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‘Fox Cleared of All Charges in Henhouse Scandal’

April 14th, 2010 · No Comments

“The accused fox was cleared of all charges after none of the hens who had occupied the henhouse prior to the alleged incident appeared in court this morning to testify against the fox.  Reporting live from the criminal court building in London, this is Peter Johnson reporting for BBC News.” Of course, the paragraph above [...]

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Treatment of Climate Change E-mail Scandal-ous

November 30th, 2009 · No Comments

First, a BBC News headline reported, Hackers target leading climate research unit. Ten days later, a new headline from the stodgy-and-liberal media outlet reads, Inquiry into stolen climate e-mails. What’s wrong with those headlines?  They focus on something far less important than the fact that the e-mails exchanged between researchers at the UK’s East Anglia [...]

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Are Extended Christmas Vacations in Store for Members of the U.S. Military Under Obama?

November 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Extended Christmas vacations might be in store for members of the U.S. military if President-elect Barack Obama gets his way and, in keeping with his stated plans to drastically cut defense spending, research and capabilities, guts the military. I make this prediction after reading a recent BBC report from “Down Under” that offers a foreshadowing [...]

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Video: Georgia in State of War with Russia

August 9th, 2008 · No Comments

A BBC news report offers a look at the war from the Georgian viewpoint and shows evidence of Russian attacks against civilian targets in the former Soviet republic. Click here or on image above to view report. See also: ‘Russia Has Declared War on Us!’ — Georgia (includes several updates) Propaganda Accompanies Russian Attack John [...]

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Semtex Theft in France Goes Unreported in U.S.

July 22nd, 2008 · 6 Comments

Today, I recognized an instance of life imitating art in my corner of the world and thought it worth sharing with a world engaged in a Global War on Terror. I was one-third of the way through ACT OF TREASON, the latest terror-action novel by Vince Flynn, when I came across a BBC News article [...]

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