Tag Archives: internet

Petraeus "Planned Burning of Qur’ans Could Endanger Troops"

KABUL—The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said the planned burning of Qurans on Sept. 11 by a small Florida church could put the lives of American troops in danger and damage the war effort. Gen. David Petraeus said the Taliban would exploit the demonstration for propaganda purposes, drumming up anger toward the U.S. and making it harder for allied troops to carry out their mission of protecting Afghan civilians. “It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort,” Gen. Petraeus said in an interview. “It is precisely the kind of action the Taliban uses and could cause significant problems. Not just here, but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the Islamic community.” Hundreds of Afghans attended a demonstration in Kabul on Monday to protest the plans of Florida pastor Terry Jones, who has said he will burn copies of Islam's holy book to mark the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Afghan protesters chanted “death to America,” and speakers called on the U.S. to withdraw its troops. Some protesters threw rocks at a passing military convoy. Military officials fear the protests will likely spread to other Afghan cities, especially if the event is broadcast or ends up on Internet video. Mr. Jones, head of the 50-member Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., said in a statement that “We understand the General's concerns. We are sure that his concerns are legitimate.” Nonetheless, he added, “We must send a clear message to the radical element of Islam. We will no longer be controlled and dominated by their fears and threats.” Mr. Jones has been denied a permit for the demonstration, but has said he plans to go forward with the protest. Rev. Stephanie Sapp, spokeswoman for the center, said no one from the Pentagon or other federal agencies had expressed concern or asked that the event be canceled. She did say that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had discussed security measures. Pentagon officials said they were not aware that any Defense officials have reached out directly to Mr. Jones. But military officers said they hoped that Gen. Petraeus's statement—an unusual move since military commanders rarely get involved in politics—would convince Mr. Jones to change his plans. Gen. Petraeus declined to elaborate on the nature of the threats or violence that could occur, but westerners in Afghanistan have been warned away from restaurants and other public places amid the rising tensions. Other senior military leaders echoed Gen. Petraeus commentsMonday. Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, who oversees the effort to train Afghan security forces said he was informed of the planned Florida protests several days ago by a senior minister in the Afghan government. (more at link) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703713504575475500753093116.html?m… added by: existentialist

ABC Nightline Hit Piece Smears Alex Jones As King of “Paranoia Porn”

An ABC Nightline hit piece on Alex Jones which aired last night attempts to smear the radio talk show host as a dangerous purveyor of “paranoia porn” who is inciting followers to violence, an unfortunate angle to take in light of the fact that just a day earlier, James Jay Lee was inspired not by Alex Jones, but by top-down establishment propaganda about environmentalism, when he decided to take hostages at gunpoint during the Discovery Channel building siege. The headline of the piece, “Angry in America: Inside Alex Jones’ World,” instantly implies that Jones lives within his own paranoid fantasy bubble and that “Alex Jones’ world” bears no relation to the real world. The agenda from the outset is to portray Jones as a kind of freak show leader for mentally disturbed conspiracy theorists. Interviewer Dan Harris constantly asks Jones if he believes in what he says, an ceaseless ploy to undermine the authenticity of the subjects about which Jones warns his listeners. Jones is depicted not as a journalist, but as an entertainer and a purveyor of “paranoia porn,” as if his entire career is just one big sideshow, something to be scoffed at by real intellectuals who watch ABC News. The problem with this smear is the fact that ABC News, along with almost every other establishment media network, is hemorrhaging viewers because their credibility is shot. In the Nightline piece, Harris fumbled in his effort to characterize Jones as a conspiracy nut after Jones pointed out the obvious — the global elite are establishing world government. ABC and the corporate media have reported on this fact numerous times. Jones showed Harris and ABC documentation of this fact, but it ended up on the cutting room floor because the point of the Nightline segment is not to present objective facts, but portray Jones as a dangerous conspiracy kook. Is the usually staid Wall Street Journal a coven of conspiracy nuts? In November of 2009, the newspaper reported that the Copenhagen Agreement engineered plans for “a transnational ‘government’ on a scale the world has never before seen” under the aegis of the United Nations. The Financial Times published an article in late 2008 on the agenda to establish “global governance,” shorthand for world government. Gideon Rachman, FT’s chief foreign affairs commentator, wrote that while he does not believe in black helicopters, “for the first time in my life, I think the formation of some sort of world government is plausible.” Earlier this year, European Council president Herman Van Rompuy went on the record in a very visible way and demanded world government in response to the bankster engineered financial crisis, itself a ploy to force world government on Europe and the rest of the developed world. Van Rompuy’s call was covered by the Independent, another staid establishment newspaper. Nobody called the editors deranged conspiracy theory mental cases. Indeed, when Jones provided Harris and ABC News with articles and clips of Van Rompuy and a multitude of other top globalists calling for a new world order and a one world government, Harris simply claimed that they were talking about a different kind of world government, whatever that is supposed to mean. Presumably, the conspiracy for world government only exists if it is characterized as a happy-clappy utopia for everyone. As soon as you dare criticize it and point out that its very nature is fundamentally undemocratic, you instantly become a dangerous lunatic and the whole thing doesn’t exist. ABC is well aware of the world government agenda, but they count on the ignorance of their audience — or the perceived ignorance, since millions of people are now awake to the reality of a one-world authoritarian government. ABC’s assigned task is to convince people Jones is a dangerous nut, not present the facts in an objective manner. It is irrelevant that Jones backs up his claims with plenty of research. Harris repeated the corporate media canard that the water is safe to drink and only paranoid right-wing nut cases talk about fluoride and drugs in our drinking water. And yet the corporate media routinely reports on the dangers of water fluoridation and numerous cities and municipalities around the country are calling for the substance to be removed. In 2008, paranoid and dangerous radicals at none other than USA Today reported that pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans. The New York Times attempted to mollify the herd by claiming the presence of this cocktail of poison is not necessarily a bad thing. “Little study has been devoted to the long-term effects of low-concentration exposure on humans,” the Gray Lady reported, never mind numerous studies revealing the presence of drugs has feminized male fish, earthworms and zooplankton. ABC wasn’t going to allow Jones the time to present a shred of evidence because this wasn’t a balanced investigation, it was a hit piece. John P. Holdren, the current White House science czar, wrote a textbook in which he called for a “planetary regime” to carry out forced abortions and mandatory sterilization procedures, as well as drugging the water supply in an effort to cull the human surplus. Harris wasn’t about to give that issue a moment’s attention because the whole process was about shooting down the messenger, not seriously evaluating any of the evidence of Alex Jones’ claims. It should come as no surprise Dan Harris and ABC did not include documentation Alex Jones provided to make his point, documentation easy enough to find if one searches the corporate media’s own stories posted on the internet. ABC and other corporate media dinosaurs are not interested in reporting the truth. A million people listening and watching Alex Jones six days a week is the issue, not world government or the soft kill agenda of the global elite. Indeed, ABC itself reported on the secret meeting between billionaires such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and David Rockefeller, a gathering to discuss ways of curbing overpopulation, and yet Harris cites a CNN article about encouraging women not to have children and dismisses it as nothing more than sarcasm. ABC’s hit piece — while mostly polite with well-placed zingers designed to convince people to stay away from Jones and the patriot and truth movement — is mostly a flailing and doomed effort. Far too many people are awake and many of them understand what ABC’s Nightline segment on Alex Jones represents — a desperate and feeble attempt to shut down the opposition. Casting Jones as a dangerous hatemonger is absurd and will not demonize the man or his message. In fact, it will likely do the opposite of what ABC and the establishment media intend. added by: im1mjrpain

T.I. Makes First Public Appearance Since Arrest

Fellow rapper Nelly joins the MC as he performs at a club in Atlanta. By Mawuse Ziegbe T.I. and Nelly (file) Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images T.I. isn’t letting his legal situation hold him back from rocking the stage. Just days after getting busted for alleged possession of drugs, Tip showed up in an Atlanta nightclub on Friday and ripped the mic. In a video posted online, the King of the South spits a fiery rendition of Urban Legend’s “Motivation” at a venue crowded with fans thrusting their camera phones in the air. Sporting a white tee from his Akoo clothing line and a black baseball cap, the ATL MC bellowed his flow over the screams from the amped-up crowd. St. Louis hip-hop star Nelly hopped up next to the embattled MC as he went into the hit single “U Don’t Know Me.” The set shows confidence and resolve from a superstar in a precarious position with the law. T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Cottle were arrested on Wednesday night in Los Angeles after making an illegal U-turn. Police searched the car after allegedly noticing the scent of marijuana wafting from the vehicle and found a number of pills which were later identified as ecstasy . T.I.’s club appearance is the rapper’s first post-arrest foray into the spotlight, but his lady has been expressing her thoughts on the Internet. The day after the bust, T.I.’s wife thanked supporters on Twitter for all of their e-love. “Jus wanted 2say thank u 2every1 dats been leaving encouraging msgs & prayers!” Tiny tweeted on Thursday. “We love u guys:) going 2bed now! So glad 2b n a nice clean bed.” However, on Friday, Tiny lashed out at a critic online who, responding to reports that the reality star and her hubby were caught with methamphetamines, suggested she should switch up her Twitter nickname. “U da real dummy cause u believe everything u hear!” Tiny replied to @ totallytaylor25 who re-tweeted Perez Hilton’s missive that the former Xscape singer should change her Twitter handle to @ MajorMethMama. “I don’t even no wat meth look like! How bout let’s c what da test say!” Did you catch T.I. performing in Atlanta? Let us know in the comments below! Related Photos T.I.’s Career Highs And Lows Related Artists T.I. Nelly

Read the original post:
T.I. Makes First Public Appearance Since Arrest

Internet Petitions Stephen Colbert To Hold ‘Restoring Truthiness’ Rally At Lincoln Memorial

A grassroots campaign has begun to get Stephen Colbert to hold a rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to counter Glenn Beck's recent “Restoring Honor” event. The would-be rally has been dubbed “Restoring Truthiness” and was inspired by a recent post on Reddit, where a young woman wondered if the only way to point out the absurdity of the Tea Party's rally would be if Colbert mirrored it with his own “Colbert Nation.” Now with its own website and Facebook group with over 8,000 members, the call for Colbert to hold a rally is spreading through the Internet like wildfire. Aside from being a satire of Beck's rally, the petition claims the rally is necessary because, “Recently our nation has suffered a truthiness drain.” The website gives a history of the newly founded movement, with links to news stories and a poster for the rally, which proposes the date “10/10/10.” The website also states: “Restoring Truthiness is a true grassroots movement propelled by YOU, the citizens of the internetz. Our goal is simple: Petition Stephen Colbert to hold a Restoring Truthiness Rally for the American people.” Given Colbert's love for his “Nation” and ability to satirize the Right so effectively, this almost seems like something Colbert would have thought of himself. While he is on vacation at the moment, it will be interesting to see if he addresses the petition when he returns to host “The Colbert Report” next week. Those interested in furthering the movement have been asked to join the Facebook group, spread the word, or email support@colbertrally.com for more information. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/restoring-truthiness-colbert-rally-beck… added by: pjacobs51

Cheryl Cole in Some Self Promotion Calendar Bullshit of the Day

Sometimes I have nothing to say…..This is one of those times. I usually rant about a bitch, make fun of her interracial failed marriage, talk about her prison tattoos she got back when she must have been a stripper….maybe make fun of her attempt to make it in America as a solo artist because her experience in Girls Aloud, or what I like to call the bootleg Spice Girls, cuz they are a record label contrived bullshit band, but it made her feel confident enough to go out there on her own…all because she got noticed for being the hot one we all want to fuck…and in doing this she decided to release her own Calendar, like she’s part of the Library or Fire Department trying to make money for their Christmas party, or some bullshit Charity, even though no one uses Calendars anymore, not even the elderly trying to keep track of their doctor’s appointments, friends death anniversaries and family’s birthdays, they use iPhones, they use computers, and they don’t really need to hang this up on their wall, or in their closet, not even for teenage boys to jerk off to, cuz of this thing called the Internet….so I really don’t know who she’s catering or marketing herelf to and I don’t really care, cuz she’s hot… I guess this wasn’t one of those times that I had nothing to say….like I thought it was…I am usually wrong so it does only make sense…

Read the rest here:
Cheryl Cole in Some Self Promotion Calendar Bullshit of the Day

Aspiring Models Nude for Fashion of the Day

Ceci Barros, Rocio Somoza and Allison Lopez are topless…..I don’t know who these cunts are either, I just know they are aspiring models who are willing to get topless for money or to advance their careers and I think that’s something worth celebrating. These are probably some of the same girls who just 2 years ago, before deciding they had the chance to make it as models, wouldn’t get naked on camera for anyone, but now all of a sudden, it’s just business. Sure lots of girls have this attitude, because they are whores, but I still think not enough girls strip down for personal gain…So they need to stop wasting their time doing the masters degrees, law degrees and doctorates, because education doesn’t pay…getting naked does… This is just where we are at in the world, not that getting naked for money is a new thing, it’s just that it’s more mainstream thing thanks to the Internet, cuz girls who never would have got naked this easily are, cuz we are desentized and they know what it takes to keep the fuck up…. As long as you spin that there is personal gain in the mix for them, and I’ve learned that a dude jerking off to them isn’t quite enough…they seem pretty inclined to deliver the goods… So here are some “model” tit, you probably wouldn’t have been able to see prior to them deciding they want to be models, but now shit’s all over the internet…WTF. OMG.

Originally posted here:
Aspiring Models Nude for Fashion of the Day

Olivia Munn does GQ in her Panties of the Day

I hate Olivia Munn because I am onto her scam. She’s a bottom feeding piece of shit who happens to have a decent PR company behind her. She landed a cable show that no one expected anyone to really watch, that catered to virgin losers, and threw her in the mix as the “hot” chick who understood virgin losers and virgin loser issues, like videogames, technology, the internet, comic books and a variety of loser virgin things that lead to virgin losers thinking they had a chance with her, and that despite her not being as hot as the Hentai porn they jerk off to, her personality and understanding of them just takes her to another level. It’s a scam, she was never into that shit, she just knew she was onto something when she found out how virgin losers think, and the loyalty they have to people who bother talking to them. I know for a fact Olivia Munn was not a geek in high school, but the girl trying to fit in with the hot girls, snobbing out the geeks, before she realized shit will carry her career and land her in magazines the pretty girls she once tried to fit in with never will. I fucking hate this lying cunt and I don’t find her fun, funny, interesting, cool, or anything other than annoying. I just hope God punishes her for all the manipulation she has done to weak minded people for personal gain. Fucking cunt. But on a sidenote, I was featured on her G4 TV show once, unfortunately the only TV coverage I’ve ever had…but I think they were just trying to fool me into liking her….well it didn’t fucking work. Here are her panties in GQ like she was an actual model, even though she clearly is not… This is really like some Tila Tequila being popular on Myspace so they gave her a show…only of a lesser quality…. I should stop this post now….fine….I will.

Read the original post:
Olivia Munn does GQ in her Panties of the Day

American Academy of Pediatrics: Media Portrayal of Sex ‘Unhealthy’

Calling media portrayals of sex “unhealthy,” the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued new guidelines calling on all media outlets to present human sexuality in a healthy, scientifically accurate manner. At the same time, the group pomoted the use of contraceptives among teenagers and denigrated abstinence-only education.   “There is a major disconnect between what mainstream media portray – casual sex and sexuality with no consequences – and what children and teenagers need – straightforward information about human sexuality and the need for contraception when having sex,” the AAP  said .    “Television, film, music, and the Internet are all becoming increasingly sexually explicit, yet information on abstinence, sexual responsibility, and birth control remains rare,” said the AAP.   The organization, with 60,000-plus members, said that because children and young adults spend an inordinate amount of time interacting with various media, it was important for the portrayals of sex in that media to be accurate and responsible.   “American children and teenagers spend more than 7 hours a day with a variety of different media. Those media are filled with sexual messages and images, many of which are unrealistic,” the AAP said. “Talk about sex on TV can occur as often as 8 to 10 times per hour. Between 1997 and 2001 alone, the amount of sexual content on TV nearly doubled.”   This proliferation of inaccurate sexual messages has had documented effects on youth sexual behavior, the AAP reported. Kids exposed to sexual material on television are almost twice as likely to engage in sexually risky behavior at a younger age than youth whose parents limit their exposure to sexually saturated media.    Other studies have shown that exposure to sexualized media content doubled the risk of teen pregnancy. “Clearly, the media play a major role in determining whether certain teenagers become sexually active earlier rather than later, and sexually explicit media may be particularly important,” the AAP stated.   These negative trends are happening at a time when public sexual education has favored a scientifically unfounded, abstinence only approach, said the organization, adding that as public policy has avoided providing youth with accurate information about sex, the media have become the sexual educator of “last resort.”   “Because so many sex education programs have recently been focused on abstinence only, the media have arguably become one of the leading sex educators in the United States today,” the AAP said. “Yet, parents and legislators fail to understand that although they may favor abstinence-only sex education (despite the lack of any evidence of its effectiveness), the media are decidedly not abstinence only.”   In fact, the American media can be among “the most sexually-suggestive media in the world,” according to the AAP. The effect of this is that media can act as a “super-peer” on youth, exerting an influence on sexual behavior stronger than that of a child’s parents.   One major problem – labeled “dangerous” by the AAP – with the media’s portrayal of sex is the lingering myth that access to contraception affects sexual behavior patterns. Because the media play such a large role in providing information about sex to young people, this dearth of accurate information about contraceptives leaves teens at a disadvantage as they become sexually active.   “The United States is the only Western nation that still subscribes to the dangerous myth that giving teenagers access to birth control – and media represent a form of access – will make them sexually active at a younger age,” the AAP explained.    In response to these twin problems, the AAP called on media to do two things: remove some inappropriate sexual content from programming likely to be viewed by children and substitute it with accurate, educational information about sex.   “Pediatricians and child advocacy groups should encourage the entertainment industry to produce more programming that contains responsible sexual content and that focuses on the interpersonal relationship in which sexual activity takes place,” the AAP said.    “Similarly, Madison Avenue and advertisers need to be encouraged to stop using sex to sell products,” said the group.   In addition to changing media programming, the AAP also called for comprehensive sex education in schools and increased advertisements for contraceptives.   “Pediatricians should urge the broadcast industry to air advertisements for birth control products,” the AAP said.    Dr. Vic Strasburger, the policy’s lead author, said that scientific studies showed that increased advertising for birth control would lead to “one thing and one thing only” – increased use of contraception.   “The research is quite clear, the media represent one access point for children and teenagers about birth control and giving teenagers access to birth control does one thing and one thing only – that is it makes them more likely to use birth control when they begin having sex,” Strasburger told CNSNews.com.    “As parents and as adults, we couldn’t be doing a worse job,” Strasburger said. “We do a terrible job of preparing kids to be happy, healthy, sexual adults.” Crossposted at NB sister site CNSNews.com  

Continued here:
American Academy of Pediatrics: Media Portrayal of Sex ‘Unhealthy’

The Borg Queen like you’ve never seen her before!

Alice Krige's Borg Queen oozes sensuality and creepiness in this new poster from Mondo, the Alamo Drafthouse's collectible art boutique. We're bringing you an exclusive first look at the Star Trek: First Contact poster before it goes on sale Thursday. We brought you an exclusive look at one of Mondo's Star Wars posters before it went on sale a while back, and now here's a Star Trek counterpart. This First Contact poster is the work of artist Ken Taylor, and it's the first Mondo Star Trek poster to focus on one of the movies instead of an original series episode. Says Mondo creative director Justin Ishmael: The first two releases in our STAR TREK series focused on episodes from the original series. SPACE SEED and THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES both featured iconic characters and creatures, so we decided to focus on one of the most recognized and loved of all STAR TREK characters…the Borg. Not only are the Borg incredibly interesting and visually stunning, but they function as a cohesive unit with the queen as their leader. MORE – – – http://io9.com/5626632/the-borg-queen-like-youve-never-seen-her-before/gallery/ added by: remanns

Journalism Institute Honors Dan Rather; He Calls for ‘Trust-Busting’ Our Media Monopoly

The Poynter Institute welcomed disgraced former CBS anchor Dan Rather to share his thoughts on his long career and on the media in general this week. In an interview with Poynter’s Mallary Tenore , he complained “So often, particularly covering politics, enterprises that describe themselves as journalistic enterprises, and journalists who describe themselves as journalists, in fact just become transmission belts.” That’s exactly what Poynter’s interview was, a transmission belt for Rather’s lamest hits, including how the press needs a “spine transplant” and his shameless insistence that his phony-documents Texas Air National Guard story is still true. If Poynter cared about the reputation of journalism, why continue to entertain and spread doubt about the falsehood of Rather’s most atrocious “scoop”? The only thing fresh here is Rather’s growing socialism , as he insists (just like Bill Moyers) that money is corrupting politics and the government needs to break some alleged media monopoly where only four mega-corporations distribute most of America’s news: So number one is journalists need to get back to their business of being patriotic journalists in a free and democratic country and perform their function as watchdogs, as part of the system of checks and balances. We all know that huge sums of money are corrupting the whole political process, beginning with elections. For example, the last presidential election in this country, when all was said and done and you put everything together, costs more than $2 billion. That’s what was spent through the primaries, through the general election, all told. That money, not all of it came from special interests, but the bulk of it came from special interests — big pharmaceutical companies, big broadcasting networks, television, radio, electronic, big labor — and that’s a very short list. But you have a more recent example here in Florida where just to win a primary, at least two candidates spend what, more than $50 million or $60 million of their own money. This has reached the serious out-of-whack stage. So you say how can we improve coverage? Getting serious about where the money comes from, who gives it to whom, for what purpose — and most of it is given for a purpose. The case can be made — and I’m here to make it — that very large, international corporations, conglomerates control the government, and I would include some elements of big labor in that. The public is not well-served by political coverage as it is today. And I think it has to be noted, and there’s no joy in noting this, that in many important ways, very big business is in bed with big government and whoever’s in power in Washington, whether it be Republicans or Democrats — not in the public interest, but in the business interest of the huge corporations and in the staying in power business of those in Washington. And this seriously affects news coverage. Someone might say, well what is he talking about? Well let me give you an example. As recently as the 1950s, mid-1950s, there were more than 50 news enterprises, which is to say businesses, in the country that could accurately be described as having national distribution or large regional distribution. Now, there are no more than six, and I would argue only four, very large conglomerate, international corporations who control more than 80 percent of the national distribution of news. This is out of whack . Let me pause and say I’ve never worked for anybody in the enterprise other than a profit-making enterprise. I believe in the capital system, but as applied to media, we have in no small degree monopolies now. Now a great Republican president, Theodore Roosevelt did his party great service, and more importantly his country a great service, by breaking up the trust, which is to say the monopolies at the turn of the 20th century …. I’m not a business person, but in the end I think they’re not in the best interest of American business. I recognize that one gets criticized very heavily when get into this area, but I’m at the age and stage in my own career where I try to draw from my experience. I love this country, I want the country to be better for my children and grandchildren as most Americans do. And when and if the public finally get focused on this — that too few big international companies control too much of the national news distribution — then I think it may change. But until the public really understands what is happening with this, and understands that it is not a special pleading of journalists such as myself, can we come back to a really vibrant, truly independent, fiercely independent press that is important to the survival of freedom and representing government as we know it. Rather should really be writing for The Nation or Mother Jones, with this kind of hard-left talk about capitalism despoiling democracy. Poynter’s Tenore is especially embarrassing when asking Rather about the latest Internet trends, where he is clearly not well versed. He claimed “There are very few journalism enterprises on the Internet” and couldn’t answer whether he has his own personal Facebook page:  “I don’t think so.” Shouldn’t a journalist who insists his craft is so grievously lacking be a little more up-to-date?

See the original post here:
Journalism Institute Honors Dan Rather; He Calls for ‘Trust-Busting’ Our Media Monopoly