Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, was assassinated at a political rally at Tel Aviv in November of 1995. His killer, Yigal Amir, is serving a life-sentence in prison. Amir was somehow able to speak via telephone to journalists for two private news agencies. One of those news agencies still plans to air their interview, [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Israel’s idea of journalistic freedom?
Posted in Pop Culture, Religious Extremism, TV & Film, news, politics, rant, tagged Israel, Itzhak Rabin, Yigal Amir on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nike women’s race *ROBS* fastest runner?
Posted in Policy-making, Pop Culture, news, rant, tagged Arien O'Connor, Nike, Nike Women's Marathon on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Arien O’Connell is a 24 year old schoolteacher from New York City. She travelled to San Francisco to take part in Sunday’s Nike Women’s Marathon. She had a pretty good day, and came out with the fastest time out of all other runners present.
However, when it came time to hand out trophies, apparently Nike had [...]
The Associated Press is upset that many airports follow the law?
Posted in Policy-making, news, politics, rant, tagged Media bias., Media Propaganda, Associated Press on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was reading an article by AP writer Shannon McCaffrey that suggests the Associated Press is attempting to shape public opinion, rather than report the news. In the article, it states that the AP did a survey of busy U.S. airports, and “discovered” that several of them allow civilians with permits to carry guns, shockingly, [...]
Pediatricians use “scare tactics” to curb pets for small children.
Posted in Policy-making, news, rant, tagged doctor scare tactics, Pediatrics on October 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The American Academy of Pediatrics released a report that suggests that children aged 5 years and under could be at significant risk of germ transfer if they are allowed to have “exotic” pets. The report cited the risk of such things as salmonella from contact with animals, even suggesting petting zoos should be a concern. [...]
Citigroup’s idea of fair business practice?
Posted in Policy-making, Pop Culture, news, rant, tagged Citibank, Citigroup, Wachovia, Wells Fargo on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Citibank has been announcing lately that it is buying Wachovia. The problem with that, is that it apparently needs substantial “FDIC help” in doing so. Wells Fargo, on the other hand, can afford to buy Wachovia without any taxpayer money. Wachovia is happy with Wells Fargo’s much more lucrative offer. Except, Citibank claims it has [...]
What war on terror?
Posted in news, rant, tagged Somali Piracy, Somali Pirates, Somalia on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been loosely following the Somali pirate situation, and it’s just shocking to me. Not that pirates would engage in piracy, but the fact that some of the most advanced technology naval vessels in the world have been thus far unable to do a damn thing about it. Somalia, to my understanding, is a “destabilized” [...]
