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Coldest August Day in NYC in Almost a Century
All you global warming skeptics, deniers, and court jesters better stow your potables, combustibles, and sharp objects safely from proximity of electronic equipment, because it was absolutely a frigid August day in the Big Apple Tuesday. HOW COLD WAS IT? Well, as reported by WCBSTV.com, this is the coldest August day in New York City in almost a century (h/t NBer Dave in Texas, emphasis added…
WaPo's Kurtz Defends Plante's 'Smart-assed' Question
In the appropriately-titled "Media Backtalk" chat on August 21, Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz defended a fellow reporter's self-described "smart-assed" remark to President Bush about adviser Karl Rove's political acumen.Kurtz defended CBS White House correspondent Bill Plante's August 13 question as "the Sam Donaldson technique of trying to get the president and top aides to say…
Reuters Headline: ‘Climate Change a Security Issue Like Cold War
So, did you know that climate change is the biggest security challenge since the Cold War? Hadn't heard that? Well, you're just not reading the finer alarmist wire services!As extraordinarily reported by Reuters Tuesday (emphasis added):
Libs Love Books--Or Do They
Liberals around the country are smiling today at an Associated Press poll and story circulating on the web claiming that conservatives read less than liberals, none more so than former Colorado Democratic congresswoman Pat Schroeder who despite being president of the American Association of Publishers decided she felt like insulting half of her potential reading audience by dusting off an old…
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Slams CNN Specials on Christian, Jewish Extr
On Tuesday’s "Morning Joe," MSNBC host Joe Scarborough mocked the very concept of CNN’s upcoming specials on Muslim, Christian and Jewish extremism. Anticipating the possible moral relativism that the Christiane Amanpour-hosted series may take, Scarborough sarcastically observed, "They’re going to study Muslim extremism, then Christian extremism, because we know Christians have, have slaughtered…
Time Magazine Blames Lenders, Makes Case for More Mortgage Regulations
Time suggests home buyers are lured in by mortgage lenders and home builders, but ignores borrowers' personal responsibility.
Disgraceful Anti-Semitism on CNN Special ‘God, Sex and Greed
On Monday evening, CNN began a three-part special entitled "God, Sex and Greed." At issue: in a supposedly religious country like ours, why are sex and greed so prominent? With that as the premise, who do you think CNN chose as one of the examples of greed in our country? Disgracefully, a 24-year-old Jewish hedge fund manager who took his Bar Mitzvah money and turned it into millions. Nice…
NYT Twists Data: Makes Great Personal Income News Appear Awful (UPDATE
Try to imagine what the New York Times did with the following data: Go ahead. Then go to the full post to find out.