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CNN Headline: “Candidates make appeal to anti-abortionists”

15. December 2011

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Charming. The article, by the way, is about Republican candidates attending a pro-life film by Mike Huckabee. Pretty innocuous and not exactly out of the mainstream in Iowa. But “this is CNN” so we have to describe those who favor protections for the unborn not as pro-life but “anti-abortionists”. Ace notes how misleading the headline [...]

Meghan McCain: Bachmann is “More Smarter” Than Sarah Palin

1. December 2011

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Beyond parody. I think she’s more smarter, I think she’s more on foreign policy, I think all of the things she’s done an debates very impressed. She’s older and more established and been a member of Congress for a very long time. She is very experienced and knowledgeable. she comes across as the thinking person’s [...]

GQ Names Obama One of the Least Influential Famous People Alive

29. November 2011

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Other recipients: “Special Ed” Schultz of MSNBC, Newsweek and Daily Beast owner Tina Brown, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. They also name John Boehner, though their explanation focuses on blasting his politics and base rather than really explaining why the Speaker of the House is one of the least influential. The man has stopped Barack Obama’s lefty [...]

Democrats Attack Jake Tapper for Accurate Coverage, Then Remove Attack

29. November 2011

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Earlier today, the Democratic National Committee attacked ABC News White House correspondent Jake Tapper for accurately fact-checking the left’s latest attack on Mitt Romney. Tapper had noted that, contrary to the left’s attack narrative, Romney never explicitly supported the Obama stimulus package. DNC National Press Secretary Melanie Roussell issued this statement, attacking Tapper’s credibility and [...]

Attorney General Eric Holder Demands Media Stop Covering Fast & Furious Scandal

29. November 2011

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Note to public officials: Attacking the media for covering a scandal never leads to less coverage. Never. The coverage just focuses on your attempts at intimidation. Embattled Attorney General Eric Holder today demanded The Daily Caller stop publishing articles about the growing calls in Congress for his resignation because of the failed Operation Fast and [...]

WaPo Reporter Asks Twitter for Dirt on Newt Gingrich

28. November 2011

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Shameless. About an hour ago, Aaron Blake of the Washington Post took to Twitter to crowd-source opposition research on Republican frontrunner Newt Gingrich. He tweeted: Hey Tweeps: Looking for outlandish/incorrect predictions and quotes from Newt Gingrich’s past. Any ideas for me? You mean like predicting the $820 billion stimulus would keep unemployment below 8%? Or [...]

New Woman to Accuse Cain During Press Conference with Dirty Tricks Hack

7. November 2011

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A fourth woman has suddenly decided she was sexually assaulted by Herman Cain more than a decade ago, so she’s coming forward with allegations during a press conference with notorious attention whore Gloria Allred. You remember Gloria. The lefty hack who raised allegations against Meg Whitman (R) before the 2010 gubernatorial race and Arnold Schwarzenegger [...]

A Paper Defiant: French Paper Reprints Mohammad Cartoon After Getting Firebombed

3. November 2011

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Balls. (Reuters) – A French satirical weekly whose office was fire bombed after it printed a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad has reproduced the image with other caricatures in a special supplement distributed with one of the country’s leading newspapers. The weekly Charlie Hebdo defended “the freedom to poke fun” in the four-page supplement, which [...]

If it’s between New Gmail and carrier pigeon, I’m gonna start training birds

3. November 2011

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I made the mistake today of trying out New Gmail. “Hell, I kinda liked New Twitter, and Google has a history of stylish design, so why not try it,” I said to myself. I quickly came to regret that decision. New Gmail isn’t just bad — it’s atrocious. Like “gauge out my eyeballs with a [...]

Did Romney Supporter Leak Cain Allegations to Politico?

1. November 2011

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Joel P. Bennett, lawyer for one of the women who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment (but couldn’t prove her case), apparently told a CNN panel this evening that his understanding is the story was “leaked to Politico from a Board member of the National Restaurant Association”. On a completely unrelated note, Steven C. Anderson [...]