nettime Bombing Error in Afghanistan Puts a Spotlight on Pilots' Pills

2003-01-22 Thread J Armitage
[Bringing a whole new meaning to the war on drugs ... John.] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/19/national/19SPEE.html?todaysheadlines January 19, 2003 THE NEW YORK TIMES Bombing Error in Afghanistan Puts a Spotlight on Pilots' Pills By THOM SHANKER with

nettime Al Jazeera launches Iraq site in English

2003-03-25 Thread J Armitage
[Hi all, Al Jazeera now has a site up and running in English, URL below. John.] http://english.aljazeera.net/?tag=nl === Location: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2132399,00.html Al Jazeera launches Iraq site in English Ian Fried, CNET News.com mailto:[EMAIL

nettime Google's Weapons of Mass Destruction

2003-07-03 Thread J Armitage
Nettimers, Go to www.google.co.uk then type: weapons of mass destruction Don't press Search. Next click the I'm feeling lucky button - read the error message carefully. I have placed the results below. John -- These Weapons of Mass

nettime Bush Courts Regional Media

2003-10-15 Thread J Armitage
[Hey, nettimers, it looks like the Bush crowd have not only got time to write upbeat letters home from Iraq on behalf of all US troops, without the latter knowing anything about it, but Bush himself appears to have been reading Noam Chomsky and discovered national 'media filters'. John.]

nettime The State, the Spectacle and September 11

2004-06-03 Thread J Armitage
[reformatted @ nettime] [Hi nettimers, I found this a very useful article, well worth a read ... John.] - http://www.newleftreview.net/NLR26101.shtml New Left Review 27, May-June 2004 The current global conjuncture as a

nettime Moore or Less Morality: James Der Derian on Fahrenheit 9/11

2004-07-14 Thread J Armitage
Moore or less morality Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 911 has broken US box-office records during its opening week. But rolling back the tide of imperial politics will require more than simply piquing moral sensibilities, writes James Der Derian* US foreign policy has always been a

nettime The Work of Jean Baudrillard

2007-03-16 Thread J Armitage
-- Times Higher Education Supplement (London) March 16th 2007, p.14. Gone, but still breathing new life into his field. The work of Jean Baudrillard will continue to disturb the tranquil waters of modern sociology, says John Armitage. He who knows