Top Scoops: Comment & Opinion Digest 19 April 2007

Thursday, 19 April 2007, 5:55 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

SCOOP COMMENT & OPINION:
Bonus Joules: Dave McArthur On The Upside Of Climate Change
Neocons: Good-bye Wolfowitz
Bush Vs Rule Of Law: Leopold & Renner On The Mystery Of The Missing Emails
Film: Sonia Nettnin At The Chicago Palestine Film Festival
VTech Massacre: Comment From Greg Palast & Ors.
American Coup: Vandalizing Democracy Through Legislation
Anthrax: Investigating The Public Record On The Anthrax Attacks
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Bonus Joules: Dave McArthur On The Upside Of Climate Change

- I am almost used to be the lone dissenter but really I am happier when agreeing with the people around me. Especially when it is with 120 “climate change believers” at Victoria University seminar in Wellington NZ on communicating “the climate change story”. They are probably all nice caring folk and that what makes the fact that most of them are massive deniers so concerning. See... Bonus Joules: The Energy Imagineers [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00308.htm

Neocons: Good-bye Wolfowitz

- One of the most influential figures in the current American government is Paul Wolfowitz with a history that takes him back more than a generation to the Reagan era and the renewed militarism of the United States and its emphasis on nuclear armaments. See... Jim Miles: Good-bye Wolfowitz – A Retrospective [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00306.htm

Bush Vs Rule Of Law: Leopold & Renner On The Mystery Of The Missing Emails

- A couple of weeks before I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, was indicted on perjury and obstruction of justice charges, then-White House Counsel Harriet Miers was told that an internal White House probe ... See... CREW Chief on Fitzgerald and the Missing Emails [1] , Fitzgerald Cited Missing Emails During Plame Probe [2] & Matt Renner… Millions of White House Emails Missing [3] MORE BUSH VS RULE OF LAW:

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Film: Sonia Nettnin At The Chicago Palestine Film Festival

- In Director Larissa Sansour’s “Soup Over Bethlehem,” a Palestinian family has dinner and conversation about a Palestinian national dish called mloukhieh. Their discussion includes a range of topics surrounding politics, culture and Palestinian ... See... Palestine Film Review: Soup Over Bethlehem [1] MORE CPFF FILM REVIEWS:

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VTech Massacre: Comment From Greg Palast & Ors.

- He had accomplices. Don't kid yourself: 23-year-old Cho Seung-hui didn't forge his two little pistols in his smithy shop. He had a dealer, a guns-and-bullets pusher-man who put the heat in his hand, took the kid's money and pocketed it with a grin. See... Sundance George, Butch Reid & the VA Tech Massacre [1] MORE VTECH MASSACRE COMMENT:

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American Coup: Vandalizing Democracy Through Legislation

- This is a big week for elections and voting rights advocates. In addition to being a huge political event, the activity surrounding the Holt Bill, H.R. 811, is highly symbolic,. The symbolism is that of diversion and denial. Holt is the apotheosis ... See... "We Pretend to Vote, They Pretend to Get Elected" [1] MORE AMERICAN COUP:

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Anthrax: Investigating The Public Record On The Anthrax Attacks

- Senator Leahy recently emphasized to Attorney General Gonzales that he wanted to know why he was targeted with letters containing anthrax. He wanted justice for the postal workers who died handling the letter addressed to him. Attorney General Gonzales ... See... Why US Senator Leahy Was Targeted With Anthrax [1] MORE:

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