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Astounding Headline: 'Global Warming Rage Lets Global Hunger Grow
For years, NewsBusters has reported on the absurdity of the global warming "solution" known as biofuel whereby agricultural products such as corn are converted into a gasoline additive supposedly to reduce the usage of oil.As predicted, grain costs are skyrocketing around the world causing so much political and social unrest that the British Telegraph published a headline Tuesday declaring "…
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: McCain to unveil economic plan (paragraph breaks removed): John McCain will propose new tax cuts and spending reductions in a speech today, laying out a plan that would give the federal government a central role in reviving the sagging U.S. economy. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee will seek an alternative tax system…
Matthews: 'I Want To Be a Senator
Stephen Colbert called it "an announcement." Chris Matthews went on the Comedy Central show last night and, responding to the host's importuning to declare his candidacy for US Senator from Pennsylvania, ultimately stated: "I want to be a senator."Over on MSNBC, Morning Joe played a clip of their colleague's appearance, then chewed it over.STEPHEN COLBERT: There's a lot of talk that you might be…
NewsBusted
Topics in today's show: Hillary Clinton urges President Bush to boycott the Olympic ceremony, CBS and CNN rumors, Obama's "diplomatic surge" with Iran, Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson and the tabloids, Lindsay Lohan's Charles Manson movie.Click the "play" icon at the top right of the sidebar to watch see or watch our past episodes here.
Obama Big Money 'Bundler' A Hugo Chavez Supporter, Will Media Report
Adding to the growing mountain of evidence that Barack Obama either intensely dislikes the very country of which he wants to be elected president, or at the very least surrounds himself with those who do, news is breaking that one of Obama's big money donation "bundlers" is virulently anti-military and a supporter of Hugo Chavez -- the well-known Venezuelan dictator famous for his hateful anti-…
Bias, Bias Everywhere as Media Ponder Pontiff
There were too many examples of anti-Pope bias to list before Benedict even set foot on American soil.
Evergreen Gore's New TV Ad Is Holocaustic
When the search for truth is confused with political advocacy, the pursuit of knowledge is reduced to the quest for power. – Alston Chase
'Awesome Shot' Maddow: Media Mean to Obama
What do you find more shocking? That lefty Air America host Rachel Maddow:Says she's an "awesome shot," good at blowing people away on the target range?Thinks Barack Obama has gotten a bum rap from the MSM?I'd call it a tossup.Maddow made her statements on this evening's Race for the White House on MSNBC. First came Maddow's mention of being handy with a gun.
CNN Show Viewers the Right Way to Handle a Distressed Mortgage
Rather than beating up on home lenders and accuse them of intentionally targeting borrowers who were in over the head, CNN took a more instructive approach. The April 14 edition of CNN's new business show, "Issue #1," showed that there are ways other than whining and moaning about how you were victimized by an unscrupulous lender. A Brooklyn, N.Y., homeowner on the brink of foreclosure sent a…
Wright's Thomas Jefferson 'Pedophilia' Assertion: Only 'Fix News' Cove
This morning, I noted at BizzyBlog that during a Saturday eulogy for a former appellate judge, Mr. R. Eugene Pincham, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, "former" pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ and acknowledged mentor of presidential candidate Barack Obama, characterized Fox News as "Fix News." This criticism was, of course meant to be derogatory. I suggested (fifth item at link) that the "…