Category Archives: Wonky Media

Eugene Robinson: Extreme Rick Santorum Shouldn’t Be Let Near White House

One thing that I have missed during the King Obama years has been the truly unhinged lefties being unhinged. They were a lot more fun when Bush was president, but, hey, with the 2012 silly season in full swing, they are coming out of the woodwork (Washington Post) Before there was the Tea Party to […]

New Hampshire “Scientists” Urge GOP Contenders To Embrace Climate Change Hoax

The Warmists just won’t give up their cultish beliefs, and The Hill is there to run with the story without any fact checking Fifty New Hampshire scientists Thursday called on the Republican presidential candidates to accept the “overwhelming” scientific evidence behind climate change. The scientists issued the joint statement just weeks before the Jan. 10 […]

Washington Post: Hey, Why Is Occupy So Darned Whitebread?

The Washington Post’s headline is actually Why blacks aren’t embracing Occupy Wall, but, it might as well have asked why the Occupiers are 98.4% pale faces Occupy Wall Street might seem like a movement that would resonate with black Americans. After all, unemployment among African Americans is at 15 percent, vs. almost 8 percent for […]

College Grads Moving Back Home Damages Trickle Down Economics

(A little bit of serendipity. I wrote this one earlier in the morning, and just heard Rush talking about it as I was headed home from the gym.) And, if you are a woman, you are in big trouble, because you aren’t buying all sorts of womanly stuff (NY Times) Like most of her friends, […]

Fish Wrap Deems Most Of OWS Reports “Anecdotal”

Whew! And here I thought that all the police reports, arrests, and interviews with people both inside the Occupy movement and in the surrounding area were actually facts (NY Times) The arrest of a Crown Heights man last week on charges of sexually assaulting a protester at Zuccotti Park added to an already raucous public discussion […]

MSNBC Discusses North Carolina’s Forced Sterilization Program, Avoids Mentioning The D Word

What happened in North Carolina, and 37 other states, was a travesty. I’ve mentioned it before. Forced sterilization of Blacks, the poor, “defectives”. Brian Williams, with his new “Rock Center” program, delves into the issue. After bringing the human interest part to the story, we get North Carolina was one of 31 states to have […]

I Declare Politico’s Attack On Herman Cain Racist

Obviously, the big news Sunday night through Monday was the very old sexual harassment charges against Herman Cain while I was away visiting with the parents. It’s sent the media, including some on the right, into a frenzy, even going so far as saying Cain’s campaign is over. It all begs the question: who leaked […]

Politico’s Ben Smith Compares Palin To Mussolini

Very subtly, though (The Politico) Palin lovers, Palin haters, a half-dozen publishing houses, and elements of the mainstream media who tracked her plans long after the Republican campaign bypassed her suddenly face a future without their entertaining, unpredictable, and now scarcely relevant subject. Palin’s circle of online admirers greeted her announcement with shock and dismay. […]

Even The Washington Post Thinks Dumping Taxpayer Money Into Green Enterprises Is A Bad Idea

The actual take-away from the Washington Post editorial is that Obama should appear to be more upset, because it looks bad politically for him to be so blase’ about blowing half a billion dollars on a company that was bound to fail (Washington Post) ONCE THE OBAMA administration’s paragon of a clean-energy future, Solyndra has […]

Palin Calls Cain “Flavor Of The Week”….Must Be A Racist

The Politico’s Maggie Haberman doesn’t actually say that, but, we all know that’s the intent, an intent that several Politico commentors sure bought into: Sarah Palin calls ‘Herm Cain’ the ‘flavor of the week’ The indefatigable Juana Summers sends over this dispatch from Sarah Palin’s appearance with Greta Van Susteren, in which she took a […]

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