Main Stream Media Hypocrisy?
by Robert A. Kezelis
At the tender age of 19, Newt Gingrich married Jackie Battley (26), his former high school geometry teacher. One wonders what Mary Kay Letourneau would think. The angle of the dangle? Newt allegedly served Jackie with divorce papers while she struggled with illness in a hospital in 1981, a clear indication of the strength of his family values. |
Widespread abuse of government credit cards
by Jim Abrams
Laser eye surgery may improve one's visual horizons, but it doesn't qualify as a travel expense, a congressional office says in a report on abuses of the federal travel card system.The Congressional Research Service, in a recent survey, found that federal employees in a wide range of agencies misuse travel cards to buy goods for their personal use, travel first-class or simply bilk the government. |
Obama, Pentagon plan cyberspace war command
by Reuters
The Pentagon plans to create a new military command for cyberspace, stepping up preparations by the armed forces to conduct both offensive and defensive computer warfare, the New York Times said on Friday.The military command will complement a civilian effort President Barack Obama plans to announce on Friday that will overhaul the way the United States safeguards its computer networks, the newspaper said on its website. |
The Facts Thwart Rehab of Colin Powell
by Ray McGovern
Watching retired Gen. Colin Powell refer to the parable of the Good Samaritan during Sunday's Memorial Day ceremonies on the Mall in Washington, it struck me that Powell was giving hypocrisy a bad name.Those familiar with the Good Samaritan story and also with the under-reported behavior of Gen. Powell, comeback kid of the Fawning Corporate Media (FCM), know that the two do not mesh. |
Iraq Faces the Mother of all Corruption Scandals
by Patrick Cockburn
Allegations of kickbacks rock key government department as 1,000 officials face arrest and Trade Minister is forced to resignBAGHDAD - Iraq plans to arrest 1,000 officials for corruption after a scandal which has forced the resignation of the Trade Minister and is threatening the food supply of millions of Iraqis. |
Report: Climate change crisis 'catastrophic'
by Hilary Whiteman
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The first comprehensive report into the human cost of climate change warns the world is in the throes of a 'silent crisis' that is killing 300,000 people each year. More than 300 million people are already seriously affected by the gradual warming of the earth and that number is set to double by 2030, the report from the Global Humanitarian Forum warns. |
Super-Embassies and How the United States Chooses Security Over Aid
by Allison Kilkenny
If this story sounds familiar, it's because this has all happened before. Recently, Pakistanis learned that almost half of the $1.9 billion approved by the US House of Representatives for aid will instead go toward "a new secure embassy and consulates" in their country. Of course, the United States has good reason to fear for their security in the region. |
Are religious sects/cults invading the United Nations?
by Bill Berkowitz
A French government agency called MIVILUDES (Mission interministérielle de vigilance et de lutte contre les dérives sectaries -- Interministerial Mission for Monitoring and Combating Cultic Deviancy) recently issued a 199-page report charging religious cults with having a growing influence in international bodies such as the United Nations. |
Tomgram: William Astore, Educating Ourselves to Oblivion
by Tom Engelhardt
— from TomDispatchCan there be any doubt that education matters not just in how we view the world, but in what kind of world we create -- or simply accept? And can there be any doubt that, despite a massive educational infrastructure (admittedly now fraying badly), Americans remain remarkably poorly informed about the world? Last year, Rick Shenkman, the editor of the History News Network website, published a book (now out in paperback), Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American Voter, excerpted at this site. Stupid enough (or ill-informed) was the answer. |
Why didn't Washington Post columnists call Cheney a disgrace?
by Eric Boehlert
What a difference two terms make.Or more specifically, what a difference they make when a Republican former vice president harshly critiques the new White House, compared with when a Democratic former VP raised policy concerns. Seriously, press double standards just don't come more pronounced than this. |
Mr. Obama: Resign Now
by Ted Rall
With Democrats Like Him, Who Needs Dictators?MIAMI--We expected broken promises. But the gap between the soaring expectations that accompanied Barack Obama's inauguration and his wretched performance is the broadest such chasm in recent historical memory. This guy makes Bill Clinton look like a paragon of integrity and follow-through. |
