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Margaret Wente writes about the Black saga today in The Globe and Mail, and substantially deals with how David Radler — who, according to Wente, the recently indicted Conrad Black is now hinting is responsible for anything bad — ran the Chicago Sun-Times. Radler was Black's right-hand man and president of Hollinger International and a former publisher [...]
Sat, November 19 2005 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
This NYT story looks at the Roy family of Michigan. Four generations have been supported by General Motors auto plant jobs. Now one of the current generation, employed by bankrupt GM spinoff Delphi, is looking at seeing his wages fall from $30 US/hr. to about $10 US/hr. An excerpt: “General Motors, when I got in there, it was [...]
Sat, November 19 2005 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page » Comments Off
You would think the one area of commerce in the world that would be immune to deceitful practices would be the online dating business — you know, in the way its customers are when it comes to marketing themselves. You would, however, be sadly, tragically wrong. An excerpt from the BBC story: Two major online dating [...]
Sat, November 19 2005 » Main Page, Minutiae » Comments Off
The opening scene of Paradise Now involves a young Palestinian woman crossing the Israel-West Bank border. As one soldier warily searches her bag, others have their rifles trained on her. As she continues walking after making it through the checkpoint, a loud explosion is heard, causing everyone to bow their heads and scurry that much [...]