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Christopher Hitches picks up his drumbeat for war, right where he left off...
Posted October 24th, 2009 by cdfierroBob Schieffer: I’ll keep Barack Obama & John McCain on track
Posted October 15th, 2008 by cdfierroby RICHARD HUFF - NY Daily News.
CBS News’ Bob Schieffer expects the presidential hopefuls to come on strong Wednesday night when he moderates the final debate between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain at Hofstra University on Long Island.
“I don’t know who’s going to win this debate,” Schieffer told the Daily News, “but I think somebody is going to win, somebody is going to score a decisive win. That’s just my sense.”
New media feels heat after Apple misstep
Posted October 8th, 2008 by cdfierroby Christian Science Monitor.
Oakland, Calif. - A promo for CNN’s citizen journalism site, iReport.com, reads: “You won’t believe what people are uploading.” Maybe readers should take that literally.
An anonymous writer posted a false story to the site claiming that Apple Inc.’s CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack, sending the company’s stock tumbling Friday. The Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed Henry Blodget Monday that it was investigating the circumstances surrounding the article.
Two Book Reviews - Tariq Ali (The Duel) and Stever Fraser (Wall Street)
Posted October 7th, 2008 by cdfierroby Jim Miles
The Duel – Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power Tariq Ali. Scribner (Simon & Schuster Inc.) New York, 2008
Palestinian Unity: Goal or Mantra?
Posted September 18th, 2008 by cdfierroby Ramzy Baroud
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa used exceptionally tough language during a Cairo news conference 9 September, when he lashed out at Palestinian factionalism, saying that the League is going as far as studying the possibility of imposing sanctions on quarrelling Palestinians.
THE FINANCIAL IMPLOSION STILL IMPLODING: FED FLUMOXED, AIG BAILED
Posted September 17th, 2008 by cdfierroDear Reader, Yes I know: The world won't end if Media Channel goes down. At the same time, I hope there are enough of you out there who don't want that to happen. Every day, we bring you updates on Wall Steet's financial crisis and now we have to to bring you information about ours.
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VIDEO: Dahr Jamail Featured on Al Jazeera English
Posted September 10th, 2008 by cdfierroDahr, along with other independent journalists, talks about getting the story out in spite of mainstream media blackouts and negligence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEWKQ3x9z_o&eurl=http://dahrjamailiraq.co...
New Farmers Market Opens
Posted September 5th, 2008 by cdfierro
First Ever on FUSD School Grounds
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
WAS 11am – 3pm CHANGED TO 1:30-4PM
At the Burroughs School Neighborhood Resource Center
166 N. Sierra Vista, Fresno 93702 (corner of Tulare and Sierra Vista)
Buyers Remorse Over Obama
Posted August 14th, 2008 by cdfierroBy JOHN WALSH
In the latest issue of The Nation, an “open letter” appears in which the signatories position themselves as abject supplicants to Obama, begging him to revert to his earlier stances in his primary campaign. [read open letter here: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080818/open_letter]
PEACE BREAKS OUT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND GEORGIA-OR DOES IT? (and other stuff)
Posted August 13th, 2008 by cdfierroGREAT LINE: "War is God's Way Of Teaching Americans Geography."-Jon Stewart
FRENCH PRESIDENT BROKERS PEACE DEAL
ALL ISSUES IN RUSSO-GEORGIAN CONFLICT NOT SETTLED
US FLEET STEAMS TO IRAN
The BBC was reporting last night: Russia and Georgia have agreed a truce brokered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and have approved the principles of a full peace plan.
The exact details of the proposals appeared to be still under discussion.
VIOLENCE BREEDS VIOLENCE
On Wednesday morning, BBC was reporting there was another kind of violence erupting in Gori, Stalin's old home town:
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