Author: fnord

dissect war PR: tolerance for casualties

BooMan’s front page story as well as two diaries on DKos today point out this Washington Post article:  Bush Words Reflect Public Opinion Strategy . In shaping their message, White House officials have drawn on the...

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Rumsfeld doubts war will last 6 months

Donald Rumsfeld, February 7th 2003 Quick campaign Mr Rumsfeld is in Europe to try to gain backing for possible military action against Iraq. “It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months,” he said, speaking...

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Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant, a 1992 movie by Abel Ferrara starring Harvey Keitel as a cop with a gambling problem, is a bizarre and profound movie, a lurid psychodrama weaving together images of out-of-control vice with religious symbolism....

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