It’s a series of tubes, donchaknow. All audio clips are real, and uttered by the very confused Senator himself (background on the incident here, full audio of Steven’s idiotic speech here). The New York Times even mentioned this video.
I’ve been doing some thinking about the crisis in the middle east, as I imagine many Americans are right now. I also imagine that a lot of Americans are not sure quite how they feel about I think a lot of people are over-complicating the issue or getting stuck over historical details while trying to […]
Middle East Crisis
As several European countries take action, the State Department still has not begun a large-scale evacuation of Americans living in Lebanon. Rumor has it that Americans wishing to be evacuated will have to pay 300 dollars and will be dumped on the island of Cyprus to ‘sleep on the streets.’
The State Department […]
I thought I’d mention a report that is making the rounds of alternative news organizations. The report claims that a Palestinian doctor, along with the Palestinian Ministry of Health have said that the Israelis have quietly been using an unfamiliar chemical weapon on civillians in Gaza. No major international or American news services have picked […]
Sweet music video about rising gas prices. Sponsored by the Center for American Progress (the thinktank that runs the excellent ThinkProgress blog). On the way back from New York yesterday, we noticed some stations offering $3.26 for regular and were surprised at how expensive it was.
Canadian casualties; European evacuations
A family of eight Canadian citizens died from Israeli attacks yesterday. Half of those killed in the direct air strike on the small town of Aitaroun, where the family was vacationing were children under age 8. Six other Canadians are reported as in critical condition. Following this development, Canada plans to evacuate […]
Well, I’m back after a productive weekend of filming, so I’m back to publishing The Daily Brief. Monday July 17, here we go…
Middle East Crisis
After Hezbollah rockets hit the Israeli city of Haifa killing 8 civilians (a city that, if attacked, Israel had previously said would result in “far-reaching consequences” for Hezbollah), Israel began the […]
From a poll that signs you up for Ann Coulter, Newt Gingrich Bob Novak newsletters once you answer. I guess general dislike of Paris Hilton is an American thing that transcends ideological borders.
According to a recent Ap-Ipsos poll, Bush’s approval rating has stayed about the same as last month, 36%.
Additionally,
The AP-Ipsos survey asked 789 registered voters if the election for the House were held today, would they vote for the Democratic or Republican candidate in their district. Democrats were favored 51 percent to 40 percent.
81% of […]
Photo: Stefano Paltera / AP
According to her husband, “She wanted to run.”
Airstrikes continued in Beirut today, and Hezbollah fired a rocket into a building in an Israeli government railroad yard in southern Lebanon, which killed eight and left many more wounded. According to the Israeli minister of transportation, Shaul Mafaz, Hezbollah did not use the kind of rocket that they normally use, a 120mm Katusha rocket. […]
We just got back from shooting in downtown New York City, I’ll be back home around Sunday afternoon and blog posting will be normal again. Wow, I’m exhausted. We were just at the hunger strike protest to free political prisoners with some Iranian dissidents accross from the United Nations compound (about 100 Iranians showed up).
In […]
TalkLeft directs readers to a new non-profit website called Know War, which is dedicated to conveying the reality of war, and taking Americans understanding of it beyond just numbers. Their first project is to show what 2,500+ American casualties actually looks like. Visit their webpage for the full picture and more info.
The 2006 G-8 summit in St. Petersburg began today and goes until Monday.
The G-8 countries — the United States, Russia, Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Canada — were expected to issue a joint declaration on the Lebanon crisis, but drafters of the document were faced with dealing with differences between the U.S. and the […]
Photo: AP/Hussein Malla
Earlier today, an Israeli missle killed 15 and wounded six in a southern port in Lebanon, and an Israeli aircraft bombed the Haret Hreik district (in southern Beirut), killing 12 and wounding 32. This is the forth day in a row that Israel has attacked Lebanon since the Lebanese Islamist group Hizbollah killed […]
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