More evidence refuting the assertion that CNN leans to the left. CNN leans right by continuing to passively help right-wing disinformation spread. Referring to CNN’s Campbell Brown, Media Matter’s James Foser writes: And in Brown’s telling, MSNBC “leans left” just as much as Fox “leans to the right.” Of course, Brown doesn’t actually provide any [...]
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Stimulus results and CNN going right
Are not yet tallied, but the White House estimate is 650,000 jobs. Which is on target to hit 3 million over the life of the stimulus, but I had hoped for more. Of course, this doesn’t take into account indirect jobs – but that is more difficult to count. More at Yahoo. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_stimulus_jobs Update: Recovery.gov [...]
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Right Wing Media vs. Reality part 2
Two articles, same subject. Washington Post vs the New York Times. Dana Milbank vs Christopher Drew Washington Post How not to stick to your guns New York Times Victory for Obama Over Military Lobby Isn’t that funny. Somebody isn’t telling the truth, or is glossing over important points in order to push a perspective. Lets [...]
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Public Option
The public option being proposed in the house bill is the version that the more conservative democrats prefer. That means rates will be negotiated rather than be tied to medicare rates (plus 5%). The CBO says that the House bill would reduce the deficit by more than $100 billion over 10 years, but I suspect [...]
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Avatar Trailer
The Avatar Trailer is below. Avatar was directed by James Cameron. Yeah, the titanic guy. But also the strange days guy. Did Terminator 3 (bleh) But also did Terminator 2 (yay) And bonus points for the first film. Can’t forget True Lies either. Hit or miss. Call me a skeptic about this film based only [...]
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Commander in Chief
Initially I didn’t understand why he’d stand with the officers. Then I remembered the ‘Commander-In-Chief’ job title, which clearly puts him at the top of the military. I like this president. I haven’t heard critics reaction outside of some gushing, which I’ll share. From Political and Media Strategist, Tom Matzzie at Huffingtonpost.com. Obama’s Dover Salute [...]
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Joe Lierberman: Independent
Independent of his constituents. His party is afterall, Connecticut for Lieberman not Lieberman for Connecticut (64% of Connecticut wants the public option). Stephen Colbert’s take on Mavericky Lieberman is below. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
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Spotting Identity Thieves in your Inbox
This morning I received a message from Facebook, asking me to click a button on their email. However, I noticed that when I put my mouse over the update button, the address I would be taken to is: http://www.facebook.com.yy1azsva.eu/globaldirectory/LoginFacebook.php?ref=1371296993220802419758679214228283889232554843&email=xxxx@yourdomain.com As you can see, I would not be taken to facebook.com I would be taken to [...]
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Yankees vs. Phillies
With my preferred underdogs (Minnesota and St. Louis) already beaten, baseball is down to the Yanks and Phils. Tim Brown over at Yahoo Sports has broken things down by position. However, he’s wrong on a number of those positional comparisons. At catcher, he’s got Posada and Ruiz as a tie. C’mon, that is silly despite [...]
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Shutter Island
Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Ben Kingsley and Leonardo DiCaprio. I’ll wait for video, barring an outstanding review by Roger Ebert. I like Scorsese usually, but I really don’t like DiCaprio, despite the feeling that he’s a rather accomplished and talented actor. The unusual thing about this movie is that its a slasher/suspense flick. Not [...]
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