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Archives for May 2006

In Cold Blood: American war crimes in Iraq…being prosecuted in America?

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 10:33 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

If he’s a bad guy, if he’s running the (car bomb) factory, I’ll put the gun in his mouth and kill him myself … but first let’s get a fucking security check….There’s killing bad guys and there’s murdering civilians. Let’s do the first and not the second. Murderers we’re not, OK? [Marine Maj. Nicholas Visconti… Read more.

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in Namibia Controlling Immigration

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 10:38 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt with first lady of Namibia and with UN secretary general Kofi Annan inset.

Celebrities enjoy a contrived relationship with the paparazzi. The relationship Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt orchestrate with the paparazzi illustrates this in spades. Jolie and Pitt as immigration officers But imagine a world so obsessed with and deferential to celebrities that they can get governments to do this: Jolie and Pitt pressured Namibian authorities … to hand over… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: adoption, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, celebrity, Namibia, Shiloh

Here’s why it’s such a farce to call this holiday "Memorial Day":

Monday, May 29, 2006 at 11:06 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

It has become a cherished tradition for most Americans to honor the memory of dead presidents by going to shopping malls and the memory of fallen soldiers by going to the beach…. But, for the few who care, Happy Memorial Day! Memorial Day Read more.

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Democracy rules! (in Africa of all places…)

Sunday, May 28, 2006 at 1:44 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

What Nigerians demand from Mr President is the courage and humility to apologise for making us go through this harrowing experience by embarking on the risky project called tenure elongation that led the country to the brink of disintegration. [Nigerian Opposition Party] Though virtually unreported in America, Nigerians took a bold step for democracy on… Read more.

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Bush and Blair meet the press – jointly – for the last time…

Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 12:17 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

…And then there were two – left barely standing – in the Coalition of the Willing to invade Iraq. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair held talks on Thursday at the White House. Here are the main points of their joint news conference courtesy of Forbes. MISTAKES IN IRAQ — Bush… Read more.

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Good (news) Friday: Enron’s "masters of the universe’ found GUILTY as sin!

Friday, May 26, 2006 at 11:13 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The jury’s verdicts help to close a notorious chapter in the history of America’s publicly traded companies…Appeals aside, the end of the trial will mark the end of a dark era. [Rep. Michael Oxley (R-Ohio), co-author of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, which was enacted in the wake of Enron’s collapse to make company executives more accountable.]… Read more.

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American Idol: exploiting mediocre talent in search of a diamond in the rough…Okay

Thursday, May 25, 2006 at 11:18 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

American Idol’s presiding arbiters of mediocre talent: Randy Jackson, Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul To date, my interest in American Idol has been limited to the entertaining antics of Judge Paula Abdul, which have included her Svengali-like use and abuse of a contestant as her Boytoy and her seemingly drug-induced ramblings that have been constant… Read more.

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Rep. William Jefferson: The Congressman, $100,000 and his freezer…

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 at 12:06 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

There are two sides to every story…. This is how the hopelessly compromised Congressman William Jefferson, Democrat of Louisiana, pleaded on Monday in a vain and vanquished attempt to keep the probing media at bay and reassure his constituents that he’s not a crook. But what makes this plea especially feeble is the fact that… Read more.

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Sir Ronald Sanders on regional media and the Caribbean Single Market…

Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at 11:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Dear Readers Many of you will have gathered from my articles that I am an ardent advocate for the integrated economic development of the Caribbean. However, notwithstanding my passionate advocacy, earnest pleadings and unsolicited advice, I’m acutely aware that I have relatively little influence on regional leaders who have been entrusted with the stewardship of… Read more.

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Cheers, jeers and yawns greeted Bond’s 714th home run…and deservedly so!

Monday, May 22, 2006 at 12:23 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Because he finally slammed his 714th home run on Saturday, Barry Bonds deserved to be greeted with cheers; Because everyone now believes that steroids gave him the power to slam most of those home runs, he deserved to be greeted with jeers; and Because his 714th home run was only good enough to tie the… Read more.

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