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US steel tariffs illegal, rules WTO

[source] The US said that it would appeal the decision. Time to give it up. The tariffs aren't good for the US or for its foreign relations.

Out best giving their all in Afghanistan

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Look. These are the coffins of six members of the United States Air Force. They did not die as a result of enemy fire. They died while attempting to transport Afghani children to a US medical facility for treatment. That is what the United States does.

NY Times bias watch

The Volokh Conspiracy lays out another example of the NY Times spinning its own poll results. The poll shows that Americans support the decision to invade Iraq 70% to 24%. This fact is placed in the last paragraph of the article which is headlined “Opinions Begin to Shift as Public Weighs War Costs”. As accurate and unbiased as ever. [source]

Sleeper agent at CNN revealed!

Oliver Willis has detected yet another of the sleeper agents that the VRWC has planted in media organizations to make them look stupid and foolish. CNN, apparently realizing that Connie Chung was just such an agent, has fired her.

Media bias watch

The San Francisco Chronicle engages in a spin campaign against the invasion. The headline says it all: “PARTY LINE: Bush leads U.S. chorus stressing ‘we will win’ message ”

Journalist infiltrates Caliphascists

I'd like to just despise all journalists for their bias and stupidity but then I see something like this [source]:

Three years after he left his native Algeria, the Muslim journalist began to serendipitously infiltrate France’s extremist Islamic circles last fall. Sifaoui spent four months with the followers of al Qaeda, praying with them and listening to them discuss attacks, secretly taping them.

The result was a book and two television documentaries — and a new life as a marked man.

Umberto Eco on the Caliphascists

Umberto Eco describes Ur-Fascism, the root version of Fascism and how the Caliphascists have most (if not all) of the characteristics. [source]