The News Dissector – Saturday, May 25, 2013

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Memorial Day Weekend Again, Obama Enunciates Goals He Can’t Achieve, Nigerian Connection to UK Slaying, Chechen Suspect Killed by The FBI? Why? Mo’ News/Views

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Why the OAS Report on Alternatives to Drug Prohibition is Such A Big Deal

It’s the first time that any multilateral institution anywhere in the world has critically analyzed the war on drugs, and considered new approaches.

https://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/breaking-taboo-why-oas-report-alternatives-drug-prohibition-such-big-deal

The Free the Press efforts is making headlines slowly but surely

http://www.alternet.org/activism/time-take-newspapers-billionaires-and-return-them-people

911 calls go unanswered in some Oregon counties

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/23/us/oregon-public-safety-shortage/index.html

The News Dissector – Thursday, Friday, May 24, 2013

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Making Films Make Change? Hooray for Media Benjamin For Challenging Obama Double Speak, Media Versions of “The Speech” Does Does , and Mo’ News/Views

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Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to send a former Michigan Supreme Court justice to prison for bank fraud.

Hathaway admits she concealed assets and misled a bank as she tried to negotiate a short sale on her home in Grosse Pointe Park. The government says she had assets of more than $1 million but still wanted to be free of a $600,000 mortgage debt.
Shame, shame!

The News Dissector – Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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Moore Twister More Powerful Than Hiroshima Bomb, Search for Tornado Survivors Ends, More Possible, Should Apple Evade Taxes or Not? Jaimie Wins At Chase, Anthony Wiener Announces NYC Mayoral Bid, Syria Threatens Counterattacks on Israel, and Mo’ News/Views

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GREAT idea but how much?

https://recovers.org/

Rare Peak into justice Dept leak probe

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-rare-peek-into-a-justice-department-leak-probe/2013/05/19/0bc473de-be5e-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html

Sorry too tired to shorten it.

The 9/11 Phone Calls: Disturbing Irregularities Uncovered in the Calls that Flashed around the World

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PRN.fm – The 9/11 Consensus Panel offers four evidence-based Points about the alleged phone calls from the 9/11 flights. The famous “let’s roll” drama of the passenger revolt on UA 93 was relayed by passenger Todd Beamer’s 13-minute unrecorded seat-back call to GTE telephone supervisor Lisa Jefferson, who reported Beamer as strangely tranquil, declining to speak to his wife. Eerily, Beamer’s line remained open for 15 minutes after the crash. Oddly, the Verizon wireless record shows that 19 calls were made from Beamer’s cell phone long after the crash of UA 93. Initial media reports and FBI interviews detailed more than a dozen cell phone calls from the planes at high elevation. Yet in 2001, a telephone spokesperson stated that sustained mobile calls were not possible above 10,000 feet. Thanks, and cc: @DannySchechter – News Dissector

[Cross-posted in the AmpedStatus/Network 9/11 Investigation discussion group archives.]

The News Dissector – Monday, May 20, 2013

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Scandal Time, AP Says Spying Chills News Gathering, We Still Don’t Know What Groups Were Targeted by IRS, Terror War Goes On, Syria War Escalates, Funny: The Butchering of the National Anthem, and Mo’ Nooze

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the ”journalism” discussion continues…

”Lengthy piece on IRS reveals overwhelmed unit, taking foolish shortcuts, flagging groups on Right AND Left. Underscores need for reform, clarity so de facto campaign groups can’t use tax code to hide millions in donations AND grab tax breaks!” Thanks, and cc: @DavidAxelrod ☛ http://nyti.ms/10bRnUd #News

[Cross-posted in dxm’s AXELROD-OBAMA DAILY NEWS discussion group archives.]

As requested! US seeks proxy war with Syria

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/05/17/304017/us-seeks-a-bloody-proxy-war-in-syria/

Following up on our AS/N ”journalism” discussion:

HEAR guest Al Giordano on Authentic Journalism, on Danny Schechter’s Progressive Radio Network (PRN.fm) broadcast HERE!

Also read Al’s requiem for the Boston Phoenix ☛ http://bit.ly/10Rj3MR ”The Last American Newspaper”

The News Dissector – Saturday, May 18, 2013

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Questions for Saturday: Is There Really A Sandal Trifecta? Was IRS Really on a Political Crusade? Is FBI Involved In Hacking? Who Is Behind Attack on SEC? Trains Collide, and Mo’ News/Views

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Lax state rules provide cover for sponsors of attack ads – State-level nonprofits, super PACs fly under the radar

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/05/16/12652/lax-state-rules-provide-cover-sponsors-attack-ads

While much criticism has been lobbed at the federal system for failing to adequately identify who is spending money to influence campaigns, 35 states have independent spending disclosure laws that are less stringent than federal election law.

In fact, in 30 states it’s impossible to total how much money outside groups are spending on campaigns, information that is mostly available when it comes to federal contests.