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Links 6/30: Wu-Tangs New Joint, Fake Terrorist Plots, Palestine and Iraq, Immigration Views |
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Reports are coming in about a flaming car that has crashed into an airport terminal in Scotland. Using classic fear-mongering tactics, the mainstream press has been alleging that this incident and car bombs found in London yesterday (free registration required) are Islamic terrorist plots, ruling out the possibility that these actions could come from elsewhere in the world or spring from other ideologies. Don't get suckered in. Listen to what actual officials are saying, not what the press is insinuating. If you read each article closely, you'll notice that officials have yet to blame anyone for either of these plots, which is the right way to handle these issues, in my opinion. Wait until you have the facts, please.
A unique interview highlighting women in the military.
Critics say the immigration bill before Congress failed for a second time because it attempted to do too much. Here are 11 different views on the state of immigration in our country (free registration required) that illustrate how complex, yet universal the problem of immigration really is.
We're moving ever closer to a Constitutional crisis, as Democrats in Congress start pressuring the White House to comply with subpoenas issued in conjunction with the ongoing investigation of Alberto Gonzales and illegal firing in the Justice Department. I say, "Bring it on!"
Since starting to write this link post, 12,000 people have been born, 5,000 have died, 45 have immigrated illegally into the US, 10 people have gone to jail, and almost 3 million barrels of oil have been burned. Check out the statistics clock for more info like this, it's pretty interesting.
From The Blogs
The demographics of the blogosphere are somewhat surprising. They represent me in that most respondents read newspapers online and depend on blogs for a large portion of their news, but the blogosphere isn't me in that it is generally older and more settled into jobs and family than I am.
In light of our recent debate on Israel/Palestine politics here at The Seminal, I'd like to remind everyone that just recently President Bush held up Palestine as a model for what he wanted Iraq to become. That's right. Bush wants Iraq to become an occupied, terrorist ridden semi-country without any real government and infrastructure, locked in an intractable struggle with other Middle Eastern and world powers. Of course, we all know how popular Israel is in the Arab world, so I'm sure this makes people over there feel just great. Sounds like a wonderful future.
And, to calm the fears of all those who are scared by the recent terrorist events in Britain, here's a quick explanation of the difference between an explosive and an incendiary and why the "bombs" in London weren't actually bombs at all and couldn't have really killed "hundreds of people," as some news outlets have been reporting.
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A new Wu-Tang album? I've died and gone to heaven!
What have you been reading today? Discussion continues in the comments below.
