Who says there aren't some positive side-effects to a slowing economy?

I'd say this one, as reported by the Washington Post's "Capital Weather Gang" blog, qualifies:

NBC Universal made…

Though given a perfect opportunity to do so, Tom Brokaw on Sunday chose not to discuss the similarities between Franklin D. Roosevelt's refusal to work with President Herbert Hoover on solving the…

Media sources seemed to be thrilled that Obama is promising to save or create millions of new jobs. The only problem is they seem to purposefully fail to mention that these will primarily be…

Tom Brokaw: talk show host or DNC enforcer?  Barack Obama and Harry Reid were willing to let bygones be bygones, letting Joe Lieberman keep his Homeland Security Committee chairmanship. 

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It may not be an automatic disqualifier for an Obama administration appointment, as Ed Morrissey at Hot Air suggested on Friday, but it's certainly an affront to the personal privacy rights of…

It's week 12, and Joe's gotcha covered below the fold:

Pigskins and Politics: Week 12 Joe Concha The economy can't be good when the NFL now says they'll be discounting…

It's very doubtful that the name "Vanessa Niekamp" rings a bell with very many readers here. That's because the media elites like some whistleblowers, and not others.

In other circumstances…

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Is the worst of the financial crisis still to come?

The IMF's chief economist has warned that the global financial crisis is set to…

In an MSM eager for the advent of the Age of Obama, Kate Snow may have taken the cake.  The weekend GMA co-host almost sounded as if she were calling for some kind of coup d'etat, musing whether…

A caller to Rush Limbaugh's show on Friday alerted him that on Sunday, the Los Angeles Times "Kids Reading Room" section would explain how the Pilgrims discovered that holding all their goods in…

The Politico reported on November 22 that Time Magazine's Mark Halperin scolded the media for it's sycophantic treatment of Barack Obama during this election cycle calling the favorable treatment…

UPDATE: More absolutely must-see videos have been added below the fold. Some great additions. Keep 'em coming, NBers!

Let's do it again.

Here are the rules: suggested videos should…

CNN has corrected a bogus story the network's Rick Sanchez pathetically aired Wednesday about leaders at last Saturday's G20 meeting snubbing President Bush as if he had "cooties."

For those…

Brent Bozell's culture column this week delved into the ditch that is Fox Entertainment. Although many find Fox News to be a breath of fresh air in news, Fox Entertainment often seems lewd, crude…

Comedians have been having fun this week with the idea of old-fashioned piracy re-emerging on the Somali coast (enough of the Johnny Depp jokes). But Associated Press reporter Mohamad Olan Hassan…

Governor Palin is in demand. Every newshound, every TV talking head, every newsertainer in the country is after her. She is being pursued for TV shows, book deals, movie roles, hounded by…

Some potentially exciting games today:

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: teenage suicide.

A South Florida college student killed himself by overdosing on drugs in front of a live online audience as some…

CBS News is starting the next wave of Obama intoxication. Rename your school for our Historic Leader:

A school on Long Island has been renamed Barack Obama Elementary School in honor of his…

Ya gotta hand it to them. The Associated Press knows how to cut out all the extraneous background noise and get right to the important issues of the day. Barack Obama will surely be in the center…

Naked Emperor News has unearthed a 2007 KJFK radio interview Barack Obama gave to host Christiane Brown…