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The Weekend Desk Report"On September 9, 2002, as the George W. Bush administration was launching its campaign to invade Iraq, a classified report landed on the desk of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It came from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and it carried an ominous note," Politico reports. "Please take a look at this material as to what we don't know about WMD," Rumsfeld wrote to Air Force General Richard Myers. "It is big." Go read the rest, and contemplate once again how the course of history changed when the United States of America invaded a country on a lie - and how it led to where we find ourselves today. Note again, as well, the media manipulation and complicity. * This also caught my eye: "Efforts to reach Rumsfeld, directly and through an intermediary, were unsuccessful." Well, to be fair, he's a very busy man. - The Beachwood Radio Hour #71: Bruce Rauner's Hotel Illinois If you don't want to listen, at least click through and enjoy the Show Notes. - The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #86: Like Bon Jovi, Bulls Halfway There With Show Notes! - Flint Hint "E.P.A. officials contend that they pressed Michigan regulators to take more decisive action after [a damning] report, but for months federal officials did little to inform the public of those findings or take decisive action. It was not until Thursday that the federal agency issued an emergency order and assumed oversight of lead testing in Flint." And that's going easy on the EPA. - Meanwhile, the Times reports: "Health officials have tested the air and deemed it safe. Yes, the awful smell from a huge natural gas leak near the Porter Ranch neighborhood may cause vomiting, nosebleeds and other short-term symptoms, they say, but they have assured residents that it does not pose long-term health risks. "Many people here, however, simply do not buy it. And now they look warily toward Flint, Mich., where the switch to a new water supply, which state officials insisted for months was safe, has left children with high levels of lead in their blood." Though I would add "state officials insisted for months was safe, and federal officials kept quiet about evidence to the contrary . . . " - Best Read Of The Weekend - Hate Reads Of The Weekend - The Sound Opinions Weekend Listening Report: "Only a few years into his career, Las Vegas-based singer/songwriter Shamir has already explored house, disco, indie pop, country and countless other styles. He joins Jim and Greg in the studio for a stripped-down performance and conversation about refusing to be pigeonholed, performing personal songs in front of crowds, and gender identity." - Weekend BeachBook
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