I have three stuffed animals at home that I hide when I expect visitors. (Guys don’t do stuffed animals.) But my fuzzy critters serve a purpose. Four years ago, I destroyed my […]
Nota Bene #91: No Joke
Well I figured I’d give you all a break
Exclusive: Pentagon pursuing new investigation into Bush propaganda program
The Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General is conducting a new investigation into a covert Bush administration Defense Department program that used retired military analysts to produce positive wartime news coverage.
Nota Bene #90: Monkey Business
“One reads such links, and what can one say but—
Newspaper circulation falls again: Expect more cuts
If you were a newspaper subscriber last year, there’s a 10 percent chance you aren’t this year. That’s because paid circulation of daily newspapers nationally fell more than 10 percent from a […]
Fox beats CNN in prime-time news, but so what?
CNN’s prime-time ratings — those hours between 7 and 11 p.m. that command premium advertising rates — have fallen sharply. CNN, reports The New York Times and MSNBC, now trails three of […]
Exclusive: Pentagon's domestic propaganda program may not have been terminated
Pentagon officials won’t confirm Bush propaganda program ended
The covert Bush administration program that used retired military analysts to generate favorable wartime news coverage may not have been terminated, Raw Story has found.
NASA launches its first new rocket in three decades
STS-1, the first space shuttle mission, launched on April 12, 1981. At that point, the shuttle was already several years old, and the original designs stretch back to the early 1970’s. The […]
Nota Bene #89: Horrors
With apologies to Edgar Allan Poe… Once upon a midnight dreary, as you quaffed drinks brown and beery, Came a tapping amid the gloom, upon the closed door of your room. You […]
Nota Bene #88: Pigeon Power
♫♪ If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, don’t be alarmed
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