
Baseball's Tim McCarver: Global Warming Increasing the Number of Home
There have been all kinds of reasons given for the increasing number of home runs in baseball over the decades including more tightly-sewn balls, steroids, improved fitness training programs, and bat technology.
On Saturday, renowned Fox sportscaster Tim McCarver blamed it all on Al Gore's favorite money-making scam (video follows with transcript and commentary):
April 28th, 2012 4:44 PM

Maher Attacks Santorum: 'I Worried He’d Dress Up as His Mother and K
Bill Maher on Friday took a disgusting shot at former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum.
In his final bit on HBO's Real Time, the perilously liberal host said of the former Pennsylvania Senator, "I never worried Rick would have an affair. I worried he’d dress up as his mother and kill women in a motel" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
April 28th, 2012 1:43 PM

Bill Maher: Palin Thinks Native Americans Are From India
Less than ten minutes after HBO's Bill Maher ignorantly claimed giving to the Mormon Church isn't like donating to a real charity, he once again had the nerve to attack the intellectual capacity of Sarah Palin.
During one of his New Rules at the end of Real Time, the pompous host joked about the former Alaska governor thinking Native Americans are from India (video follows with transcript and…
April 28th, 2012 1:08 PM

Per AP, Tepid GDP Growth Largely Due to Government 'Budget-Cuttting
In the first quarter of 2012, the federal government spent $966 billion. That's 10% more than the $877 billion spent during the previous quarter, and 2% more than the $949 spent during the first quarter of 2011.
Yet the party line Friday evening from Christopher Rugaber and Paul Wiseman at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, is that economic growth in the first quarter,…
April 28th, 2012 11:34 AM
All Purpose Weekend Open Thread
You know the drill. Just keep it clean! :-)
April 28th, 2012 10:56 AM

Ignorant Maher: Romney Only Gives to Mormons - 'His Cult'; 'That's Not
Bill Maher on Friday evening once again displayed a level of ignorance and intolerance that should completely disqualify him as a political commentator.
On HBO's Real Time, the vulgar anti-theist said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney doesn't give to charity. "All his charitable donations are to Mormons. He gives to his cult. That’s not a charity. They're not poor people" (video…
April 28th, 2012 10:19 AM

Taiwanese Animators Parody Inept NYT Publisher Pinch Sulzberger
New York Times publisher Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr has suddenly become the moose in the room that everybody now wants to talk about, including his disgruntled staffers...and Taiwanese animators who have produced an hilarious video about his bizarre management style (below the fold). The Taiwanese parody is based on a recent email sent by Times science and health reporter Don McNeil to about…
April 28th, 2012 7:33 AM

Daily Kos Week In Review: Strange Brew of Tea
Though Kossacks detest the political beliefs of the Tea Party, they often acknowledge that they could learn something, perhaps related to organizational skills or enthusiasm or marketing, from tea-partiers' example. This week, however, one Kossack went whole hog and asserted that what the left needs is a mirror-image or Bizarro World Tea Party-like movement that stands for "truly egalitarian…
April 27th, 2012 11:04 PM
Lamar Smith Column: Our National Media Don't Deserve Their 'Mainstream
The modern encyclopedia Wikipedia says, "the term 'mainstream' media denotes those generally reflective of the prevailing currents of thought, influence or activity."
But the opinions expressed by the media are neither widespread nor accepted by the majority of Americans. To call today's national media "mainstream" is inaccurate. They are better described as the "liberal" national media.…
April 27th, 2012 5:42 PM

Stephen Colbert Calls Charles Krauthammer 'Count Chocula
Can you imagine a liberal comedian demeaning the appearance of a physically handicapped, Pulitzer Prize-winning, liberal syndicated columnist?
On Thursday, Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert called Charles Krauthammer "Count Chocula" (video follows with commentary):
April 27th, 2012 4:51 PM

Martin Bashir Tells Two Democrats ‘If There Isn’t a War on Women M
MSNBC’s Martin Bashir on Friday might have said the wisest thing he’s ever uttered on television.
Speaking with two Democratic members of Congress about goings on in the House Friday, Bashir said referring to Republicans, “If there isn’t a war on women most of us must be ignorant” (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
April 27th, 2012 3:52 PM

NPR Original Headline: 'Is Slow Growth Good for the Economy
So when is lackluster economic growth a good thing? When it happens in the first quarter of an election year in which an incumbent Democrat president is attempting to win re-election and when the organization reporting this bad, or "good," news as they laughably attempt to categorize it is National Public Radio.
Here is the NPR comedy act performance by Scott Neuman in which he attempts to…
April 27th, 2012 2:57 PM
NewsBusters Publisher Bozell Recognizes Ryan McNicholas, Paul Thurman
NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell recently awarded two members of the Media Research Center (MRC) field team -- Ryan McNicholas and Paul Thurman -- with Apple iPads for their diligent work so far this year.
The MRC field team liaises with Tea Party leaders and conservative Americans around the nation. Ryan and Paul are two outstanding members of our 10-person field team which has traveled…
April 27th, 2012 2:00 PM

Piers Morgan and Frank Rich Are Scared Romney Could Buy the Election
Liberal journalists Frank Rich and Piers Morgan have teamed up to bash conservatives before, and they raised new fears on Thursday that conservative "rich white men" could buy the election through super PACs. Rich admitted on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight he was "seriously worried Mitt Romney could buy this election," even though to date President Obama has raised more campaign money than Romney…
April 27th, 2012 12:58 PM