tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:20:01 +0000Sound bites, political speak, media spin, tabloid sensationalism, propaganda and misinformation are the media's language. How do you see through the lies and discover the truth? Be discerning; critically analyse what you are being told. The media does not have a responsibility to report the news honestly; profit is the purpose of the media corporation. They answer to their shareholders. News and advertising is their product. The viewing public are their consumer. No Conspiracy theories here.http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)Blogger1214125http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/kurtrudderhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-682130807399607151Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:38:00 +00002009-12-07T19:39:35.135+11:00Scepticism is central to science. Good scientists look critically at their own and others’ ideas as they seek understanding from available observations and measurements. Better to find the flaw yourself than have someone else point it out. This is as true for climate scientists as it is for research biologists (like me). As an occasional attendee of ‘climatology’ seminars, I don’t see any basic http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/DboIhIHjjkk/copenhagen-and-beyond-sceptical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=DboIhIHjjkk:RLyMYR9Y570:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/DboIhIHjjkk" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/12/copenhagen-and-beyond-sceptical.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-7711472370968714093Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:13:00 +00002009-11-30T19:17:19.455+11:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/uZ5j8AWGFNs/offensive-play-football-dogfighting-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=uZ5j8AWGFNs:l9nK8-pzuEc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/uZ5j8AWGFNs" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/offensive-play-football-dogfighting-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-3015385188027810017Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:13:00 +00002009-11-12T15:13:54.316+11:00SlowTV | The greening of politics. Bob Brown | The MonthlyAddressing the Green New Deal conference, political leader Bob Brown speaks about the rise of green politics over the past few decades. The major parties, he says, have ceased to govern in a manner that will deliver long-term prosperity, and only a radical shift in how we conceive of the relationship between business, economics and the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/V6qNHkB9H_I/slowtv-greening-of-politics-bob-brown.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=V6qNHkB9H_I:WjAUaLkMMa8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/V6qNHkB9H_I" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/slowtv-greening-of-politics-bob-brown.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-7305190550150784313Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:13:00 +00002009-11-12T15:13:15.906+11:00SlowTV | Climate change denialism and the challenges ahead. Kevin Rudd | The Monthly"It is time to remove any polite veneer from this debate... The overwhelming need for Australia to tackle the great challenge of our generation is being frustrated by the do-nothing climate change sceptics". In his major speech to the Lowy Institute, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd takes aim at the goals and methods of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/5Ev5Yi9ETdk/slowtv-climate-change-denialism-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=5Ev5Yi9ETdk:hxQgxLrvn0U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/5Ev5Yi9ETdk" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/slowtv-climate-change-denialism-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-2196837324333206335Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:12:00 +00002009-11-11T11:12:32.000+11:00Thank you all for coming tonight, and my thanks to the City of Sydney and especially to the Sydney Peace Foundation for awarding me the Peace Prize. It's an honour I cherish, because it comes from where I come from.I am a seventh generation Australian. My great-great grandfather landed not far from here, on November 8th, 1821. He wore leg irons, each weighing four pounds. His name was Francis http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/-aAMOdS2B4Y/breaking-great-australian-silence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=-aAMOdS2B4Y:mu9lH3zMfNo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/-aAMOdS2B4Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/breaking-great-australian-silence.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-6397677790460834052Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:33:00 +00002009-11-09T21:33:57.723+11:00A 575-page blistering report by Justice Richard Goldstone detailing war crimes in Gaza last December is refusing to die despite an aggressive Israeli smear campaign to kill it.The report, which was favorably voted by the 47-member Human Rights Council in Geneva last month, received overwhelming support Thursday in the 192-member General Assembly.The vote was 114 in favor and 18 against, with 44 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/gyt_3WzXwsY/un-affirms-goldstone-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=gyt_3WzXwsY:A8yyeotWGn0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/gyt_3WzXwsY" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/un-affirms-goldstone-report.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-2629595260943736948Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:31:00 +00002009-11-09T21:33:02.941+11:00Listen Now - 01112009 |<!-- has_podcast: 'true' long-tail: 'true' looking for: '\\ynnas02\mpegmedia\rn\podcast\2009\11\bbg_20091101.mp3' -->Download Audio - 01112009 <!-- will create image div if this file exists:http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/dzh7pJeV2lQ/background-briefing-internet-piracy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=dzh7pJeV2lQ:2fGDxGPxgeg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/dzh7pJeV2lQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/background-briefing-internet-piracy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-2585527579977735168Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:30:00 +00002009-11-09T21:31:43.895+11:00The House is expected to overwhelmingly vote today to condemn a UN inquiry that found Israel committed scores of war crimes in its three-week assault on the Gaza Strip. Headed by the South African jurist Richard Goldstone, the inquiry also accused Hamas of war crimes and said both sides should investigate the allegations or face international prosecution. Over 1,300 Palestinians were killed in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/eyK8zPP0hWQ/israeli-activists-criticize-us-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=eyK8zPP0hWQ:5f44FhJRzUE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/eyK8zPP0hWQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/israeli-activists-criticize-us-house.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-1605266961184686969Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:29:00 +00002009-11-09T21:30:30.541+11:00MP3 downloadMARK COLVIN: The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reacted to a UN report on the war in Gaza by telling his government to draw up proposals to change the international laws of war.Mr Netanyahu's office said government bodies had been told to examine a worldwide campaign to get the laws changed, to adapt to the spread of global terrorism.What's angered the Israeli Prime http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/VAvg1n7HDbU/goldstone-answers-his-critics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=VAvg1n7HDbU:d5T2u6mJKj4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/VAvg1n7HDbU" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/goldstone-answers-his-critics.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-6528533096487235558Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:28:00 +00002009-11-09T21:29:18.601+11:00Listen Now - 25102009 |<!-- has_podcast: 'true' long-tail: 'true' looking for: '\\ynnas02\mpegmedia\rn\podcast\2009\10\bbg_20091025.mp3' -->Download Audio - 25102009 <!-- will create image div if this file exists:http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/e1-ZaHjITLE/background-briefing-indefatigable.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=e1-ZaHjITLE:oFNEzru5ZWU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/e1-ZaHjITLE" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/background-briefing-indefatigable.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-6448411222272324481Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:27:00 +00002009-11-09T21:28:12.664+11:00Australian R&D providers are good at value creation but poor at value capture. The biggest challenge facing innovators and entrepreneurs, who have “market ready” Intellectual Property (IP) to commercialise, is crossing the so called “valley of death”. Put simply, most Australian innovators and entrepreneurial firms do not have access to affordable capital especially when they need $2 million to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/DCL-Q_RqZRM/can-we-cross-valley-of-death-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=DCL-Q_RqZRM:PfJGHU97orI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/DCL-Q_RqZRM" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/can-we-cross-valley-of-death-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-4735437765846060528Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:26:00 +00002009-11-09T21:27:34.254+11:00Wonderful. The 13 Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee get one faintly rational Republican to join them in a meaningless stab at health care reform and it throws the media into a titillated frenzy about what it all means. It means very little. The main thrust of the proposal is to forcibly submit even more customers to the tender mercies of the insurance industry while doing nothing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/ePlYbkba_t0/public-health-before-wall-street-wealth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=ePlYbkba_t0:hcWidK9NJmQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/ePlYbkba_t0" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/public-health-before-wall-street-wealth.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-6178019407996343127Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:40:00 +00002009-11-09T20:40:20.657+11:00SlowTV | Steve Keen on debt and the economy: How do we pay for all this? | The MonthlySpeaking at the Per Capita annual conference Policy Exchange 09, economist Steve Keen looks at the rising national debts in Australia and the United States, paying particular attention to their historical relationship with recessions, growth and unemployment. He suggests that the levels of debt in both countrieshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/FEJELZ8fqWE/slowtv-steve-keen-on-debt-and-economy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=FEJELZ8fqWE:ChkLgrxj-Uw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/FEJELZ8fqWE" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/slowtv-steve-keen-on-debt-and-economy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-7934937285776600005Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:37:00 +00002009-11-09T20:39:27.846+11:00SlowTV | The Fall of Rome: Media after Empire. Mark Scott | The MonthlyPart 2 As Managing Director of the ABC, Mark Scott has presided over the national broadcaster at a time of extraordinary change in the media landscape. In the A.N. Smith Lecture in Journalism, he looks at where media might be headed after the fall of the great media empires. Newspapers and commercial television are under http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/GhyJlLko-jc/slowtv-fall-of-rome-media-after-empire.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=GhyJlLko-jc:JnnOC_BcEkA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/GhyJlLko-jc" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/slowtv-fall-of-rome-media-after-empire.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-5994859186217036250Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:27:00 +00002009-11-09T20:29:10.809+11:00There is a scene in “Othello” when the Moor is so consumed by jealousy and rage that he loses the eloquence and poetry that make him the most articulate man in Venice. He turns to the audience, shortly before he murders Desdemona, and sputters, “Goats and monkeys!” Othello fell prey to wild self-delusion and unchecked rage, and his words became captive to hollow clichés. The debasement of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/Nqo7Uy7NBCk/war-on-language.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=Nqo7Uy7NBCk:EVu8w5fimMY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/Nqo7Uy7NBCk" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/war-on-language.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-7371404673150906051Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:25:00 +00002009-11-09T20:27:41.462+11:00Download Audio - 04102009 <!-- will create image div if this file exists: \\ynnas01\www\external\abc/rn/backgroundbriefing/img/m1794584.jpg --> It's a question no one has really been able to answer, though many try. A new fight for the answer is breaking out all over the place because readers are getting what they http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/2_BGjW2a_Pc/background-briefing-who-owns-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=2_BGjW2a_Pc:9ZnWhn5jVzM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/2_BGjW2a_Pc" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/background-briefing-who-owns-news.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-8251873649465294028Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:23:00 +00002009-11-09T20:25:32.138+11:00Arundhati Roy / TomDispatch.com This article was published previously on TomDispatch. While we’re still arguing about whether there’s life after death, can we add another question to the cart: Is there life after democracy? What sort of life will it be? By “democracy” I don’t mean democracy as an ideal or an aspiration. I mean the working model: Western liberal democracy, and its http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/Xb9KPBksAC4/what-have-we-done-to-democracy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=Xb9KPBksAC4:cHUWN5CEYCw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/Xb9KPBksAC4" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-have-we-done-to-democracy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-4601939563451283755Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:22:00 +00002009-11-09T20:23:05.919+11:00How secure is our civilization’s accumulated knowledge? It is a question that, in a fundamental sense, transcends many life-and-death concerns (threats of sickness, natural disaster, or military invasion) that prompt us collectively to spend fortunes on insurance, health care, and weaponry. We know that we each individually will die, though we are willing to go to great lengths to delay the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/F5ubA_XPXgY/our-evanescent-culture-and-awesome-duty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=F5ubA_XPXgY:ZIDuLdfDNE4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/F5ubA_XPXgY" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/our-evanescent-culture-and-awesome-duty.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-8794678572871076249Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:20:00 +00002009-11-09T20:21:31.611+11:00If I were to summarize message Michael Moore's new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story in one sentence, it would be this: Capitalism is not a form of government. That's the answer to the question posed at the beginning of the movie, via 1950s educational/propaganda films. Capitalism is not a form of government. It is a tool we've allowed to be used as a weapon. We threw out the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/6H90Q4A2nxA/what-capitalism-is-not.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=6H90Q4A2nxA:X14Srk76wD0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/6H90Q4A2nxA" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-capitalism-is-not.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-7149586558539867367Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:19:00 +00002009-11-09T20:20:51.090+11:00Former BBC Director General, Greg Dyke, On The Media-Political Opposition To Radical ChangeLast month, Greg Dyke, who was the BBC's director general from 2000-2004, described the BBC as part of a "conspiracy" preventing the "radical changes" needed to UK democracy. Speaking at the Liberal Democrat party's conference, Dyke said: "The evidence that our democracy is failing is http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/sF5mPaQt-j8/westminster-conspiracy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=sF5mPaQt-j8:1tl5yEVlf6w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/sF5mPaQt-j8" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/westminster-conspiracy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-8105843232974395259Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:17:00 +00002009-11-09T20:19:16.843+11:00Author Arundhati Roy on the Human Costs of India’s Economic Growth, the View of Obama from New Delhi, and Escalating US Attacks in Af-PakGuest: Arundhati Roy, world-renowned Indian author and global justice activist. Her first novel, The God of Small Things, won the Booker Prize in 1997. Since then she has written numerous essays on war, climate change and the dangers of free market development http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/c99Apc5FfxA/democracy-now-transcript-arundhati-roy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=c99Apc5FfxA:VYJWT5Rr4fE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/c99Apc5FfxA" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/democracy-now-transcript-arundhati-roy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-3650555623520765360Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:15:00 +00002009-11-09T20:17:34.321+11:00On September 19, the Irish Times reported: "Israel has rejected the call by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and open up its atomic sites to international inspection." (Mark Weiss, 'Israel spurns nuclear watchdog's call to open atomic sites to inspection,' Irish Times, September 19, 2009; http://www.irishtimes.com/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/Hf-CJQ27z-U/iran-war-dance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=Hf-CJQ27z-U:oelOSqjqdxU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/Hf-CJQ27z-U" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/iran-war-dance.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-2077689675327929967Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:14:00 +00002009-11-09T20:15:45.166+11:00By Joseph Shansky I came to Honduras as part of a delegation of concerned activists who went to witness and accompany the daily protests, monitor human rights violations, and report back to the international community on conditions since the June 28th military coup. On that day, democratically-elected President Manuel Zelaya was forcibly removed from office by the Honduran military and expelled http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/jPa_cbF0Aww/scenes-of-resistance-notes-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=jPa_cbF0Aww:r85jDg5LSPM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/jPa_cbF0Aww" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/scenes-of-resistance-notes-from.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-3558758465983441981Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:13:00 +00002009-11-09T20:14:36.980+11:00A measure of dissent on the full counterinsurgency doctrine By Greg MarxExpert opinion in the foreign policy think-tank world—your American Enterprise Institutes, your Councils on Foreign Relations, etc.—runs, on balance, hawkish. The Iraq War debate provided ample evidence for this claim, and Les Gelb, the president emeritus of CFR, owned up to it in an essay in Democracy (PDF) that hashttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/42lwpYFQ-Ec/open-debate-on-afghan-war.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=42lwpYFQ-Ec:NGcgXRtD6IY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/42lwpYFQ-Ec" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/11/open-debate-on-afghan-war.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126050.post-7559516739122703789Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:25:00 +00002009-10-27T09:28:39.111+11:00Windows Media - Fast : SlowHoward Sattler: Now we're going to talk about another kind of rip-off. We're going to talk about the welfare rip-off by a lot of people who claim refugee status. Would you believe, this is the figures, the Centrelink benefits have gone up nearly 40% to an estimated $628 million over two years.— Radio 6PR Perth, Drive with Howard Sattler, 20th October, 2009Listen to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kurtrudder/~3/YVzR2gXhiXo/welfare-and-refugees-abc-media-watch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kurt Rudder)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?a=YVzR2gXhiXo:XzN5cADysGY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kurtrudder?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kurtrudder/~4/YVzR2gXhiXo" height="1" width="1"/>http://kurtrudder.blogspot.com/2009/10/welfare-and-refugees-abc-media-watch.html