From the Guardian Unlimited:
Psychological warfare has broken out over a book that calls on the French people to stop blaming their parents.
The Livre Noir de la Psychanalyse (The Black Book of Psychoanalysis) claims French mind-healers have become ‘fossilised’ in the ‘marginal, discredited’ teachings of Sigmund Freud. The practitioners have been saved from total disgrace, claims […]

The UK’s Observer reveals the shocking story that the U.S. military has taken time off from its plan for world domination to put surfers and divers in the Gulf of Mexico in danger of being shot … by Flipper:
… Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be […]

The Huffington Post’s Nicholas Von Hoffman goes over the top in that forum’s ill-considered Bush-bashing (link):
… His second stroke of good fortune was 9/11. Six months into a dwindling presidency and a nose diving stock market, 19 fanatical Arabs bailed him out.
… George is Dame Fortune’s kid. She had to put the match to […]

Independent Sources congratulates Maxine Waters on being named to the list of “13 Most Corrupt Members of Congress” (as compiled by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Government). This recognition is nothing new to Waters and let’s remember that she is the woman that Michelle Malkin honored with the following:
“… This is a woman who […]

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We don’t really understand what this Iranian blog are saying but we are certain that it is complementary to us. More importantly we now know that Independent Sources is big in the Islamic Republic of Iran!

In response to the interests of our new Persian readers, look for Independent Sources […]

The Daily Grill
Independent Sources learned a new word “phodoodles” (which the Daily Grill defines as “editorial cartoons created via photo manipulation”). Anyway, The Daily Grill posts a new one every couple of days and it’s not a bad Saturday morning bookmark if you are looking for a cutting edge alternative to “Blondie” or “Family Circus.”

This posting is a follow up to Independent Sources Malibu: Sunshine, Movie Stars, and Senseless Deaths on PCH and we recommend that you read that posting first before continuing with this one. Also before reading the post (and certainly before riding on PCH) you must note that there are in fact NO bicycle lanes on PCH, despite […]

LAT reports that the French media have taken the misery associated with Katrina to attack their long-time enemy–the United States.
Marianne, a French newsmagazine declared: that the Katrina response discredited the entire free-market-driven, militaristic Anglo-Saxon model of governance.

Yes, this is the same France that witnessed 15,000 of its own citizens succumb to a heat wave while […]

The Los Angeles Times has a remarkably balanced piece by Jeam Merl on two analyses of charter school performance — one statewide and one for the LAUSD:
… Within the Los Angeles Unified School District, charter middle and high schools — independently run but publicly funded campuses — scored higher than district campuses, according to separate […]

I received an email this morning from my Senator, Barbara Boxer, titled “Dont (sic) Waive Environmental Regulations:”
… The Department of Justice is looking for a way to blame environmentalists for the failure of the levee structures. In an internal e-mail, the U.S. Department of Justice asked various U.S. attorneys’ offices to report on any […]

With the outpouring of help by families opening their homes to Katrina evacuees, a policy of checking backgrounds of the evacuees to insure that FEMA or the Red Cross isn’t putting someone with a violent criminal past in your home makes sense. Particularly if you have children. Not so says the ACLU:
From the ACLU:

[Checking backgrounds on evacuees] remains an intrusive, humiliating and discriminatory […]

Everytime we see Christopher Cox the new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission:

We keep thinking we are seeing Michael Ovitz, the embattled ex-President of the Walt Disney Company:

Let’s hope this one goes better.
Now everyone sing…”M-I-C, S-E-C, M-O-U-S-E”
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“Disabled Airliner Creates a 3-Hour Drama in Skies”
- Headline, Los Angeles Times, today (Sept 22)

Technorati Tags: political correctness

By now you know the story and happy ending to Jet Blue’s scary flight and landing. (The LAT took advantage of the local nature of the story to provide excellent coverage including photos and video of the landing).

What I found most interesting was that passengers were able to watch the drama unfold live on the […]

Huffington Post contributor Laurie David explains, with the rigor for which that site is known, how your SUV caused hurricane Katrina:
As the country continues to dissect the recent natural disaster, we might want to start considering what about the disaster wasn’t actually “natural” at all. Water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico were “unnaturally” high. […]