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Iran: The Whole World Is Watching

There are Traditional Media on the ground in Iran including NBC, ABC and, if they haven’t been thrown out as was ordered yesterday, the BBC.
Yet we get more information directly from the site of demonstrations, meetings and rallies from the bloggers and tweeters that are on the ground.
Marc Ambinder suggests we approach this uncensored or [...]

The Dick Cheney Magical Mystery Media Tour

Dick Cheney has apparently been on a magical mystery media tour.
He has sought out and been interviewed by more TV journalists and talk show hosts during the past month than during the eight years he was vice president.
The topic is always the same. Torture was done during the Bush-Cheney Administration, and it was effective. Persons [...]

Seymour Hersh: Describes ‘Executive Assassination Ring’

Eric Black at the Minnesota Post broke this story yesterday:
At a “Great Conversations” event at the University of Minnesota last night, legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh may have made a little more news than he intended by talking about new alleged instances of domestic spying by the CIA, and about an ongoing covert military operation [...]

An Intel Professionals View Of Panetta Appointment To CIA

This is a solid NSC veteran commenting on the Leon Panetta proposed appointment to head the CIA.
ht to Taylor Marsh

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Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

Bummer! It’s only Tuesday. There’s so much going on in my world right now, combined with the other stuff going on in the rest of the world, I am so ready for the weekend!
I have news of my own, but I am still digesting it. I promise that as soon as my head shrinks back [...]

Criminal Probe Opened over CIA Tapes

The Justice Department announced today that they were opening ”a full criminal investigation“ into the “destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes, putting the politically charged probe in the hands of a mob-busting public corruption prosecutor with a reputation as being independent.”
Attorney General Michael Mukasey announced that he was appointing John Durham, a federal prosecutor in Connecticut, to oversee [...]

Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up: Happy New Year

So long, 2007. Hello, 2008.
I am finally recovering from another wild New Year’s Eve. I finally made it home around 3:30AM! Just like last year, at the first annual New Year’s Eve party, I had to encourage the hostess that I really needed to get home and get my beauty rest, despite the fact that [...]

Ten Post Round-Up: Multiple Choice Wednesday

Today is gearing up to be a busy one for me. I’ve got appointments that will see me clear to bedtime, in preparation for the holiday weekend. And, in turn, this weekend will kick-off the busiest time of year for my business, with several holiday parties planned straight into the middle of next month. As [...]

Ten Post Round-Up: Fill in The Blanks Sunday

Ah, I have returned to the blogosphere from what is now my regular weekend musical sabbatical and only the Flying Spaghetti Monster knows how much I’ve missed you guys.
The one thing I wish I missed is the fact that, these days, the great outdoors of Colorado has been colder than Condoleeza Rice! I’ll take an [...]

Ten Post Round-Up: Multiple Choice Thursday

I’ve got work for the next three nights, so I may not be functioning at peak blogging mode for a few days. But, since my job involves music and in light of the fact that Ike Turner (he formerly of Ike & Tina Turner) has passed away I’m offering this video in his honor: River [...]