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Environmental Magazine Advocates War Crimes Trials For Global Warming
This is pretty extraordinary stuff, folks. The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works has just issued a majority statement about an environmental magazine advocating Nuremberg-like war crimes trials for folks that question the existence of man-made global warming: A U.S. based environmental magazine that both former Vice President Al Gore and PBS newsman Bill Moyers, for his…
Edsall's Stand for Shades of Grey
It's not something you often see talked about but there's basically an unwritten assumption in national political circles that if you're a political liberal and you're also a reporter, you should be willing to be a "team player" and not admit that you even are one.This point is important, you see, because conservatives are liars bent on "hurting America" (to use Jon Stewart's phrase), so…
Latin, a Divisive Language
"Pope set to bring Back Latin Mass that divided Church," reads the headline for an October 11 story in the Times of London.Yeah, that's right. According to the Times of London, Pope Benedict is a divider, not a uniter, because he wants Catholics worldwide to be able to attend Latin Mass without having to jump through hoops to find a parish that celebrates it.The Catholic Church is catholic, that…
Florida Jury: Be Careful What You Post on the Internet
It’s fascinating that this decision came on September 19 and virtually went unreported up until now, but a Florida woman has been awarded a startling $11.3 million in her “Internet defamation” lawsuit. Without question, this decision has startling ramifications for Internet denizens, bloggers, and message board posters, as it makes it quite clear that folks can’t just write whatever they want…
CNN Heavily Promotes Dobbs and His Idea of 'Class Warfare
As Election Nears, 'American Morning' host Soledad O'Brien provides a platform to slam Bush tax cuts, free trade.
L'Chayim! Globe Suffers Memory Loss about Clinton Admin's Direct Talks
To judge by its political cartoon of this morning, the Boston Globe apparently believes that if only the Bush administration had engaged in direct talks with North Korea, it could have prevented Kim from building his bomb.Let's leave aside that the Bush administration has in fact been talking to North Korea. Indeed, the president was proceeding in precisely the way the MSM usually implores him…