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Pelosi Talks Global Warming in Germany as Late-May Snows Rock the Regi
This is really getting hysterical. As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) tours Europe to discuss the imminent doom to the planet at the hands of the left’s recent bogeyman anthropogenic global warming, late-May snows are falling all around her.Honestly, folks, you can’t make this stuff up.As she set out on her journey, such late-season white stuff hit parts of America, Canada, and Great…
Sicko: GMA Uses Moore Movie, Liberal Group to Push Universal Health Ca
Based on its own ABC poll, "Good Morning America" could have run a segment this morning on the theme "support for universal coverage slipping as Americans express increased concern for keeping taxes down." But that wouldn't have fit ABC's big-government paradigm. So instead, GMA used this prescription for pushing universal health care:Cherry-pick results from a poll you've conducted; ignoring…
The Revolving Rehab Door
The cult of celebrity. The politics of victimhood. Narcissism. All speak to a complete lack of personal responsibility. And all serve as great fodder for readers hungry to peek into the messed up lives of celebrities. Somehow this is news.
Matthews Mad at Mexicans Who Mocked Miss USA
Yes he leans left. But MSNBC host Chris Matthews was manifestly offended by the Mexican audience at the Miss Universe pageant that booed Miss USA. The Mexicans were adding insult to injury, since the lovely and gracious Rachel Smith of Tennessee had earlier slipped onto her derrière during the evening gown segment of the competititon. Discussing the matter on this afternoon's Hardball with his…
Rare Good News on Iraq from CBS News: Maliki Says Surge is Working
Although Katie Couric began Tuesday's CBS Evening News coverage of Iraq on a downbeat note, pointing out how May has become the “deadliest month” of 2007, with “at least 114” U.S. servicemen killed so far, she moved on to how “in an exclusive interview, Iraq's Prime Minister tells CBS News the security crackdown is working.” From Baghdad, Lara Logan offered more of a glass is half full spin as…
WashPost Slams Archbishop, Distorts Catholic Teaching
It never ceases to amaze me to see how ignorant The Washington Post is about Catholic teaching---the latest example being staff writer Peter Slevin's liberally biased slam against Abp. Raymond Burke on p. A2 of the May 29 edition. The ignorance (or anti-Catholicism?) is clear in the very first sentence, which is false, in the first paragraph. "When it comes to expressing his views of church…
Media Offered Bland Headlines on Chavez TV Shutdown Story
"The Anchoress" had an excellent item yesterday about how some news wires are downplaying the authoritarian, anti-free speech nature of Hugo Chavez's move to shut down a private television network that often criticized the Venezuelan thugocrat. She notes that the bland headlines give little reason for the casual reader to sit up and take notice:The initial headlines are either unclear or they’re…