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Dredging Up the Past – Vincent Bugliosi and GW Bush Deceptions
Logicians, scientists and philosophers often refer to the logical fallacies of inference from false negative (failing to recognize evidence that is available, hence failing to draw the correct conclusion) and inference from false positive (invalidly drawing a conclusion from imagined evidence, that which simply does not exist). If nothing else, the happily departed GW Bush administration gave us great examples of each of these fallacies, the first admissible as a misstep or mistake in reasoning; the second more a case of deceptive tactic of persuasion, than a simple misstep in reasoning. Continue reading
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Tagged al-Qaeda, America, Bi-Partisan Commission, Bush, Bush administration, Cheney, Congress, excellent attorney, GW Bush administration, Iraq, Leader, news media, Osama Bin Laden, reporter, Saddam Hussein Iraqi government, United States, Vincent Bugliosi, White House
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Transnational Gangs – How Does Immigration Facilitate the International Spread of Gang Activity?
Globalization has resulted in a number of modern phenomena, both positive and negative. As gang-related activity is known to occur as a result of the disenfranchisement of a particular group of individuals, the global disenfranchisement of particular groups of individuals is likely to result in the proliferation of international gang activity. Such activity can be evidenced in the spread of terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda. Some of the international members of Al Qaeda have been solicited and others have joined the organization without any group invitation. Continue reading
DVD Review – Control Room-2004- Iraq From Al-Jazeera’s Perspective?
Review of and the implications of a film released in 2004 about Al-Jazeera’s coverage of the conflict in Iraq. Control Room was released to critical acclaim and presents a very different news media perspective of the continued situation in the middle east. Continue reading
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Tagged Al-Jazeera reporter, al-Qaeda, American military, Australia, BBC, Bush, CNN, Control Room, Europe, Iraq, Marine spokesman, media game, MSNBC, news media outlet, Pentagon, President, Saddam Hussein and sons, television network, U.N. security council, United States
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