Category: Media
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The ‘Wild, Wild Midwest’
The city’s murder rate is quadruple New York City’s. Homicides since 2001 total twice the number of U.S. military personnel killed in Afghanistan in the same period. Police have moved to reduce the carnage, but activists say gun use must be reined in—and they will stage a peacemakers’ rally on Friday. via The Daily Beast.…
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The Media’s Unholy Relationship with Obama
On the evening of Tuesday, June 30, 2009—just five months into his administration—Barack Obama invited a small group of presidential historians to dine with him in the Family Quarters of the White House. His chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, personally delivered the invitations with a word of caution: the meeting was to remain private and…
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Half of Florida H.S. Students Fail Reading Test
Nearly half of Florida high school students failed the reading portion of the state’s new toughened standardized test, education officials said on Friday. Results this year from the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test showed 52 percent of freshman students and 50 percent of sophomores scored at their grade levels. Students in the 10th grade must pass…
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Stripping Chicago Spending, Bare Down
“What do a Chicago strip club and the President’s campaign fund have in common?” ANSWER: BOTH were paid- with public funds- as “VENDORS” to the City of Chicago. _______________________________________ Yesterday, OpenTheBooks.com upgraded it’s transparency portal to include the City of Chicago checkbook from 2002-2011. It contains $74 billion in vendor payments. Last year 69,800 entities received checks. Here’s what I found while scanning…
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Wealthy Flee France (Shhh, don’t tell the U.S. Media)
For those that don’t know, France recently had an election and voted for the most socialist guy on the ballot. The guy who’s promising to raise taxes on the rich and increase the transfer payments to the poor. The result? The rich are leaving… in droves. France’s high earners feel increasingly unwelcome in a country…
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Ron Paul vs. the #HonestMistake
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Afghanistan – The Forgotten War
Consider: Since Apr. 24, the following American service members have died as a result of continuing operations in Afghanistan. Spc. Manuel Vasquez, 22, West Sacramento, California Spc. Benjamin Neal, 21, Orfordville, Wisconsin Spc. Jason Edens, 22, Franklin, Tennessee Lt. Christopher Mosko, 28, Pittsford, New York Spc. Moises Gonzalez, 29, Huntington, California Staff Sgt. Brandon Eggleston,…
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Pentagon Smears Critics
The first casualty when war comes is the truth. — Hiram Johnson No one knows this better than the folks at the pentagon. The newspaper USA Today said Friday an editor and reporter probing Pentagon propaganda efforts have been targeted by an online “misinformation campaign.” Fake Twitter and Facebook accounts have been created under the…
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Keith Olbermann Wanders Aimlessly in NY
Unemployed, perennially confrontational talking head Keith Olbermann aimlessly wandered around Central Park South earlier this week, seemingly looking for a friend or a purpose. Our spies snapped unflattering pictures of Olbermann decked out in a giant red pullover and clownishly baggy jeans as he strolled 59th Street near Seventh Avenue, smelling the roses — or,…
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Prescient or Racism?
Again, a UK paper carries a story no U.S. media outlet would touch. In his three years as U.S. president, Barack Obama has been dogged by claims he is not patriotic enough. … Now it emerges that similar fears were expressed about his father, who was categorised with others as ‘anti-American and anti-white’ when he…