Instead of tuning in to CNN, I urge you to watch the 4-minute video below on the racially-charged case of the Jena 6 that will be headline news today. Because it presents the issues and charges involved in the prosecution of six black high-school students, for beating the crap out of a white classmate, in… Read more.
Archives for September 2007
PSA: “Shocking confession…NY ‘party girl’ admits to having HIV!!”
When I received an e-mail from an associate yesterday, directing me to an article with the above title, I deleted it summarily. Because, frankly, I find news about a “NY party girl” contracting HIV about as interesting as news about a dog suffering flea bites. When I chatted with that associate a few hours later,… Read more.
Israel prepares for air strikes against Iran…by bombing Syria?
This was supposed to be a devastating Syrian surprise for Israel….We’ve known for a long time that Syria has deadly chemical warheads on its Scuds, but Israel can’t live with a nuclear warhead [in Syria or Iran]. [Sunday Times of London quoting a reliable Israeli source] On Sunday, American media gave the impression that recycled… Read more.
O.J.’s surreal deal finally revealed: 1 burglary for 2 murders…
One could be forgiven for thinking that O.J. Simpson’s first criminal trial proved beyond all doubt that incriminating facts are irrelevant when he’s the defendant. Moreover, it is already self-evident that his latest criminal act represents little more than a ratings bonanza for all media, and career opportunities for TV legal pundits. Indeed, given the… Read more.
Putin dissolves Russia’s parliament and flexes his Cold-War muscles…
President Vladimir Putin dissolved Russia’s parliament on Wednesday, and then shocked everyone by appointing the country’s (virtually unknown) financial regulator and anti-corruption czar, Viktor Zubkov, as its new prime minister. And, in a staged TV discussion with one of his Kremlin flunkies, Putin announced that he exercised this presidential prerogative: …to structure the government so… Read more.
Britney’s dazed, confused and out of sync performance at the VMAs
Given all of the media hype surrounding Britney’s “comeback performance”, I felt compelled to tune in to MTV’s Video Music Awards (VMA) on Sunday – if only for blogging purposes. However, as soon as it was announced that she would be opening the VMA’s, I began citing – to my one friend who cared –… Read more.
Another groundhog speech from President Bush on Iraq…
On 26 May 2005, I wrote an article entitled Groundhog days in Iraq…and in President Bush’ head. And in it, I dismissed, in fact decried, the delusional update on the Iraq war, which Bush presented to the American people earlier that week. Alas, what I wrote about that update back then can fairly suffice as… Read more.
Think America’s immigration plan is racist and unjust? Consider Switzerland’s…
Last week Europeans were alarmed by a report in a leading UK newspaper, The Independent, on Switzerland’s draconian immigration laws. In fact, the letter and spirit of these laws are so patently racist and unjust that reporter Paul Vallely was compelled to pose this rhetorical question: Has Switzerland become Europe’s heart of darkness. Vallely reports… Read more.
Skinny Model Fired. Hallelujah!
I mark the annual Spring and Fall fashion shows in New York City by ranting biannually against skinny models. I refer you in this regard to “Skinny Models (Still) Reign at New York’s Fashion Week” on February 6, 2007. I published my first rant (in a different forum) over a decade ago. Regrettably, there has been far too little… Read more.
9/11 commemoration: An afterthought…
After just having a conference call interrupted so that my business colleagues could “watch President Bush lead the nation in a moment of silence”, I think it’s time to get some perspective on the elaborate national day of mourning that 9/11 has become. After all, this wallowing in grief-stricken jingoism – complete with the affected… Read more.