Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Althouse: "There's something sick about making entertainment out of real people's legal problems."

Althouse: "There's something sick about making entertainment out of real people's legal problems."

Blogger Thought: Scalia is widely panned (as far as I can tell) for his unsupportable remark on this.

ProfessorBainbridge.com: Althouse Mellows on Miers

ProfessorBainbridge.com: Althouse Mellows on Miers

ProfessorBainbridge.com: Stuntz on Miers

ProfessorBainbridge.com: Stuntz on Miers

"We are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the scenes."

John Swinton on the independence of the press

John Swinton on the independence of the press

The Extinction of the Middle Class

The Extinction of the Middle Class

This made me laugh.

Top News Article | Reuters.com

Video: Internet Archive: Details: Israeli Army Slaughters Civillians During Demonstration in Gaza Strip 20.05.04

Internet Archive: Details: Israeli Army Slaughters Civillians During Demonstration in Gaza Strip 20.05.04

Do this make you want to hurl like it makes me want to hurl?
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Joe's Dartblog: Antonin Scalia Is Wrong On TV In The Courtroom

Joe's Dartblog: Antonin Scalia Is Wrong On TV In The Courtroom

Blogger Thought: Joe makes sense.

Did a reporter with GOP ties suppress a story that could have cost Bush the White House?

Salon.com News | Saving Ohio

911Proof - Home

911Proof - Home

George Washington's Blog: Another 9/11 Smoking Gun

George Washington's Blog: Another 9/11 Smoking Gun

In reviewing emergency personnel tapes, I found 2 interesting statements concerning flashes in the world trade centers prior to their collapse:

The captain of emergency medical services said "somewhere around the middle of the world trade center there was this orange and red flash coming out ... initially it was just one flash then this flash just kept popping all the way around the building and that building had started to explode ... and with each popping sound it was initially an orange and then red flash came out of the building and then it would just go all around the building on both sides ... as far as could see these popping sounds and the explosions were getting bigger going both up and down and then all around the building" (page 15 -- pdf file; Google's web version is here)

Similiarly, the Assistant Fire Commissioner stated I thought . . . before . . . No. 2 came down, that I saw low-level flashes. . . . I . . . saw a flash flash flash . . . [at] the lower level of the building. You know like when they . . . blow up a building. . . ?” . In the same statement, the Assistant Commissioner recounts how a lieutenant firefighter he spoke with independently verified the flashes.

Then I stumbled upon two very interesting videos from the world's leading controlled demolition company, Controlled Demolition, Inc.:

Can you see the orange and red flashes all over the near side of this building in this authenticated video of a controlled demolition?

Do you see orange and red flashes at the base of this building in this demolition video by the same demolition company? (both videos are posted at the "World Records" section of Controlled Demolition's website)

Hmmmm.

Another Day in the Empire � Gaffney's Gripe

Another Day in the Empire � Gaffney�s Gripe

Mystery of Reporter Killed in Basra Deepens

Mystery of Reporter Killed in Basra Deepens

News Hounds: Colmes Takes On Wayne Simmons

News Hounds: Colmes Takes On Wayne Simmons

Our Man at the UN: saying the council had to act against atrocities and not just talk about them

US blocks U.N. briefing on atrocities in Sudan - Yahoo! News: "saying the council had to act against atrocities and not just talk about them"

Ezra Klein: WaPo Hearts Haley Barbour

Ezra Klein: WaPo Hearts Haley Barbour

The Media: Jailing Iraqi Journalists: The Pentagon is silent as U.S. military imprisons local journalists

The Media: Jailing Iraqi Journalists: The Pentagon is silent as U.S. military imprisons local journalists

Senator Levin Loses Mind, Says We Should Threaten Iraqis We'll Make Plans to Leave Someday :: from www.uruknet.info :: news from occupied Iraq - ch

Senator Levin Loses Mind, Says We Should Threaten Iraqis We'll Make Plans to Leave Someday :: from www.uruknet.info :: news from occupied Iraq - ch

CNN.com - Basra governor: British threatening vote - Oct 10, 2005

CNN.com - Basra governor: British threatening vote - Oct 10, 2005