CUBAN ART SHOW RECEPTION PHOTOS POSTED
Click on the heading to see the photos from the reception last week at the Cathedral Square Gallery. Many thanks to Robert Zimlich, Jill Shinault and Bob Schaeffer (and Carlos Soto for taking most of the pictures).
Domingo Soto's Personal Blog https://domsoto.blogspot.com/
Saturday, March 22, 2003
MEDIUM IS THE MASSAGE
The British Broadcasting Corporation has apologized to the White House for its broadcast Wednesday night of a live Oval Office feed showing President George W. Bush preparing for his speech announcing the start of the Iraqi war. Administration officials are apparently steamed because Bush was seen having his hair primped and readied by a female stylist armed with a comb and hairspray. Below you'll find a screen grab from the BBC feed as well as a 10-second snippet from the unauthorized TV transmission.
(posted in Smoking Gun)
The British Broadcasting Corporation has apologized to the White House for its broadcast Wednesday night of a live Oval Office feed showing President George W. Bush preparing for his speech announcing the start of the Iraqi war. Administration officials are apparently steamed because Bush was seen having his hair primped and readied by a female stylist armed with a comb and hairspray. Below you'll find a screen grab from the BBC feed as well as a 10-second snippet from the unauthorized TV transmission.
(posted in Smoking Gun)
CUBA ARRESTS MORE DISSIDENTS AMID OUTCRY
Cuban authorities continued their islandwide roundup of dissidents, journalists and other opposition figures today, even as representatives of Latin American nations introduced a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Commission condemning the country's human rights record.
(NYT)
Cuban authorities continued their islandwide roundup of dissidents, journalists and other opposition figures today, even as representatives of Latin American nations introduced a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Commission condemning the country's human rights record.
(NYT)
Friday, March 21, 2003
IS THE WAR ON IRAQ LAWFUL?
By MICHAEL C. DORF ?
Is the war to disarm and dislodge Saddam Hussein justified under international law? Has it been adequately authorized under U.S. law, with proper Congressional approval?
...Under international law, force is authorized in essentially two or, at most, three circumstances....
(FINDLAW)
By MICHAEL C. DORF ?
Is the war to disarm and dislodge Saddam Hussein justified under international law? Has it been adequately authorized under U.S. law, with proper Congressional approval?
...Under international law, force is authorized in essentially two or, at most, three circumstances....
(FINDLAW)
Thursday, March 20, 2003
FROM THE BELLY OF THE BEAST:
Where is Raed ?
A citizen of Baghdad's blog. Fact or Fiction? Interesting reading, nonetheless.
(Featured in Megnut)
Where is Raed ?
A citizen of Baghdad's blog. Fact or Fiction? Interesting reading, nonetheless.
(Featured in Megnut)
U.S. TROOPS RAID AFGHAN TOWNS
American troops launched operations in eastern Afghanistan today in a hunt for al Qaeda members
(NYT)
American troops launched operations in eastern Afghanistan today in a hunt for al Qaeda members
(NYT)
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Interactive Iraq War Map
As if life hasn't gotten bizarre enough, here is an interactive map of the war. Kinda like we Southerners are used to with hurricane tracking charts. Someone needs to have their Nintendos taken away from them!
(Guardian, Listed on How Appealing)
As if life hasn't gotten bizarre enough, here is an interactive map of the war. Kinda like we Southerners are used to with hurricane tracking charts. Someone needs to have their Nintendos taken away from them!
(Guardian, Listed on How Appealing)
Monday, March 17, 2003
HAWKS CIRCLING FOR NEW TARGETS
Even as President Bush struggles against robust international opposition to launch a regime-toppling invasion of Iraq, some of the strongest and earliest supporters of military action against Saddam Hussein are already looking ahead to the next target.
(Sacramento Bee, featured on Daypop)
Even as President Bush struggles against robust international opposition to launch a regime-toppling invasion of Iraq, some of the strongest and earliest supporters of military action against Saddam Hussein are already looking ahead to the next target.
(Sacramento Bee, featured on Daypop)
MEDIA WATCHDOGS CAUGHT NAPPING
In the run up to a conflict in Iraq, foreign news websites are seeing large volumes of traffic from America, as U.S. citizens increasingly seek news coverage about the coming war.
"Given how timid most U.S. news organizations have been in challenging the White House position on Iraq, I'm not surprised if Americans are turning to foreign news services for a perspective on the conflict that goes beyond freedom fries," said Deborah Branscom, a Newsweek contributing editor, who keeps a weblog devoted to media issues In January, for example, half the visitors to the Guardian Unlimited news site, an umbrella site for Britain's left-leaning Guardian and Observer newspapers, were from the Americas.(Wired)
In the run up to a conflict in Iraq, foreign news websites are seeing large volumes of traffic from America, as U.S. citizens increasingly seek news coverage about the coming war.
"Given how timid most U.S. news organizations have been in challenging the White House position on Iraq, I'm not surprised if Americans are turning to foreign news services for a perspective on the conflict that goes beyond freedom fries," said Deborah Branscom, a Newsweek contributing editor, who keeps a weblog devoted to media issues In January, for example, half the visitors to the Guardian Unlimited news site, an umbrella site for Britain's left-leaning Guardian and Observer newspapers, were from the Americas.(Wired)
WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY
The US government has a new website, http://www.ready.gov. It's another attempt at scare mongering in the style of the old "duck and cover" advice after WWII. The fun thing is that these pictures are so ambiguous they could mean anything! Here are a few interpretations.
(Source unknown, Suggested By Christi Parker)
The US government has a new website, http://www.ready.gov. It's another attempt at scare mongering in the style of the old "duck and cover" advice after WWII. The fun thing is that these pictures are so ambiguous they could mean anything! Here are a few interpretations.
(Source unknown, Suggested By Christi Parker)
Friends Stick Together
...Barry McCaffrey, says, "They're not going to believe what we do to them . . . This would be the 3rd Infantry Division/Mechanized. They're going to drive M1A2 tanks down the street with a 120mm gun and fire five rounds into a lower floor and bring the building down."
McCaffrey’s words speak for themselves. No gloss is necessary to bring out their glaring malice and callousness. Of course, what he fails to say is that families dwell in those buildings – families like those of Suha and her four sons, and her husband Karim who can’t work because of severe heart problems. During a visit, he will invariably slip off to his garden and return bearing a prim yellow rose, which he entrusts to me as if it were a rare jewel he knows I will always treasure.
(By George Carpaccio, AlterNet)
...Barry McCaffrey, says, "They're not going to believe what we do to them . . . This would be the 3rd Infantry Division/Mechanized. They're going to drive M1A2 tanks down the street with a 120mm gun and fire five rounds into a lower floor and bring the building down."
McCaffrey’s words speak for themselves. No gloss is necessary to bring out their glaring malice and callousness. Of course, what he fails to say is that families dwell in those buildings – families like those of Suha and her four sons, and her husband Karim who can’t work because of severe heart problems. During a visit, he will invariably slip off to his garden and return bearing a prim yellow rose, which he entrusts to me as if it were a rare jewel he knows I will always treasure.
(By George Carpaccio, AlterNet)
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