Mike's Blog Round Up
TBogg: Decision-making and why it fails.
The Non Sequitur: That's icky, your argument is invalid.
The Progressive Puppy: West Virginia gay man assaulted by police.
Annals of Journalism: The 119 words you can't use on the radio... Embrace the wonk... Political analysis and BS... Thanks for protecting us from relevant information... Clowns to the left of me, jokers on the right... Conservative exclusion is a right-wing delusion... The Atlantic has found its perfect idiot... Debunking a "Christian nationalist pseudo-historian”... BP "reporters" give flowery account of disaster... Unknown parties kill jobless aid in Senate... A message to Jeffrey Goldberg's anonymous sources... Mencken would get the boot, too.
Last guest post by Batocchio. Thanks! Next up is Blue Gal. Temporarily e-mail tips to bluegalsblog AT gmail.
Although NASA has no official policy regarding sex in space, Chief Astronomer for the Franklin Institute Derrick Pitts discusses whether it’s even possible.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/380086...
Some stuff you can't make up!
Did you see Colbert's show where he was preparing to become an astronaut? There was a whole lot about sex in space and it was funny.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
http://www.projectcensored.org/articles/story...
I did not know this much about ObieOne
Some stuff you can't make up!
And yet:
"...some say"
the phrase/technique used to propagate the laziest journalism and editorializing is nowhere to be found in the 'list'.
I'm Boycotting NewsCorp! Heres what not to buy: http://www.cjr.org/resources/index.php?c=news...
There was something very simular on Morning Joe this morning. Mika asked is there a rift between the white house and Bill Clinton? Then a reporter came on to say that Bill Clinton had done one fund raiser yesterday for a dem in a state where the white house supported the other dem running in that race and it was the only thing Clinton was doing for that candidate. He said no there were no problems between Clinton and the white house.
So Mika had created a story where no story existed simply for the attention to the rest of the none-story.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Now fox has taken this same non-story and asks if Bill's actions suggests something about Hillary's political plans for 2012. Talk about a snow ball rolling down hill.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Here's some interesting news about algae and fuel.
In the New New testiment it says; thou shalt not bare false witness unless you are a republican, then it is required!
Thank you for your effort. You did a fine job subbing for Mike, as I have no doubt Blue Gal will also. I always start the day here, to get caught up.
Until you respect the citizenship of those with which you disagree, you're not a true American.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/06/aclu...
wonderful the way the obama administration is protecting our civil rights.
THIS SAYS IT ALL: Must See Political Irony: http://politicalirony.com/2010/06/29/ah-the-g...
A response to the insanely idiotic billboards popping up in con-servative areas....LOL - yeah, we sure miss those 400 documented crimes & malfeasance - http://www.netrootsmass.net/hughs-bush-scanda...
How hot is it? So hot that 8 countries in Africa and Asia set all-time high temperature records - http://climateprogress.org/2010/06/29/heat-wa...
Meanwhile in infinitely stupid denial land: And the Tea Party postponed their Las Vegas convention
Before getting to the irony of the anti-science Tea Partiers canceling their big convention because the weather is too hot, let’s look at some of the staggering extreme weather events around the globe.
GOP puts party over planet, claims pollution is energy - http://www.grist.org/article/2010-06-29-gop-p...
Obama pushes Senators for energy bill with carbon price — and so does Olympia Snowe (R-ME) - http://climateprogress.org/2010/06/29/obama-c...
Thom Hartmann: Is BP guilty of ecocide? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn5cz4mR6DM
Dems in D.C.: Please Take off the Gloves and Fight for Us Like You Said You Would -- Dee Evams for BuzzFlash - http://blog.buzzflash.com/contributors/3317
Lara Logan, You Suck by Matt Taibbi - http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/matt-tai...
"Lara Logan, come on down! You're the next guest on Hysterical Backstabbing Jealous Hackfest 2010! I thought I'd seen everything when I read David Brooks saying out loud in a New York Times column that reporters should sit on damaging comments to save their sources from their own idiocy.
But now we get CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan slamming our own Michael Hastings on CNN's "Reliable Sources" program, agreeing that the Rolling Stone reporter violated an "unspoken agreement" that journalists are not supposed to "embarrass [the troops] by reporting insults and banter.""
Congressman asks BP to pay for mental-health services on coast - http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20100628/AR...
"Congressman Charlie Melancon is calling on BP to seriously address what he says is a rising number of mental-health problems in Gulf communities caused by the oil disaster. He has asked that the company make a significant contribution to nonprofit organizations aiding families and providing crisis counseling."
Siegelman Conviction Is Vacated--What Does It Mean? - http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2010/06/si...
When you're rich, its easy to say: "John Boehner: Raise Retirement Age To 70" - http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ne...
Brad Friedman: Of Burgers, Ballots and Bogus Polls - http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7919
First Female Australian Climate Minister Urged to Take the Lead on Climate Change - http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51982
The last Republican: President Eisenhower: "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children."
- http://harpers.org/archive/2007/11/hbc-90001660
Not that he was all that great....that thingy in Iran sure causes us a lot of problems to this day...
Definition of Insanity: Sharron Angle’s energy plan: Deregulate the ‘mining industry,’ as well as the ‘oil and petroleum industry’ - http://climateprogress.org/2010/06/29/sharron...
Hell Yeah! Let's let the 'invisible hand' of the 'free market' handle it....that worked out oh so well for the Gulf, Prince William Sound/Alaska (Exxon Valdez)..... There is no cure for stupid.
Political Irony - http://politicalirony.com/2010/06/29/gaming-t...
We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children - Native American proverb
If being cold means there's no such thing as global warming, does being full mean there's no such thing as world hunger?
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