Archive for ‘July 17th, 2008’

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Jul17

Bill O’Reilly’s spin

by Duane on July 17th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Posted In: Headlines, Politics

Quick thoughts~
For the past couple of days, O’Reilly has been making the rounds on Fox giving his reasons why the whole Jackson tape was not released. According to him, he was not trying to “destroy” Jackson by reporting the whole incident.
So why tease the public by mentioning there were more tasteless comments in the first [...]

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Jul17

Did Mikey die?

by Duane on July 17th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Posted In: Remember

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Jul17

Fah-real?

by Duane on July 17th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Posted In: Politics

This is why the “war against homelesness” is nothing more than a popular shadow boxing match.
Most homeless have city-funded home
C.W. Nevius
sfgate.com
A long overdue civil grand jury report released Wednesday says that the city should be proud of getting over 4,000 homeless people into housing since 2004 but distressed at the scene on the streets.
Panhandling, public [...]

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Jul17

This spells ‘trouble’ on so many levels

by Duane on July 17th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Posted In: Headlines, Politics

“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set,” he said. “We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded.” Barack Obama, 7/2/08
F.Y.I. I checked an unedited copy of the video from the Obama [...]

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Jul17

One progressive’s take on the current presidential race

by Duane on July 17th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Posted In: Commentary, Politics

The Progressive Review
Sam Smith
It is against the journalist’s code of ethics to say so, but the presidential campaign has become incredibly dull. Over the past few weeks, the candidates have become becalmed, drifting in the electoral ocean, sails flapping lazily, awaiting for nature and history to cause something to happen.
Actually it has. We’re on the [...]

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Jul17

Cartoon drama

by Duane on July 17th, 2008 at 1:16 am
Posted In: Just "Why?"

Disney’s ‘subservient’ black princess animates film critics
By Arifa Akbar, Arts Correspondent
independent.co.uk
When Disney announced it was casting its first black princess for its latest animation film, the African-American heroine was hailed as a positive role model for little girls and an ambitious marketing ploy, not to mention an attempt to ward off the allegations of racism [...]

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