“I do not like fundamentalism of any kind. Let us find a way to resist and fight fundamentalism that leads to violence – fundamentalism of all kinds, in al-Qaeda and within our own government. Our resistance to this war should be our resistance to profit at the cost of human life because that is what these drums beating over Iraq are really all about.” – Tim Robbins, speaking at an anti-war rally in Boston.
RAINES AWARD NOMINEE: “North Korea, in a series of statements issued to the New York Times, last week said it was open to negotiation with the US. Ambassador Han Song-ryol told the newspaper North Korea was willing to shut down the alleged enriched uranium programme and to allow international inspections of its uranium facilities. ‘There must be a continuing dialogue. If both sides sit together, the matter can be resolved peacefully and quickly,’ he said.” – BBC News again. Wouldn’t Orwell be amused by a totalitarian willingness to shut down an alleged uranium program? More forgiving of totalitarianism than the North Koreans – that’s our BBC! (By the way, a reader points out that in the BBC’s other Raines Award nomination today, there was another error. The alleged “massacre” at Jenin took place in April, not March. March was the month when over 120 Israelis were killed in suicide attacks.)
MORONIC CONVERGENCE: Streisand signs on to the Ted Rall conspiracy theory about Paul Wellstone.
BROKEN LINK: Here’s the perfect Christmas prezzie for your homophobic uncle.
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