July 2010

Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Published on: 31st July, 2010

This evening’s Rescue Rangers are mem from somerville, grog, rexymeteorite, claude, shayera, and vcmvo2, with watercarrier4diogenes at the wheel of the Editmobile, careening through the streets trying to keep up with Lisbeth Salander

Tonight’s diaries travel from analysis of our tragically not-wonderful ‘traditional media’ (™Kos) to the dreams and needs of our entire planet’s most important resource, its children, with a couple of stops along the way that are important in their own right.

• alpolitics reminds us that it’s not just what we see, but also what we don’t see in the media that should concern us with It’s Not Just Faux News That We Should Be Worried About. (mem from somerville)
• danps concludes that lies and propaganda, not the advent of the internet, made the traditional media irrelevant in The Problem Isn’t Fast News, It’s Dumb News. (rexymeteorite)
• Is the Media putting Gulf oil disaster to bed? slksfca perceives a disturbing trend in media reportage. (claude)
• kyledeb summarizes the recent activities and offers guidance on the direction forward in DREAM Now Letters Recap: The CHC Has To Stand With Migrant Youth, Not Against Us. (mem from somerville)
• In What Would Gandhi Do?, Mokurai recounts a discussion over the benefits of OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) as it arose over India’s efforts in this direction. (claude)
• Renee writes an important diary on Stopping Rape. (vcmvo2)
• Chico David RN has a strong personal reaction on a visit to an important site in labor history in Alone at Ludlow. (mem from somerville)

jotter once again astounds us with his statistical (NO, NOT ’sadistical!, no matter how hard it is for you to understand it 8^) ) High Impact Diaries: July 30, 2010 and carolita follows with a mesmerizing Top Comments 7-31-10 – Dr. Angel Edition.

Enjoy and please promote your own favorite diaries in this open thread (even if you’re the author! Here’s where that’s actually appreciated). And, of course, since it’s an open thread, PLAY NICE, OK? 8^)

Stone Removed From Reality

Published on: 31st July, 2010

Experts say Oliver Stone’s recent anti-Semitic remarks show that the veteran film director is out of touch with how Hollywood works in the 21st century

British police hold two over MI6 parcel bomb

Published on: 31st July, 2010

LONDON (Reuters) – British police were questioning two men Sunday after a parcel bomb was sent to the headquarters of the MI6 foreign intelligence service and another was intercepted at a postal sorting office.

Immigration at Forefront of 2010 Races?- Troops Deployment to Border Stirs Anger

Published on: 31st July, 2010

U.S. Man Jailed in Panama Admits 5 Murders

Published on: 31st July, 2010

Set Back in Gulf Gusher

Published on: 31st July, 2010

Cops: Snooki Arrested for Disorderly Conduct

Published on: 31st July, 2010

US Stalls on Sept. 11 Trial For 5 at Gitmo

Published on: 31st July, 2010

U.S. military prepares for the first war crimes trial under President Obama, but the high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo

WikiLeaks Suspect Had Civilian Help?

Published on: 31st July, 2010

Army Pfc. Bradley E. Manning accused of leaking classified material to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks had civilian help, says a key figure in the case

More WikiLeaks to Come?

Chelsea Clinton WedsAt New York Estate

Published on: 31st July, 2010

After weeks of intrigue and secrecy about a ceremony with VIP guest list, crowds and guests gather for Chelsea Clinton’s Saturday evening nuptials to longtime boyfriend at upstate New York estate | |

Chelsea Through the Years

First Families Tie the Knot

FAST FACTS: Clinton Wedding

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