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Links about the topic on this week's show:
September 18, 2003 - Doctors, lawyers, malpractice and you
I know, it's been months since I posted to the MonkeytimeTV page. But the show's still going strong in Raleigh. Last night, the North Carolina Medical Society's CEO and the head of its liability task force argued with two folks from the NC Coalition for Patients' Rights - a medical malpractice lawyer and the mother of a young girl whose preventable injuries have horribly diminished her life. The topic was the state Senate's newly passed - and highly experimental - bill attempting to better regulate medical malpractice insurance - without setting a $250,000 cap on non-economic jury damages. The creative compromise gets an A for effort from some NC editors, but the bill is not terribly pleasing to either side of the debate last night. By the way, that sound you hear is the shuffle of lobbyists scurrying from their favorite local Senators over to their favorite local House members, who'll take up the hot-button measure in the spring. More at the Monkey Media Report soon. |
Links about the topics on previous shows:
June 25, 2003: Exploring the U.S. failure in Iraq
Why
are U.S. soldiers alienating civilians with obnoxious house searches?
"...they came into my house with about 25 troops. They searched during
breakfast and scared the children.
They insulted us by putting us [face-down] on the floor in front of our women."
Why
are U.S. soldiers firing into residential neighborhoods?
"Residents said the soldiers began shooting indiscriminately, killing
three people and wounding at least four.
As the soldiers continued firing, they blasted out shop and car windows for
a three-block stretch
on the busy street, witnesses said."
Why
are we using soldiers untrained in reconstruction to do reconstruction?
"Before the war, nobody stopped and said, 'Aren't we going to need a
bunch of people in the provinces?'"
Why
are U.S. military doctors refusing to treat burned Iraqi children?
"I have never seen in almost 14 years of Army experience anything that
callous."
What
really happened to those 6 British soldiers killed in South Iraq?
"It is difficult to adequately describe the level of resentment which
exists in this town towards coalition troops."
Did
obnoxious house-to-house weapons searches spark the violence?
"This angered
the people, because they went into women's rooms. The people considered it
an invasion of privacy."
Why
are U.S. soldiers confiscating money and shoving handcuffed Iraqi civilians
around?
"They stopped my car, pushed me out, threw me on the ground, tied my
hands behind my back
and left me in the intolerable heat for four hours." (Lots
more at Warblogging.com)
And, most importantly:
Why
are nervous, over-eager soldiers who kill innocent civilians not held accountable?
"Jesus Christ! There's fucking civilians in that house! Cease fire!"
George Paine at
Warblogging sums up the Iraq failure beautifully in this must-read
post
"...the Iraqi people have every right to resist the Anglo-American occupation.
They have been invaded and occupied and have a right to resist."
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Links about the topics on previous shows
A monkey in a Russian
space lab locked in place with metal braces
and wearing a metal cap to cover the electrodes on its head.
June 18,
2003 : Rerun of last week's discussion of the future of downtown
Raleigh
( one of the more popular we've done this year)
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June 11, 2003: Margaret Mullen & Greg Hatem on visions for downtown Raleigh
It's all covered in this post at the Monkey Media Report
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May 2003: I just pointed folks to the Weblog for a few weeks.
May 7, 2003: Open show
Celebrities often win over more fans by speaking out against war
Hilarious pot costumes at London's 5th Annual International Cannabis March
U.S. threatens Canada over its plans to decriminalize marijuana
Surprise: Fish probably feel pain
Why is executive pay in the U.S.A. so absurdly high?
President Bush "blew off his military obligations" in 1972
The real "Saving Private Lynch"
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April 30, 2003: Open show
Why U.S. forces firing on Iraqi crowds is bad
The origins of May Day in the United States
Lots of links to polygamy in the Old Testament
Say hello to the Christian, non-Mormon polygamy movement
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April 23, 2003: Open show - NC ballot access, grafitti, Joe Biden's rave act and more
Why the "RAVE act" Congress just passed is bad for kids (click the free day pass)
The Green Party and Libertarian Party agree: We need to make NC's election laws more fair
Call your legislators and tell them to support House Bill 867
How to figure out who represents you in the North Carolina legislature
Bush & Company underestimated Iraqi religious groups' organization skills
Great background on Iraqi Shi'ites (see last section for info about non-religious Shi'ites)
Bruce Springsteen's statement about the Dixie Chicks
Why were Iraqi soldiers ordered not to fight the U.S. in Baghdad?
Why the U.S. really invaded Iraq - to set up new, permanent military bases in the Middle East
What G.D. Gearino didn't tell you: Baseball Hall of Fame head apologized to Sarandon and Robbins
Stencil Revolution, with lots more stencil links in this Metafilter post
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Nine
baboons rescued from closed safari park!
April 9, 2003: Media, Money and NCAA basketball
Louisiana article about Chris Duhon's "Sweet Ride" and his mom's sweet job with a Duke booster
Duke Chronicle report of last week's dorm room pot bust of J.J. Redick
Charlotte sports station's ACC Index Card: Favoritism towards Duke in foul calls?
N&O's Caulton Tudor campaigns heavily for Williams
InsideCarolina.com's Wednesday UNC basketball links
The A-Z of throwing stuff at players (via Sportsfilter)
(Email your favorite sports commentary sites and I'll post them)
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April 2, 2003: Staying sane in a time of war and deliberate ignorance
Hard-hitting Army Times article from Aug 2002: How the military rigged its own Middle East war game
Now check the ridiculous pro-military spin in the New York Times version from 3 days later
Top 100 April Fool's Day hoaxes of all time (thanks, Skip!)
Bush flatly declares there was no evidence of an Iraq/Al Qaida link before the invasion
U.S. diplomat John Brady Kiesling resigned over the Iraq invasion; his letter says it all
I discuss the option of an Iraqi popular rebellion in detail here, here and here
How Bush I sold out the nearly successful 1991 Shiite rebellion
Lots
of info about why Bush I and Clinton both sold out rebellions in Iraq to keep
Saddam in power:
"...policy-makers’ anger at Saddam never overcame their fear of
a power vacuum in the Gulf.
“We
recognized that the seemingly attractive goal of getting rid of Saddam would
not solve our problems
or even necessarily serve our interests,” former National Security Adviser
Gen. Brent Scowcroft [under Bush I]
told Newsweek in 1996. “So we pursued the kind of inelegant, messy alternative
that is all too often the only one
available in the real world.”
This
report from the Rand think tank clearly lays out James Baker's thinking after
Gulf War I:
The key reason
for this denial of support was the concern to preserve a unified Iraq as a
buffer against Iran.
As former Secretary of State James Baker put it, the United States
"did not assist the insurrections militarily, primarily out of fear of
hastening the fragmentation
of Iraq and plunging the region into a new cycle of instability. The Shia
were
quite naturally perceived as being aligned with Iran, and the Kurds, who had
demanded an
independent state of Kurdistan for decades, were very fragmented in their
leadership
and were a constant source of concern to Turkey. For these geopolitical reasons,
we were wary
of supporting either group. We believed it was essential that Iraq remain
intact, with or
without a more reasonable leadership."
Did you get that last part? Bush I cared more about keeping Iraq intact than about getting rid of one of the world's most brutal dictators, and so ACTIVELY WORKED TO KEEP SADDAM IN POWER after the Gulf War. That's a fact.
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[March
26 , 2003: We did another open show on the war - no links were posted
See
posts here,
here
and here,
though.]
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March 19, 2003: "Support the troops" by agreeing to an unnecessary war? No thanks.
Cursor.org is essential reading every day
New Jersey anti-terrorism
head explains "code
red" would mean citizens are forced to stay in their homes
and keep quiet: "You literally are staying home, is what happens."
[You'll find many more links by scrolling through the Monkey Media Report]
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March 12, 2003: Pushing for a public Raleigh skatepark
Here's the link to movies of Tommy Harward's amazing flatland freestlye skating (they're mpg's)
This one's a good intro (mpg)
More about skating this week at the Monkey Media Report
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March 5, 2003: War, war, war, t-shirts and war
[Monkeys:
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MARCH 5 SHOW.
THEY SAY ATMOSPHERIC INTERFERENCE TOOK CTV OFF THE AIR.
If
you think the fact that CTV was only off the air between 7:30 and
9:20 that night means anything,
well, the black helicopters are on their way. Do not resist. I also heard
the reruns
didn't air;
that was probably due to confusion caused by a death in a CTV staffer's family.]
Here's
the link to
the article that documents Colin Powell's "embellishment"
to the UN of the taped conversations he claimed to have heard
Monkey Media Report commentary about the above
Colin Powell lied to the world about a supposed "poison factory," too
Wall Street Journal summarizing Iraq's terror history and the weak arguments for a threat (must-read)
USA Today board member attacks the deliberate slanting of CIA analysis (another must-read) [link fixed]
Excellent summary of specific Bush/Powell/Rumsfeld/Cheney lies from a New Zealand paper
BBC on leaked British intelligence report denying Iraq/Al Qaeda connection
Why won't the press say the simple words, "Bush lied"?
Bush and Blair tell British press they have no evidence of Iraq/Al Qaeda link
PR Watch and The Memory Hole are both great for uncovering manipulative spin on Iraq and other issues
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February 26, 2003: Jessica Santillan, cracker comedy and overthrowing Saddam, Romania style
'Married By America' official site
Fox50's press release about its decision not to air Temptation Island
European Union calls for gay marriage rights
High-ranking U.S. generals discuss why they're opposed to an Iraq invasion
Broken promises: How the United States failed the Iraqi resistance in 1991
In 1996, Kurds begged for US air strikes against Saddam's tanks in the CIA's bungled coup
Clinton's "backward" Iraq sanctions policy
Map of countries with a majority for and against war
Nice visual of how the UN Security Council feels about invading Iraq
With Weapons of the Will: How to Topple Saddam Hussein Nonviolently
Romania and Iraq: Can popular revolutions work?
Great TV column on Zell Miller's attack on CBS's "cracker comedy"
I wrote about the Jessica Santillan case here, here and here
USA Today article on Pakistan, terrorism and the North Carolina textile industry
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February 19, 2003: Footage of the ordinary folks at the Raleigh anti-war protest
Stills from our video footage of the protest, with analysis of media unfairness
More great pics of Raleigh marchers
French Muslims influence government policy on Iraq
Turkey holds out its hand before allowing U.S. troops to start an invasion on its soil
Kurdish leaders
- they're the ones we're invading to help, remember - are
enraged
by
'undemocratic' American plan to occupy Iraq
Cubbies restaurant in Beaufort, NC serves "Freedom Fries" instead of French fries
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February 12, 2003
with Rania Masri and Mike Salmon:
Convincing conservatives to come to the anti-war protest Saturday
NCPeaceHub has all the info you need about the rally at the capitol noon Saturday
Cursor and Stand Down are good clearinghouses of information
Must-read
Foreign Policy article raises doubts about every Cheney rationale
for an invasion
(More about this at the Monkeytime Weblog)
The massive PR blitz that's convincing U.S. citizens they need to invade another country
The Cato Institute, a free-market-capitalist think tank, vehemently opposes war
Conservative Pat Buchanan asks, "Who cares if Saddam gets a nuke?"
CIA boss tells Congress in October that Saddam is a low risk unless he's attacked first
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Pregnant lemurs medicate themselves with tannins that stimulate milk production
February 5, 2003 - Invading Iraq is still a morally bankrupt idea:
This is the Baghdad you are about to destroy
The Electronic Intifada reacts to Colin Powell's attempt to justify an invasion
Peace banners hung today on I-40 near the airport
Leo Daughtry's connections to the powerful video poker lobby
Read all about the "Guru of Ganja" case and the jury's apology
Good intro to French and Russian business links to Iraq
Conservative Newsmax.com reports Cheney wasn't truthful about his own Iraq business ties
SUV owners favor war more than non-SUV owners :)
Australian columnist nails the oil question
NCpeacehub.org - check the flyer about the Feb. 15 Raleigh protest
Wow - Ireland bans smoking in pubs
January 29, 2003 - Responding to Bush's state of the union charade:
Cable company rejects anti-war ad during Bush speech
FCC head - Colin Powell's son - doesn't care
Watch the ad at the AntiWar Video Fund site
Cell phones blind drivers with "inattention blindness"
Depleted Uranium, "burning semen" and the Gulf War
U.S. media ignore NATO's use of depleted uranium in the Balkans
New York Times does about-face on Oct. 26 anti-war coverage
How the U.S. is selling out the Kurds to Turkey
Dick Cheney kills a deal that would have supplied poor countries with cheaper AIDS drugs
Europe leaves the U.S. "in the dust" on wind power
More on the U.S.'s underutilization of wind power
Watch the doctor carve his alma mater's initials in a patient's uterus
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November 13, 2002 - Yanking the Democrats back to the left
The Party's Over: Why the Democrats Did So Badly (conservative businessmen hijacked the party)
What Cheney really wants: "two largely untapped oil fields in the south of Iraq"
Former Reagan Chief of Staff James Baker's warning about U.S. oil needs and foreign policy
Australian newspaper article about the Baker/Council on Foreign Relations report
Iraqjournal.org, "the only website providing regular independent reporting" from Iraq
Trained Arabic translator discharged from Army for being caught in bed with another male soldier (be sure to read the comment from the soldier, Alastair Gamble, at the bottom of the article)
Here comes the male birth control pill
Amazing collection of links at Metafilter to Internet-based comics (you're bound to like at least one)
Browse the 3,200 artists in the Amsterdam-based Comiclopedia
Ecstasy linked to relief of Parkinson's Disease symptoms
BBC TV report about a stuntman who gets astonishingly immediate Parkinson's relief after taking MDMA
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October 30, 2002 - Carolinian editor Cash Michaels:
State Democrats May Lose Black Vote by Cash Michaels in the Wilmington Journal, a black paper
Would Democrats have been better off running Dan Blue, the "anti-Bowles", against Dole?
Smart African-American news/culture site
Excellent, detailed analysis of the Bowles/Dole race by Creative Loafing's Tara Servatius
Young blacks associate less with the Democrats, one poll finds
Equality NC, the statewide l/g/b/t PAC, has posted a voter guide for next Tuesday's election
The Halloween Throwdown at the End of the Universe at Humble Pie this Saturday - only four bucks!
Fascinating interview about comics, free speech and patriotism with Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder
1999 Onion interview with McGruder
Original Undercover Brother Web animation series (Flash required)
Conservative white rappers boost the GOP
I couldn't get the audio tracks here to work; you may have better luck
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October 23, 2002 - Live from the N.C. State Fair
Hit the Monkey Media Report here, here and here for thoughts about fair-related topics
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October 16, 2002 - Wake County's dishonest, discriminatory Sex Ed curriculum
Wake County School Board members' contact info (Be nice! Tell them you support a more inclusive, more honest "comprehensive sex ed curriculum" and you're tired of fundamentalists' distortions)
Sign up here to speak your mind at the Monday, Oct. 21st public hearing
In July 2001, the Surgeon General reported that "providing information about contraception does not increase adolescent sexual activity" (scroll down to "School Based Programs" in Section V). When fundamentalists freaked at the acknowledgement of the scientific reality, Bush replaced the Surgeon General. (I was mistaken when I said Bush's appointee had admitted this; it was the previous SG - my apologies)
Why First Amendment supporters should oppose abstinence-only sex ed
Last August, NC legislators voted against a study committee to examine whether abstinence-only really works (what are they afraid of learning, I wonder?)
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October 9. 2002
Lots of links about Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin, Barbershop and Jesse Jackson
When did Iraq become more important than America?
Iraq is distracting voters from things like Army Secretary Thomas White's complicity in the Enron scandal
Thomas White's Enron stock sales
Some military officers, intelligence professionals and diplomats say they're being shut up on Iraq
Funny shirts from angry Democrats unafraid to throw barbs at Bush (unlike their leaders in Congress)
Chronology of U.S. broken promises to the Iraqi Kurds
More on the Kurds at the Monkey Media Report
Dick Morris, prominent toe-sucker (not that there's anything wrong with that), on the perils of polling
Morris says the New York Times slanted its recent "Iraq vs. the economy" poll
The Virginia polling company that called me Tuesday night
NC Independent Media Center doesn't wait for mainstream media to cover local anti-war protests
What is "deep house" music? More here.
Fascinating comics from the Small Press Expo anthology:
The man inside Godzilla, the man who invented video Pong, the hidden history of Nancy Drew
Top Shelf Comics, a great company
Great, artsy graphic experiments in The Ganzfeld anthologies
Brian Ralph's poignant and beautiful woodcut-style comics are my favorite (plus, he likes monkeys)
Some U.S. Special Forces are pissed at the aggression of other U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan
High school Satanism club prompts parental outrage
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October 2, 2002
Excellent introduction to the issue of corporate personhood
Text of the 1886 decision granting corporations "person" status (read the intro, at least)
Great set of links to help understand the corporate personhood issue
Nigerian women beat ChevronTexaco and Shell by threatening to remove their clothes
Secrecy at the WTO - why don't Republicans attack this like they attack the UN?
Read Roger Ebert's review of Salton Sea, a great movie with Val Kilmer
NJ Governor wants Amira Baraka to resign as poet laureate
Read Baraka's poem for yourself
Why the "4,000 Jews" 9/11 thing is stupid
Why the idea that Israeli intelligence may not have shared everything they knew is not stupid
Learn more about Amira Baraka
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September 25, 2002
Humans and chimps are "only" 95% genetically similar instead of 98.5%
Should You Stop a Verbally Abusive Mom in the Grocery Store?
Intervening on Behalf of a Child in a Public Place: Part 1: Is It Our Business?
Intervening on Behalf of a Child in a Public Place: Part 2: What Can We Do?
Ten countries that have banned corporal punishment of children
Miss America pageant's ratings plunge again
The first Miss America pageant from PBS' excellent history of Miss America site
Top 10 Reasons Not to 'Do' Iraq, from the free market capitalist Cato Institute think tank
Yet another conservative against invading Iraq: Texas Representative Dick Armey
An anonymous Gulf War vet explains why he's opposed to an attack
JB recommends taking a moment to remember the victims of September 16, 1982
BBC report on the 1982 Shabra and Shatila massacres, "a three-day orgy of rape and slaughter that left hundreds, possibly thousands, of innocent civilians dead"
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Excellent Israel/Palestine links:
We all know that one arrow driving the cycle of violence in the Middle East is the horrific, evil tactic of suicide bombings against civilians by Palestinian terrorists. Now, check the other arrow that drives the cycle: Israel's aggressive policy of taking Palestinian land by encouraging settlers to move into the Occupied Territories through lower taxes and other economic incentives. The Foundation for Middle East Peace regularly provides thorough, balanced reports on settlement activity, including violent acts from both sides. Here's their July-August 2002 report.
Be sure to read the single most balanced and detailed article I've ever seen about the Israeli/Palestinian situation, from the courageous journalist Robert I. Friedman, the best investigative reporter you've never heard of.
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Links to help sort through September 11th conspiracy theories:
UnansweredQuestions.org's top 11 questions and talking points
Flight93crash.com - What really happened on that flight?
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Five wide-ranging Web sites for smart, wide-ranging monkeys:
Metafilter, Cursor, BoingBoing, Plastic, Yahoo! Full Coverage
(great collections of links that'll keep you busy for months)
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I don't even want to think about the idea of monkey bombs.
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Lots more to come, so feel free to check back before next week, monkeys.
(Take me back to the Monkey Media Report, please.)