By David Sirota The new media economy encourages ever more violent vitriol because that’s now become the most reliable way to build a following and, thus, generate profit. Related Entries January 13, 2011 Obama and Palin Speeches Compared January 13, 2011 WikiLeaks Exposes the Danger of Pakistan’s Nukes
Continue reading …By Joe Conason The law requires us to assess Jared Lee Loughner’s mental state and motivations, but we might do better to analyze our own craziness. Related Entries January 13, 2011 Obama and Palin Speeches Compared January 13, 2011 WikiLeaks Exposes the Danger of Pakistan’s Nukes
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About 2000 mourners packed a church in Tucson to pay their respects to Christina Green, the 9-year old killed Saturday along with five other people during Saturday’s mass shooting in Arizona. (Jan. 13)
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The 34-year-old sister of Vikings quarterback Brett Favre faces drug charges after she was arrested Wednesday in a raid on a Mississippi condo where people were making crystal methamphetamine, authorities say. (Jan. 13)
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WASHINGTON — Julian Assange, the flamboyant founder of WikiLeaks, is living on a supporter’s 600-acre estate outside London, where he has negotiated $1.7 million in book deals and regularly issues defiant statements about the antisecrecy group’s plans. Associated Press Bradley Manning Meanwhile, the young soldier accused of leaking the secret documents that brought WikiLeaks and Mr. Assange to fame and notoriety is locked in a tiny cell at the Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia. The soldier, Pfc. Bradley Manning, who turned 23 last month in the military prison, is accused of the biggest leak of classified documents in American history. He awaits trial on charges that…
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Photo via AKO AOTEAROA Richard Henry may sound like an oddly dignified name for a bird — but its bearer deserves nothing less. Richard was a highly-endangered Kakapo , a flightless parrot from New Zealand, who is credited by many with single-wingedly saving his species. In the 1970s, researchers believed that the Kakapo had been nearly wiped out and that ext… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Cafferty: Palin Can’t Be President Due to ‘Inflammatory’ Reply to Critics
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Jack Cafferty's Palin Derangement Syndrome reached a new level on Thursday's Situation Room on CNN, as he attacked the Republican for her reply to those who tried to tie her to the Arizona shootings: “It was just awful, defiant, [and] inflammatory.”
Continue reading …January 12, 1996 – Bosnia, Abortion And Iowa, But Not In Any Particular Order.
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enlarge The endless debate continued in 1996. Click here to view this media Since it was an election year, contenders from the GOP were off and running in the Iowa Caucus with Bob Dole the odds on front runner for the Republican nod. The Bosnian War Crimes Tribunal was getting underway and Anti-Abortion activists were bolstered by the new Congress and the endless pursuit in overturning Roe V. Wade was starting up again with both sides as heated up as ever. Jack Kevorkian was back on trial. The IRA took credit for a bomb set off in London, killing two people and AT&T and MCI were teaming up to share phone lines, now that the new Telecommunications Bill allowed more competition in the marketplace. Remember MCI? Here is the news of January 12, 1996 as reported on NPR’s Morning Edition.
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AP Pro Football Writer takes an in-depth look ahead to this weeks NFL playoff games. Chicago hosts surprising Seattle, the Ravens take on the Steelers, Green Bay meets Atlanta and the Jets travel to face the Patriots. (Jan. 13)
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Click here to view this media This weird segue popped up the other day in the Twilight Zone between Neil Cavuto’s Fox News show and the Glenn Beck show immediately following. Cavuto was running that crazy mug shot of Jared Lee Loughner and intoning thus: CAVUTO: I want you to look at him. Look at him closely. Maybe you recognize this guy. But I don’t. Maybe you think this guy is all of us. But I don’t. I just see a nut. We didn’t make him. He made and then unmade himself. The image then seamlessly becomes this one — and the resemblance is remarkable: enlarge The script works for that guy, too! And the more I think about it, the more the daily rants from Glenn Beck start to eerily resemble Loughner’s YouTube offerings . Which is maybe why Driftglass provides us with this telling Photoshop : enlarge I know! Let’s start a rumor that Loughner is actually the secret love child of Glenn Beck (who in fact used to work in radio in Phoenix). And it will have every bit as firm a foundation as your average “Barack Obama is a secret whites-hating Marxist who is trying to destroy America” rant. Get out your chalkboards!
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