Posted on June 15th, 2009 by Stuart O'Neill
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 [...]
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Posted on May 16th, 2009 by Walter Brasch
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 [...]
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Posted on March 12th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
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 [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, CIA, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, In The Blogosphere, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Republicans
Posted on January 6th, 2009 by Stuart O'Neill
This is a solid NSC veteran commenting on the Leon Panetta proposed appointment to head the CIA.
ht to Taylor Marsh
Tags: Appointment, Array, CIA, Ht, Http Www Youtube, Intel, Leon Panetta, Nsc, Taylor Marsh, Veteran
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Posted on January 15th, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
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 [...]
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Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
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 [...]
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Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
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 [...]
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Posted on December 19th, 2007 by Dizzy Dezzi
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 [...]
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Posted on December 16th, 2007 by Dizzy Dezzi
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 [...]
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Posted on December 13th, 2007 by Dizzy Dezzi
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 [...]
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