Tuesday, June 14, 2005

my nasty website

OK here's the site: http://manu.rcc.ryerson.ca/~gelmer/

I welcome feedback as I'm about to make it suave. An homage to myself. Or at least less ugly.

The death of news (again)

If there wasn't yet enough anecdotal evidence already telling us about the death of news...

Apparently the Annenberg Center has found in their surveys of American public opinion that more Americans defined Bill O'Reilly (that really pushy condescending right wing nut on Fox) as a "journalist" than Bob Woodward (Washington Post).

here's the link from the CBC:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/06/14/Arts/poll050614.html

Monday, June 13, 2005

Streisand tells the truth

Barbara Streisand's truth alerts!:

http://barbrastreisand.com/news_alertTalk.html

suicide bombers -- the case for "context"

from
http://www.peaceinchechnya.org/reports.htm
A report from The American Council for Peace in Chechnya


"...ACPC is releasing this comprehensive study on suicide bombings associated with the war in Chechnya. As the author has noted, suicide bombers are typically not motivated by ideology, but more often by a desire for revenge and retribution in the vicious cycle of violence created by the Kremlin's five year war in Chechnya. Though this study was prepared prior to the terrorist acts in North Ossetia, we hope that it will provide much-needed background on understanding the aims and motivations of suicide bombers in Chechnya."