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April 30, 2006 --
John Kenneth Galbraith, 97, Dies; Economist Held a Mirror to Society

November 16, 2006 --
Milton Friedman, Free Markets Theorist, Dies at 94

Economist Friedman accomplished more in reality than Galbraith ever did in theory or in reality.

Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.

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Israel Detonated a Radioactive Bunker Buster Bomb in Lebanon

Tuesday, 14 November, 2006 @ 6:16 AM

Beirut - What kind of weapon leaves traces of radiation & produces such lethal & circumscribed consequences?

The
special report was triggered by the radioactivity measurements reported
on a crater probably created by an Israeli Bunker Buster bomb in the
village of Khiam, in southern Lebanon. The measurements were carried
out by two Lebanese professors of physics - Mohammad Ali Kubaissi and
Ibrahim Rachidi. The data - 700 nanosieverts per hour – showed
remarkably higher radiocativity then the average in the area (Beirut =
35 nSv/hr ). Successivamente, on September 17th, Ali Kubaissi took
British researcher Dai Williams, from the environmentalist organization
Green Audit, to the same site, to take samples that were then submitted
to Chris Busby, technical adisor of the Supervisory Committee on
Depleted Uranium, which reports to the British Ministry of Defense. The
samples were tested by Harwell’s nuclear laboratory, one of the most
authoritative research centers in the world. On October 17th, Harwell
disclosed the testing results - two samples in 10 did contain
radioactivity.

One of the big stories of last week was the buying frenzy over the limited number of the new PlayStation 3 consoles that were put on sale. There was a humorous political angle in this as well which was widely covered with the notable exceptions of the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. An unpaid volunteer for John Edwards contacted a Wal-Mart store in Raleigh, NC and invoked the name of his boss in order to get first dibs on a PlayStation 3. Since Edwards has been in the forefront of slamming Wal-Mart recently his hypocrisy was especially glaring and resulted in this press release from that retailer:

As NewsBuster Tim Graham reported Sunday, the media were quite late in bringing up Congressman Jack Murtha’s (D-Pennsylvania) ethics issues, as well as his connection to Abscam in the late ’70s. Instead, such matters waited to come to the front pages until after the Democrats safely regained control of Congress. Quite surprisingly, CNN’s “Reliable Sources” host Howard Kurtz (who also writes for the Washington Post) completely agreed that the media dropped the ball on this issue, and grilled his guests about this on Sunday’s program. This segment began:

Since calling for a U.S. pullout from Iraq one year ago, Democratic Congressman Jack Murtha has drawn all kinds of media coverage for his stance. But after the election, when incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi backed the ex-Marine for next Majority Leader, stories suddenly popped up about Murtha’s relationship with lobbyists, and whether he had helped a company that hired his brother as a lobbyist. And suddenly, television was replaying a 26-year-old videotape from the Abscam scandal in which Murtha was offered a bribe by FBI informants posing as Arab sheiks.

Kurtz then asked the Chicago Tribune’s Clarence Page:

In his culture column this week, Brent Bozell takes apart a Wall Street Journal op-ed by NBC chieftain Robert Wright, entitled "Federal Censorship Commission," warning that the threat of fines from the FCC has created a “climate of self-censorship,” an unmistakable “chill in the airwaves,” in which “the viewing public is the biggest loser.” In reality, the FCC moves extremely slowly (it's still puzzling over scenes on "NYPD Blue"), and the networks see them as a nuisance for their lawyers to bore to death with motions. Bozell writes of Wright:

He lauds his own talent at prediction, and how he warned in the same newspaper in 2004 that the titans of “creative integrity” in Hollywood would look less obscene than those who would urge the government to punish the broadcasting of obscenity. (How Orwellian: freedom is slavery, and opposing obscenity is obscene.)

The following letter was just sent to FL. Sen. Mel Martinez and we are awaiting his reply...

Senator Martinez: I heard on NPR radio today (11/18/06) that Vietnam asked President Bushfor disabilities payments for Vietnam soldiers and civilian exposed toAgent Orange not only during the Vietnam War but also afterwards.Also, discussed was tax money for soil re-mediation... The U.S. Congress has yet to appropriate the needed tax dollars to takecare of American Veterans.  Keep in mind VA medical treatment forservice connected disabilities is still only a privilege which can bereduced or withdrawn at anytime.  That we only get $0.11/milereimbursement for travel

Today's starter: How have Democrats managed to gain congressional power in states that reliably vote Republican in presidential elections?

For about a year, John Murtha was portrayed by the liberal media as a bold Marine hero of the anti-war movement. So why did they almost never mention Murtha's sleazy role as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Abscam probe? And why is it important now? If the question was Murtha's fitness to be House Majority Leader, surely it was known that Murtha was running for that post before the midterm elections. The media withholding this story line until it fit with the timing of the Democratic Party's mainstream defines a liberal media bias. It was certainly considered bad form when our CNSNews.com wrote about it in January:

Since Murtha's Nov. 17, 2005, call for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, one CNN anchor has called him "one of the most highly respected members of Congress," the Associated Press has referred to Murtha as "one of Congress' most hawkish Democrats," and ABC News has noted that he is "a decorated marine who served in Vietnam."