News & opinion on Greater China and the even Greater Beyond: by Biff Cappuccino.

Wednesday, December 08, 2004

News: 2004-12-08
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Michael Scheuer, author of "Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror," discusses his new book
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Threats of legal action on Middle Eastern and Islamic issues are about as common as corrupt practices at the United Nations – and almost as problematic.
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With not much original reporting, I discovered that the latest big fine by the FCC against a TV network -- a record $1.2 million against Fox for its "sexually suggestive" Married by America -- was brought about by a mere three people who actually composed letters of complaint
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Mediaweek has a great story revealing that up to 99.9 percent of complaints to the FCC come straight from King Prig Brent Bozell's self-annointed Parents Television Council. (article here)
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Death by Insanity (Biff: good introduction to the racket whereby the Phlip govment corruptly cooperates with interested parties to irresponsibly harvest forest and when disaster happens, as recently with landslides, the govment appeals to the US etc. to pick up the tab. Foreign govments see an opportunity to appear pious, sympathetic and helpful, when of course they're funding the problem. So much of getting a living by those who sing for their suppers approximates this sort of mutually beneficial hustle...)
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The New America Foundation & the NYU Law Center host a day-long conference called "Al-Qaeda 2.0: Transnational Terrorism After 9/11." Authors Peter Bergen & Michael Scheuer (AKA, Anonymous) are among the participants
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