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Bloomberg Analyst: $700 Billion Bailout Could Balloon to $5 Trillion
Marc Faber Ltd. director calls initial cost estimates a 'drop in the bucket,' says real solution is to bring down overleveraging.
AP Publishes McCain-Bashing Bailout Piece Olbermann Should Love
The Associated Press's Charles Babington, the journalist Keith Olbermann attacked in August for having the nerve to criticize Barack Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention, wrote a McCain-bashing article Thursday evening that should get a standing ovation from the "Countdown" host.The piece entitled "Dems, Some in GOP Question McCain's Intervention" probably evoked so much applause…
Mika: 'I've Gutted a Deer
Have we had it all wrong about Mika Brzezinski? All this time we've pigeon-holed her as part of the Eastern liberal media elite, was she in fact secretly part of the Sarah Palin demographic? It's not quite field-dressing a moose, but Mika let it be known today that she knows how to hunt and . . . has "gutted a deer."The revelation came as Mika and Joe Scarborough were saying goodbye to Sen.…
Dems Bailout Proposal Redirects 'Paulson's Profits' To Left-Wing Group
Bush told the country that we are in an economic crisis and his Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, came up with an idea that would, it is claimed, end up actually making money for the U.S. Treasury in the long run. That's all well and good, but the Democrats already have a plan to siphon off any repayment of the people's money back to the treasury by adding one little line to the agreement that…
AP Attacks Palin for Not Being in Alaska During Campaign
The AP is suddenly alarmed that no one is "running Alaska" while Palin is out on the stump with John McCain, so much so that they've published a piece wondering if Alaska is about to sink into the icy grip of the Alaskan tundra, or something, because Palin isn't there. One wonders if the AP is all upset that no one is in Congress representing certain districts of Illinois or Delaware with Obama…
Even NYT Crossword Puzzles In Tank for Obama
Even the crossword puzzles in The New York Times are biased in favor of Obama and Biden finds David Levinson Wilk in Politico. Wilk did a little research to see how many times McCain has been an answer in the NYT puzzle since 2005. He came up with zero entries. When he looked for Obama he found the name "regularly appeared" in the puzzle. Does this prove that the Times is "150 percent in the tank…
NewsBusted
Topics in today's show: Watching football with the presidential candidates, McCain compares himself to Jack Bauer of "24," Donald Trump moves from supporting Hillary Clinton to McCain, and P. Diddy unveils "Starmaker" reality show.
'Obamazebo' Project Under Investigation; Sun-Times Follows Up; Drudge
This post updates primary work done by the Chicago Sun-Times in July (accompanying video is here), this September 7 post at NewsBusters, and two related posts (here and here) at BizzyBlog. Graphics are mostly courtesy of NewsBusters commenter "tnculp." Hat tips go to all who tipped me to the news. In a Thursday story by Chris Fusco and Dave McKinney that has been linked by Drudge, the Chicago Sun…
ABC's 2-Day 'Coming Out' Party for Clay Aiken
'Exclusive' interview is a giant puff piece for new self-proclaimed 'gay' father.
AMC Chains Up Hounddog
Theaters refuse to show movie with rape of 9-year-old character, while critics gush over girl's performance.
Begala: President Bush 'a High-Functioning Moron
What is it with Democrats and their grotesque slurs upon the intelligence of their political rivals? Last week it was Charles Rangel calling Sarah Palin "disabled." Tonight on CNN, Paul Begala called President Bush "a high-functioning moron."Begala was on an Anderson Cooper-led panel with Republican Ed Rollins and CNN's Gloria Borger to discuss the state of the possible federal financial…