Tuesday, December 07, 2004
"A civilization of fear"
Photo courtesy: The New York Times
Now this is real talk: a leaked classified CIA cable - described as ‘unusually candid’ - offers bleak Iraq assessment. (Newsweek | The BBC News' take)
Defense Intelligence Agency Memos Say 2 Officials Who Saw Prison Abuse Were Threatened. (The New York Times)
The Times' Edward Wong says it's increasingly looking like it could end up being civil war in Iraq. (The New York Times)
While the war on terror is An Obsession the World Doesn't Share. (The New York Times)
The intelligence bill passes but the Supreme Court turns down ruling on gay marriage yet opts to weigh in on the crucial issue of Interstate Wine Sales. WTF? ( The New York Times | MSNBC.com | The New York Times)
The Great Indecency Hoax, Pt. II: according to a new FCC estimate nearly all indecency complaints in 2003—99.8 percent—were filed by the activist group the Parents Television Council. Through early October of this year, 99.9 percent of indecency complaints—aside from those concerning the Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” during the Super Bowl halftime show broadcast on CBS— were also brought by the PTC. (Mediaweek.com | Related: The Washington Times' take.)
It's official then: yesterday was my first (?) and last reference to living in a post 11/2 "moral values" world because that's turned out to be yet another bullsh!t media fabrication too.
