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The BFM Wednesday Wire with Paul Deady
04 July 2007 12:07pm | 95bfm
At twenty past 1 we'll have our regular counterclockwise segment. Today, Alastair Thompson from scoop will be on the line to talk about President Bush handing Lewis Scooter Libby a get out of jail free card. More >>
Radio Adelaide: NZer Awarded VC + Am-Cup Bid Lost
04 July 2007 10:52am | Scoop Audio
Audio: Scoop's Selwyn Manning & Radio Adelaide's Peter Godfrey discuss: How the PM broke from the weekly Cabinet meeting to announce NZ's first Victoria Cross recipient since WWII. Also, Team NZ has lost its challenge for the Americas Cup! More >>
Was Commuting Libby an Impeachable Offense?
04 July 2007 10:47am | William Rivers Pitt
Let me get this straight. Like a thief in the night, George W. Bush commuted the prison sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. He made no public appearance to announce the decision, but instead air-mailed a written statement after 5 p.m. at the outset ... More >>
National-Security Breaches: Time for Impeachment
04 July 2007 10:46am | Bernard Weiner
By taking impeachment "off the table," Nancy Pelosi and John Conyers may have made partisan sense during the run-up to the November 2006 midterm election -- the Dems didn't want to scare away any wavering Republicans. Perhaps it even made sense in ... More >>
David Swanson: Commuting Scooter
04 July 2007 10:27am | David Swanson
George Mason (1725-1792), the father of the Bill of Rights (1791-2002), argued at the Constitutional Convention in favor of providing the House of Representatives the power of impeachment by pointing out that the President might use his pardoning ... More >>
Buzzflash: NYT "Coverage" Of The "Commutation"
04 July 2007 10:27am | BuzzFlash.Com
BuzzFlash has been accused of being extremist, but, at heart, we just think that we apply common sense to current events. Take, for example, our ongoing belief that the Washington Post and New York Times provide "news coverage" of the White House ... More >>
Olbermann - WH "Corrupt to the Core," Says Wilson
04 July 2007 10:25am | Scoop Link
New York - Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, husband of outed CIA operative Valerie Plame, tonight ripped President Bush's decision to commute the prison sentence of Lewis "Scooter" Libby in the CIA leak case. More >>
David Swanson: 14 Congress Members for Impeachment
04 July 2007 10:24am | David Swanson
The official list of cosponsors of H Res 333 to impeach Dick Cheney cannot be updated until July 10 when Congress gets back to Washington. But Congress Members can contact Dennis Kucinich's office in the meantime and sign on. And citizens can encourage ... More >>
Greg Palast: What's Keeping You Here, Punk?
04 July 2007 10:23am | Greg Palast
Another Fourth on the North Fork. Time to pick the new Strawberry Queen, shine the fire trucks, put out the collection jar for the un-insured and beat up the bald guy from out of town. More >>
David Swanson: CNN and 4 Dems Opt to Skew Debate
04 July 2007 10:21am | David Swanson
CNN allowed the eight Democratic presidential campaigns to vote: Should CNN continue to place its preferred candidates together in the center of the stage in order to keep the candidates it ignores off camera at the edges, or should it follow the model ... More >>
Public Address 04/07/07 - Something For The Kids
04 July 2007 10:10am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Having noted Fairfax's foray into political blogging, we should turn to the Herald's effort. Audrey Young's political blog doesn't look as bloggy as Colin Espiner's - no links and, as yet, no comments - but it does nicely clear up something that's ... More >>
Public Address 03/07/07 - New Rules
04 July 2007 10:08am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
I hope Colin Espiner can keep up his daily political blog on Stuff, because it has swiftly become a useful addition to the local debate. Notable recently: his commentary on the new rules for visual coverage of Parliament's debating chamber, both before, ... More >>
Stateside With Rosalea: The AntiiPhone
04 July 2007 9:56am | Rosalea Barker
With the Apple uNowot being released on Friday, I thought I'd give you a squizz inside Rosalea's gizmological universe, where no bank robberies, contracts or monthly subscriptions are required. More >>
Book Review: The Palestinian Hamas
04 July 2007 9:48am | Jim Miles
In consideration of current events with Hamas’ military takeover of Gaza, this book on the Palestinian Hamas is very timely. It would have been more timely in its original version in 2000 at the start of the al-Aqsa Intifada. More >>
Indian Exercise to Engulf Nepal Revealed
04 July 2007 9:44am | Mohan Nepali
Janaadesh weekly proximal to Maoists last Tuesday revealed that Nepal’s armed groups such as Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF), Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha factions Goit and Jwalasingh, Terai Tigers, Nepal Sadbhawana Party (this is unarmed) and some ... More >>
Iraq - Murder Land For Journalists?
04 July 2007 9:43am | Mohan Nepali
With the murder of Sahar al-Haideri and Zeena Zakir Mahmoud, two Iraqi women journalists, the number of slaughtered journalists so far in Iraq has reached 108. As a single journalist can represent millions of people, the murder of 106 journalists is similar ... More >>
Bush & Putin Fault Each Other But Blind To Selves
04 July 2007 9:42am | Sherwood Ross
(July 1, 2007) -- How can Presidents Bush and Putin be expected to see each other's viewpoints when they are blind to the fact they are guilty of the very faults of which they accuse each other? More >>
Native Americans, Immigrants Share Common Struggle
04 July 2007 9:38am | Atlanta Progressive News
ATLANTA, Jul 1 (IPS) - One group has lived here for millennia, while the other has just arrived. But Native Americans and immigrants have much in common, particularly the alienation and oppression they experience in U.S. society, activists and community ... More >>
APN: US Social Forum Forges Common Ground
04 July 2007 9:37am | Atlanta Progressive News
ATLANTA, Jul 2 (IPS) - In all, the crowds were huge, the workshops passionate and inspiring, and participants made ideological, relational and personal gains, both large and small. More >>
APN: USSF Day One: A Tale of Two Protests
04 July 2007 9:36am | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA – Residents of, and advocates for, Chicago public housing joined Atlanta residents and advocates today for a rally at Atlanta City Hall. About 100 in total protested Atlanta’s plans to demolish public housing. The rally coincided ... More >>
APN: USSF Day 2- Nightmare Called Katrina
04 July 2007 9:36am | Atlanta Progressive News
ATLANTA, Jun 29 (IPS) - Under the banner, "If another world is possible, another U.S. is necessary," 10,000 civil society activists gathered in Atlanta, Georgia Wednesday for the beginning of the first U.S. Social Forum. More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 3 July 2007
04 July 2007 9:32am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
US Rep. Johnson Joins 10 on Impeach Cheney Bill
04 July 2007 9:25am | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA – US Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA-04) has joined ten other Members of Congress in supporting H Res 333, a bill to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney. More >>
Lyndon Hood's Pics of the Week - 25 June to 3 July
03 July 2007 4:37pm | Lyndon Hood
Recent Scoop editorial images by Lyndon Hood: Teen smoking rates halved; schoolboys go wild; Open Letter To Closed Parliament; High Court Bypassed Under New Anti-Terror Bill; Legal action puts NZ polluters on notice; America’s Cup fans should sleep ... More >>
95bFM: Kim Choe IVs On Gordon Brown's 1st Week
03 July 2007 4:16pm | Scoop Audio
Kim Choe talks to Michael White, the Guardian's assistant political editor analyses Gordon Brown's first week as British Prime Minister. It's been a big one, with attempted terrorist attacks uncovered just two days into his term. How has Brown reacted and ... More >>
FULL COVERAGE: Corporal Willy Apiata VC
03 July 2007 3:44pm | Scoop Full Coverage
Scoop's FULL COVERAGE of Corporal Bill (Willy) Apiata, the first New Zealander to be awarded a Victoria Cross since WWII. This item includes Video, Audio, Images, and Text. The Prime Minister, Helen Clark exited the weekly Cabinet meeting to announce ... More >>
Top Scoop Stories - 03 July 2007 News Summary
03 July 2007 1:58pm | The Scoop Editor
English Toff Denigrates Kiwi Lasses As 'Ham Faced' / Fiji: NZ Govt Retaliates After High Commissioner's Expulsion / NZ Least Galvanised Into Action By 'Inconvenient Truth' - Survey / Scoop News: US Rights Activist Calls For Abolition of Prisons More >>
Audio: Wammo IVs Nandor Tanczos On Cold Remedies
03 July 2007 1:04pm | Scoop Audio
KiwiFM: Wammo talks to Nandor Tanczos who was sick so naturally natural cold and flu remedies was a handy topic. Also discussed: organic gardening at his new house, supermarket plastic bags and the Green Party's unlikely minimum wage allies. More >>
95bFM: The Tuesday Wire with Kim Choe
03 July 2007 12:05pm | 95bfm
Russell Norman; Michael White, Guardian Unlimited UK; Green Desk; Nick O'Leary, 2007 Original Art Sale Scholarship winner More >>
Simpsons Gift Donut to Springfield NZ
03 July 2007 11:15am | Spareroom.co.nz
The small South Island town of Springfield, population around 300, is about to receive a gift from The Simpsons — a giant pink donut. Okay, it’s a giant iced stunt to plug the movie, but just like Ohakune’s giant carrot, Paeroa’s L&P; bottle, ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 2 July 2007
03 July 2007 8:57am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Review: Crowded House Play London
02 July 2007 6:01pm | Ethan Tucker
A corporate rock fest! Where bands swan around in private lounges liberally stocked with designer cocaine blends on silver trays borne on the heads of tuxedo-wearing dwarf butlers. Where megastar guitar gods communicate with the audience solely via ... More >>
PM Announces Further Moves Against Fijian Regime
02 July 2007 5:31pm | Kevin List
Click for big version The Prime Minister Helen Clark outlines further sanctions against Fiji at today's post-cabinet press conference ****** More >>
95bFM: Live In UK Mikey Havoc IVs Renee Mundy
02 July 2007 5:05pm | Scoop Audio
95bFM Audio: Renee Mundy talks to Mikey about the three attempted terror attacks in the UK over the weekend, new PM Gordon Brown's response and the Glastonbury music festival. More >>
Mikey Havoc & PM Helen Clark On Labour n ACT!
02 July 2007 5:01pm | Scoop Audio
95bFM Audio: Mikey talks to the Prime Minister about Labour and ACT getting all matey, Kiwisaver kicking off, the Government's scheme to offer 20 free hours of childcare for three to four year olds. More >>
Today's Scoop Just Politics News Summary
02 July 2007 4:49pm | The Scoop Team
Scoop Video: Corporal Willy Apiata VC Lost For Words; Scoop News: US Rights Activist Calls For Abolition of Prisons; Education: More Dough Needed For Early Childhood Education; Scoop Exclusive: The Perils Of NZ's Military Assistance; Scoop Satire: ... More >>
Top Scoop Stories - 02 July 2007 News Summary
02 July 2007 3:37pm | The Scoop Editor
More Dough Needed For Early Childhood Education / Scoop Exclusive: The Perils Of NZ's Military Assistance / Race Relations: Harawira Hosts 'American Wonderwoman' / Scoop Report: Anderton Calls An End To Party Pill Party More >>
Scoop Video: Corp. Willy Apiata VC Lost For Words
02 July 2007 3:00pm | Scoop Video
Scoop Video: Corporal Bill (Willy) Apiata, the first New Zealander to be awarded a Victoria Cross in more than 40 years, was lost for words as he fronted a press conference held at NZ Defence HQ in Wellington. More >>
Audio & Images: PM Announces VC For Corp. Apiata
02 July 2007 12:18pm | The Scoop Team
Listen to today's Press Conference with Prime Minister Helen Clark, Defence Minister Phil Goff and CDF Lieutenant General Jerry Mateparae announcing a Victoria Cross award. "Corporal Bill (Willy) Apiata of the NZSAS has been awarded the Victoria Cross ... More >>
KiwiFM: Wallace & PM Discuss KiwiSaver n GP Visits
02 July 2007 10:34am | Scoop Audio
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to the Prime Minister, Helen Clark, about KiwiSaver kicking off. Also, the PM details GP subsidies for you and me! More >>
Exclusive: PhotoEssay Under Siege in North Lebanon
02 July 2007 9:49am | Jon Stephenson
Jon Stephenson Photo-Essay: For the past month the Lebanese Army has bee shelling Fatah Al Islam insurgents who have infiltrated Nahr Al Bared refugee camp in north Lebanon. The fighting has caused an estimated 20,000 Palestinian refugees to flee ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 1 July 2007
02 July 2007 8:38am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
KiwiFM: Wallace & Selwyn Manning on NZ Defence
02 July 2007 8:18am | Scoop Audio
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to Scoop's Selwyn Manning about New Zealand's defence contributions to overseas wars and conflict, and how New Zealand ought to be debating the pros and cons of our involvement in such theatres around the world. More >>
Agenda Interviews Mallard: Americas Cup + Trade
30 June 2007 1:55pm | Agenda
The Government will make an early decision on its funding of future America’s Cup campaigns. More >>
Lebanese Army Shoots Civilians At Badawi Camp
30 June 2007 10:52am | Rania Masri
Today, during the second day of a three-day peaceful protest in the Palestinian refugee camp of Badaoui in solidarity with Palestinian refugees from Nahr el Bared, the Lebanese Army opened fire on the protestors in Badawi refugee camp, killing two people and ... More >>
New Censorship: It Ain’t Your House You Creeps
29 June 2007 9:32pm | Malvina Minor
So, our politicians have now decided to introduce new censorship laws governing how Parliamentarians are depicted and what photo-journalists can photograph. More >>
US Rights Activist Calls For Abolition of Prisons
29 June 2007 4:13pm | Joseph Barratt
Joseph Barratt reports: Racism is an even more powerful force today than it was in the days of the civil rights movement says Angela Davis an iconic American civil rights activist and professor. More >>
Top Scoop Stories - 29 June 2007 News Summary
29 June 2007 2:49pm | The Scoop Editor
Questions Of The Day / The Perils Of New Zealand's International Military Assistance / Turia on Moral Panic and Gangs / Anderton Calls An End To Party Pill Party / Satire: Open Letter To Closed Parliament More >>
African countries and varieties of corruption
29 June 2007 2:33pm | Tortilla con Sal
Ever since they were first promoted by the industrialized nations and international bodies, much analysis of the spread of neoliberal economic policies has tended to focus on the fact that these countries and international bodies limit themselves ... More >>
Blue Moon in July
29 June 2007 2:27pm | Carter Observatory
July is a Blue Moon month as it has two Full Moons, the first on July 1 at 01 49 am and the second on July 30 at 12 48 pm . This phenomenon occurs in New Zealand in July but because of the various time zones, it happened in May and June in other ... More >>
Love it, leave it? You don’t have to tell me twice
29 June 2007 2:20pm | Mark Drolette
Yet another 4th of July approaches, a holiday on which we all commemorate America’s big, shiny image of itself by emulating what it does best: More >>
Daily Voting News June 27 2007
29 June 2007 2:12pm | John Gideon
ES&S seems to have complied with the demand from the California SoS’s office that they provide their source code as part of the state’s “Top-to-Bottom Review” of all voting systems used in the state. I say “seems to” because ES&S delivered ... More >>
Scoop: Scoop Link - Cheney's Office Subpoenaed
29 June 2007 2:08pm | Scoop Link
Washington, DC - The Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney's office Wednesday for documents relating to President Bush's controversial eavesdropping program that operated warrant-free for five years. More >>
How Green is Your Diet?
29 June 2007 2:01pm | Conscious Choice
It pays to be wary of fad diets — even if they’re in the name of the planet. We put five to the test. More >>
Promise Keepers try to regain the offensive
29 June 2007 1:54pm | Bill Berkowitz
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of "Stand in the Gap," evangelicals hope to bring 250,000 men to Washington to re-ignite the Christian men's movement More >>
Public Address 28/06/07 - Not Much Confidence
29 June 2007 1:48pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Not such as to engender confidence | Jun 28, 2007 09:47 Russell Brown's Hard News I shuddered when I read that under John Howard's blitz on child sexual abuse in aboriginal communities, all aboriginal children are to be subject to compulsory medical checks ... More >>
Saving President Abbas
29 June 2007 1:45pm | Uri Avnery
23/06/07EHUD OLMERT is the opposite of Midas, King of Phrygia. Everything the king touched turned into gold, according to Greek legend. Everything Olmert touches turns into lead. And that is no legend. More >>
1967 - A Personal Testimony / Uri Avnery
29 June 2007 1:44pm | Uri Avnery
ON MAY 25, 1967, twelve days before the Six-day war, I published in Haolam Hazeh, the news magazine of which I was the editor, an article entitled "Nasser Has Fallen Into a Trap". That sounded crazy, because, at the time, all Israel was ... More >>
A Republican In Disguise?
29 June 2007 1:42pm | Sherwood Ross
When it’s virtually impossible to tell “anti-war” Democrats apart from pro-war Republicans, does it matter if Democratic Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico is a Republican at heart? Probably not. Yet, that may be the case. More >>
Security is important for Freedom
29 June 2007 1:35pm | Kamala Sarup
"The message of the United States is clear: one cannot have ballots and bullets in a democratic process. Intimidation and violence have no roles whatsoever in the democratic process of any country." said US Assistant Secretary of State for ... More >>
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