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RUPERT MURDOCH’S MSM-PIRE HAS ARRIVED.

RUPERT MURDOCH’S MSM-PIRE HAS ARRIVED. It looks like the media mogul has finally bullied the Bancrofts into submission. The New York Times reports that the family has tentatively authorized Murdoch‘s $5 billion buyout of The Wall Street Journal‘s publisher, just months before the debut of Murdoch latest on-air venture, the Fox Business Channel: For Mr. […]

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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY UNDER FIRE.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY UNDER FIRE. Public health advocates warn say that Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) is expected to introduce an amendment to the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill that would divert funding away from NIOSH, the agency charged with defining and enforcing occupational safety regulations. The amendment would restrict the sole source of federal support for NIOSH’s Occupational […]

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AND 1,774 MORE JUST LIKE THEM.

AND 1,774 MORE JUST LIKE THEM. Yesterday afternoon a bevy of child-bearing Republicans and their bewildered male companions convened at the Independent Women’s Forum to lament the scientifically documented “patriotism gap” that is corrupting our nation’s young people. The crowd laid waste to a hydrogenated red-white-and-blue cake while Myrna Blyth and Chriss Winston signed copies […]

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THE IDIOT’S GUIDE…

THE IDIOT’S GUIDE TO IMPERIALIST ETIQUETTE. Friday pop quiz: American success or failure in Iraq may well depend on whether the Iraqis (as the people are called) like American soldiers or not. The preceding statement was excerpted from: A) The Iraq Study Group Report (2006)B) Republic of Fear: The Inside Story of Saddam’s Iraq (1990)C) […]

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