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Olympics Open Thread
Well, they conclude today with what could be an epic gold medal hockey game between Canada and the U.S. Can we do it again and shock the world? Are you excited about this game, or couldn't care less?America has had a fabulous Olympics. Did you enjoy the past two weeks, or are you glad to see the games come to an end so that the sports world will start thinking about the upcoming college…
WaPo 'Humorist' Gene Weingarten Uses Kos Poll to Mock Conservatives, P
Washington Post "investigative humorist" Gene Weingarten mocked conservatives again in Sunday’s Post Magazine, playing off the recent Daily Kos poll playing up the number of Republicans who believe Barack Obama wasn’t born in America, is a racist, and should be impeached. Weingarten makes no mention of the leftist source of his data. For all the reader knows, it’s a Gallup poll. Weingarten then…
On NBC's Set, Daily Kos Boss Told David Gregory to 'Quit' His Love for
How do liberals really think journalism can be improved? By shrinking the amount of time and space Republicans have in the media. Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas lamented on Friday that John McCain would continue his streak as a go-to spokesman on Sunday morning news shows. Citing fellow liberal blogger Steve Benen, he complains McCain’s appearance on Sunday’s Meet the Press marks the 20th…
CNN: Liberals and Atheists Have Higher IQs
"Political, religious and sexual behaviors may be reflections of intelligence, a new study finds."So began an article published at CNN.com Friday guaranteed to anger conservatives from coast to coast.The piece continued, "Evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa at the the London School of Economics and Political Science correlated data on these behaviors with IQ from a large national U.S.…
Obama Signs One-Year Extension of Patriot Act – on a Saturday Night
With virtually zero debate - or media attention - President Barack Obama has signed a one-year extension for what many considered the most crucial and controversial aspects of the USA PATRIOT Act. The provisions, set to expire Sunday without the signature of Obama, include extensions to allow: -1) "roving" wiretaps, permitting surveillance on multiple phones and e-mail addresses. -2) court-…
Fuzzy History on Founders from Schultz Radio Guest John Nichols of The
Want to irk a liberal? I've got just the word for it -- "filibuster."Hardly a waking hour passes these days without an indignant left-winger in the media condemning this arcane procedure requiring 60 votes to pass major legislation in the Senate.In the process, dubious claims are being made. Here, for example, is John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation, on Ed Schultz's radio show…
Hipster LaHood Tells Us Not to Text
Spare us the Obama nanny-state PSAs . . . There I was, harmlesly Olympics-watching something called the "men's snowboard parallel giant slalom"—quite a cool event, actually—when we were suddenly subjected to a commercial telling us not to phone or text while driving. And of all people, it was terminally un-cool Obama Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood inflicting the message and directing us to…
Rick Sanchez Asks Scientist 'Nine Meters In English Is
CNN's Rick Sanchez Saturday actually needed someone to explain to him what nine meters measures in feet.As tsunamis approached Hawaii following the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile, CNN rushed in a scientist to discuss what wave detection buoys in the ocean were showing.After CNN meteorologist Jacqui Jeras set up Dr. Kurt Frankel of the Georgia Institute of Technology, the professor explained…
Earthquake and Tsunami Coverage Relies on New Media
"So live news coverage in America is basically staring at webcams and reading wikipedia?"Such was marvelously Tweeted by programmer and blogger Matthew Haughey Saturday referring to media reports from earthquake rattled Chile as well as Hawaii as citizens awaited tsunamis (h/t Instapundit).I was also struck by this as I watched CNN much of the day for updates about the disaster. Much of the…
Stossel Exposes Cali's Lavish Public Sector Pensions
The past several decades, Americans have seen the disaster unionism has wrought on Detroit's Big Three. The auto-makers, saddled with powerful unions, fell victim to a combination of labor inefficiency and premium worker pay that proved unsustainable. And while much of the rest of the private sector long ago realized the sots, government apparently has not. So, for the first time in history,…
ABC's Joy Behar, NBC's Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb Aid Gay Media
Joy Behar of ABC's The View has had a talk show on CNN Headline News for less than a year, and she’s already receiving an "Excellence in Media Award" from the hard-left Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, presented to "presented to media professionals who have increased the visibility and understanding of the LGBT community."In a press release announcing the award will be handed out in…
Gore: World To End, Fox News To Blame
For those who have neither the time nor the Red Bull required to wade through Al Gore's windy "We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change" in the New York Times, permit me to summarize:Record winter storms and revelations of warmist fraud notwithstanding, we "face an unimaginable calamity requiring large-scale, preventive measures to protect human civilization as we know it."Unfortunately, "television"…
Chile Earthquake and Tsunami Open Thread
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Chile hit this morning by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake.As you likely know, many areas are under serious tsunami warnings, including Hawaii.Those interested can watch a live stream from Hawaii News Now which is broadcasting water views from different locations in anticipation of tsunami activity (more live stream links below the fold).