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Satire: Computer
Software Meets Parliamentary Press Releases Leading To
Humour
Ahmed Zaoui: NZ's North African
Affairs Specialist On Algerian Bombings
Letter From Lebanon: No Help For the Injured And
Displaced
George W. Bush: Two Doctors Take
A look Inside Bush's Head
Smacking Debate:
Ron Law's Dummie's Guide To The S59 Repeal
Bill
Stateside: Rosalea Barker's American
Odyssey (Via Greyhound Bus)
Motornet: A
Big Ford & A Bigger Ford
Film: Sonia
Nettnin At The Chicago Palestine Film Festival
American Coup: Insider Emails Surface Showing FL
Chaos
Media: David Swanson Farewells
Kurt Vonnegut
US Attorneys: White House
Email Trial Leads To RNC
US Dollar: An
American Perspective On Current Account Chaos
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Satire:
Computer Software Meets Parliamentary Press Releases
Leading To Humour -
Computer programmers often leave 'Easter Eggs' in software - special features or surprises that can be revealed by some secret combination of events. Some early Unix systems, for example, responded to the command "make love" with "not war?". More recently, the 1997 version of Excel contained a flight simulator. And then there's the 'Exploding Lara Croft' trick. In honour of the recent holy season, I present the list of little-know local easter eggs. See... Lyndon Hood: Real Life Easter Eggs [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00234.htm
Ahmed Zaoui: NZ's North African Affairs Specialist
On Algerian Bombings -
New Zealanders in London when the Rainbow Warrior was sunk may know something of what Ahmed Zaoui felt after the bombings in Algiers this week, that left over 30 people dead. Suddenly, the television screen carries images of home, but in a truly unsettling light. See... Zaoui on the Algiers bombings [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00204.htm
Letter
From Lebanon: No Help For the Injured And
Displaced
- In the bombed-out suburb of Haret Hreik the Attieh family is returning to its home in spite of continuing safety concerns. Hassan Attieh, his wife Hoda Yassine Attieh and their five children evacuated the area during the summer 2006 war. They left shortly after Israeli aircraft bombed the Al-Manar television headquarters located one block from their apartment. The family has stayed elsewhere since the war, waiting for a safety check that government officials assured them would be conducted. The promise has remained unfulfilled. See... Lebanon: Injured, Displaced Can’t Depend on State [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00235.htm
George
W. Bush: Two Doctors Take A look Inside Bush's
Head
- When we feel inadequate about some aspect of our lives, we work to submerge those feelings with compensations and defenses. Evidence is that in the case of George W. Bush, deep feelings of inadequacy and powerful defensive behaviors employed to submerge them and cover them up cripple the decision-making process he needs for his duties as president. See… The Psychology Behind G.W. Bush's Decision-Making [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00200.htm
Smacking Debate: Ron Law's Dummie's Guide To The S59
Repeal Bill
- Contrary to popular belief, Sue Bradford's so-called ‘anti-smacking’ Bill has already been defeated by the parliamentary process. Having been the recipient of numerous "anti ‘anti smacking’" or "anti ‘pro beat your kids’" emails I thought it prudent, as a risk & policy analyst, to look at what all the fuss was about so I could make an informed decision myself. See... Ron Law: Section 59 for Dummies [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00205.htm
Stateside: Rosalea Barker's American Odyssey (Via
Greyhound Bus)
- As a kind of rite of passage (or
trial by sore bum, depending how you look at it) I
celebrated my becoming a U.S. Citizen by taking a three-day
Greyhound Bus trip from DC back to California. This series
highlights some of the people I met. See... Stateside:
My Fellow Americans (Part 3) [1]
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Motornet:
A Big Ford & A Bigger Ford
- It’s been a few years since I last drove the Escape, Ford’s early ‘new century’ answer to the unprecedented Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) demand. The Escape offered a welcome alternative to a heavy and gas-guzzling full-sized SUV for a lot less money, while still offering the high riding drive and off-road respectability that proved so popular. See... MOTORNET: Boost For Ford Territory & Escape [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00231.htm
Film:
Sonia Nettnin At The Chicago Palestine Film
Festival
- In August 2003 Palestinian violinist
Ramzi Aburedwan, who grew up in Al Amary Refugee Camp, and a
group of international musician colleagues established Al
Kamandjati (the violinist) Association. Every summer they
travel to refugees camps in the West Bank, East Jerusalem
and Gaza to perform for boys and girls. During their visits
they have music workshops where they sing songs and
introduce the children to different musical instruments.
See… Palestine
Film Festival Review: It’s Not a Gun [1]
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American Coup: Insider Emails Surface Showing FL
Chaos
- The 18,000 "undervotes" in Sarasota and other questionable elections in November 2006 election were not the only problems faced by Florida voters last year. Most of them, in fact, likely have no idea just how bad it really was. See... Insider Emails - FL Voter 2006 Database Problems [1] MORE AMERICAN COUP:
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Media: David Swanson Farewells Kurt
Vonnegut
- Kurt Vonnegut published over two dozen books, including 2005's "A Man Without a Country." It's a book that is brutally honest in its hopelessness, in fact – I think – overly hopeless, and yet humorous. It may even be hopeless in order to better be humorous. Vonnegut discusses in the book the use of tragedy to heighten laughter. But certainly the humor works to lighten the load of dismay and despair that this book ever-so-lightly dumps on us. See... Vonnegut Dies Without a Country or Religion [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00223.htm
US Attorneys: White House Email Trial Leads To RNC
- Democrats in the US House of Representatives
served a subpoena on Tuesday demanding all previously
undisclosed documents relating to the firings of eight US
attorneys in 2006. The Senate is considering a similar
action. See... Dems
Subpoena DOJ in Attorney Firing Investigation [1]
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US Dollar: An American Perspective On Current Account
Chaos
- The American people are in La-la land. If they had any idea of what the Federal Reserve was up to they’d be out on the streets waving fists and pitchforks. Instead, we go our business like nothing is wrong. Are we really that stupid? What is it that people don’t understand about the trade deficit? It’s not rocket science. The Current Account Deficit is over $800 billion a year. See... Mike Whitney: Doomsday for the Greenback [1]
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