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NB Staff
February 12th, 2010 9:44 AM

Rush Limbaugh's Voice Tested To Kill Beetles

A scientific study was recently performed to determine if Rush Limbaugh's voice would kill beetles:Beetles are destroying ponderosa, pinyon, lodgepole pines and other trees important to the ecosystem. The beetles have their place in the ecosystem too, of course, but climate change and human activities have allowed beetles to take over more than they should.To combat such infestations, scientists…
Noel Sheppard
February 12th, 2010 9:06 AM

Blizzard of Lies: Debunking The Warm-Air-Holds-More-Moisture Defense

Update: Rush cites this article to rip global warmist hypocrisy.  On today's show, Rush Limbaugh cited NewsBusters and read from this article to demonstrate the global warmists' hypocrisy: "when there is less snow, they say it's because of global warming. When there is more snow, they say it's because of global warming.  Now you cannot have it both ways."  Rush played several clips of Dem…
Mark Finkelstein
February 12th, 2010 7:21 AM

New Teen Movie Includes 'Zinger' That Obama 'Might Be a Demigod

Tim Graham
February 12th, 2010 7:16 AM

Obama’s Disapproval Jumps, Couric Instead Stresses: ‘Most Think Hi

In a new CBS News/New York Times poll, President Barack Obama’s disapproval level jumped five points, to 45 percent since the last survey in mid-January, with approval now at just 46 percent, but Thursday’s CBS Evening News skipped that bad news for Obama and instead highlighted some better news for the President. Though 80 percent said “members of Congress [are] more interested in serving…
Brent Baker
February 11th, 2010 11:34 PM

CNN's Roland Martin: It's Time for Obama to 'Go Gangsta on GOP

CNN political analyst Roland Martin stirred things up on CNN.com with his editorial "Time to go gangsta on GOP." Martin is sick and tired of Republicans holding up Obama nominees, so he’s suggesting that the president act like Al Capone or maybe the movie version, Robert DeNiro in The Untouchables: Obama's critics keep blasting him for Chicago-style politics. So, fine. Channel your inner Al…
Tim Graham
February 11th, 2010 10:47 PM

Left Claims to Have Chased Away 100+ Beck Advertisers

Eight-month old boycott appears to be losing steam in U.S.
Dan Gainor
February 11th, 2010 8:31 PM

Brokaw's Bad Memory: Impeachment Was 'Initiated' Against Clinton

We're not looking to give Bill Clinton a hard time on a day when he's undergone heart surgery.  But our forbearance doesn't extend to Tom Brokaw when he misstates history . . . On this evening's Hardball, responding to Chris Matthews' question as to what motivates Clinton nowadays, Brokaw surmised that he is trying to improve his place in history given that, as president, impeachment proceedings…
Mark Finkelstein
February 11th, 2010 8:09 PM

Coffee and the Second Amendment Don’t Mix, According to AlterNet

The popular chain coffee shop, Starbucks, is known for a lot of things, but up until recently guns were not one of them. Some patrons of the Seattle-based coffee shop have recently started exercising their rights to carrying guns while they enjoy a cup of coffee. While the Starbucks customers have been expressing their right to bear arms, as allowed by the Second Amendment, there has been some…
Sarah Knoploh
February 11th, 2010 5:54 PM

Breaking: Bill Clinton Rushed to Manhattan Hospital

UPDATE BELOW THE FOLD: ABC News video about the former President's condition.Former President Bill Clinton was rushed to a Manhattan hospital Thursday afternoon.As reported by ABCNews.com moments ago: Clinton, 63, was transported to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan for a condition related to his heart. ABC News' chief political correspondent George Stephanopoulos reported that sources…
Noel Sheppard
February 11th, 2010 4:54 PM

FNC's Chris Wallace 'Offended' That People Watch Scarborough, Denies R

Fox News's Chris Wallace Thursday blasted Joe Scarborough for suggesting that he rolled his eyes at the camera after Sunday's interview with Sarah Palin, and said he was "offended" people even watched the former Congressman on MSNBC.The "Fox News Sunday" host was referring to what transpired on Monday's "Morning Joe." "Look at the end of Chris Wallace's interview where he rolls his eyes, uh,…
Lachlan Markay
February 11th, 2010 4:50 PM

'Anti-Journalism Attack Groups' Like MRC Threaten Democracy

Were you aware that the Media Research Center is a preeminent example of imported CIA psychological-warfare techniques? And that it’s an “anti-journalism attack group”? Former AP and Newsweek reporter Robert Parry warned of this and more on Alternet: A key strategy of the right has been to convince as many Americans as possible that the U.S. news media has a "liberal bias," a canard that has…
Tim Graham
February 11th, 2010 4:20 PM

MSNBC’s Ratigan: Tea Party Includes ‘Birthers,’ ‘Open Racists

On Monday’s ‘The Dylan Ratigan Show’ on MSNBC, host Dylan Ratigan began the program by ranting: “The tea party has a bit of an integrity problem, as everybody from birthers, to open racists, to outright Nazis are actually on the team. And no one involved, including its leadership, seems to mind that fact.”     To justify his outrageous smear of the political movement, Ratigan cited one woman who…
Kyle Drennen
February 11th, 2010 4:15 PM

Name That Party, Snowmageddon Edition: Convicted Ex-Baltimore Mayor Ge

In a 15-paragraph story filed yesterday afternoon, Baltimore Sun's Justin Fenton reported how a police cruiser was dispatched at all times during the recent snowstorms to watch over the house of the city's disgraced ex-Mayor Sheila Dixon (D). You'll recall Dixon was convicted of misappropriating donated gift cards intended for distribution to needy constituents. Instead, Dixon used them on her…
Ken Shepherd
February 11th, 2010 3:46 PM