MÁS MITOS.

MARDITOH YANQUIS. Lo que faltaba.

COMO APERITIVO a su nuevo blog en Pajamas Media, que inauguramos mañana, el actor Ron Silver ha escrito un estupendo artículo. No os lo perdáis.

EN GROENLANDIA no les va precisamente mal con el calentamiento global:

A strange thing is happening at the edge of Poul Bjerge’s forest, a place so minute and unexpected that it brings to mind the teeny plot of land Woody Allen’s father carries around in the film “Love and Death.”

Its four oldest trees — in fact, the four oldest pine trees in Greenland, named Rosenvinge’s trees after the Dutch botanist who planted them in a mad experiment in 1893 — are waking up. After lapsing into stately, sleepy old age, they are exhibiting new sprinklings of green at their tops, as if someone had glued on fresh needles.

“The old ones, they’re having a second youth,” said Mr. Bjerge, 78, who has watched the forest, called Qanasiassat, come to life, in fits and starts, since planting most of the trees in it 50 years ago. He beamed like a proud grandson. “They’re growing again.”

When using the words “growing” in connection with Greenland in the same sentence, it is important to remember that although Greenland is about one-quarter the size of Europe, it has only nine conifer forests like Mr. Bjerge’s, all of them cultivated. It has only 51 farms. (They are all sheep farms, although one man is trying to raise cattle. He has 22 cows.) Except for potatoes, the only vegetables most Greenlanders ever eat — to the extent that they eat vegetables at all — are imported, mostly from Denmark.

But now that the climate is warming, it is not just old trees that are growing. A Greenlandic supermarket is stocking locally grown cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage this year for the first time. Eight sheep farmers are growing potatoes commercially. Five more are experimenting with vegetables. And Kenneth Hoeg, the region’s chief agriculture adviser, says he does not see why southern Greenland cannot eventually be full of vegetable farms and viable forests.

Vuelve a ser verde, como era hace unos mil años cuando Erik el Rojo la bautizó (Groen = Green = verde). Debió hacerlo con aviones y coches que emitían gases de efecto invernadero. Como buen neoliberal salvaje era, montó fábricas contaminantes que ensuciaban la atmósfera y ponían a la humanidad en peligro.

Por suerte para él, no tenía a Al Gore tocándole las narices...

EL RÉGIMEN IRANÍ, incómodo con que se aireen sus miserias, empieza a atacar, entre otros, a Pajamas Media. Es todo un honor que la empresa en la que trabajo -por cierto, que no lo había dicho públicamente: desde hace cosa de un mes como Supervising Editor- esté en el punto de mira de esos impresentables.

ACTUALIZACIÓN. Más por Jim Hoft, de Gateway Pundit, otro de los citados con nombre y apellido por los ayatolás.

LECTURA DEL DÍA. Y lo es porque, aunque se refiere principalmente a las legislaciones anti-tabaco, puede extrapolarse a casi todo.

CADA VEZ PEOR, ¿EH?

October is on course to record the second consecutive decline in U.S. military and Iraqi civilian deaths and Americans commanders say they know why: the U.S. troop increase and an Iraqi groundswell against al-Qaida and Shiite militia extremists.

Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch points to what the military calls "Concerned Citizens" — both Shiites and Sunnis who have joined the American fight. He says he's signed up 20,000 of them in the past four months.

"I've never been more optimistic than I am right now with the progress we've made in Iraq. The only people who are going to win this counterinsurgency project are the people of Iraq. We've said that all along. And now they're coming forward in masses," Lynch said in a recent interview at a U.S. base deep in hostile territory south of Baghdad. Outgoing artillery thundered as he spoke.

ACTUALIZACIÓN. Leed también esto.

UN BUEN FISKING del delirante auto de fe ecocondríaco de El País.

ESTO YA ES, como diría un bruto, pa mear y no echar gota. Después de estar cuatro años escondiendo cualquier aspecto positivo de la guerra de Iraq, la prensa estadounidense acusa ahora a Bush... ¡de ocultar las buenas noticias de Iraq! Para colmo de la desfachatez, estos medios hacen referencia a informes restringidos que están en su poder y que no habían publicado hasta ahora. Está claro que a cínicos no los gana nadie.

Supongo que la semana que viene Pepe Blanquiño (que es así como le llaman en su pueblo, y no Pepiño Blanco) acusará a Rajoy de guardarse las noticias sobre lo bueno que está ocurriendo en Iraq para poder seguir hablando de su primo y el cambio climático. Y si no, al tiempo.

ACTUALIZACIÓN. Menos mal que esta gente, valientemente, desafía la mordaza de Bú...

ACTUALIZACIÓN II. Por no hablar de Michael Yon.

ACTUALIZACIÓN III. Que lo haga un periódico británico no tiene demasiado mérito; ellos no están bajo el yugo del pérfido Bush...

UN GRÁFICO que da que pensar. Batimos el récord, pero ojalá no fuera así.

MICHAEL YON, que lleva meses en Iraq bloggeando de forma independiente, escribe sobre la desinformación de los medios de comunicación en cuando a la situación actual del país. De lectura imprescindible.

DE LA BOMBA H a la bomba humana: André Glucksmann escribe sobre el terrorismo moderno. "Modern terrorism seeks to combine the annihilating power of Hiroshima with the nihilistic gospel of Auschwitz." Leedlo entero.

EL NUEVO negociador nuclear iraní no es que sea más extremista y duro que el "moderado" Larijani, dimitido la semana pasada. Es peor. Muchísimo peor.

Agarraos, que vienen curvas.

"SERENO Y ARROPADO", en su portada Vanguardia de Pasqual Maragall y su anuncio de la enfermedad que padece. Pues estará sereno y arropado, pero no precisamente por el diario barcelonés. De entre las cientos de fotografías disponibles, mirad cuál han tenido "a bien" elegir (clicad para agrandar, para ver bien lo que quiero decir):

Son muy libres de tenerle manía, pero publicar esta fotografía al tiempo que fingen solidaridad con él es sencillamente vergonzoso.

JE. Y es que hay muertos de los que uno puede reirse. Es casi una obligación moral.

EJEM:

A strong majority of Afghans approve of the presence of NATO-led troops in their country, including from Canada, and want the foreign soldiers to remain to fight the Taliban and support reconstruction efforts.

In a poll of Afghans conducted by Environics Research on behalf of The Globe and Mail, the CBC and La Presse, respondents expressed optimism about the future, strong support for the government of President Hamid Karzai and appreciation for the work being done by NATO countries in improving security.

¿SE ESTÁ deshaciendo el hielo en el Ártico? Sí, pero no por culpa del calentamiento global, como berrean los eco-condríacos, sino por culpa de vientos inusuales. Lo dice un informe de la NASA que -cómo no- no ha merecido la atención de los medios, ocupados como están en venerar al Nobelizado Gore. Como dice Noel Sheppard, si el informe hubiese dicho lo contrario habría sido primera página durante días. (vía Nihil Obstat)

SIRIA ha admitido oficialmente por primera vez que el ataque israelí en su territorio el pasado 6 de septiembre fue, en efecto, sobre una instalación nuclear. Ya no son sólo miembros de los servicios de inteligencia de EEUU e Israel los que lo dicen. Por cierto, José me envía esta entrada de la Wikipedia sobre el tema, y tiene razón: está bastante bien, por lo menos hasta que alguien la "edite"...

ACTUALIZACIÓN. La situación se está enrevesando por momentos.

¿SABÉIS cuál es el nuevo problema que la prensa ha denunciado en Iraq? Pues nada menos que las funerarias, que están pasando un delicado momento económico... porque muere mucha menos gente que antes. Ese es el nuevo enfoque. Y luego negarán que presentan las cosas de la forma más negativa posible...

EJEM:

ONE of the world's foremost meteorologists has called the theory that helped Al Gore share the Nobel Peace Prize "ridiculous" and the product of "people who don't understand how the atmosphere works".

Dr William Gray, a pioneer in the science of seasonal hurricane forecasts, told a packed lecture hall at the University of North Carolina that humans were not responsible for the warming of the earth.

[...] "We're brainwashing our children," said Dr Gray, 78, a long-time professor at Colorado State University. "They're going to the Gore movie [An Inconvenient Truth] and being fed all this. It's ridiculous."

[...] Dr Gray, whose annual forecasts of the number of tropical storms and hurricanes are widely publicised, said a natural cycle of ocean water temperatures - related to the amount of salt in ocean water - was responsible for the global warming that he acknowledges has taken place.

However, he said, that same cycle meant a period of cooling would begin soon and last for several years.

"We'll look back on all of this in 10 or 15 years and realise how foolish it was," Dr Gray said.

During his speech to a crowd of about 300 that included meteorology students and a host of professional meteorologists, Dr Gray also said those who had linked global warming to the increased number of hurricanes in recent years were in error.

He cited statistics showing there were 101 hurricanes from 1900 to 1949, in a period of cooler global temperatures, compared to 83 from 1957 to 2006 when the earth warmed.

"The human impact on the atmosphere is simply too small to have a major effect on global temperatures," Dr Gray said.

He said his beliefs had made him an outsider in popular science.

"It bothers me that my fellow scientists are not speaking out against something they know is wrong," he said. "But they also know that they'd never get any grants if they spoke out. I don't care about grants."

¿OSIRAK II? Se ha confirmado que el objetivo del ataque aéreo israelí en Siria de hace unas semanas era, efectivamente, una instalación nuclear secreta. Así se entiende perfectamente el silencio ensordecedor de los países de la zona: ni siquiera ellos estaban cómodos con un proyecto atómico en el patio trasero.

POR SUPUESTO esto ha pasado absolutamente desapercibido, porque no encaja con la narrativa mediática: "The civilian death toll in Iraq fell to its lowest level in recent memory Saturday, with only four people killed or found dead nationwide, according to reports from police, morgue officials and credible witnesses."

ACTUALIZACIÓN. Más sobre este tema aquí y aquí.

UN ESTUDIO CIENTÍFICO mal realizado provocó un efecto cascada en el que, primero, ningún especialista tenía valor de dar una opinión contraria y, después, los pocos que lo hacían eran condenados al más absoluto ostracismo, acusados de haberse vendido a las compañías del sector. Existía un consenso científico absoluto, fuera de toda duda.

¿Estoy hablando del calentamiento global? No, ahora no: estoy hablando de estudios de hace 50 años que vincularon las dietas ricas en grasas con el riesgo de enfermedades cardíacas. Hoy se sabe que no existe esa vinculación (aunque algunos de los que leáis esto igual os sorprenda, porque se sigue repitiendo: ese es el problema de la propaganda). Igual que hoy con el calentamiento global, ese efecto cascada explica por qué hoy todo el mundo santifica a Al Gore igual que a final de los 50 hacían lo mismo con el Dr. Koop, cirujano general de EEUU (el equivalente a nuestro ministro de sanidad) por una teoría que al final se demostró falsa. No os perdáis el artículo del enlace, fascinante.

CUANDO MAÑANA leáis cómo todos los medios se hacen eco a varias columnas de las "explosivas declaraciones" del General Sánchez, anterior máximo responsable de las fuerzas estadounidenses en Iraq, criticando a Bush -lo harán, porque hoy lo ha hecho la prensa estadounidense- tened en cuenta que lo que dijo está disponible en su integridad.

Lo que los medios estadounidenses no han dicho hoy, y los españoles no dirán mañana, es que Sánchez reservó las palabras más duras, con diferencia, para la prensa y el sesgo de sus informaciones sobre la guerra. Como los ellos no lo harán, os copio aquí los párrafos que se van a "tragar"; sacad vuestras propias conclusiones:

GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

SOME OF YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE THIS BUT I AM GLAD TO BE HERE. WHEN SIG ASKED ME IF I WOULD CONSIDER ADDRESSING YOU THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT I SHOULD COME INTO THE LION'S DEN. THIS WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I HAVE FIRMLY BELIEVED SINCE DESERT SHIELD THAT IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE STRENGTH OF OUR DEMOCRACY THAT THE MILITARY AND THE PRESS CORPS MAINTAIN A STRONG, MUTUALLY RESPECTFUL AND ENABLING RELATIONSHIP. THIS CONTINUES TO BE PROBLEMATIC FOR OUR COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF WAR. ONE OF THE GREATEST MILITARY CORRESPONDENTS OF OUR TIME, JOE GALLOWAY, MADE ME A BELIEVER WHEN HE JOINED THE 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION DURING DESERT STORM.

TODAY, I WILL ATTEMPT TO DO TWO THINGS - FIRST I WILL GIVE YOU MY ASSESSMENT OF THE MILITARY AND PRESS RELATIONSHIP AND THEN I WILL PROVIDE YOU SOME THOUGHTS ON THE CURRENT STATE OF OUR WAR EFFORT. AS ALL OF YOU KNOW I HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF RELATIONSHIPS AND EXPERIENCES WITH OUR NATIONS MILITARY WRITERS AND EDITORS. THERE ARE SOME IN YOUR RANKS WHO I CONSIDER TO BE THE EPITOME OF JOURNALISTIC PROFESSIONALISM - JOE GALLOWAY, THOM SHANKER, SIG CHRISTENSEN, AND JOHN BURNS IMMEDIATELY COME TO MIND. THEY EXEMPLIFY WHAT AMERICA SHOULD DEMAND OF OUR JOURNALISTS - TOUGH REPORTING THAT RELIES UPON INTEGRITY, OBJECTIVITY AND FAIRNESS TO GIVE ACCURATE AND THOROUGH ACCOUNTS THAT STRENGTHEN OUR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND IN TURN OUR DEMOCRACY. ON THE OTHER HAND, UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE ISSUED ULTIMATUMS TO SOME OF YOU FOR UNSCRUPULOUS REPORTING THAT WAS SOLELY FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING YOUR AGENDA AND PRECONCIEVED NOTIONS OF WHAT OUR MILITARY HAD DONE. I ALSO REFUSED TO TALK TO THE EUROPEAN STARS AND STRIPES FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS OF MY COMMAND IN GERMANY FOR THEIR EXTREME BIAS AND SINGLE MINDED FOCUS ON ABU GHARAIB.

LET ME REVIEW SOME OF THE DESCRIPTIVE PHRASES THAT HAVE BEEN USED BY SOME OF YOU THAT HAVE MADE MY PERSONAL INTERFACES WITH THE PRESS CORPS DIFFICULT:

"DICTATORIAL AND SOMEWHAT DENSE",

"NOT A STRATEGIC THOUGHT",

LIAR,

"DOES NOT GET IT" AND

THE MOST INEXPERIENCED LTG.

IN SOME CASES I HAVE NEVER EVEN MET YOU, YET YOU FEEL QUALIFIED TO MAKE CHARACTER JUDGMENTS THAT ARE COMMUNICATED TO THE WORLD. MY EXPERIENCE IS NOT UNIQUE AND WE CAN FIND OTHER EXAMPLES SUCH AS THE TREATMENT OF SECRETARY BROWN DURING KATRINA. THIS IS THE WORST DISPLAY OF JOURNALISM IMAGINABLE BY THOSE OF US THAT ARE BOUND BY A STRICT VALUE SYSTEM OF SELFLESS SERVICE, HONOR AND INTEGRITY. ALMOST INVARIABLY, MY PERCEPTION IS THAT THE SENSATIONALISTIC VALUE OF THESE ASSESSMENTS IS WHAT PROVIDED THE EDGE THAT YOU SEEK FOR SELF AGRANDIZEMENT OR TO ADVANCE YOUR INDIVIDUAL QUEST FOR GETTING ON THE FRONT PAGE WITH YOUR STORIES! AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOUR MEASURE OF WORTH IS HOW MANY FRONT PAGE STORIES YOU HAVE WRITTEN AND UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF YOU WILL COMPROMISE YOUR INTEGRITY AND DISPLAY QUESTIONABLE ETHICS AS YOU SEEK TO KEEP AMERICA INFORMED. THIS IS MUCH LIKE THE INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS WHOSE EFFECTIVENESS WAS MEASURED BY THE NUMBER OF INTELLIGENCE REPORTS HE PRODUCED. FOR SOME, IT SEEMS THAT AS LONG AS YOU GET A FRONT PAGE STORY THERE IS LITTLE OR NO REGARD FOR THE "COLLATERAL DAMAGE" YOU WILL CAUSE. PERSONAL REPUTATIONS HAVE NO VALUE AND YOU REPORT WITH TOTAL IMPUNITY AND ARE RARELY HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR UNETHICAL CONDUCT.

GIVEN THE NEAR INSTANTANEOUS ABILITY TO REPORT ACTIONS ON THE GROUND, THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ACCURATELY AND TRUTHFULLY REPORT TAKES ON AN UNPRECEDENTED IMPORTANCE. THE SPECULATIVE AND OFTEN UNINFORMED INITIAL REPORTING THAT CHARACTERIZES OUR MEDIA APPEARS TO BE RAPIDLY BECOMING THE STANDARD OF THE INDUSTRY. AN ARAB PROVERB STATES - "Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past, the neglected opportunity." ONCE REPORTED, YOUR ASSESSMENTS BECOME CONVENTIONAL WISDOM AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE. OTHER MAJOR CHALLENGES ARE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE MANIPULATED BY "HIGH LEVEL OFFICIALS" WHO LEAK STORIES AND BY LAWYERS WHO USE HYPERBOLE TO STRENGHTEN THEIR ARGUMENTS. YOUR UNWILLINGNESS TO ACCURATELY AND PROMINENTLY CORRECT YOUR MISTAKES AND YOUR AGENDA DRIVEN BIASES CONTRIBUTE TO THIS CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT. ALL OF THESE CHALLENGES COMBINED CREATE A MEDIA ENVIRONMENT THAT DOES A TREMENDOUS DISSERVICE TO AMERICA. OVER THE COURSE OF THIS WAR TACTICALLY INSIGNIFICANT EVENTS HAVE BECOME STRATEGIC DEFEATS FOR AMERICA BECAUSE OF THE TREMENDOUS POWER AND IMPACT OF THE MEDIA AND BY EXTENSION YOU THE JOURNALIST. IN MANY CASES THE MEDIA HAS UNJUSTLY DESTROYED THE INDIVIDUAL REPUTATIONS AND CAREERS OF THOSE INVOLVED. WE REALIZE THAT BECAUSE OF THE NEAR REAL TIME REPORTING ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU FACE IT IS DIFFICULT TO REPORT ACCURATELY. IN MY BUSINESS ONE OF OUR FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS IS THAT "THE FIRST REPORT IS ALWAYS WRONG." UNFORTUNATELY, IN YOUR BUSINESS "THE FIRST REPORT" GIVES AMERICANS WHO RELY ON THE SNIPPETS OF CNN, IF YOU WILL, THEIR "TRUTHS" AND PERSPECTIVES ON AN ISSUE. AS A COROLLARY TO THIS DEADLINE DRIVEN NEED TO PUBLISH "INITIAL IMPRESSIONS OR OBSERVATIONS" VERSUS OBJECTIVE FACTS THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL CHALLENGE FOR US WHO ARE THE SUBJECT OF YOUR REPORTING. WHEN YOU ASSUME THAT YOU ARE CORRECT AND ON THE MORAL HIGH GROUND ON A STORY BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT RESPOND TO QUESTIONS YOU PROVIDED IS THE ULTIMATE ARROGANCE AND DISTORTION OF ETHICS. ONE OF YOUR HIGHLY REPECTED FELLOW JOURNALISTS ONCE TOLD ME THAT THERE ARE SOME AMONGST YOU WHO "FEED FROM A PIG'S TROUGH." IF THAT IS WHO I AM DEALING WITH THEN I WILL NEVER RESPOND OTHERWISE WE WILL BOTH GET DIRTY AND THE PIG WILL LOVE IT. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOUR STORY IS ACCURATE.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WHAT OUR FOREFATHERS INTENDED. THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR THE SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS STATES:
...PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT IS THE FORERUNNER OF JUSTICE AND THE FOUNDATION OF DEMOCRACY. THE DUTY OF THE JOURNALIST IS TO FURTHER THOSE ENDS BY SEEKING TRUTH AND PROVIDING A FAIR AND COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF EVENTS AND ISSUES. CONSCIENTIOUS JOURNALISTS FROM ALL MEDIA AND SPECIALTIES STRIVE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC WITH THOROUGHNESS AND HONESTY. PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY IS THE CORNERSTONE OF A JOURNALIST'S CREDIBILITY

THE BASIC ETHICS OF A JOURNALIST THAT CALLS FOR:

1. SEEKING TRUTH,

2. PROVIDING FAIR AND COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF EVENTS AND ISSUES

3. THOROUGHNESS AND HONESTY

ALL ARE VICTIMS OF THE MASSIVE AGENDA DRIVEN COMPETITION FOR ECONOMIC OR POLITICAL SUPREMACY. THE DEATH KNELL OF YOUR ETHICS HAS BEEN ENABLED BY YOUR PARENT ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH POLITICAL AGENDAS. WHAT IS CLEAR TO ME IS THAT YOU ARE PERPETUATING THE CORROSIVE PARTISAN POLITICS THAT IS DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY AND KILLING OUR SERVICEMEMBERS WHO ARE AT WAR.

MY ASSESSMENT IS THAT YOUR PROFESSION, TO SOME EXTENT, HAS STRAYED FROM THESE ETHICAL STANDARDS AND ALLOWED EXTERNAL AGENDAS TO MANIPULATE WHAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SEES ON TV, WHAT THEY READ IN OUR NEWSPAPERS AND WHAT THEY SEE ON THE WEB. FOR SOME OF YOU, JUST LIKE SOME OF OUR POLITICIANS, THE TRUTH IS OF LITTLE TO NO VALUE IF IT DOES NOT FIT YOUR OWN PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS, BIASES AND AGENDAS.

IT IS ASTOUNDING TO ME WHEN I HEAR THE VEHEMENT DISAGREEMENT WITH THE MILITARY'S FORAYS INTO INFORMATION OPERATIONS THAT SEEK TO DISSEMINATE THE TRUTH AND INFORM THE IRAQI PEOPLE IN ORDER TO COUNTER OUR ENEMY'S BLATANT PROPAGANDA. AS I ASSESS VARIOUS MEDIA ENTITIES, SOME ARE UNQUESTIONABLY ENGAGED IN POLITICAL PROPAGANDA THAT IS UNCONTROLLED. THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT THE STRENGTH OUR DEMOCRACY AND OUR FREEDOMS REMAIN LINKED TO YOUR ABILITY TO EXERCISE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS - I ADAMANTLY SUPPORT THIS BASIC FOUNDATION OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND COMPLETELY SUPPORTED THE EMBEDDING OF MEDIA INTO OUR FORMATIONS UP UNTIL MY LAST DAY IN UNIFORM. THE ISSUE IS ONE OF MAINTAINING PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND STANDARDS FROM WITHIN YOUR INSTITUTION. MILITARY LEADERS MUST ACCEPT THAT THESE INJUSTICES WILL HAPPEN AND WHETHER THEY LIKE WHAT YOU PRINT OR NOT THEY MUST DEAL WITH YOU AND ENABLE YOU, IF YOU ARE AN ETHICAL JOURNALIST.

FINALLY, I WILL LEAVE THIS SUBJECT WITH A QUESTION THAT WE MUST ASK OURSELVES--WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE ETHICAL STANDARDS OF THE PROFESSION IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT OUR DEMOCRACY DOES NOT CONTINUE TO BE THREATENED BY THIS DANGEROUS SHIFT AWAY FROM YOUR SACRED DUTY OF PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT?

Pues eso.

ACTUALIZACIÓN. Más cosas que las informaciones se han dejado en el tintero. Porque Sánchez no criticó a la administración Bush (bastante) y a la prensa (mucho), sino al partido Demócrata. Pero eso no ha tenido hueco en las crónicas.

ACTUALIZACIÓN II. Y más. Y más.

¡SOCORRO! Por cierto que el enlace está en español, pero si podéis leer en catalán no os perdáis los comentarios. Queda esperanza.

ACTUALIZACIÓN. A proposito de Gore, ya que hablamos de él: quién le ha visto y quién le ve...

101 FRAUDES de los medios de comunicación estadounidenses. Pone los pelos de punta verlos, así, todos juntos.

ADIVINA ADIVINANZA: ¿quien ha dicho esto?

"Sometimes you can become fearful, sometimes you can become vain, sometimes you can seek power just for power's sake instead of because you want to do service to God. I just want all of you to pray that I can be an instrument of God in the same way that Pastor Ron and all of you are instruments of God."

He finished his brief remarks by saying, "We're going to keep on praising together. I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth."

Ya está otra vez el iluminado y ultrarreligioso Bush soltando paridas que sólo consiguen encender la llama de la guerra de religiones, y tal, ¿no?

Pues no. Lo dijo el niño bonito de la política yanqui, el demócrata Barack Obama. Pero no esperéis la histeria habitual como cuando Bú habla de sus creencias.

ESO MISMO.

LA LECTURA del día.

UN REPASO FASCINANTE a las descarnadas luchas intestinas por el poder en Irán.

ANDA CON la prensa de calidá.

UN JUEZ BRITÁNICO ha dictado una sentencia en la que afirma que el docu-trola de Al Gore, Una verdad incómoda, es eso, una trola sesgada con afirmaciones supuestamente científicas que no están suficientemente probadas. Por ello, ordena que cuando se pase en las escuelas británicas se haga indicando que se trata de una teoría no demostrada.

A ver si aprendemos.

MISIÓN CUMPLIDA: La venerable revista de izquierda británica escribe sobre la guerra de Iraq. Y escribe de un modo que demuestra estar a años luz de la izquierda de nuestro país. Qué envidia.

"A PROPÓSITO de la guerra de Irak, señor Rajoy". Respecto a la pregunta final, está claro que es lo tercero...

DE NUEVO cosas que no conoceréis por los medios del país, empeñados en su película de que Iraq va cada vez peor: las muertes violentas han caído a la mitad. Si consideraban importante destacar hasta el cansancio cuando estas muertes batían récords, ¿no deberían destacar esto ahora?

Lo sé: es una pregunta retórica.

MÁS DATOS van confirmando que el número de muertos en Birmania es de varios miles.

Más sobre el tema aquí.

¡MALLORQUINES, preparad vuestros abrigos, bufandas y guantes de lana! ¡Llega el Efecto Gore!