
a couple of things
I have just completed today’s blog review, and it’s up at LC.
Also…
Justin has an important post over at Chicken Yoghurt, re. an Iraq anniversary “blogswarm” (related blog here), as “there needs to be a loud volume of voices countering the pro-war propaganda from far too many politicians and corporate media outlets.”
I plan to participate with […]
could the cooling of the u.s. economy effect the developing world?
From the IHT: -
Global shares fell Wednesday as burgeoning U.S. mortgage loan problems and soft economic data provoked fears that the world’s largest economy may enter a recession and drag down smaller economies with it.
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Citigroup, the biggest U.S. bank, on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $9.83 billion. The biggest loss on record for […]
starbucks stagnates
Robert Toomey, an analyst at E K Riley Investments in Seattle: -
“They’re going to have to slow the rate of new store openings - definitely in the US and perhaps overseas as well. It goes back to the issues of a diluted experience and a saturated market.”
Finally, the Starbuckization of the high street may slow. […]
2007: a political year. part two
Part one can be found here.
Abroad
Huge corporatocracies control our governments and shadowy agents work against the interest of global peace, international law, and environmental sustainability. In fact, never has it been more apparent that democracy is just an illusion and that all political parties operate within the same narrow superstructure. In the last decade - […]
2007: a political year. part one
Introduction
Any review of 2007 pretty much writes itself. The past year has been a colossal year in politics, both home and abroad. Domestically we have seen the end of the Blair era, with the keys to 10 Downing Street passing, finally, to Gordon Brown. We have also observed a rollercoaster year in the fortunes of […]
the irregular quote of the day
Mike Power on the arrest and charging of a Sudan-based British teacher, Gillian Gibbons [BBC], who allowed her charge to name a teddy bear - that’s right, a teddy bear - Mohammed.
Apart from anything else, this is a gift to bigots, which is, no doubt, why the Muslim Council were quick to condemn the […]
