Schumer: 'Of Course' Neither Hillary Nor Obama's Word Is Good

For a guy who's supposedly a savvy pol, Chuck Schumer has sure made a damning admission about the Dem presidential candidates. The senior senator from New York has suggested that their word is worthless. On today's Meet the Press, Tim Russert quizzed Schumer about the change in heart of the Clinton campaign regarding seating delegates from Michigan. The DNC ruled last year that none of Michigan'…
Mark Finkelstein

Open Thread

NB Staff

Rich, Fisked

Mark Finkelstein

CNN Invites Charles Barkley to Trash Conservative 'Fake Christians

Tim Graham

Western Greenland Ice Growing; Still Global Warming

Lynn Davidson

AP Attacks McCain's Temper With Edited F-words

Media watchers have been wondering how long it will take press representatives to start attacking John McCain now that he's become almost the certain Republican nominee for president.On February 16, the wait ended, as the Associated Press went on a literally vulgar tirade about the Arizona senator's temper that would make Madonna blush.Almost.As reported Saturday (emphasis added throughout, h/t…
Noel Sheppard

Iranian Television Loves Keith Olbermann

Noel Sheppard

Global Warming to be Taught in Public Schools

Be afraid, America! Be very afraid!No matter how many times people like Nobel Laureate Al Gore claim that global warming isn't political, nothing can be further from the truth.Take for example a bill in the California senate to require climate change be part of the science curricula in all public schools.As reported in Friday's San Jose Mercury (emphasis added throughout, h/t Marc Sheppard):
Noel Sheppard

Obama: Fixer of Souls

John Stephenson

Concealed Carry: ABC Apparently Prefers Fish-In-a-Barrel To OK Corral

Interviewing a student advocate of concealed carry on campus, Good Morning America's Bill Weir fretted today that it could lead to an "OK Corral" situation. Weir spoke with Mike Guzman, a student at Texas State University and a leader of a national group called Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. Weir's opening gambit: "Are you carrying a gun now?"Guzman said that he was, and does so…
Mark Finkelstein

Brother of Slain TWA 847 Hijack Victim Says Media Are Pro-Terrorist

While press outlets such as the New York Times grieved over the death of Imad Mugniyah last week, they disgracefully ignored the hundreds of innocent people directly and indirectly killed by this terrorist the past three decades. One such was Robert Stethem, a Navy Seabee diver that was assassinated on June 15, 1985, during the hijacking of TWA Flight 847; Mugniyah was one of the hijackers.…
Noel Sheppard

Don't Blame Us For Berkeley/Toledo Attacks Against Marines Say Busines

You're all aware, I'm sure, of the several attacks against our fighting men and women perpetrated by city governments of late. The Berkeley City Council, who intended to try and kick Marine recruiting offices out of the city, and Toledo, where Mayor Finkbeiner refused to allow the Marines to exit a bus in his city when they arrived to start planned upon exercises, are all over the news. It is…
Warner Todd Huston

Weekend Sports Open Thread

For those NBers not in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to watch Brandon Sheppard compete at the Tyson Invitational (men's high jump to begin just minutes from now, GO BIG RED!), here's your chance to discuss all things sports.For instance: who's lying -- Clemens or McNamee? Will someone be charged with perjury and/or obstructing justice? Real baseball fans can start getting ready for the season at ESPN's…
NB Staff

ABC's Obamacan: 'Lashing Out' Hillary 'Brazenly' Attacks Barack

This is too perfect! Barely an hour after Pat Buchanan proclaimed on NBC that the MSM is full of "out-of-the-closet Obamacans," ABC's David Wright provided a perfect illustration of the genre. In fact, I'm nominating the GMA segment Wright narrated this morning as the single most slanted episode of the MSM primary season. The screen graphic "On the Attack," set the theme: Hillary is unfairly…
Mark Finkelstein