Must-see BBC Newsnight interview

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Friday July 08, 2005 · 6:09 PM PDT

2005/07/08 · 18:09

As you'd expect all the main news programmes over here are still dominated by the London bombings and tonight's edition of Newsnight on BBC2 was no exception with more harrowing tales from survivors and rescuers.

But what was extraordinary was the studio discussion that followed these reports, on the subject of how to prevent further outbreaks of terrorism. First up was George Galloway who gave a typically rumbustious performance in defending himself against aggressive questioning from the presenter.

However it was the opinions of the next guest linked from Washington that I found so surprising.... Read More

Rice and Straw questioned on Downing Street Minute - Give revealing non-answers!

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Wednesday May 18, 2005 · 5:50 PM PDT

2005/05/18 · 17:50

About this time yesterday evening around 23:30 British Summer Time (19:30 EST?) I was flipping between channels to see if I could get another quick fix of George Galloway chewing up the hapless Norm Coleman when to my surprise I found Sky News showing live coverage of a joint UK-US press conference in Washington with Condoleeza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.

Unsurprisingly most of the questions were directed to the Iranian nuclear dispute and the crisis in Uzbekistan. But one un-named female journalist (first name Andrea) asked the following question:
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The Power of Nightmares and the power of....Ricin?

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Monday April 18, 2005 · 5:11 PM PDT

2005/04/18 · 17:11

In October 2004 BBC television broadcast a three part documentary called The Power of Nightmares by award-winning journalist Adam Curtis who examined the current "War on Terror" with a sceptical eye, comparing it to the worst scare-mongering tactics employed in the Cold War (by many of the same politicians cf. Donald Rumsfield) and demonstrating that the roots of the two ideologies at the heart of this conflict - the neo-cons and the radical Islamists - can, extraordinarily, both be traced back to philisophical disgust at the "decadent values" of post-WWII America.

That description may make it sound a heavy slog but believe me, irrespective of the seriousness of the subject matter, each episode was fascinating to watch, due to Curtis's trademark style which includes heavy use of archive footage and popular music (and if you thought there was no possible connection between the rise of Muslim extremism and the song "Baby, It's Cold Outside" this is the documentary that will prove you wrong!)
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Iain Duncan Smith slags off Kos, Dean etc but praises Rove!!

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Saturday February 19, 2005 · 4:20 AM PST

2005/02/19 · 04:20

I haven't got much time so this will have to be quick and dirty!

Check out this article in today's Guardian Bloggers will rescue the right
by failed former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith. It's the most appalling hatchet job on left wing bloggers and Kos in particular (repeating the "screw then" meme about the dead mercenaries last year) while heaping praise on none other than Karl Rove -who probably dictated it!

I think this is known as throwing down a gauntlet!

Fraud in Pinellas County Florida? Latest from Daniel Hopsicker

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Wednesday December 15, 2004 · 2:37 PM PST

2004/12/15 · 14:37

Among all the legitimate concerns about Ohio there have been relatively few mentions of strange incidents in Pinellas county Florida. Supervisor of elections Deborah Clarke was rightly castigated for her behaviour after incorrectly certifying 17,000 "NO" votes on a gambling initiative as "YES" votes:

The office of Supervisor of Elections in Pinellas County, Deborah Clark, provided inflated totals on the YES side of the gambling initiative which were then used by state officials in the official state tally of the hotly-contested gambling initiative known as Amendment 4......

Pinellas County voters defeated the gambling initiative by more than 17,000 votes. But the official state record says the exact opposite, the result of a "mistake" by the office of Pinellas Elections Supervisor which would have gone unnoticed, said local reports, had it not been caught by outside observers.

Bad enough you might think - but Daniel Hopsicker's madcow morning news site has uncovered something far more interesting about Mrs Clark.... Read More

Mengele in New York

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Wednesday December 01, 2004 · 1:18 AM PST

2004/12/01 · 01:18

This is a genuine must read news report from the BBC that was broadcast last night. I think this extract is sufficient to get across the key points:

During a nine month investigation, the BBC has uncovered the disturbing truth about the way authorities in New York City are conducting the fight against Aids.

HIV positive children - some only a few months old - are enrolled in toxic experiments without the consent of guardians or relatives.

In some cases where parents have refused to give children their medication, they have been placed in care.

The city's Administration of Children's Services (ACS) does not even require a court order to place HIV kids with foster parents or in children's homes, where they can continue to give them experimental drugs.

Sequoia Pacific : your vote safe in their hands?

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Saturday November 27, 2004 · 1:33 PM PST

2004/11/27 · 13:33

With all the speculation regarding the recent stories of Wayne Madsen I thought it would be instructive to point you in the direction of what I believe to be a genuine piece of investigative journalism by Daniel Hopsicker regarding the history of Sequoia Pacific, one of the big three voting companies operating in the USA. This is the second part of a series with more to follow.

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Iran set up as next target - how to stop it?

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Saturday November 20, 2004 · 6:08 AM PST

2004/11/20 · 06:08

Lead item on last night's edition of BBC Newsnight was the current controversy over Iran and its nuclear ambitions. The video of this can be accessed for the next couple of days from this BBC web page
The tone of the piece was balanced but sceptical, with the interviewer specifically referencing the false claims about Iraq WMDs as a reason for not lending credence to these new accusations.
However what came across loud and clear is that the US Government is actively engaged in not only promoting these claims but also undermining the efforts of EU diplomats to broker a deal with the Iranian authorities
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The Power of Nightmares BBC Documentary - downloadable version

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Sunday November 07, 2004 · 2:07 PM PST

2004/11/07 · 14:07

Given the interest expressed in this landmark BBC documentary I thought I would point out that at least the third episode can now be downloaded from this site.
Be warned though - this provides answers to the questions about the way "Al Quaida" operates and how exactly Bin Laden was able to get away from Tora Bora but those answers will shock you and make you even angier about the events of last Tuesday.
Oh and look out for the Disneyland "terrorists" - has this case been covered in America at all recently?

In Light of Recent Events

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Saturday October 30, 2004 · 5:10 PM PDT

2004/10/30 · 17:10

I think it's time to draw your attention to this report
from Daniel Hopsicker, who has done some of the best investigative reporting into the 9/11 conspiracy particularly in relation to Florida. Note that this draws together information from a host of public sources..
So why is George W so pally with terrorists?

Michael Moore on the BBC Question Time programme tonight

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Thursday October 28, 2004 · 1:50 PM PDT

2004/10/28 · 13:50

You folks may be interested to know MM will be one of the panellists on the BBC political discussion show Question Time this evening and you can follow the action on the web or via BBc America.

Details here.

QT is a familiar fixture in the schedules here and the sparks often fly - partly due to the heavy audience participation element, and often in the way panellists set about each other. Watch out for Richard Littlejohn, he's an extreme right wing Murdoch journalist so I expect a few low blows. Let's just hope no-one brings up his assault conviction.....

Update on UK Troop Redeployment - The Critics Rave!

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Wednesday October 20, 2004 · 4:01 PM PDT

2004/10/20 · 16:01

Well the request for British troops to cover US gaps in Iraq is really going down like a cup of cold sick over here, dominating political coverage just at the time Blair was attempting to "move on" from the issue of Iraq - as can be seen from the most recent Government briefings for the press (sadly only summaries are available, not transcripts)

Tuesday afternoon press briefing by the Prime Minister's office

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