Archive for 2008
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
"How many people do you have to kill before you qualify to be described as a mass murderer and a war criminal?" This question not only can but must be asked of Israel. By Paul Craig Roberts.
The title of my article comes from the sermon of the Episcopal Bishop of ...
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Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
Instead of blaming Hamas on Israel's attack on the Gaza Ghetto, one outcome of this latest attack will be to inflame Muslim communities throughout the world and swell the ranks of those very organisations that the West claims it is combating in the 'war against terror'. Tariq Ali explains.
The assault ...
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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Everyone is dying to find out the secret behind the popular dumplings at Koji Kawano's Cruel Restaurant. Suspicions run wild when human body parts start washing up at the beach but the real secret might just turn some people off these common Chinese snacks. Stephen Tan reviews.
The cover art shows ...
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
For years the RIAA has been filing lawsuits against thousands of individuals who allegedly shared copyrighted music. Following recent court setbacks, the lobby group has announced it will stop mass lawsuits. Instead, it will focus on cutting deals with ISPs to disconnect 'IP-addresses' that repeatedly share copyrighted music. Written by ...
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
For almost four decades, broker Bernard ("Bernie") Madoff built a reputation as a highly respected Wall Streeter and a pro-Israel philanthropist. All the time he was swindling his clients and "levelling" the difference between the haves and have nots. Professor James Petras explains.
"We never thought he would do this to ...
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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
Seth Gordon's Four Christmases is meant to be your romantic comedy for the yuletide season but as Critic After Dark Noel Vera says, "I want to offer four constructive suggestions that might help improve the film (if any of you are even halfway sentient you'd want to improve this with ...
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is limited in his understanding of the current financial crisis by his "monetarist" bias. He believes that the only way to fight credit contraction is by flooding the financial system with liquidity. But this remedy focuses more on reducing the symptoms rather than curing ...
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
The Mumbai attacks have been dubbed 'India's 9/11', and there are calls for a 9/11-style response, including an attack on Pakistan. Instead, the country must fight terrorism with justice, or face civil war, says writer Arundhati Roy.
We've forfeited the rights to our own tragedies. As the carnage in Mumbai raged ...
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
A common saying in murder movies is that the killing gets easier after the first kill. But what if murder is the ultimate aphrodisiac? Yasuharu Hasebe's Assault! Jack The Ripper features a pastry chef who uses sex to ease the tension after each kill. Stephen Tan reviews.
Tamaki Katsura is the ...
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
A message to the music industry from Jack Ely, the lead singer of the Kingsmen.
My name is Jack Ely and I'm the one whose voice is heard daily on The Kingsmen's 1963 recording of Louie Louie, (may it rest in peace) so you know I have some music business experience.
First ...
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