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Saddama bin Laden and al Jazeera
The best evidence yet that al Qaeda and Iraq are the same war? Bin Laden says they are: An audio tape broadcast Tuesday and said to be from fugitive Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden warned Arab states against backing any U.S.-led war on Iraq and said suicide attacks were important …
Read More »“Steven” Snagged
Dell dude busted in NYC: Benjamin Curtis, a 22-year-old New York University drama student, was arraigned Monday on a misdemeanor drug possession charge. The charge assumes a suspect is not carrying more than a “use amount” – enough to roll several marijuana cigarettes. Police said he was arrested Sunday night …
Read More »Jackson: Still in Neverland
Michael Jackson was appalled by the Martin Bashir documentary about him that aired in the UK and US last week. Apparently he feels betrayed by Bashir voicing his concerns for Jackson’s own children, and for other “vulnerable” children who come under Jackson’s sway, in voice-overs for the documentary, where Bashir …
Read More »To Wave the Broadcast Flag?
Video webcast of a debate on the merits of a federally mandated “broadcast flag” from the Cato Institute: Battle over the Broadcast Flag: The IP Wars and the HDTV Transition Featuring Fritz Attaway, Motion Picture Association of America; Jim Burger, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson; Mike Godwin, Public Knowledge; and Andy …
Read More »Idol Thoughts
I wrote last week about getting caught up in the talent and the excitement of American Idol. Of the reality shows, it is the least contrived: these are real people who care deeply about singing in a contest to determine who is some combination of the “best” and “most popular.” …
Read More »Death and Neverland
The Michael Jackson freak fest on 20/20 last night (the whole thing can be summarized in three distasteful words: obsession with children) finished off with a segment on the Phil Spector murder case, which featured a lot on Phil – all of it old news, the guy hasn’t done jack …
Read More »More on Jacko Documentary
The Michael Jackson doc airing Thursday on ABC debuted last night in the UK. The British tabs have gone wild over this: When Bashir asked Jackson about his friendships with children, Jackson said: “I have slept in a bed with many children,” including actor Macaulay Culkin (news) and his brother …
Read More »Dragnet
When I first heard that Dick (Runnin’-Out-Of-Law-and-Order-Franchises) Wolf was producing a new version of Dragnet, my first thought was, “Which Dragnet?” Depending on your age, the venerable cop series was either: a noir-ish b-&-w low-budget police procedural starring Jack Webb, a full-color debate-athon deifying Jack Webb or a moderately amusing …
Read More »All Too Familiar
No terrorism is needed when our own scientists make calculated risks that others are forced to take.
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