AL GORE has finally succeeded with Current TV by selling it, for a rumored very healthy profit. Al Jazeera on Wednesday announced a deal to take over Current TV, the low-rated cable channel that was founded by Al Gore, a former vice president, and his business partners seven years ago. Al Jazeera plans to shut [...]
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News Desk: Al Jazeera Website Hacked by Pro-Syrian Government Allies
“We have hacked you because your lack of support of Syrian government and militant groups backed by that government. Al Jazeera has been spreading lies. We’re compelled to do so on behalf of the Syrian people.” [GIZMODO] THERE WAS SOME confusion about whether it was the .com or .net variation, but there was no doubt [...]
News Desk: France Opens Inquiry Into Yasir Arafat’s Death After Al Jazeera Documentary
A nine-month investigation by Al Jazeera discovered rare, radioactive polonium on the ex-Palestinian leader’s final belongings. The finding suggests that Arafat was poisoned with polonium, a rare, highly radioactive element. The polonium was found in blood, sweat, urine and saliva stains on his personal effects, and the levels recorded by forensic pathologists in Switzerland – [...]
UK Guardian Interview with TM
Last week was busy for me. One interview I did was for the UK Guardian, which is up today: Does the GOP have a woman problem? They have a nice ending quote buy me, but also give a shout out on my book The Hillary Effect, complete with a purchase link, which is fantastic for [...]
Assad’s Evil Regime, No One is Safe
Hamza al-Khateeb was 13 years-old. The details are horrifyingly shocking. From Al Jazeera and be prepared if you’re going to read on: Arrested during a protest in Saida, 10km east of Daraa, on April 29, Hamza’s body was returned to his family on Tuesday 24th May, horribly mutilated. The child had spent nearly a month [...]
Israeli – Palestinian Tensions Rise, as Film Tries to Personalize Conflict
“Is this the face of a terrorist?” asks the American poster for Julian Schnabel’s new film, Miral, about a young Palestinian woman of the same name. Dressed as a schoolgirl, looking ten years younger than her actual age of 26, Freida Pinto stares back, the sullenness in her eyes a residue of shouldering the twin [...]
How Does Sec. Clinton’s Latest Statement Help?
I have absolutely no idea the purpose of these remarks on ABC from Sec. Clinton, beyond covering for a commander in chief making his way home as a crisis escalates, this time politically. They make absolutely no sense to me at all at this point, but nothing the Obama administration is doing or saying on [...]
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