May 2011
11 posts
#NATO hyped #Srebrenica massacre to justify war. An atrocity, among many, but hardly genocide. http://bit.ly/c5sxLO #mladic
Proposed legislation gives President unchecked authority to wage perpetual war. http://bit.ly/iADiAC
“Democracy movement” in #Syria is mainly led by the Muslim Brothers, including diehard Salafi Islamists. http://bit.ly/kuqRtS
Outstanding photomontage as video for Amal Murkus song La Ahada Yalam http://ow.ly/50omT #Palestine #BDS
Asia Times: Given unfavorable events, area 10s of 1000s of sq km could turn into nuclear wasteland http://ow.ly/1t50XK #Fukushima
Irony: Ron Rosenbaum, defender of Israel’s war crimes, trashes #BobDylan for playing in China http://ow.ly/1t3G4X
“Bombing peace conference of #Libya religious leaders shows how much #NATO is threatened by any chance of a ceasefire” http://bit.ly/k63mLd
RT @Antiwar2: Philadelphia MOVE Bombing Still Haunts Survivors http://n.pr/iRryWz #Move #nowar
RT @lockean: Whistleblowing’s D-Day is approaching and the troops are still fighting over the vehicle of delivery.
Lowry, Engel nail Jaczko on ludicrous 10-mile evacuation plan for Indian Point. http://ow.ly/1sUBnO #nonukes
Yglesias and Kristof Get Illiteracy Wrong
Recent headlines touted a “shocking new study” revealing that 47% of adults in Detroit are functionally illiterate. The story got big play in both the traditional press and the blogosphere (see this and this; the reliably superficial Nick Kristof even tweeted it to his million-plus followers).
Journalists loved the story because it meshes with the agenda of the big-money foundations and...
