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Journalist Tells of Harrowing Protest Experience in... Israel
Over the last few weeks dozens of Iranians yearning for a more democratic government, striving to beat back the oppressive Mullahs, desperate to live free, have been killed in the streets of Iran during democratic protests. In China Uighurs and members of the religious sect Falun Gong are constantly attacked, imprisoned, tortured and killed for their ethnicity or beliefs by Chinese officials.…
Is NYT Encouraging Old Folks to Give up and Die to Help Pay for Obamac
Hey, grandma, hurry up and die so that Obamacare can pay for healthcare for more worthy, younger folks. That seems to be the message that The New York Times is selling in order to smooth the waters for the nationalized healthcare system that president Obama is trying to peddle to us all.
The Times is running a series titled "Months to Live" in order to help spread the sort of end of life issues…
Democrat Strategist Defends Obamanomics With...Reaganomics
Democrat strategist Bob Shrum on Sunday not only praised Reaganomics, but used it as an example as why Americans should be patient in allowing President Obama's stimulus plan to take effect. During the panel discussion on Sunday's "Meet the Press," host David Gregory asked his guests, "Why shouldn't the Republicans, who certainly spent a long time spending a lot of government money and under…
Ultimate PDS: David Gregory Grills Sen. McCain About...Sarah Palin
We're in the middle of the worst recession in decades. Congress is currently debating sweeping changes to healthcare and energy policy that could cost trillions of dollars in new taxes in the foreseeable future. We've got soldiers risking their lives on two fronts in the Middle East, and despots in North Korea and Iran developing nuclear weapons.Yet, when one of the most powerful men in…
Megan Fox Sun-Sentinel Desperately Publishes Cheesecake Photos to Attr
Your humble correspondent has frequently pointed out how incredibly dull his hometown newspaper, the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, has become. Well, it appears that the online Sun-Sentinel is now desperately trying to counteract its dull and stuffy image by going overboard in publishing cheesecake photos. Specifically cheesecake photos of Hollywood actress Megan Fox. In the current Sun-Sentinel…
NYT Reporter Finds Sotomayor's Diabetes Struggle Inspiring -- But Gov
New York Times White House reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg issued another flattering bunch of factoids about Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor -- she controls her diabetes: "Court Nominee Manages Diabetes With Discipline." Stolberg suggested that Sotomayor's "no-nonsense" approach to her insulin injections was a sign of how she will tackle Supreme Court cases.Judge Sonia Sotomayor …
WSJ: RomneyCare's Failures in MA Not 'Widely Known'; I Wonder Why
An editorial in yesterday's Wall Street Journal bemoaned the fact that the state-run health system in Massachusetts is failing, and that its implosion isn't common knowledge.Formally known as CommonwealthCare, the Massachusetts scheme has the political name of "RomneyCare," in "honor" of the Bay State governor and former presidential candidate who championed its passage in 2006.The Journal…
Maddow Guest Rhapsodizes About McNamara Assassination Attempt as Metap
On a rainy September night in 1972, a man on a ferry bound for Martha's Vineyard tried to throw another passenger overboard. The target of the assailant's attack -- former defense secretary Robert McNamara, then president of the World Bank.The assault received considerable attention at the time though was largely forgotten in the decades that followed. After McNamara's death earlier this month at…
Detroit News Columnist Can't Even Write About Phone Etiquette Without
Have you ever met someone that just can't stop talking about a particular topic or person regardless of the subject of conversation? Folks like that slip their obsession into every conversation until people just don't even want to start up a conversation with them any more. And when an unsuspecting person starts talking with such a person, everyone in the know around them just roll their eyes and…
MSNBC's Shuster to Report on Freepers Bashing Obama's Daughter
UPDATE AT END OF POST: Is Vancouver Sun writer a Daily Kos contributor?MSNBC's David Shuster on Saturday told his fans at Twitter that he intends to report on some ugly comments made about President Obama's daughter Malia at the conservative website Free Republic last week.For those unaware, a British Daily Mail article about a peace sign t-shirt Malia was wearing in Rome before the start of the…
WaPo Omits Sen. Kennedy's Role From Story on Why Windmills Are 'at a S
The recession and new regulation are the prevailing winds preventing the windmill energy industry from picking up speed, the Washington Post's Jonathan Starkey reported in his July 11 story, "Wind Projects at a Standstill."Yet Starkey omitted a third reason that can be summed up in three words: Sen. Edward Kennedy.The senior Democratic senator from Massachusetts has long opposed a wind farm in…