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NYT's Krugman Drools Over Democratic Embrace of Tax-and-Spend Denmark
An exchange from the Democratic debate involving Scandinavian economic superiority caught the elitist attention of economist turned Democratic political hack Paul Krugman. Bernie Sanders opined: "We should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway, and learn from what they have accomplished for their working people." That gave Krugman all the wedge to snobbily celebrate little…
October 19th, 2015 9:36 PM
Shorter Matthews: 'Buck Stops' with George W. Bush for Benghazi
MSNBC host Chris Matthews closed out his October 19 Hardball program with the strange assertion that President George W. Bush is both ultimately responsible for allowing the 9/11 attacks to happen AND the murder of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya eleven years later under the Obama/Clinton State Department.
October 19th, 2015 9:00 PM
S-Word Avoided in Stories About Near Worthless Venezuelan Currency
How inflated is Venezuelan currency? So inflated that even thieves in Venezuela are refusing to steal it.
This has been reported in several media outlets such as the New York Times and Vox but a certain word is very noticebably absent in both reports. It is the S-word that dare not speak its name. One big reason it is taboo in liberal circles to associate that word with economic failure is that…
October 19th, 2015 7:51 PM
Al Michaels Jokes About Taxes, Deadspin Flips Out
The No Fun League apparently isn’t merely confined to the N.F.L. On NBC’s Sunday Night Football, Al Michaels made a joke about taxes. In the video, Michaels talked about how Bill Belichick made a paltry $25 dollars a week while coaching for the Baltimore Colts in 1975.
October 19th, 2015 7:24 PM
Robert Redford's Dan Rather Flick 'Truth' Has a Rough Box Office Start
Uh-oh. It looks like Robert Redford’s new movie Truth” is in fact, off to a bad start at the box office. The film opened in select theaters on October 16.
October 19th, 2015 7:07 PM
CBS to Rubio: We Seeing the 'Important Historical Meltdown' of GOP?
During an interview that aired on Friday’s CBS Evening News, chief White House correspondent Major Garrett spoke with Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio and wondered aloud if the situation in the House of Representatives concerning the search for the next Speaker of the House signaled the “important historical meltdown of the Republican Party.”
October 19th, 2015 6:07 PM
John Oliver Slams Canada’s Conservative Leader: ‘Evil’ ‘Islamophobe'
Liberal HBO host John Oliver delivered a sneering, hateful attack on Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Sunday. After offering light-hearted jokes about his liberal opponent, the Last Week Tonight anchor assailed, “Don't be deceived by [Harper’s] bland exterior. Where there is banality, there is evil.”
October 19th, 2015 5:55 PM
On CNN, Cate Blanchett Praises 'Intelligent, Hilarious' Dan Rather
Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett gushed over disgraced journalists Dan Rather and Mary Mapes on Monday's New Day on CNN. Michaela Pereira interviewed the Oscar winners about their new film, Truth, which is adaptation of Mapes's account of the Memogate scandal. Redford underlined that the apparent loyalty between Rather and Mapes "made a big impression on me." Blanchett hyped that "they're both…
October 19th, 2015 5:10 PM
31 Flavors of Sexual Identity -- According to the Left
“You’re my zucchini, sweetie.”
That could be a common term of endearment, if you believe this ridiculous article from the Huffington Post.
“Wait,” you say, “What are you talking about, again?”
Oh, didn’t you know? There’s now dozens of ways to tell people what gender and sexuality you are -- according to the left, that is.
October 19th, 2015 4:43 PM
MSNBC Apologizes for Showing False Maps of Israel
During MSNBC’s 3 p.m. ET hour on Monday, anchor Kate Snow and Middle East correspondent Martin Fletcher apologized for using false maps depicting Israeli and Palestinian territory during a Thursday segment about escalating violence in the region. Snow began: “Last Thursday, in an attempt to talk about the context for the current turmoil in the Middle East we showed a series of maps of the…
October 19th, 2015 4:26 PM
Nets Ignore 14 Containers of ‘Human Tissue’ Found in Abortionist's Car
The media tend to eat up horror stories – except when abortion is involved.
Local stations first broke the news Oct. 13 that police discovered 14 containers of “human tissue” in a Michigan abortionist’s car. The horror story eerily echoed reports from the case of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell – and, like Gosnell, it didn’t tempt coverage from the broadcast networks. All three, ABC, NBC…
October 19th, 2015 4:12 PM
Liberal Actress Laments Abortion Being 'Demonized' in the U.S.
Outspoken abortion rights activist and Hollywood actress Amy Brenneman was interviewed by the Huffington Post’s HuffPost Live last Thursday, where she complained that abortion is being “demonized” in the United States. In an interview that discussed her role in the HBO series, The Leftovers, Brenneman discussed her motivation for joining Ms. magazine’s 2006 petition for supporting the pro-choice…
October 19th, 2015 4:06 PM
ESPN Allows Questioning of Chargers QB Philip Rivers' Large Family
In addition to Curt Schilling, there appears to be another person ESPN isn’t too fond of. That would be San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, well, and babies. In a Q&A with fans in ESPN Magazine, ESPN pulled the editorial goalie and allowed an offensive and completely ridiculous question to be lobbed at Rivers, who happens to be the father of a large, and growing family.
October 19th, 2015 3:48 PM
Politico Fawns Over Hillary’s ‘Fellow Pioneers’ in Female Press Corps
In a gushing profile on Monday, Politico’s Hadas Gold touted: “At least 18 national media outlets have female reporters on the Clinton beat....No one can remember a political press corps this heavily female.” She proclaimed: “The change seems to be a combination of more women doing political reporting in general, and many more being drawn to Clinton's potentially historic candidacy.”
October 19th, 2015 2:38 PM