Top Scoops: Comment & Opinion Digest 5 April 2007

Thursday, 5 April 2007, 9:52 am
Article: Alastair Thompson

SCOOP COMMENT & OPINION:
Media: Paul Smith On The Subtlety Of Granny Herald's Sub-Editors
Scoop Satire: We Need A Kyoto Policy That Emitters Like
Mapping The Real Deal: Surviving A Falling Dollar In The US In Retirement
Iraq War: Efforts To Stop The War Bump Into Bush
US Attorneys: USAs Are Not The Only Politicised Public Servants
American Coup: Hackin' Harri Hursti Comes To Riverside Co. CA.
UQ Wire: Rosie O'Donnell Leaves The Reservation
Iran: The Good Friday Attack On Iran Theory
Israel & OT: Palestine Absent At Stockholm's War Anniversary Protest
A Feast Of South Asian News & Views:
MORE SCOOP COMMENT & OPINION:
Lent 2007: Katya Rivas' Passion Part 23

Media: Paul Smith On The Subtlety Of Granny Herald's Sub-Editors

- When I collected the Herald from my letterbox the other day it was as if the editors thought I might be hard of hearing. The front page headline bellowed at me as I tottered off down the drive, another daft, deaf git: 40 seconds from air disaster. Where I wondered was the screamer, the exclamation mark? But, having been yelled at so to speak, I had to read on, discovering in the process that the aircraft in question was… five miles from disaster. Okay it might, just might have been close - but don't shout. See... Paul Smith: Hark, the Herald Angel… SHOUTS!!!!! [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00089.htm

Scoop Satire: We Need A Kyoto Policy That Emitters Like

- Following the release of the Green Party's carbon-control proposal, there has been suspicion or outright disapproval from major carbon emitters. That's not the way things ought to be. The last thing we want is an economic instrument that imposes costs on precisely the thing it's trying to stop. What is the point of having a plan to restrict carbon output, if carbon-intensive industries can't make a buck out of it somewhere? See... We Need A Kyoto Policy That Emitters Like [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00554.htm

Mapping The Real Deal: Surviving A Falling Dollar In The US In Retirement

- I recently wrote a letter to the CEO of a continuing care retirement community. I realized subsequently that the letter described a situation that many retirees—as well as business and municipal leaders—are managing, and that there was merit in publishing a copy of it. As will be obvious, the names have been changed to protect the innocent, competent, and busy. See... Retirement Community Navigates the Falling Dollar [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00087.htm

Iraq War: Efforts To Stop The War Bump Into Bush

- When the new Democratic majority successfully attached a troop withdrawal deadline to the $124 billion supplemental Iraq spending bill in late March, the newspapers described it as a stunning development. If this bill made it through the Senate, Bush would be faced with a choice he wanted no part of: swallow an exit deadline, or veto a pile of money needed to keep the Iraq meat grinder spinning. See... William Rivers Pitt: And Then, Something Went Bump [1] MORE ON ENDING THE IRAQ WAR:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00083.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00042.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00084.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00016.htm

US Attorneys: USAs Are Not The Only Politicised Public Servants

- The shocked reaction to the abrupt dismissal of eight U.S. Attorneys points to the essence of our current political problems. The broad based political reaction to the Gonzales firings contains one critical assumption: this is an aberrant act. Something ... See... Michael Collins: Sleep Walking Through History [1] MORE US ATTORNEYS:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00062.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00081.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00030.htm

American Coup: Hackin' Harri Hursti Comes To Riverside Co. CA.

Harri Hursti drove up to Los Angeles last Friday after his appearance that morning before the Riverside County, California, "Blue Ribbon" panel convened to investigate massive problems during the County's 2006 election, and continuing concerns from Election Integrity advocates about both the performance and security issues surrounding the Sequoia Edge II DRE touch-screen voting systems in use down there. See... Hackin' Harri Hursti a Hit in Riverside County, CA [1] MORE AMERICAN COUP:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00043.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00014.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00017.htm
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[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00049.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00026.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00019.htm

UQ Wire: Rosie O'Donnell Leaves The Reservation

- Despite an avalanche of criticism from the right, talk show host Rosie O'Donnell is pressing on with her calls for continued investigation of the events surrounding September 11. See... Rosie O'Donnell Pledges Allegiance To 911 Truth [1] MORE UQ WIRE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00073.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00047.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00020.htm

Iran: The Good Friday Attack On Iran Theory

- Citing Russian media and AP, the Jerusalem Post is now reporting that the US will strike Iran on Good Friday between the hours of 4.00 am and 4.00 pm in a coordinated series of air strikes and missile attacks aimed at selected strategic targets. See... Israeli Press: US will Strike Iran on Good Friday [1] MORE IRAN NEWS & VIEWS:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00070.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00045.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00025.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00079.htm

Israel & OT: Palestine Absent At Stockholm's War Anniversary Protest

- The Stockholm air was too cold, even for the most animated speaker to excite a crowd. But I had little choice: thousands of anti-war protesters had descended on the capital’s main square to show their support of the Iraqi people on the four-year anniversary of the US invasion, and to demand an immediate American withdrawal. See… War Anniversary: Israel, Palestine Links Absent [1] MORE NEWS ON PALESTINE & THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00031.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00023.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00021.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00046.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00024.htm

A Feast Of South Asian News & Views:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00072.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00078.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00071.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00069.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00028.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00018.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00013.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00015.htm

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Lent 2007: Katya Rivas' Passion Part 23

- Holy Friday was followed by the glorious dawn of the Sunday of the Resurrection. If I have decided not to destroy the world, it means that I want to renew it and rejuvenate it. The old trees need to lose their leaves and be pruned so that they ... See… Katya Rivas: The Resurrection of Jesus [1] EARLIER EXTRACTS FROM THE PASSION:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00068.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00040.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00012.htm

ENDS

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Alastair Thompson

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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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