The revelations from the Palestine Papers may have angered many Palestinians. But how does it affect the future of negotiations towards a two-state solution? Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports from occupied East Jerusalem.
Continue reading …Click here to view this media Rep. Steve Cohen’s “Big Lie” theory really got the RWNM up in arms. Megyn Kelly told a guest on her show that nobody ever made a Nazi reference to attack the left on FOX News, ever/ She knows she said, because she watches the network, do you? here at C&L we’ve documented the many cases of FOX News hosts using the “Nazi” analogy. Glenn beck frequently uses it as has Bill O’Reilly. Well, Jon Stewart and the Daily Show rebutted Megyn’s claim and strung together a host of Fox Newsers using the Nazi analogy which included BillO and someone even used it on Kelly’s own show. Bill O’Reilly got very upset about Stewart’s piece and so he responded to it in his Personal Segment and briefly addressed his audience in his very own way. O’Reilly: Jon Stewart didn’t defend the man but he believes there’s this hypocrisy in play and that I your humble correspondent am a part of it. [O'Reilly from 2008]: If you look back at what happened in Germany and what Hitler and his cutthroats did back then and the hate filled blogs of what they’re doing now. And here is the context of that letter and that statement… Bill then goes through the back story explaining why he compared the Huffington Post to Hitler. It turns out that Bill was infuriated not by an article or a blog post on the Huffington Post, but rather a nasty comment — that was later deleted — about Nancy Reagan. Now the high comedy begins, watch…. I’ll submit to you ladies and gentleman that my comparison of the vile Nazi propaganda machine is dead on. you can make the call on that. Jon Stewart didn’t mention Nancy Reagan or the context of my remarks, he just used a short clip of a much longer statement…. {} Congressman Cohen directed his comments at Republicans who oppose Obamacare and classified them as using Nazi propaganda techniques. That’s what he did. I pointed out a hateful post on the Huffington Post that should never have appeared, should have been taken down. Did you just see that? He conned his audience into thinking that his Nazi analogy was taken out of context and appropriate because he used it to attack the Huffington Post, but Rep. Steve Cohen’s was not because he used it against Republicans. That’s FOX Logic, ladies and gentleman fronm your humble author… Oh, by the way. using the incredible C&L archives I found a few other times Bill has been justified to call people Nazis. .. Back in December of 2005, Bill O’Reilly called people who protested an Ann Coulter appearance zealots and Nazis.. Click here to view this media O’Reilly: The far left in this country, the zealots, these are zealots-are Nazis…and this is exactly what the Nazis did. He did it again back in 2007 when he attacked Kos during his attack on Jet Blue: Click here to view this media OReilly: “It’s like the Ku Klux Klan. It’s like the Nazi party.” Colbert: “Exactly! The Ku Klux Klan and the Nazis were both notorious for allowing people to express unpopular views in an open and free forum.” He also did it while he talked to Ms. Hamm, who actually disagreed with him over the same comment. O’Reilly: What’s the difference between the KKK and Arianna Huffington? What’s the difference? Ham: I think there is a difference,. O’Reilly: I don’t see any difference between Huffington and the Nazis. It’s her, It’s her, It’s her…I didn’t say she’s a Nazi. Ham: Alright. O’Reilly: There’s no difference between what the two do. So in O’Reilly World, as long as he thinks he’s applied the proper context to call somebody a Nazi — in this case, a deleted comment from an anonymous person — in which he smeared the entire Huffington Post, then that’s A-OK. Media Matters writes : So O’Reilly’s defense for comparing the “hate-filled blogs” to Nazis is that one random commenter on the Huffington Post said something cruel about Nancy Reagan in a comment that was later deleted. Funny how the full context doesn’t actually make his Nazi analogy seem all that reasonable. And he’s also cool with painting people he disagrees with as “The KKK.” Very twisted logic indeed.
Continue reading …Anne Hathaway and James Franco practice their dancing in a brand new promo for the 2011 Oscars, airing Sunday (February 27) on ABC! Later in the video, James, 32, tackles Anne, 28, to the floor when the strap of her dress falls, yelling, “WARDROBE MALFUNCTION!” Ha!! RELEASED: 2011 Oscar Nominations List Earlier this week, Oscars promo pics featuring Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Just Jared Discovery Date : 27/01/2011 16:49 Number of articles : 4
Continue reading …Photo via trindade.joao Researchers have found that the loss of a key species in an ecosystem can cause a cascade effect with many other species dying off as well. However, Northwestern University physics professor Adilson Motter and his student, Sagar Sahasrabudhe are working on a theory illustrating that a mathematical understanding of how species rely upon, and react to, other species can show us if and when species will go extinct, and provide the information necessary to prevent those extinctions. Could using math help us conserve species?… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Met chief says ‘no stone will be left unturned’ as he defends decision not to reopen News of the World inquiry 18 months ago Phone-hacking inquiry: Scotland Yard said it would ‘leave no stone unturned’. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA The head of the Metropolitan police said today that “no stone will be left unturned” in the fresh investigation into the News of the World phone-hacking allegations announced yesterday, four years after the initial convictions in the case. Speaking at a meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority in London’s City Hall this morning, acting commissioner Tim Godwin promised a “robust investigation” that “will restore the confidence for those victims who feel we have…
Continue reading …Saeb Erekat, the PLO’s chief negotiator, has condemned the release of the Palestine Papers. He has also called for the source of the leaks to be revealed. And he’s accused Al Jazeera of slander
Continue reading …Drug smugglers trying to get marijuana across the Arizona-Mexico are using a new delivery method: a catapult. Using a video surveillance system, the National Guard caught several people launching packages over the border fence. (Jan. 27)
Continue reading …Image credit: Perennial Solutions Whether it’s an awesome tour of Mike Feingold’s permaculture allotment , footage of the famous Greening the Desert project in Jordan , or the BBC’s discovery of forest gardening , we have seen plenty of great videos about permaculture gardens. But exampl… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Who needs virtual farming when you can go virtual hunting? The Oregon Trail—that classic computer game that brought us back to the America of 1848—is coming to Facebook on Feb. 2, and will be followed by Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? one week later. “We…
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