27 Mar
Posted by charles as Journalism, News, Politics, commentary
More troubling news about Barack Obama’s church and its former controversial paster, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
According to Reuters, Baptist Messenger, a Christian publication, is reporting that the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, “published a pro-Hamas, anti-Israel opinion article in a church bulletin in July.” It was a reprint of a newspaper article.
Says Reuters, “In the [...]
27 Mar
Posted by charles as Journalism, commentary
The U.S. government seems to think that terrorists plan to bring down an airliner using nipple rings!
Well, not really, but sort of.
Here’s what apparently happened:
Transportation Security Administrations agents–they are the ones whose eyes look just a bit dimmer than everyone else-were alerted to a possible, devious terrorist plot when the nipple rings a woman was [...]
26 Mar
Posted by charles as News, Politics, commentary
In Tibet, it appears as if things have gone from bad to much worse.
Reuters is quoting a source in China as saying that the Chinese have “launched mass arrests of Tibetans in Lhasa for interrogation,” which is a diplomatic way of saying torture and abuse.
The action stems from what has been some of the strongest [...]
26 Mar
Posted by charles as News, commentary
Seems like there’s a rash of aircraft inspections of late and you may want to know why? You may want to know why, but you will probably not like the answer.
First, some background.
The world’s largest airline–and in many ways most uncomfortable,too–had to cancel 300 flights today so that its fleet of MD-80 jets could have [...]
25 Mar
Posted by charles as Journalism, News, commentary
Today was a very bad day for anyone who travels by air in this country, which is just about everyone. A New York federal appeals court clipped the wings of a first in the nation state law that actually gave airline passengers certain rights; something the airlines refuse to do.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of [...]
24 Mar
Posted by charles as Journalism, commentary
I can see it coming: sooner or later, the New York papers will have headlines saying : “NY Governor Says Once Was Hit Man For The Mob!” And, why not. Today, the headline was that New York’s New Governor, David Paterson, says he used to use cocaine and smoke weed.
Only last week you’ll [...]