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Caps and Trade-offs: Presidential Candidates Embrace Massive Penalties
All three frontrunners have declared support for energy legislation that would cost consumers and businesses lots of money.
Media Silent on New Jersey Mayor's Party Affiliation
It's time for yet another edition of Name That Party! Disgraced Newark, New Jersey mayor Sharpe James' trial for abusing his powers for favoritism and corruption began today in federal court. According to the prosecutor, the former mayor, ...abused his office by steering discounted city property to a girlfriend who then sold the parcels for large profits, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at James…
Former Thatcher Adviser Monckton Warns Global Warming Alarmism 'Kills
Speaking at international conference, he blames the propagation of the global warming 'scare' on a combination of factors, including the 'the media wanting a scare story.'
Caps and Trade-offs: Presidential Candidates and Climate Change
All three frontrunners have declared support for mandatory emissions reductions - which would cost consumers and businesses lots of money.
Is Seattle P-I Now Dropping Eco-Terror Label for ELF
Is the Seattle Post-Intelligencer now backing off from labeling the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) an eco-terrorist outfit?NewsBusters has noted that whereas the Seattle Times has avoided calling the Street of Dreams arsons as suspected eco-terrorist strikes, the P-I has used the term in headlines and in the text of articles themselves. But an article in today's paper by reporter Paul Shukovsky…
Hitchens: She'd Run 'As George Wallace' To Beat 'Shallow and Flaky' Ob
When Christopher Hitchens came on today's Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough began by inviting him to comment on "last night's" results. Quipped the famously hard-living Hitchens: "I'm still thinking of it as this morning's result. I hope it doesn't show." Unfortunately for Christopher, it did. See screencap.But whatever price Hitchens was paying for indulgences of the night before did nothing…
WaPo Editor: 'I Want More Muslim Journalists
Philip Bennett, the Washington Post’s managing editor, paid a visit to the University of California, Irvine for a little chat earlier this week. During his comments on the subject of religion and politics, Bennett claimed that the MSM should hire more Muslims because the media has too many misconceptions about Islam. Bennett told the UCI audience, "At the Post I want more Muslim readers and I…
CNN Unveils the Sad Puppy Indicator
Reporter Susan Roesgen says pet abandonment a sign of 'an economy in trouble.'
Despite Media Carping, Americans Largely Trust Drug Companies
Media attacks on pharmaceutical companies don't resonate with the public, which overwhelmingly believes drug makers improve quality of life.
Michelle Obama: America is ‘Just Downright Mean
As NewsBusters previously reported, the wife of Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama isn't very proud of her country. Two weeks after making her disdain for the nation clear during a campaign speech for her husband in Wisconsin, Michelle further debased America by saying that we're a country that is "just downright mean." Given how media made excuses for her comments in Wisconsin…
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Tensions are rising around the world:China increasing military spendingVenezuelan troops massing at Colombian border Iran is close to having nuclear weaponsIs this time for a dove in the White House? How does candidate McCain make this case in the next eight months without appearing like the war-monger the far left depicts him as? Are…