Posted on 01/31/2003 5:07:21 PM PST by backhoe
At the request of members, I am restarting those "Tales from the Dark UnderBelly Of the Beast"-- the stories and issues that the press and media either ignore, won't even talk about, or will mention once and forevermore claim "it's old news..."
Naturally, some will be stories which interest me, or things I think we all need to be aware of.
I am experimenting with a minor change in presentation- when I can, I will cut to
with a keyword or two and see what kind of links to "mainstream" stories I can find in contrast to what we see here and on other sites.
May I remind you of a couple of points to bear in mind?
Each link usually has many other links within- follow them all to get "the rest of the story."
Don't forget the "open multiple browsers" trick with control-n -- this allows you to hold your place with one, and use the others to follow links, run searches, etc.
Rather than go back and rehash old links, I'll give you links to the original posts here:
-DUBOB 10- the *best of* the Dark Underbelly Series--
-DUBOB 9-- even *more* tales from the Dark Underbelly of the Beast..... --
DUBOB 8-- still *more* tales from the Underbelly***
DUBOB 7-- even *more* tales from the Dark Underbelly of the Beast.....
DUBOB 6-- yet *more* tales from the Dark Underbelly of the Beast.....
DUBOB 5-- even *more* tales from the Dark Underbelly of the Beast.....
DUBOB IV- yet more Tales from the Dark Underbelly of the Beast-
DUBOB III -- "Tales from the Dark Underbelly of the Beast"
DUBOB 2-- more tales from The Dark Underbelly of the Beast-- thread II
-The Dark Underbelly of the Beast- Stories the Media won't Discuss...--
An obvious problem with the grievance aspect of identity politics is that the grievance needs to be perpetually maintained in order to justify the identity aspect of the politics. Comments (5)
What Media Bias?
More crummy behavior from mainstream media, exposed at NewsBusters.org: ABC Reporter Exploits Tour of Christmas Decorations to Hit First Lady on Exiting Iraq. link: 183 comments
Fiskie Nominations Now Open
Yes, it’s the first of December, and that means it’s time to open the nominations for LGF’s Annual Robert Fisk Award for Idiotarian of the Year (Fiskie for short).
Previous Idiotarian Champions:
2002: Jimmy Carter
2003: Rachel Corrie
2004: Michael Moore
UPDATE at 12/1/05 10:23:49 am:
This year, we suspect it’s going to be awfully hard to beat Cindy Sheehan.
Iran's Manhattan Project
Iran’s Manhattan Project is rushing toward its inevitable conclusion, and Israel is their first target.
But if the mullahs succeed, Israel won’t be the last target, and time is running out.
Farkash sets deadline for strike on Iran. link: 172 comments
Here's a map of Israel with 'Zones of Total Devastation' matching US weapon yields
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| -- Slow to awaken after the 9/11 attacks, Hollywood has finally come around to contributing what it can in the War on Terror: namely, glossy, star-studded movies that sympathize with the enemy. | ||
Scientist (cough) are now predicting an ice age in Europe... And they blame it on global warming. Better- they base the whole prediction on one set of ocean temps they did not expect.
Failing ocean current raises fears of mini ice ageThe ocean current that gives western Europe its relatively balmy climate is stuttering, raising fears that it might fail entirely and plunge the continent into a mini ice age.
The dramatic finding [STOP THE TAPE] comes from a study of ocean circulation in the North Atlantic, which found a 30% reduction in the warm currents that carry water north from the Gulf Stream. [STOP THE TAPE]
Stop the tape... A dramatic FINDING? This is not a finding. It is a conclusion at best but more accurately a prediction. The -finding- is that some temps were not what researchers thought they were going to measure. Everything after that is conjecture.
Never let the media confuse a finding with a prediction.
The slow-down, which has long been predicted as a possible consequence of global warming, will give renewed urgency to intergovernmental talks in Montreal, Canada, this week on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol.
Bogus New Alert! When the third sentence of a news story says "See, this proves we should agree to Kyoto" the whole story is officially suspect.
Harry Bryden at the Southampton Oceanography Centre in the UK, whose group carried out the analysis, says he is not yet sure if the change is temporary or signals a long-term trend.
I'm confused... In the first 2 paragraphs it was a done deal.. It was a FINDING for goodness sake... Now we learn that the researcher has no clue if this is even a temporary change or not? Maybe that haste over Kyoto was misplaced?
We don’t want to say the circulation will shut down," he told New Scientist. "But we are nervous about our findings. They have come as quite a surprise."
So.... You got some data you did not expect... From there -someone- (it's unclear who from the story) FOUND that we were going to have an ice age if we don't agree to Kyoto. This is getting thinner by the minute.
The North Atlantic is dominated by the Gulf Stream – currents that bring warm water north from the tropics. At around 40° north – the latitude of Portugal and New York – the current divides. Some water heads southwards in a surface current known as the subtropical gyre, while the rest continues north, leading to warming winds that raise European temperatures by 5°C to 10°C.But when Bryden’s team measured north-south heat flow last year, using a set of instruments strung across the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to the Bahamas, they found that the division of the waters appeared to have changed since previous surveys in 1957, 1981 and 1992.
FOUR. DATA. POINTS.
4 data points in 50 years on a planet a few bazillion years old. They get data they did not expect, they have no idea why it happened or if it is just temporary or not but by golly there is an ice age acoming and we better sign Kyoto. OY! Talk about putting several carts before a single horse.
El Niño warms the water in the Pacific every 4 or 5 years and we've known of this cycle for over 400 years. [Long before the evil United States] Could it be that maybe -just maybe- something like this might happen elsewhere on the planet? (gasp)
No, we won't look at unexpected data and wonder why we were wrong, we now look at unexpected data and draw conclusions. If we didn't know the temps were going to be that high, how the hell can we explain why they were AND use them to predict what it means for the future?
I'm not even going to finish debunking this article, it's not worth my time. But I will add, I really expected more from newscientist.com.
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The Samson Option-- what is known about Israel's Nuclear Weapons?
-Israel's Arrow Anti-Missile System and the THEL...--
Russia sells anti-missile systems to Iran (per agreement with Al Gore)
Zombie Soldiers and Mama Moonbat
In a Village Voice review reeking of Bush Derangement Syndrome, we learn of Joe Dante’s new project: Homecoming, a film in which soldiers return from the dead to demand impeachment. The Voice’s Dennis Lim calls it “easily one of the most important political films of the Bush II era.” link: 75 comments
Art imitates life: the dead are voting Democrat again.
China denies WND report on bird flu
Expert: Bird-flu deaths in China actually at 300
Bird-flu epidemic in humans 'science fiction'
FORCING ENTRY: Vandalized, burned corner liquor shop is looted of remaining stock (Muslim Criminals)
The abortion-homosexual connection (Great Read!) -- The left is simply disgusted by the notion that most people have religious values... "if homosexuals can marry, then it will no longer have the same meaning for the rest of us."
Yup ... marriage will be a meaningless joke.
Thousands (of whackjobs are) expected to 'Walk Against Warming'
Marshall apologizes for 'red states' quip
Mars has a big watery past -- and present, too
What is so ‘un-black’ about being intelligent? -- And you’re crippling your kids.
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The Truth About Eurabian Reaction to 9/11
Four years after the September 11 attacks, we’re just beginning to learn about the appalling reaction to these atrocities in Muslim communities in Europe: In Germany, Muslims grow apart. (Hat tip: Still Rolling.) » COMMENTARY -- September 11 from PoliPundit.com » Always Remember September 11th 2001 from Oblogatory Anecdotes
Featuring an animated photo mantage. This is the war of the ages. I wrote about the 9/11 reactions in a Pakistani magazine and from Saudi Arabia...
And US mainstream media could not have cared less.
http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/weblog.php
AP's Daily Death Count, Renamed
The Associated Press quickly realized that their Daily Death Count was a public relations nightmare, revealing a little too much of their agenda.
So they no longer call it that.
Now it’s just A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq.
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Bolton: "The UN is Not Useful in Solving Actual Problems"
John Bolton stands up against the appallingly corrupt United Nations, who passed six more resolutions condemning Israel on Thursday: Bolton Says Palestinian Resolutions Demonstrate UN Irrelevance. This Anti-Bolton video ad was produced to get people to oppose John Bolton's nomination, but instead I believe it cemented his support base. This presentation is excellent IMHO, and there are current maps of Israel and the surrounding enemy nations, and info on Jew hate; at the end of the presentation are others that are also excellent, and tell the history of the Jews and Israel, and Jew hate over the eons. link: 109 comments
Bilious Leftist Rant of the Day
Liberals: a never ending source of entertainment:
In a comment about a cable industry proposal to allow viewers to pay only for the shows they actually watch, we see that special brand of tolerance and love we’ve come to expect from the deranged left; at The Smirking Chimp, of course. Like their jihadi allies, the American Left can turn anything into a reason to rant, no matter how stupid it might seem to the rest of us. The psychology of the leftists is explained by Tammy Bruce (former leftist herself) in this interview: link: 251 comments
Tookie Williams' timeout -- "Dead, he's a martyr" Dead, he's yesterday's news and soon forgotten. And good riddance.
Responding to the Chickenhawk Argument -- Only the freaking libs would come up with some stupid argument to tell fellow Americans why they shouldn't even have the right to hold and voice an opinion.
New hack cracks 'secure' Bluetooth devices
Sober worm stalls MSN, Hotmail
Nanotech discovery could have radical implications
Pet Reunions Rare After the Storms
During Katrina, Blanco staffers faced rumors, Castro and race (Blanco staff a joke)
Staff tried to burnish Blanco burnished image
Documents Show Katrina's Political Storm
Atlanta: abandoned railroad tracks to be 22-mile necklace of parks and paths -- ten years from now Atlanta will wish it had those tracks for local transportion of people and goods by trains. We let overregulation, excessive taxation and foreign competition ruin our manufacturing sector, leaving empty factories and abandoned railroad track.
Now, let's rip up all the railroad tracks, so when the country finally comes to its senses we can't rebuild the factories.
Sounds like a plan...
Most Would Trust Doctors if Euthanasia Legalized -- I saw a cartoon years ago of a man trying to pull the life support from his elderly mother. The mother rose up before dying, saying, "I knew I should have aborted you TOO." Such is the thought process of the American people.
See you in Hell - one in three clergy believe in damnation -- first two sentences says it all:
Why can't people just read and believe their Bible. If you claim Christ, you must believe what He says.
British children as young as 5 to get Sex ed (Liberalism run amuck alert)
Redefining Hate -- critics of homosexuality increasingly run the risk of being penalized with sanctions...
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At Angry in the Great White North, one union member has a serious issue with Buzz Hargrove's endorsement of Paul Martin and the Liberals:
I'm a member of the CAW, and am mightily pissed at Hargrove telling us who to vote for, as if we are a bunch of imbeciles that need to be led. FU** off Buzz and take that union hating SOB Martin with you.
Are you a union member or an NDP supporter? Angry is inviting more opinions.
Saddam Surat # 3 - Saddam Bought 200 Tons of Uranium from Niger in 1980.
Saddam's Shadow-The Clinton Adminitration knew about Iraq Uranium
"Nigergate, French spymaster debunks Sismi version"
U.S. vets deserve answers on biochemical tests
4-year scandal of the 9/11 billions (Where did the money go?)
Gun crime in Boston? Just blame northern New England
Posted on 12/04/2005 8:40:11 AM EST by bert
RNC Response to Sen. Boxer's Distortion of Judge Alito's Record
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Democrats in Colorado run scared on immigration -- Gee, the DemonRATs seem able to read and understand that the tea leaves say America is 80%+ against Illegal Infiltration, and the continued funding for them... and we will not tolerate the "perfumed Princes of Power" that are the elected Solons just ignoring the issue; or worse yet, shoving SHMANESTY down our throats!
Thank you for your hard work. It's amazing.
I appreciate your looking- thank you!
The Black Book of Saddam Hussein
A new 700-page book published in France details the nightmarish dirty deeds of Saddam Hussein: The big black book of horrors. (Hat tip: Lady of Shalott.) link: 63 comments
LA Times Continues the Big Lie
Scandal Erupts at the L.A. Times
Rand Simberg notes that the Los Angeles Times continues to promote the lies of Joe Wilson, long after Wilson’s spurious claims were debunked: Continuing the Big Lie.
The book Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Endangered America's Long-Term National Security goes into great detail the disdain that the Clintons had for the Military. I highly recommend it. It was written by Lt. Col. Robert "Buzz" Patterson, USAF (ret.). He used to carry the "nuclear football" for Clintons.
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