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Top Scoops: Comment & Opinion Digest Jan. 11-14

Sunday, 14 January 2007, 3:33 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

SCOOP COMMENT & OPINION:
Satire: Hood: Scoop Satirist Feels The Burdens Of His Calling
Race Relations: Tim Corballis On Post-Brash NZ Race Relations
Art/Strange n Bizarre: Germans Try And Make Hitler Funny -
FULL COVERAGE: Comment & Opinion On Bush's Iraq Troop Surge Plan
Israel/OT: A Compendium Of News & Views From The Holy Land
Iran: Russ Wellen On The Architect (& Tactics) Of War In Iran
Mexico: Julie Webb-Pullman Reports On A Zapatista Congress In The Mist
American Coup: Florida 2000 & Florida 2006
American Coup: Ciber E-Vote Certification Lab Closed Down
Law: President Bush Vs The Rule Of Law
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Satire: Hood: Scoop Satirist Feels The Burdens Of His Calling

- Returning to the office today, Scoop's Resident Satirist today reported that his summer holiday had been "absolutely ruined" by the thought of mankind continuing to engage in the vices of folly, blindness and arrogance without him criticising this behaviour in literature. See... Hood: Satirist Holiday Ruined by Unpunished Folly [1]

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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0701/S00139.htm


Race Relations: Tim Corballis On Post-Brash NZ Race Relations

- With the resignation of Don Brash and the assumption of the National leadership by John Key, it seems as if race issues have disappeared once and for all from New Zealand’s cultural and political landscape. Can such an question really disappear overnight? See... Tim Corballis: An Un-settled Nation? [1]


[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0701/S00100.htm


Art/Strange n Bizarre: Germans Try And Make Hitler Funny -

Germans aren't known either for having a great sense of humour nor for being at ease with their Nazi-Past. Now a movie is trying to change both. The “Truly Truest Truth about Adolf Hitler” by Swiss-born Jewish filmmaker Dani Levy hits German Cinemas this week. It features the German dictator as a bed-wetting, impotent and drug-addicted loony. See... Julie Scherer: Fun with the Führer [1]


[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0701/S00117.htm


FULL COVERAGE: Comment & Opinion On Bush's Iraq Troop Surge Plan

- One of the key architects of President Bush's disastrous Iraq war policy was responsible for writing the president's new plan calling for an increase in US troops in the region. See… Jason Leopold: The Architect of Mr. Bush's Plan [1] MORE COMMENT ON BUSH SURGE PLAN:

  • Paul G. Buchanan - On the subject of the Draft [2]
  • Norman Solomon - The Headless Horseman of the Apocalypse [3]
  • New York Times - Editorial: The Real Disaster [4]
  • Stan Goff - Open Letter To Congress - A Tactic [5]
  • Greg Palast - Waist Deep In The Big Muddy [6]
  • Dennis Kucinich - Out of Iraq - Back to the American City [7]
  • Ramzy Baroud - One Last Chance for Sanity in Iraq [8]
    • PRE ANNOUNCEMENT COMMENT:
  • David Swanson - Mr. President, Surge This [9]
  • John Cory - Three Thousand Plus One [10]
  • Dan Phillips - Anti-war Conservatives vs. Foreign Policy Realists [11]
  • Ann Wright - The History of Surges [12]
  • Jason Leopold - Democrats Divided on War Remedy [13]
  • William Rivers Pitt - Bush Extends Hand With Fingers Crossed [14]
  • William Fisher - This Strategy Is New? [15]
  • Cindy Sheehan - 3,000 Dead: So Who's Counting? [16]
  • Bernard Weiner - Surging Towards Bethlehem [17]


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    [16] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0701/S00065.htm
    [17] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0701/S00045.htm


    Israel/OT: A Compendium Of News & Views From The Holy Land

    - A new order issued by the GOC Central command bans the conveyance of Palestinians in Israeli vehicles. Such a blatant violation of the right to travel joins the long list of humans rights violations carried out by Israel in the [Occupied] Territories. See... Shulamit Aloni: There Is Apartheid In Israel [1] MORE NEWS FROM ISRAEL:

  • Middle East News Service - Hamas Of. Accepts Israel, But Short Of Recognition [2]
  • INSS Insight- UNSC Resolution 1737: Too Little, Too Late [3]
  • Guest Opinion - Shame in Andover [4]
  • Uri Avnery - What Makes Sammy Run? [5]
  • INSS Insight - The Olmert-Abbas Summit: Tactics and Strategies [6]


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    Iran: Russ Wellen On The Architect (& Tactics) Of War In Iran

    - First the Republicans lost their majority status in Congress. Then the Iraq Study Group sent the White House its report card and gave it a failing grade. It looked like Dick Cheney had finally been put in his rightful place –- the ceremonial office vice presidents have traditionally occupied. See... Cheney's Got His Teeth Sunk into Iran [1] MORE ON THE POSSIBILITY OF WAR WITH IRAN:

  • Dr. Abbas Bakhtiar - The Plan for Economic Strangulation of Iran [2]
  • Robert Parry - Bush's Rush to Armageddon [3]
  • Between The Lines - U.S. Iran Tensions Rise – 2nd Carrier To Gulf [4]
  • Michel Chossudovsky - The Demonization of Muslims and the Battle for Oil [5]


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    Mexico: Julie Webb-Pullman Reports On A Zapatista Congress In The Mist

    - By New Year’s Eve the two thousand of Day One had swelled to four thousand, and over the next two days low cloud reduced visibility to about three feet – when it wasn’t raining. Occasional wind gusts swirled the mist away to reveal a landscape changing by the minute, as new arrivals pitched tents and tarpaulins on every spare square inch. See... Julie Webb-Pullman: The End of the Encuentro [1] & Julie Web-Pullman: More Zapatista Encuentro Pics [2] . Earlier… Best And Worst Of Zapatista Conference [3]


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    American Coup: Florida 2000 & Florida 2006

    - Understanding Florida 2000 is central to understanding where we stand today as a nation. Al Gore’s clear victory in the popular vote was obscured immediately by the last minute drama of the Florida vote count. The extended melodramatics of the ... See... M. Collins: Six Years After Florida, Where Are We? [1] MORE FLORIDA-13 NEWS:

  • Michael Collins - Arguments to Void Florida-13 Congress Election [2]
  • Warren Stewart - Sarasota County and the Debate Over "Paper Trails" [3]


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    American Coup: Ciber E-Vote Certification Lab Closed Down

    - Moving the ball forward a bit in regard to New York Times' stunning report last week that Ciber was refused interim accreditation last July. I've been able to learn a bit more about the existence of the paperwork concerning that denial of accreditation. See... EAC Now Admits 'The Ciber Report' Does Exist [1] & NYT: Ciber Lab Dumped From Evote ITA Ranks [2] MORE AMERICAN COUP NEWS & VIEWS:

  • John Gideon - Daily Voting News For January 10, 2007 [3] , January 3-9, 2007 [4] & December 29-30, 2006 [5]
  • Bob Fitrakis - Missing Votes In Ohio Call Races Into Question [6]
  • Houston Chronicle - Link: Electronic Voting Led to Errors, Report Says [7]


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    Law: President Bush Vs The Rule Of Law

    - As some people learned from the minimal and abusive media coverage, on December 8, 2006, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney introduced Articles of Impeachment against President George W. Bush, making him the 10th president of the United States ... See... Cynthia McKinney Makes the Case for Impeachment [1] MORE BUSH Vs RULE OF LAW NEWS CLIPS:

  • Associated Press - US Launches Two Airstrikes in Somalia [2]
  • The Real News Project - Scoop Link: Bush Senior Early CIA Ties Revealed [3]
  • Associated Press - Dems to Hold 11 Separate Hearings on Iraq War [4]
  • afterdowningstreet.org - Video: Impeachment Forum Nat. Press Club D.C. [5]
  • The Hill - New Cmtte. to Monitor Bush Admin. Info Suppression [6]
  • New York Daily News - Bush Claims Right To Open US Mail Without Warrant [7]


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    MORE SCOOP COMMENT & OPINION:

  • Russell Brown & Ors. - Public Address 11/01/07 - The New Boss [1] & Public Address 10/01/07 - The Suicide Note [2]
  • Richard S. Ehrlich - Shinawatra's Passport Cancelled, Son Interrogated [3]
  • Martin LeFevre - Meditations: Sunset Illumination [4]
  • Evelyn Pringle - FDA Runs Protection Racket For Big Pharma [5]
  • Sherwood Ross - Sun, Wind & Tidal Power Obviate Nuke Plant Need [6]
  • R. Walrath & P. Johnson - U.S. Health Care 2007 [7]
  • COHA - John Negroponte, Latin America’s Real “Mr. Danger" [8]
  • Kyle F. Hence - Democrats Perpetuate 911 Commission Betrayal [9]
  • Bill Berkowitz - End Times For The Christian Coalition? [10] &Pacific Legal Foundation On Wrong Side Of History [11]
  • Narconews - AP's Oaxaca Correspondent in Conflict-of-Interest [12]
  • Maryann Keady - Thoughts From America: The New Cold War [13]
  • Sam Smith - Retrieving The Democrats' Reason For Existence [14]
  • William Fisher - Goodbye to a Year of Ironies [15]
  • Kelpie Wilson - 2006 Top Green Tech Ideas [16]
  • INSS Insight - 6th Bio. Weapons Conv. Review A Partial Success [17]
  • New York Times - Editorial: Protecting Internet Democracy [18]
  • Jason Leopold - The Court-Martial of Ehren Watada Begins [19]
  • William Rivers Pitt - Hussein the Rabbit [20]
  • William Fisher - Here Are the Christians! [21]
  • Ernest Partridge - Snobocracy: When 'The Right People' Run Washington [22]
  • Sherwood Ross - Companies Refusing To Reveal Biotech Research [23]
  • M. Shahid Alam - Has Regime Change Boomeranged? [24]
  • Dr. Abbas Bakhtiar - Saddam’s Execution and the coming Campaign [25]
  • David Swanson - Democrats' Open-Mic Press Conferences [26]
  • Lawrence R. Velvel - What The Media Have Not Said Upon Ford’s Passing [27]
  • William Fisher - Religious Leaders Push Back Against Rep. Goode [28]
  • Genevieve Cora Fraser - US’s New Cold War: from a Legacy of Assassinations [29]
    • South Asia Comment:
  • Dr. Chandrakala - Rings Of Pain "Maoists Atrocities Are Continuing" [30]
  • Siddhi B. Ranjitkar - Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Change - Not Status Quo [31]
  • M.R. Josse - SPAM Combo's Zany Adventures In Blunderland [32]
  • Shashi P.B.B. Malla - Fractured Peace, Imperious Govt., Bleeding Nation [33]
  • Hari Bansha Dulal - Bhutanese Refugees: Trapped and Tantalized [34]


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    Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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