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U.K.: Media Gag Order Over Leaked Memo
Britain's attorney general yesterday told the Daily Mirror and other newspapers not to publish further details from a top-secret memo that detailed a meeting between President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair in which Bush expressed a desire to bomb an Arab TV station.
According to the Mirror, "the five-page memo -- stamped 'Top Secret' -- records a threat by Bush to unleash 'military action' against the TV station [al-Jazeera], which America accuses of being a mouthpiece for anti-US sentiments."
The White House has dismissed the story as "unworthy of comment."
Aljazeera says it is "going through a due diligence process of verifying the details."
If the leaked memo is authentic, said Aljazeera, "it would cast serious doubts in regard to the US administration's version of previous incidents involving Aljazeera's journalists and offices."
In April 2003, an Aljazeera journalist died when its Baghdad office was struck during a US bombing campaign. In November 2001, Aljazeera's office in Kabul, Afghanistan, was destroyed by a US missile, although no staff were in the office at the time. US officials said they believed the target was a 'terrorist' site and did not know it was Aljazeera's office.
The Guardian said the action of Attorney General Lord Goldsmith was unprecedented. "It is believed to be the first time the Blair government has threatened newspapers in this way. Though it has obtained court injunctions against newspapers, the government has never prosecuted editors for publishing the contents of leaked documents, including highly sensitive ones about the run-up to the invasion of Iraq."
The Times of London reported that Labour MP Peter Kilfoyle "dismissed comments by Whitehall officials that any suggestion of an attack would have been in jest. 'This is a matter of great interest. There was an attack on the hotel in Baghdad used by al-Jazeera journalists which caused great controversy. The US also attacked a Serbian TV station (during the Kosovo war). It is easy to dismiss this as a glib comment, but I don't find it very funny at all,' he said."
However, the BBC's Web site gave some credence to the "jest" explanation: "BBC News website world affairs correspondent Paul Reynolds said: 'An attack on al-Jazeera would also have been an attack on Qatar, where the US military has its Middle East headquarters. So the possibility has to be considered that Mr Bush was in fact making some kind of joke and that this was not a serious proposition.'"
The Washington Post's story on the controversy is here: "Paper Says Bush Talked of Bombing Arab TV Network."
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I wouldn't put it past Bush. He is after all an idiot. But I refuse to believe anything that comes out of the Mirror. That paper has less credibility than Bush, which means close to nil.
Posted by: Sully | November 23, 2005 10:05 AM
You don't get government officials waving the Official Secrets Act without there being a genuine document at stake. I'd be happy to go with the yuk-yuk explanation, but given the attacks on Al-J's offices in Kabul and Baghdad, talk of attacking journalists isn't funny any more.
Posted by: Nick Sweeney | November 23, 2005 10:18 AM
"Mr Bush was in fact making some kind of joke"
Their offices have been attacked in Afghanistan and Iraq, both theaters of operation. Doesn't sound like a joke to me.
Posted by: Chandra | November 23, 2005 10:40 AM
Why is it that the "OPINION" of Paul Reynolds gives any credence to the "jest" explanation. This is pathetic JM and reaching on your part. This is what I have always complained about WaPo's inherent bias towards power/establishment. All the actual evidence points to the fact that this story is true. What gives this guy any authority on what Bush was thinking or US policy on media it considers to be the enemy. Since when are we naive to think we do not target innocents or those we consider to be the enemy even if they are in so-called "friendly countries" Be real.
1) there is a transcript!!!! - if its not true then the Brits can release that portion to refute it or explain whether it was in jest.
2) Why would the Gov't get an injunction not to publish more. If this quote was the most damaging then what would have been the reason for an injunction unless ofcourse there is more damaging info in the transcript that blows the silly explanation of Bush just joking out of the water.
3) Al-Jezeera's offices have been bombed repeatedly in both Afghanistan and Iraq - this has always been the policy of the US to bomb media offices of those it considers its enemies - see Iraq, Al - Arabiya, Al-Jezeera, the Serbian Tv station and I am sure many many more if do preliminary research.
Remember when the CNN news producer accused the military of having a policy of targeting the media - he was quickly fired and everyone shut up. The head of Reuters has complained about this. It is the long standing US policy (once again like torture it is nothing new) everyone in the world knows it but our dear beautiful wise american public who is always sheltered from horrible news and looks adoringly at its leaders who never ever do any wrongs. As Bush sr. once said he will never ever apologize for the US no matter what.
So now the pathetic excuse we have for Bush is that he is just such a jokster!! So you can never take what he says seriously. This is how low the Republic has sunk when the village idiot leads it. Right now Bush and the US have absolutely no credibility left.
Posted by: RY | November 23, 2005 10:52 AM
One question
Is Howard Klutz turning into another Pat O'Reiley?
Posted by: dd | November 23, 2005 11:06 AM
RY - What is truly pathetic is that people like you consider this news at all. Sure, it's a story and it deserves to be reported and all that, but we have no idea the full context of the story. You're just masturbating over another chance to sound off about Bush. How can you expect a government to operate if it knows everything it says behind doors will be made public? I mean, if you want to live in a place without an effective government, do us all a favor and move to Darfur. If you just want to move from one Bush-bashing story to the next, at least move to Canada or apply for a job with the Mirror.
Posted by: c2tbf | November 23, 2005 11:07 AM
It's true, the credibility of these goons has flat-lined. The precision bombing that the Bush admin likes to brag on also has an awful lot of convenient 'accidents'.
A 'Gag Order' isn't placed on a gag, but naturally this White House isn't about to address the issue.
Posted by: Dee Lilley | November 23, 2005 11:14 AM
Another thing....
Washington Post is losing credibility even if they try to keep the image going that everything is okay at the WP
Bob Woodward, Partisan Editorials, Secret torture Sites (whatever happen to that story? it just disappeared) now you have people like Howard Klutz coming out as the point man - - Puh-leeze
This guy is so full of himself - - We don't care if he an conservative, liberal or christian, all we wanted to know was his unbiased opinion of whats going on - but just like Woodward he is too close to the base.
WP wants to give their loyalty to the Reporters of great credentials, well I hope you all have fun reading each other articles!!!
Posted by: dd | November 23, 2005 11:15 AM
c2tbf wrote-
"RY - What is truly pathetic is that people like you consider this news at all. Sure, it's a story and it deserves to be reported and all that, but we have no idea the full context of the story. You're just masturbating over another chance to sound off about Bush. How can you expect a government to operate if it knows everything it says behind doors will be made public? I mean, if you want to live in a place without an effective government, do us all a favor and move to Darfur. If you just want to move from one Bush-bashing story to the next, at least move to Canada or apply for a job with the Mirror."
If you think bombing media outlets and/or making crude jokes about formerly bombed media outlets is necessary for an "effective government" please admit as much. I do not expect nor want everything the President says behind closed doors made public... regarding things like the War, or national security, or any countless number of issues where maybe Johnny Taxpayer isn't on a need-to-know basis. Bombing legitimate media outlets or making crass/crude jokse about them is not one of those issues. There are plenty of functioning governments (not Dafur) that are more transparent than our administration. It needs to step up and apologize or denounce the story more (if the story is so beneath your attention than why is it on the British Government's radar?).
I do not hate Bush, by the way, so save that nonsense.
Posted by: Will | November 23, 2005 11:29 AM
From what i have heard, the mirror didn't actually read or have a copy of the memo, but got an account from a source.
While the Bush presidency worries me often, this just doesn't make any sense. There is no way we could ever bomb a single media building in an a friendly country. Even if Bush is evil incarnate, there is now way a senario like this would ever fly, or get passed the consultants....too many public forces would be working against him. This seems like hersay with little information regarding context, if it is in fact true.
Posted by: Andrew | November 23, 2005 12:24 PM
RY and Will, well said.
c2tbf, your comment was not quite intelligent.
Surely this administration was not going to launch a missile on Al-Jazeera HQs in the middle of Qatar. They are not that naive.
There are other "obscure" ways of bombing a target like that if they wanted to.
The administration routinely accuses Al-Jazeera of being a mouthpiece of the enemy (Al-Qaeda). That is the same rational that was used in order to justify the bombing of the Serbian TV HQs (a civilian target).
Posted by: Karim | November 23, 2005 12:29 PM
Andrew - you must either be the most naive person on earth or a plain idiot. You claim this will be impossible to pull off yet Bush was able to lie to the whole nation and take us to War which I believe is a much more bigger task than sending in covert operatives to blow up Al-Jazeera. Jeez how can people be that silly. I mean US presidents have killed millions for less trangressions (see Vietnam, Iraq, South America, Africa and on and on) yet it is preposterous to conceive of this. Amazing.
Posted by: YR | November 23, 2005 12:34 PM
There's more hype out there than anything else, so why not hold the administration responsible for what it actually does than what it might have talked about? As Karim says, the administration wouldn't and couldn't do this even if it wanted to. Who cares if they wanted to ? They're human.
I just think it's beyond pathetic that people focus on these paper chases instead of focusing on current real problems and solutions, for example the Iraqis and Americans who are currently risking their lives to set up polling stations in Iraq.
Posted by: c2tbf | November 23, 2005 12:48 PM
if the memo is so "outlandish" why the threat by the British Govt to all the tabloids
Sounds like serious b'ness to me
Posted by: rich | November 23, 2005 12:56 PM
I agree that my first reaction to this story was "Who cares?" because it's some silly Brit tabloid. Naturally a big juicy headline loses its credibility when it airs on the same page as "Posh and the dwarf"
But this story got wings the instant the British government sent the gag order out. Maybe there are sensitive documents in the memo that have nothing to do with Bush's comments. They should come out and say as much. Or maybe the admin called up Blair and said "Don't let this get out". I'm at risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, I know, but you can't quell conspiracies by saying "this story is below our mention".
Your original and later point are both well received by me. This story has probably gotten too much attention already and there are more pressing concerns. That doesn't mean it is stupid or beneath the readership. Government officials have reacted to it and so should constituencies.
People can have interest in a somewhat intriguing story (that happens to place George Bush in a poor light) without touching themselves, by the way.
Posted by: Will | November 23, 2005 12:58 PM
"Andrew - you must either be the most naive person on earth or a plain idiot."
Well, thats kind of mean. I just want more facts before I add this to the list of why GW is the anti-christ. Its fun, and all, to lump all un substantiated but sensational factoids together to support a preconcieved world view...but then that would make you no better than Bush.
Posted by: Andrew | November 23, 2005 01:30 PM
If this memo is true (and it seems likely that it is), President Bush has proven once again that he is not really the smartest. This story just shows us the reason why Bush rarely speaks unscripted in public!
Posted by: Stephan Ortmann | November 23, 2005 03:10 PM
That would be a good argument if we had no unsubstantiated facts. But we already know that we've bombed two AJ offices, in Kabul and Baghdad.
Bombing one might be put down to bad luck. Bombing two begins to look like carelessness. When he talks of bombing a third, reasonable people may be expected to see a pattern.
Even if this story were untrue (in which case why the gag order?), there is a strong prima facie case for suspicion.
They've been caught lying again and again and again. It's absurd that we continue to approach each story with a presumption of innocence - something they themselves are working to eliminate from the justice system.
As far as I'm concerned the burden of proof is now on the govt protestors of innocence. Let them publish these comments if they're really harmless.
This gag order is as good as an admission of guilt in my opinion.
Posted by: RockyVI | November 23, 2005 03:11 PM
Two Brits are criminal defendants for divulging a state secret "joke"? Get real.
Must have been quite a "joke" to take up 5 pages in a memo. Is Blair so hard up for jokes that he has to issue a gag order? If it's such a great "joke", why don't they share it with the rest of us? After what Bush/Blair has put humanity through, we could all use a good laugh. Where's their sense of humor? We all love a good "joke".
What's the harm if there is nothing to it?
Posted by: Frank | November 23, 2005 03:13 PM
Methinks the government protest to much! Why don't they just ignore the whole thing if its not true, a gag order is pretty severe.
Why is it that no one is talking about what our illustrious President said last year, He said if the new Iraqi government asks us to pull out our troops from Iraq, then he will do so. Wellll that is just what they did, they asked Bush for a timetable on getting our troops the hell out of their country. Hmmmmmm I haven't heard anything from our government! This must be another one of Dubba's flip-flops, flippity floppity, flip-flop! http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/22/international/middleeast/22arab.html
Posted by: nallcando | November 23, 2005 03:35 PM
The missile that destroyed the al-Jazeera office in Kabul also damaged the neighbouring offices of the BBC and AP - two other news organisations that the Bush Administration dislikes intensely.
The military acknowledged that the two smart bombs had hit the building they were aimed at, but said they had believed the building was occupied by al-Qaeda.
But al-Jazeera, and the BBC and AP, had all provided their address to the military before this happened.
Just as they had provided the address of their office in Baghdad, bombedd in 2003, on the same day as the infamous attack on the Palestine Hotel that killed two journalists.
Since the war started, US forces have killed 16 journalists. By the strangest coincidence all of them worked for news organisations that the Administration dislikes.
Pro-war journalists and US citizens never seem to be among the victims in these unfortunate accidents.
Perhaps that's why the US media seems so smug and unconcerned about this story.
Posted by: OD | November 23, 2005 04:05 PM
I'm confused by this argument that it must be a joke because the US would never be stupid enough to act like that on an ally's territory.
Are these people unaware that the Italian government, one of the closest US allies, has issued arrest and extradition warrants for six CIA agents for kidnapping people off the streets of Italy?
I agree with every other sane person here. The British govt has effectively admitted guilt by invoking the Official Secrets Act, gagging newspapers and prosecuting the leakers.
This one is clearly so bad they know they can't spin it, they can only stonewall.
Our own government's reaction strikes me as particularly dim. Intelligent people will just be offended by their refusal to address the issue. And their supporters would be all in favour of blowing up Arab journalists anyway. They might as well come clean.
Posted by: B. Kaufmann | November 23, 2005 04:32 PM
This is no joke. Bush can make it sound like Al Qaeda attacked AlJazeera or something , though Blair knew AlQaeda had no reason to attack AlJazeera and so he adviced him not to. Bush's days as a human being and a man are over!!
Posted by: George | November 23, 2005 04:41 PM
Great, now we're killing journalists.
When does the Bush administration become an actual danger to the USA? What happens if the rest of the world declares us a rogue nation? I doubt that the residents of 1945 Dresden had the opportunity to bring to the Allies attention that they had not necessarily voted for Hitler. While this may be a self-centered viewpoint, an ironic death at the hands of terrorists on the DC Metro does not cheer me up that much. (Ha, ha, ha, get it? - I don't support his policies yet they still blow me up to make some kind of point. If I was more objective, it would be funny.)
All I ask is that after I'm gone, no Republican mourns my passing as the death of an American hero and bases some moronic military action on it.
Posted by: Tom Canick | November 23, 2005 04:41 PM
I don't know what it is about Conservative Republicans. They can't go in a straight line. Everything is a conspiracy against them, and they have to create a counter conspiracy against every imagined Conspiricy. They are not even very good at conspiracy because they always get caught.
Watergate was stupid. If they wanted to know what Democrats were doing they just had to ask, and they would have been happy to tell Republicans where they were wrong.
I have never seen an American political party that makes it's members tow the party line like the Republican Party. They are like Lemmings marching over a cliff. The problem is, when they are in power, they can take the whole country over a cliff. When it comes to party discipline, they beat the Communists.
As the old political saying goes," I don't belong to any organized political party! I'm a democrat! Thank God!
Posted by: P. J. Casey | November 23, 2005 05:31 PM
Posted by: | November 23, 2005 06:03 PM
Having the Brits invoke the Official Secrets Act to exercise prior restraint against the publication of potentially damaging information (no doubt with the strong encouragement of the Bush Administration) is making this whole thing sound suspiciously like the Nixon administration's efforts to block publication of the Pentagon Papers, just on a smaller scale. The question is, will the current management of the Post show the same courage as Bradlee/K.Graham did and pursue the story, if it turns out to be accurate?
Posted by: Scott | November 23, 2005 06:13 PM
I would urge the Post to dig deeper into this story. Why has the British government issued a gag order to the papers concerning the memo if it allegedly has no basis in fact?
It is bad enough that the Washington press corps has not challenged Scott McClellan who delivered total falsehoods concerning the White House involvement in Plamegate.
Wake up fellas!
Posted by: Michael McGovern | November 23, 2005 06:22 PM
I'd be prepared to ignore a tabloid rag like the Mirror if it wasn't for the unprecedented gag order from the government. The UK has some of the best newspapers in the world, we also have some of the worst.
But the over-the-top reaction from the UK administation says the Mirror is on to something here. The British press risks criminal prosecution if it pushes ahead with this. The American press doesn't, so they have to be the ones to push deeper into this story and get the truth out.
Posted by: David Patrick, UK | November 23, 2005 06:22 PM
You people have lost you minds if you think Aljazeera is non-biased, perfectly reasonable media source. Every Islamic jihadist in the world knows who to go to when they want claim responsibility for the latest bombing. Or how about Aljazeera being the first to show video footage of latest beheading? Do you think this information just falls into their lap? If the people running this network really wanted to make a difference in the world they would supply as much information as possible to the proper Government/Military intelligence agency about everything they know about any terrorist related issue. Maybe we could actually catch the scum of the earth that do these atrocities instead of just letting us see their "handy" work. The reason the terrorists go to Aljazeera is because they know they won't get "ratted-out" (for lack of a better word).
That said ... I would no way endorse bombing a pseudo news agency, but lets get real ... Aljazeera isn't the harmless prince charming you guys make them out to be.
Posted by: ktc | November 23, 2005 06:26 PM
There is, actually, a scenario which supports the 'it was a joke' explanation and the injunction issued at the same time.
Let us assume that the Mirror did get hold of a transcript of some sort in which Bush and Blair talk about sensitive matters; sensitive enough to earn the Top Secret label. Let's assume in the course of it Bush makes his lame joke.
The British government might get out their own copy of the transcript, have a look, and go "Wait, they talk about Secret Program X after joking about, can't let that get printed," and issue a gag order.
I'm inclined to believe it was a joke... Bush tries and fails to be funny all the time... but frankly both he and Blair have lied or shaded the truth so often on things relating to the Iraq War that if he told the world Iraq can get hot in the summer people would automatically assume it's an arctic waste all year round.
Posted by: MacMorrigu | November 23, 2005 07:04 PM
ktc, I had no idea that it was part of the press' responsibility to function as police and government informants.
That sounds like a great recipe for the free exchange of information.
I think I'll refrain from giving my name, in case the Washington Post sees fit to report my subversive comments to the State 'organs'.
Posted by: Anon | November 23, 2005 07:24 PM
And MacMorrigu, your argument doesn't hold water. They could always draw over the 'Secret Program X' stuff with a thick black pen before releasing the document.
Like they did, for instance, with the info relating to Saudi involvement in the 911 report.
There's nothing to stop them releasing Bush's comments on al-Jazeera if they think they're defensible. The problem is they're not.
Posted by: Anon | November 23, 2005 07:28 PM
Thanks for answering the al-Jazeera bias question that no one was asking. The debate is whether Bush authorized the bombing of their offices, not their alleged bias.
Posted by: Chris | November 23, 2005 08:12 PM
Or are you, KTC, arguing that the "pro-War" FOX news station and affiliates are a military target for Ba'ath insurgents?
Posted by: Chris | November 23, 2005 08:14 PM
Oops, I meant a viable military target.
Posted by: Chris | November 23, 2005 08:14 PM
Another post-mortem that hardly does the body any good!
Strangely enough this whole story including the "warning" from the "poodle administration" makes me laugh.
As everyone knows by now the whole Iraq mess was based on lies. It hardly matters if we wanted to destroy AlJ or Al Gore or Al Capone, who really cared so long as it was those anti-war people that got it in the neck.
As for those BBC people and their logic about Qatar being on our side, who told them we'd be the ones to hit AlJ?
It could have been anyone doing our dirty work. For the amount we pay for services (read $10 million to Chalabi for example) I'm sure there would be many lining up for the job.
Posted by: ITAhmed | November 23, 2005 08:24 PM
Anon -- If it was a joke, releasing the transcript might not help at all. A lot of 'I'm only kidding' is conveyed by tone and expression. You might get something like this:
BUSH: I really think we ought to just bomb Al-Jazeera.
BLAIR: No, no.
BUSH: Just bomb em. Wipe em out. What do you say, Tony? You know Rummy tells me [DELETED FOR SECURITY REASONS.]
BUSH: [DELETED FOR SECURITY REASONS.] But aside from that, I really think we should just take them out.
BLAIR: No, no, out of the question.
BUSH: Well, all right.
Now, is he joking there, or not? If we heard them in person, it would be easy to tell. In a script, not so much. And what exactly did they delete? Was it sensitive material, or were they just cutting out the parts that made them look bad?
Posted by: MacMorrigu | November 23, 2005 08:48 PM
Unbelieveable....a couple words is all it takes in a blog to get all the Bushies so worked up in a rabid froth, drooling and sputtering all kinds of venom.
It's amazing how easy it is to spot a moron these days. Just criticize Bush and you'll be surrounded by sub-70 IQ Bush supporters threatening you with bodily harm!
Posted by: DaveE | November 23, 2005 09:04 PM
The best way for Bush to fix all this speculation is to come out and say "I made a crude joke" or "I did not make a crude joke nor did I say anything of the sort". Instead we get a non denial denial.
The Brits could easily come out and say "The reason we issued a gag order was because there are sensitive materials in those documents that are released on a need to know basis" though they have failed to do so.
All the "Bushies" (I don't know what this means) would be shut up once and for all because the administration acted transparently to address a potential concern.
Posted by: Will | November 23, 2005 09:20 PM
I disagree DaveE. That was certainly true a year ago. But today it seems like all the rabid Bush supporters are in hiding.
Even Republicans now tend to preface their comments "Yeah Bush is an XXXXXXX, but..."
Where ARE all the Bush supporters? Taking adult literacy classes? Checked into a cult-deprogramming clinic? I can dream...
Posted by: Buddy | November 23, 2005 09:24 PM
Bush's popularity would go up at least 10% if he really meant to bomb the Al Jazeera Terrorvision Network.
Posted by: Libs Stink | November 24, 2005 06:57 AM
Of course, I am such an right-wing ideologue that my on-line moniker is "Libs Stink." You can only imagine what an annoying ass I become after a few glasses of Sterno juice.
Posted by: Libs Stink | November 24, 2005 09:06 AM
Libs stink is right. I voted for Clinton- I'm a former Democrat. The only reason I'm a Bush supporter is that all the other alternatives are so awful. To pretend that the Iraq problem started with the W. administration is sheer hallucination. Try not to forget the policital alternative in Iraq: Saddam Hussein. Try not to forget the political alternative in the US: John Kerry. Have a happy Thanksgiving.
Posted by: c2tbf | November 24, 2005 09:44 AM
I support all right-wingnuts drinking daily tall glass of sterno. Follow it up with a cigarette. =P
RY- "How can you expect a government to operate if it knows everything it says behind doors will be made public? I mean, if you want to live in a place without an effective government, do us all a favor and move to Darfur. "
Nice. The day America accepted that its bureaucracy and elected officials could operate behind closed doors was the door our freedom began to die. Your elected officials are not any better than you. They're not smarter or wiser. They aren't bred to make better policy.
If an action requires secrecy, then our government shouldn't take that action. There was a day where secrecy was only limited to military actions during a conflict. Then military actions became permanent and we developed a fulltime standing army. Then secrecy spread to anything related.
Bombing Qutar has NOTHING to do with any current military actions. "War on Terror as some continuous all-out conflict..." bite me. That's not how it works. When two political leaders talk about expanding a conflict, it doesn't get to be classified. That's why our military is headed by elected civilians. They don't get that luxury of classification.
Folks like you RY are going to kill the American political experiment. Just shut up and leave your acceptance of totalitarian policy with the corpse of the Soviet Union.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Posted by: Don | November 24, 2005 10:03 AM
PUHLEEZ! Al Jazeera is claiming that there was an order by the President of the United States, down the chain of military command to use million dollar technology to kill Al Jazeera reporters?? and the only way this conspiracy would get out is through a "joke" to Tony Blair??? Yep. I'm convinced.
On the other hand, I (and apparently President Bush) can't help but gloat when terrorist supporters get caught in the crossfire. Its terrible, really.
But aiming? PUHLEEZ!
Posted by: Kira | November 24, 2005 11:52 AM
There is so much name calling in the country they call America where the world is divided into "them" and "us", Liberal and Republican. It must suit the government because so much energy is used attacking each other the government gets off scott free. Every atrocity committed by america seems to shock a public that will not believe. The CIA traffics in Drugs. It cannot be.
You have a government that controls the press, I see stories on CBC and BBC that are never in the American news.I know I watch US news. Things that are shocking. The Bush family are in the Drug business. No. Senior Bush a pedophile, cannot be. Bush couldn't have called for the bombing of a foreign news service. No. To all you ostriches out there your brutal and corrupt government is the epitome of evil. If there was a true and honest inquiry into 9/11 you would see the Bush handprints all over that event. There is nothing that he could do that would shock the international community. It is the naivete of the American people that keeps the evil and corruption going.
Posted by: Gael | November 24, 2005 12:24 PM
Gael, you are the definition of a moonbat. Look it up on Wikipedia. But be careful, the medium may also be controlled by Bush (the drug dealer, not the pedophile. Or is it the same man, who cleverly dons different masks?) And don't forget to take your medication
Posted by: Kira | November 24, 2005 01:01 PM
Kira, Thank you for the uninformed opinion. I feel American just for a moment by giving my opinion and being personally judged. Take away the puhleez or however you spell it, and try informing yourself. Like an intelligent person, consider judging the opinion and not the person. All I see from you is a deep seated anger aimed at those who disagree with you. Step away from the opinion page. Relax. Breath deeply. Inform yourself so you are more interesting to read. Uninformed, opinionated people are a waste of space. Too much blah, blah not enough read read.
Posted by: Gael | November 24, 2005 01:31 PM
Whatever you're smoking, pass it my way. Of all the mind-altering sh#t I've smoked, it clearly pales in comparison to that moonbat doob you've been toking!
Posted by: Libs Stink | November 24, 2005 04:21 PM
Gael, how do you separate a person's opinion from the person? Is it not the person who owns the opinion? Just curious.
Posted by: Kira | November 24, 2005 05:05 PM
"I (and apparently President Bush) can't help but gloat when terrorist supporters get caught in the crossfire. Its terrible, really. But aiming? PUHLEEZ!"
Kira and LibsStink, no doubt two years ago, if the Abu Ghraib story had come out without photographic evidence, you would have said: "American soldiers piling naked detainees into human pyramids, and forcing them to perform sex acts on each other? PUHLEEZ!"
I don't doubt that you've backed the Government's version of events in every factual dispute, from Pat Tillman to Jessica Lynch to Abu Ghraib. Unfortunately, in every case, the Government has been proved to be lying and its supporters have been left looking like fools.
You might spare yourself this repeated embarrassment if you bothered to acquaint yourself with the basic facts before commenting. For example, al-Jazeera is NOT claiming that Bush said this. The accusation was made by the Daily Mirror, and is based on a document leaked by a British civil servant. Al-Jazeera has made no claims of any sort.
You give us no evidence, no facts, and no argument. All you're offering is a faith-based rebuttal that they wouldn't do that, while at the same time asserting that it would be a good thing to do.
But the rest of us know that al-Jazeera has been bombed (twice) by guided weapons. We also know from the British government's reaction that the document is genuine.
And we know that our Government's protestations of their own innocence or others' guilt have invariably been discredited later. Just this week they had to admit to giving false information about their use of WP. That's the fourth weapon they've denied using then later had to admit they did.
Everyone knows there is a hard core of fanatics who still believe everything Bush and Co say. But then most of you also believe that Kofi Annan is the Antichrist and that the world is about to end with all the Republicans being taken up to Heaven.
To rational people, a denial from the Boy Who Cried WMD is something to be taken with a pinch of salt. But in this case they're not even denying it. They can't, in case the transcript leaks out. They're just refusing to comment.
It's no wonder that Bush supporters' comments always seem to be short, fact-free and slanted towards personal insult. You simply have no arguments left to advance.
Finally, as regards 'terrorvision', al-Jazeera is the only uncensored media outlet in the Arab world, bar a few small Lebanese papers. It's become immensely popular as a result of that. Al-Jazeera does not support terrorism just because it shows bin Laden's videos. There are plenty of media outlets opposed to the invasion of Iraq, but they still broadcast the comments of Bush and his generals.
There's no doubt that al-Jazeera represents mainstream Arab opinion. Their viewing figures prove that. If you think they're terrorist supporters, then you must think most Arabs are terrorist supporters. And if you think that, I wonder why you claim to be trying to bring democracy to the Middle East. So they can vote for terrorist governments?
But of course, you're not trying to bring democracy to the Middle East and neither is Bush. If you were, you wouldn't think it was clever to attack the Arab world's only free press.
Posted by: Buddy | November 24, 2005 05:27 PM
al-Jazeera is the only uncensored media outlet in the Arab world...It's become immensely popular as a result of that.
I know. So popular, that al Qaeda feels comfy enough to personally send them video exclusives. What an honor!
There's no doubt that al-Jazeera represents mainstream Arab opinion.
No doubt at all. With their airing of al Qaeda exclusives, as well as conveniently showing up before terrorist bombs go off, this must be representative of mainstream Arab opinion: "Die infidels."
Thanks for the clarification, Buddy.
Also, just as AJ represents mainstream Arab opinion, the Washington comPost represents mainstream liberal opinion masquerading as news stories. If not for declining subscription rates and the increase of normal America rejecting liberalism, you guys might have a chance to win an election here and there.
Then again, if your mom had a schlong, she'd be your dad.
Posted by: Libs Stink | November 24, 2005 06:11 PM
One more thing:
""American soldiers piling naked detainees into human pyramids, and forcing them to perform sex acts on each other? PUHLEEZ!"
I'm impressed, Buddy. Your heart bleeds for Islamofascists who want you dead. I didn't think there were many Americans with that level of detachment from reality, to the point to where they feel sorry for these bloodthirsty savages (that would be the Islamofascists). I was wrong.
Posted by: Libs Stink | November 24, 2005 06:14 PM
Thank you for clarifying that by 'bloodthirsty savages' you meant 'Islamofascists'. I otherwise would have assumed you meant the soldiers torturing and sodomizing helpless prisoners. I thought you right-wing Americans were against homosexuality anyway?
If you insist on being viewed as the good guys, please, please stop using the bad guys' methods. It's disappointing to those of us who like the United States.
Posted by: MacMorrigu | November 24, 2005 06:43 PM
Al-Jazeera was the first station in the Gulf region to broadcast interviews with Israelis. Does that make them pro-Israeli? Al-Jazeera also shows Bush's comments, despite not supporting him. It also broadcasts statements from bin Laden, and it doesn't support him either.
The government is only too happy for al-Jazeera to show the results of terrorist bombings. It keeps the base's war-fever up and alienates moderate Arab opinion. What annoys the government is when al-Jazeera shows American soldiers killing people. That's why Bush was mad at al-Jazeera when he made these comments in April 2004. It was their coverage of the Marine siege of Fallujah that annoyed him - they kept showing pictures of women and children killed by USMC snipers.
In both cases, the al Qaeda and the US killings, al-Jazeera's purpose in showing this violence is to turn people against the perpetrators. Only someone who's never had a passport could believe that al-Jazeera's journalists want to live in a Talibanized state. They are stinky liberals like me.
Why don't you tell us all your evidence of al-Jazeera showing up before terrorist bombs went off? It would be nice to hear some SUBSTANTIATED charges from you people for a change.
The detainees at Abu Ghraib, by the way, were mostly swept up in searches that pulled in every male in a given street or building. The vast majority had nothing to do with anything, and those who did weren't "Islamofascists who want me dead", they were Iraqis who want you out of their country.
If you think I'm too soft on these "bloodthirsty savages", then you must think the US Army are complete pussies, because they released 90% of the detainees at Abu Ghraib in the weeks following the scandal.
I can't believe how shop-worn your talking points sound. They just don't hold up anymore. You boast about winning elections even as your leader plumbs new depths of unpopularity. Talk about the arrogance of power.
Trying to discredit this story by saying "PUHLEEZ!" or ascribing it to "moonbats" won't work. You don't seem to grasp that you're the ones who have the credibility problem.
Everyone knows you've been wrong all down the line. Your leaders are proven liars. Your "facts" tend to be based on the testimony of drunkards and drug addicts, and on outright forgeries. You personally have a stunning record of gullibility vis-à-vis the government.
Gael makes some pretty wild claims about the Bushes and the CIA, claims that I wouldn't believe without seeing solid evidence. But if Gael is a moonbat, what does that make you? Gael has yet to be proven right. You have already been proven repeatedly and catastrophically wrong.
Posted by: Buddy | November 24, 2005 07:34 PM
Very well put, Buddy, and so true. It's amazing how deluded and insistent these Republican true-believers are in the face of such compelling and overwhelming evidence of the complete and utter failure of their policies, of the deceit involved in bringing the nation to war, and of the damage that war has done to America, the safety of its citizens and our place in the world. This country is in unprecedented military and economic danger now - a direct consequence of these discredited, ideologically-driven Republican policies.
Posted by: Laura Heath | November 24, 2005 09:33 PM
"This country is in unprecedented military and economic danger now - a direct consequence of these discredited, ideologically-driven Republican policies."
The same policies Americans keep voting for? The same ones you leftists keep losing on?
Posted by: | November 24, 2005 10:37 PM
"Thank you for clarifying that by 'bloodthirsty savages' you meant 'Islamofascists'. I otherwise would have assumed you meant the soldiers."
Yet you #ssholes SWEAR that you support the troops! Fortunately, the electorate doesn't buy it.
Your true color came through: yellow.
Posted by: Libs Stink | November 24, 2005 10:38 PM
Aw, didn't think it would look shocking enough if you quoted the whole sentence?
There are many intelligent, reasoned, gentlemanly conservative Americans who one can have a reasonable exchange of views with.
You are not one of them.
Posted by: MacMorrigu | November 25, 2005 12:05 AM
One question for Libs Stink
You write a mean line, s*it! how come you're not over there fighting?
Ooops! my bad, repugs don't fight in wars they just create them and like your President and his VP - when this great nation calls on you
Five deferments and an AWOL out of National Guards - looks like yellow poop to me - - Puh-leeze
Here you go Libs Stink
Master Master Prez - can I... can I... ooohh I wanna be a side-lined a$$hole for critics "who are against letting our soldiers die in a misled war"!
Congrats, so I see you got the job,
To all the civilized writers who asked valid questions here's a blibical riddle
What's worse than a fool? the one who argues with him!!!
Rovian attack dogs are turning into annoying poops!
Posted by: lib til the day I die -hoorah | November 25, 2005 04:31 AM
I am not American so I don't fall into the yellow poop, liberal put downs. I cannot be pidgeonholed which I'm sure is frightening to the angry, shallow thinkers. All I can see are the hate messages from those who appear to call themselves Republicans. Is this in the Republican handbook, when your position is weak, call names.It lacks intelligence, it makes you look reactionary and redneck. Instead of reacting and throwing child like verbal barbs give us some intelligent discourse. Make me think and help me see your point. Hate mongering is only that, and it shows your fear for the world to see. Let's keep the intelligence up and the emotionality down, all that emotion should be in therapy. Not imposed on strangers. Try to give your opinion without calling the world names. That is just a cheap shot.
I appreciate what Buddy has to say, it is very clear and well thought out. Sometimes when we learn something, through research, it can be shocking. If there is enough supporting evidence we believe it. We are all learning. But trying to do it with online bullying by those who appear not to use their thinking side of the brain and rely on their emotional reaction to the world around them is truly boring. Please deal with this anger spilling out all over the place.
Kira just to clarify. With children when they act out and say something mean we say, I don't like what you said, but you are a good person. Seperate the behavior or opinions from the person. Nobody would want to discuss issues if they were called names, because of our opinion. Opinions change, we learn from each other with good discourse. Name calling has nothing to do with intelligent discussion. It appears unintelligent and reactionary. People can discuss politics and come from different viewpoints, yet still be friends. It's adult.
Posted by: Gael | November 25, 2005 08:45 AM
"Libs Stink" seems unable to respond to any facts raised by those posting here. His attempts at rebuttal consist only of insults and name-calling. If that's the best that the Republican true-believers can come up with, they are in worse trouble than I realized.
So, "Libs Stink," you think Americans "keep voting" for discredited Republican policies. How do you explain what just happened in red-state Virginia, where the Democrats prevailed by a wide margin? How do you explain the polls showing most Americans believe Bush to be dishonest, and showing Bush's approval ratings sinking to Nixonian levels?
Posted by: Tony | November 25, 2005 09:51 AM
Didn't these postings start by wondering if it was possible that Bush could really have a yearning to bomb someone? Could it be an American habit - can anyone show that America has bombed any countries since 1945? (Numbers and names, please} (Oh, and you can omit countries that would have the capacity to strike back.)
Posted by: kent | November 25, 2005 12:28 PM
Libs Stink, I'm still waiting for your evidence that al-Jazeera has had advance knowledge of terrorist bombings.
I asked you to back up your accusation, but all you seem to have is insults and tantrums.
So I guess we can put the al-Jazeera-al-Qaeda link in the dustbin along with WMD and the phony Iraq-911 nexus.
It amazes me that you still expect people to take this stuff on faith after everything that's happened.
Maybe you should try selling your unsubstantiated, baseless charges to those you call "normal" Americans. They'll swallow any horror story, so long as the bad guy is a foreigner.
Posted by: Buddy | November 25, 2005 04:25 PM
To Buddy;
Thankyou Buddy, for your comments. You sound like your name implies. I totally agree with you word for word and commend your bravery to say it. Just be aware that 84 percent of Canadians agree with you when you are being attacked by right wing rabid dogs who are floundering in the negative sink hole they created with their own foreign policies in the Middle East.
I wish we had never allowed the "Fox" network in Canada as "Al Jazeera" is much more unbiased in certain areas. I read the article in Reuters regarding the deaths of reporters. Mr. Bush's jokes ie, ha ha, I'm looking for weapons of mass destruction, no, are they here? no are they under here? No. Let's ask Al Jazeera, ha ha better yet, let's nuke them, ha, ha. Do you think that the 30,000 civilians who have died as a direct result of America's "shock and awe democracy" are laughing? "Not so much"
Are their families who are left without their loved ones, their power, their water, their museums, their infrastructure are laughing? "Not so Much"
Posted by: sherry | November 28, 2005 01:49 PM
Twice I have written a response on William Arkins blog in this paper and both times my response has never shown up. Is there some filtering to use a nice term going on. I don't swear, or call people names, yet I am shut out. This has never happened anywhere else. I find this creepy.
Does he or the paper only like select opinions?
Posted by: Gael | November 30, 2005 11:11 AM
This says it all. ABC: Secret CIA prisons shut down.
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This sounds great, maybe I can get to take my 2 little cousins to see it. Glad to hear that you and your kid were happy as well! Always a plus with little kids.
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First of all, Lou, a pin!! I missed out on a pin. You and Nathan got the Pin Bug in me and now I'm an avid collector (spent too much on that last trip). I didn't want to take you away from your family for too long. I think my 2 year old son thinks your daughter is cute, he couldn't stop looking over. It was great to see you and talk a little bit. Still kicking myself over the pin.
Anyways, here's my review of Play and Dine. It was awesome. Fun for the adults, AWESOME for the kids. Now, this was on our last day of our trip and our reservations were for 8:30. We showed up at the park around 7:50, and were the second table to be seated. We were surprised, but happy. We were also grateful to find out that we were able to use our Premium package at the new restaurant.
On our way to the table, all the waiters and waitresses were waiving at us and thanking us for being there. It reminded me of walking into the Disneyland Park on July 17th, 2005, except not as huge of an event. There were also a lot of people just standing around and watching, most likely the big wigs.
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About every 10 minutes, the CM's would group everybody together and have a sing along and dance. Conner really enjoyed this. The best part of this was that it gave the little ones a chance to stand, stretch their legs and play. Something that we constantly had problems with on the trip. We ate at the Italy pavilion, 20 minutes into the meal, Conner wanted to play. This buffet was designed to have the kids up and going every ten minutes, so there wasn't much complaining.
Of course, the highlight for me was when Lou came in and sat down two tables down and I got to see the little princess from the second volume in person (just as cute, I may add). We all ate scrambled eggs, hash browns, Mickey waffles, yogurt, fruit, and I do believe there was an ice cream bar. They could probably add an omelet making area, if they want to make it perfect.
People seemed to love the buffet. For the first day, they only had one side open, and it wasn't really that busy, which was nice. We got to relax, have fun, and of course take pictures. It was a lot more enjoyable than the Captain Jack show (first showing was extremely crowded and we were forced to leave early) or the ER visit (which was by Ambulance on the previous Friday). I'll try to get a trip report up on those issues (it was a 10 day trip, give me an OH YEAH). The buffet for Conner was five stars, and when your child is happy, your happy. Got to watch Conner dance with Jojo, which was also cool. I got to talk to Lou, even cooler.
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h) Home visit either a PPSNR representative or representative from another rescue organization and a dog will perform a home visit. This is approximately a one hour casual visit to your home with all of the members of the household. This helps us evaluate not only the physical surroundings, but get a chance to interact with everyone. Please make sure that all pets are present for the home visit. It is a great opportunity to talk about bringing your new addition home, what kinds of things may occur with the rescued dog, nutrition, Vet care, obedience training, etc.
i) After you have cleared the home visit phase, you will be contacted by the foster home of your potential pet. After the conversation with the foster home, a final determination of your application will be made. If approved, you will be informed when and where you can pick up your new Pet. Sometimes we can arrange to conduct the home visit with the dog you are interested in adopting. If everyone gets along, you will have the opportunity to adopt.
j) At the time of adoption you will complete an adoption contract which outlines future responsibilities for you and PPSNR. The adoption fee must be paid with a money order. You will receive copies of all Vet records in our possession.
k) What does your adoption fee go towards?
Vet services
Updating vaccinations
Heartworm and Flea preventative
Some pugs vet care can only cost us around $100 while others can cost us well into the thousands. Vet care is 90% of our expenses.
Philly Pug & Short Nose Rescue, Inc. is applying to be 501 c 3 non-profit organization. Currently all donations maybe tax deductible.
Thank you so much for wanting to adopt a rescue dog from our organization. We understand that the process may seem too much, but it is the result of years of experience and the desire to place our rescued Pugs, French Bulldogs, Boston Terriers, and Bulldogs in to their forever homes.
Who will have access to your information?
Your responses will only be used in rescue-related activities but may be posted to a private Web site and may be read by a network of PPSNR rescue workers and coordinators. Your information may also be transmitted via e-mail to the same. If you are serious about adopting a rescue and you express interest in a particular dog, expect interviews, reference checks and possibly a home-visit from a PPSNR coordinator before the adoption is finalized. We thank you for your interest in pug rescue.
Spaying/Neutering Policy
It is PPSNR policy to not adopt our rescues into homes with unaltered pets. While spaying and neutering is a personal choice, it is in the best health interest of a pet to be spayed or neutered. It cuts down on chances of testicular cancer in males not to mention the marking and mounting issues when a new pet is brought in as well as mammary tumors and cancer in females. If you are unclear about the benefits, please speak with your vet about the issue. If your pet is not spayed or neutered and you are unwilling to have it done, please do not continue the application process unless that pet is elderly or an active show dog. The spay/neuter status of all current pets in any adoptive home is verified through the vet reference and no adoption is approved until this is done.
Adoption Disclaimer Required Reading Before Proceeding
Neither Philly Pug & Short Nose Rescue, Inc. (PPSNR), nor its volunteers, coordinators, representatives, Internet Service Provider and its officers, employees, contractors and representatives; and any other person, firm or corporation involved with the efforts or business of this corporation, shall be held liable or responsible for any claims or causes of action incurred as a result of the provision or restriction of information, services, contacts, adoptions, fostering, veterinary care or by the actions of any and all dogs transferred or referenced herein.
Moreover, there is absolutely no guarantee made or implied that any person requesting to adopt a dog being fostered through PPSNR, or posted on PPSNRs Website, will be allowed to adopt a PPSNR dog. Rather, all adoption applications are subject to acceptance based on a review process that may require collecting information from references and visiting the applicants home. All decisions on placing dogs in adoptive and foster homes are based solely on the judgment of the volunteers and coordinators of PPSNR and adoption applications submitted through this form are often denied for various reasons. PPSNR reserves the right to make all decisions regarding placement or final disposition of any rescued dog in its care whether in, or being placed in, a foster or adoptive home or other facility.
Please be prepared to correspond with the adoption coordinator via email. Due to restrictions on application volume, time, and the general nature of rescue, almost all of our correspondences are done by email. Please check your email regularly to see if you have been contacted.


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African Guitar Summit By Matt Cibula Published April 27, 2007 African Guitar Summit 2CBC
The nine members of this talented Canadian ensemble come from all over sub-Saharan Africa. It is fascinating to see how they all work together to recreate styles like Malagasy soul and Mdundingo soukous. There are certainly moments where things catch fire, like in the second half of "Reheme," where the sleepy ballad bursts into lovely highlife. The excellently-monikered Madagascar Slim contributes a sexy song called "Sangisangy," about how a guitar can be playful, and then backs it up with precise and playful picking. And Alpha YaYa Diallo's impassioned Susu-language vocal on his Afro-Latin "Teme" shows the others how things should be done. But it is all just a little too polite, especially for a band with five guitar masters in it. Maybe they should have listened back to the swinging second track, "Apotrobodwe," which reminds us that it is always better to be hot or cold rather than just lukewarm.


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Free Press media reform panel answers the question: "Is journalism dead?"
Journalism is dead: That seems to be the familiar refrain among the public these days.Craig Aaron.
But last night, a panel of practitioners and free-press advocates at a preview event for the National Conference on Media Reform taking place in Denver next month, begged to differ. In their view, journalism is alive and well, but coming from unlikely places (and funding still looms as the primary problem).
The panel convened for a discussion titled "The Perfect Storm: Democracy in the Age of Big Money and Big Media" in the Tivoli Student Union on the Auraria campus.
Panel members included Craig Aaron, president and CEO of Free Press, a media-reform organization; Susan Greene, a reporter for the American Independent News Network; Nancy Watzman, a Denver-based consultant to the Sunlight Foundation, a government transparency advocacy organization; and Colorado Common Cause Executive Director Elena Nunez. David Sirota, author and political commentator, moderated the panel. The evening also featured brief remarks from Michael Copps, former commissioner of the Federal Communication Commission and currently a special adviser to the national Common Cause organization.
Aaron opened the event by introducing Copps and lauding his work with the FCC during his eight-year tenure as a commissioner.Elena Nunez, executive director of Common Cause, speaks about the influence of money on the 2012 presidential campaign.
"He had the crazy idea that the public airwaves should actually belong to the public," Aaron said.
And indeed, Copps spoke passionately about returning the media to the public, addressing the increasing creation of media monopolies through consolidation and the negative influence of unchecked political spending on journalism.
Copps spent the majority of his time with the FCC focusing on acquisitions and mergers, and his message was simple: Piles of cash have destroyed the ability of journalists, and the media in general, to function in their role as watchdogs.
"We have to figure out a way to put some controls on big money," he said. "We probably have 25,000 to 30,000 reporters walking the street looking for a job rather than walking the beat."
The rest of the panel echoed Copps's sentiments, as the tone of the discussion ranged from outright frustration with the lack of media-outlet diversity in Colorado to a feeling of cautious optimism about the future of journalism in the state and beyond. Sirota pointed to the Denver Post as the main media source in the state. Whatever the Post reports ends up on the radio, he said, and that leads to a dearth of dissenting opinions and comprehensive coverage.Michael Copps talks about his time as FCC commissioner and the influence of big money on media.
On the other hand, Aaron said, even if Sirota is right, the public needs to respond, and that, in turn, could lead to potential solutions for putting journalists back to work.
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I also planted clematis seeds in 2004, and this is my first flower from one.
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Ok, I'm officially jealous now! I didn't have one clematis seed germinate for me. I winter sowed mine though. Did you start yours inside? Btw, love the nails.......you don't want to see mine!LOL Oh yes, congratulations on your first flower too! |
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Thanks Laurie. Check out the Clematis forum post for more detailed info on how I planted the seeds. |
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So, basically, my girlfriend hates me for proclaiming "I want ANDROID!" four times a day ever since the ffg.com relaunch. Now that she will probably leave me and I have more time on my hands*, where can I get this game in Europe once it's released? Or rephrased: How can I as a European get my hands on this gem as fast as my much-loved American counterparts?
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AVMA says Pew Commission report is flawed, unscientific
An AVMA report says recommendations by a prominent critic of industrial animal agriculture are unscientific and can actually threaten human health. The document, available at www.avma.org/PEWresponse, questions the validity of the content and review process for a report published in 2008 by the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production on the sustainability of the nation's food animal production systems. The Pew Commission report is available at www.ncifap.org. The AVMA contends the report is not consistent with the well-documented, science-based reports that the Association has come to expect from the Pew Commission. The AVMA response is being widely distributed, and members of Congress are among those who will receive copies. The AVMA document, "The American Veterinary Medical Association Response to the Report of the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production," was a product of members of eight volunteer leadership councils and committees and three staff divisions. The Pew Commission report, "Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America," was a two-year project of the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. David R. Smith, a professor and the extension dairy and beef veterinarian for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said it is important for the AVMA to provide veterinarians' perspective on the Pew Commission's conclusions. He said authors of the Pew report have been trying to raise awareness about their recommendations, particularly among members of Congress involved in antimicrobial use legislation. Dr. Smith is one of the AVMA volunteer leaders who read the Pew report, evaluated the commission's recommendations, and crafted the AVMA's response. He hopes the AVMA report provides people with a critical look at the Pew Commission's recommendations and "whether acting on those recommendations would make the world a better place." "Largely, our conclusions were that the Pew report was a superficial look at animal agriculture, and the recommendations lacked deep understanding of the issues involved," Dr. Smith said. The Pew Commission launched an advertising campaign this summer to influence decision makers in Washington, D.C., and it has included advertisements in the city's Metro stations that say antimicrobials are being misused in animal agriculture. Dr. W. Ron DeHaven, AVMA CEO, wrote a letter to members of Congress that states the Pew advertisements are misleading and scientifically untrue. John W. Carlin, Pew Commission chairman, and Dr. Michael J. Blackwell, vice chairman, replied to Dr. DeHaven in a letter that defends the group's process and accuses the AVMA of failing to show leadership and of being inappropriately influenced by industry. The AVMA report states it is imperative to base decisions on evidence and research grounded in the principles of scientific inquiry, while the Pew report is based on what is possible, rather than probable or actual. The AVMA report does not dispute all the Pew Commission's recommendations, but it urges close scrutiny of those suggestions. |


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Brandon Stanton is the photographer behind "Humans of New York," a collection of street style photos from around the city. His website, also called Humans of New York, aims to be a "photographic census" of the city's inhabitants.
A few months ago, Stanton was approached by the clothing company DKNY, who wanted to use his photos as part of a store display. They were willing to pay $15,000 for 300 of Stanton's photos — a rate of $50 a photo. Stanton wanted more money, but DKNY balked, and the deal never went through.
Cut to this Monday, when a fan of Stanton's site sent him a photo of a DKNY display window in Bangkok, covered in "Humans of New York" photos. Keep reading »


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Super Bowl Drinking Game
The biggest football game of the year is this Sunday and while some will enjoy just watching the game; others need to spice it up a bit. That's where we come in with a great Super Drinking Game.
The biggest football game of the year is this Sunday and while some will enjoy just watching the game; others need to spice it up a bit. That's where we come in with a great Super Drinking Game.
If you have never played Madden from EA Sports, I should tell you that it is an amazing game and you should invest in a copy. One of the cool things about Madden NFL games is that they update during the season so that things like injuries, roster changes, player improvement and the like are all considered when you play a game. Another cool aspect of the game is you can set a game to play in computer mode and watch it play out as it would in real life!
Come on - it's GOTTA be the Broncos on Feb 2nd. (It is the 2nd, right?) Now would you like to know why? It's obvious! Trust me! I have the top 5 reasons.
Before I begin this letter to Richard for those of you who have not seen the latest in the "trash talking" controversies that Mr. Sherman has found himself in, I will include this video from the post game interview from last night's game.
Here goes......
Dear Richard,
I should preface this letter by telling you that I am in total awe of not only your skills and talent on the field but also of your achievements in education and charity. I know like me, you come from a place of very little means and even less promise of a bright future. I know that making a commitment as a child to rise above circumstance through hard work and perseverance takes a kind of bravery and yes, bravado that most people will never understand.
We all know Kenny Chesney LOVES football and even played receiver in high school. Being a Country Music Super Star has it's perks. Chesney got to go to work out with the Seattle Seahawks.
This weekend's Divisional round of the Playoffs kicks off in Denver when two of the games greatest Icons and leaders face off when Peyton manning and Ray Lewis go toe to toe.
This NFL season is being held hostage by yet another labor dispute. The NFL Referees decided they were due a big raise, a pension and more. The NFL disagreed so here we are with "Replacement Refs". I can't tell you who is right and who is wrong but after last nights call I may be siding with the real refs.
Tonight is a battle of the birds when the Seattle Seahawks host the Philadelphia Eagles. This match up of two 4-7 teams has big meaning to the Eagles. Philly's Head Coach Andy Reid is on the hot seat and coaching to keep his job.
Ok so last week I had a change of heart after I posted my blog and on air I took the Jets. Turned out to be a good switch. So after that I went 3 and 1 straight up and against the spread. So I must be ready for a let down right? Well let's hope not because here are my picks for today and tomorrow
I certainly took a hit with my predictions from last week, going 1-3 thanks only to a win by the Packers (sorry Sean). So let's see if i can redeem myself this week.
Wow, was I way off with my first two picks on Saturday.
It's Wild Card weekend in the NFL Saturday and Sunday and with the winter weather rolling in, it gives me yet another reason to stay in and just be lazy!


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This is a serious trouble for me. When I try to start Geany, it crashes with a segmentation fault. The current version is 0.20. I've tried to downgrade it to ...
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I have Geany 0.20 on Debian Wheezy and it doesn't crash, so the bug must be in one of the libraries. That would also explain why downgrading to 0.19 didn't solve the problem.
It's a long shot, but would it be worth finding the dependencies with ldd and seeing if any of them have been upgraded lately? Then you could try downgrading that one."I'm just a little old lady; don't try to dazzle me with jargon!"
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Meanwhile I've discovered the source of the error. Developers of Kubuntu claimed a perfect GTK integration into the Oxygen theme, yet the fact is the opposite. As soon as I've changed the GTK theme to something else, the bug disappeared.
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Toy Soldiers: Cold War Review
An improved tower defense title that packs a punch.
The online stores/marketplaces are littered with tower defence games, ranging from the brilliant to the ridiculously bad. Toy Soldiers, the series, presents its own flavour of tower-defence. With a lot of third-person shooting and vehicular action, Cold War hopes to improve upon its disappointing predecessor.
The game is obviously set during the Cold War, but don't expect any historical accuracy. You take control of US forces and have to prevent waves upon waves of enemies from entering your Toy Box.
The main part of your defence will be turrets of various types, including machine-guns, anti-tank cannons, anti-aircraft batteries etc. These turrets can, however, only be placed at certain pre-designated locations around the map. These turrets will continue to take out enemies without your interference, but aren't really that effective under the AI's control and you'll be letting a lot of enemy units through if you leave it to the AI. If you want a job done properly, you've got to do it yourself; and fortunately in this case, you can take control of your turrets.
Taking control of the turrets also allows you to use certain perks that the AI won't. Such as being able to remotely control the rockets you fire to manouevre them around obstacles. Another plus, when it comes to controlling turrets, is that taking out a lot of enemies quickly gives you unlimited ammo for a limited period of time and unlock Barrages (which I will cover a little later). All this makes your defence a lot more effective, and of course fun.
You will also be able to supplement your defence with the use of vehicles, of which there is atleast one in every map. These range from tanks to helicopters to jets. They are extremely powerful and are good for taking out the tougher units. They are limited by battery power though, and they explode once they run out of batteries. To be able to use them again, you need to wait for them to be fully charged which takes quite some time.
Barrages are awards you earn for either killing a large number of enemies in a short time, or for personally killing an enemy marked with a red star. These awards range from artillery strikes to air support to tactical nukes, all of which are very good at eliminating whole waves at once. The most interesting of the Barrages is probably the 'Commando'; which lets you take control of a commando with infinite rockets and bullets, who, at the same time, shouts a lot of cheesy lines at the enemy.
Additional to the single player, there are also co-op and versus modes. While the co-op isn't a lot more enjoyable than the single-player, ripping each others defences apart in the versus is a lot of fun. There are also a number of mini-games, but they don't offer any kind of excitement; and the survival mode is good for a couple of plays.
The game does a very good job with the visuals. The 80s setting and the toyish-nature of the game is complemented very well by everything from the surroundings, to buildings within maps, to the character models and art-style. There is an occassional drop in the frame-rate when a lot of action is going on, but it is very infrequent.
The devs have done equally well with the sound. The background music complements the game, and the sound effects, from your machine-gun to the constant explosions, all sound realistic. The very little voice acting, coming almost entirely from the commado, is purposefully cheesy and quite humourous.
Overall, this game is a vast improvement over the previous one, and is probably the best tower-defence game out there. It doesn't have much replay value, apart from the multiplayer, but it is a game I definitely recommend as an action or tower-defence game.
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- Florida is the only state that has 2 rivers both with the same name. There is a Withlacoochee in north central Florida (Madison County) and a Withlacoochee in Central Florida. They have nothing in common except the name.
- Gatorade, the popular sports drink, was first developed at the University of Florida, and named for the Florida "Gators" football team.
- The phrase "cool as a cucumber" originated in Florida. On a hot day, the pulp of a cucumber can be up to 10°F cooler than the surrounding air.
- Florida is second only to Kentucky among southeastern states in the raising of beef cattle. Within Florida, cattle ranches are centered around the Kissimmee River in Central Florida. The town of Kissimmee in Osceola County is often referred to as the "cow capital of Florida."
- Fruit advice: the color of a watermelon is the best indication of its ripeness. However, the color of oranges and grapefruits is not as important. To judge the ripeness of these fruits, feel their weight. The heaviest you find will generally be the sweetest and juiciest.
- Orange juice became the official state beverage of Florida in 1967.
- The city of Hypoluxo's name comes from the Seminole expression water all 'round -- no get out.
- Islamorada is billed as the Sports fishing Capital of the World.
- Key Largo is known as the Dive Capital of the World.
- Marathon is home to Crane Point Hammock, a 63.5 acre land tract that is one of the most important historical and archaeological sites in the Keys. The area contains evidence of pre-Colombian and prehistoric Bahamian artifacts, and once was the site of an entire Indian village.
- Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West was built between 1845 and 1866. Controlled by the Union during the Civil War, the fort was the home base for a successful blockade of Confederate ships that some historians say shortened the conflict by a full year. The fort also was active during the Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II.
- The first graded road built in Florida was Old Kings Road in 1763. It was named for King George of England.
- During the 1991 Gulf War the busiest military port in the country was Jacksonville. From this location the military moved more supplies and people than any other port in the country.
- When first completed in 1989 the Dame Point Bridge became the longest cable-stayed span in the United States, the longest concrete span of its type in the Western Hemisphere, and the third longest cable-stayed bridge in the world.
- The longest river sailboat race in the world is the Annual Mug Race. The event runs 42 miles from Palatka to Jacksonville along the St. Johns River.
- The Olustee Battlefield State Historic Site commemorates the largest battle fought in Florida during the American Civil War.
- Venice is known as the Shark Tooth Capital of the World. Collecting prehistoric sharks teeth has been a favorite pastime of visitors and residents of the Venice area for years
- The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art in Coral Gables, is the first and only museum in the United States dedicated to the preservation, diffusion, and promotion of Hispanic and Latin American Art.
- The Pinellas Trail, a 47 mile hiking/biking trail connecting St. Petersburg with Central and north Pinellas County, is the longest urban linear trail in the eastern United States.
- Titusville, known as Space City, USA, is located on the west shore of the Indian River directly across from the John F. Kennedy Space Center.
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Now closed, re-opening under new ownership... Pub, Restaurant & Events Venue in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Rosemary and Keith Allchin are pleased to announce that as of Sunday 30th March 2014 the Flying Fortress will be closed. After running the business for over 25 years we have decided to retire and hopefully have an easier and more normal life.
We would like to thank all our customers, suppliers and staff - some of 25 years faithful patronage and loyal service - for their support and helpful advice which was always willingly given although not always taken.
We can still be reached on email@example.com and for all things to do with Rougham Airfield we recommend you visit the Rougham Tower Association at http://www.rougham.org/
Finally, we would like to wish you all the best for the future and once again say, "Thank you and Goodbye".
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