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Wednesday 7 November


Tuesday 1 May

  • Mission Accomplished (13:29) - 4 years after President Bush announced major combat operations were complete in Iraq, Think Progress takes a look at the American cost of the war by numbers. One important number left out of these statistics. Iraq Civilian Deaths: between 62,700... | 1 Comments

Monday 15 May


Thursday 11 August

  • Banksy Owns West Bank Barrier (13:29) - Secretive "guerrilla" artist Banksy has decorated Israel's controversial West Bank barrier with satirical images of life on the other side. The nine paintings were created on the Palestinian side of the barrier. One depicts a hole in the wall with... | 1 Comments

Tuesday 9 August

  • check out that tan! (15:04) - Looks like the Pres has been having another one of those hard working vacations of his. I read somewhere its his longest since 2001. Its not like anything important is going on anyway.. war, nuclear insanity, etc. ;)... | 3 Comments

Wednesday 6 October

  • Just Da Facts (22:39) - Even though Cheney got it wrong during the debate by calling it FactCheck.com, which actually takes you to George Soros' site, the real thing is quite compelling. Check out FactCheck.org. You dems should like the fact that it seems, as...

Friday 3 September

  • What really happened at the Pentagon on 9/11? (09:45) - ***Conspiracy Theory Warning*** From Physics911.org: Detailed analysis of the debris field, physical damage, and other factors in the alleged impact of a Boeing 757 on the Pentagon building on the morning of September 11, 2001 reveals an almost complete absence...

Thursday 26 August

  • Poverty Highlights (12:56) - How well things are going.. just one perspective. Poverty: 2003 Highlights!The official poverty rate in 2003 was 12.5 percent, up from 12.1 percent in 2002. In 2003, 35.9 million people were in poverty, up 1.3 million from 2002. Poverty rates...

Sunday 29 February

  • Bioethics (23:37) - When the White House waits until late Friday afternoon to make an announcement you know it's not a good thing. This time he was trying to slip it past that he was sacking two members of his Council on Bioethics...

Thursday 19 February

  • Science under the current administration (22:58) - James Glanz for the New York Times has published two stories in as many days about documents released by a group of influential scientists which included 20 Nobel laureates. The first, published yesterday in the science section is titled "Scientists...

Wednesday 4 February

  • Mandatory tutoring for adults with children (22:51) - My friend Josh --a teacher-- has a brilliant idea to make communities and schools better: adopt the jury duty idea and make tutoring mandatory for adults with children. It makes a ton of sense. Require parents to take a few...

Thursday 15 January

  • Advice from the US Military (02:39) - ''Aim towards the Enemy.'' -Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher ''When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend. -U.S. Marine Corps If the enemy is in range, so are you.'' -Infantry Journal ''It is generally inadvisable to...