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HOW IS FOX NEWS DIFFERENT FROM THE NEWS MEDIA?
WND: “For many Americans, Fox News is their “alternative” choice for news. They’ve made it the No. 1 cable news network, largely because they believe its “fair and balanced” promotional slogan. Many even believe Fox leans to the right and provides news they can’t get anywhere else. But is Fox really different from the rest […]
GOVERNMENT CHALLENGES BUDWEISER, CORONA MERGER DEAL
January 31, 2013
AP: “The Justice Department on Thursday filed a lawsuit to stop Anheuser-Busch InBev’s proposed $20.1 billion purchase of Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo, which would unite the ownership of popular beers like Budweiser and Corona. … Americans spent at least $80 billion on beer last year. ABI’s Bud Light is the best-selling beer in the nation […]
NEWS MEDIA CHANGES TESTIMONY FROM NEWTOWN FATHER
January 31, 2013
NBC is the go to story place for Obama news, have it your way. Remember Ed Schultz ‘editing’ a Gov Perry video last year during the campaign to portray him as a racist? What about their ever famous Trayvon Martin-Mark Zimmerman edits, both 911 audio transcripts and pictures? Here we are today, smiling yet again, […]
OBAMA BLAMES GDP FALL ON GOP
January 30, 2013
Jay Carney spoke about the Q4 .01% GDP contraction: “There is more work to do and our economy is facing headwinds, and that is Republicans in Congress. It can’t be we’ll let sequester kick in because we insist tax loopholes remain in place for corporate jet-owners. It’s not a game, it’s the American economy.” This […]
SURPRISE SHRINKAGE IN US ECONOMY: SPENDING’S NOT WORKING
January 30, 2013
Bloomberg: “U.S. stocks fluctuated between gains and losses, after benchmark indexes climbed to a five-year high, as data showed the economy unexpectedly shrank last quarter. Amazon.com Inc., the world’s largest Internet retailer, jumped 4.5 percent after reporting gains in sales and North American operating margin. Chesapeake Energy Corp. surged 7.2 percent as Chief Executive Officer […]
GOMER PYLE USMC STAR JIM NABORS MARRIES GAY PARTNER
January 30, 2013
AP: “Nabors became an instant success when he joined “The Andy Griffith Show” in spring 1963. The character of Gomer Pyle – the unworldly, lovable gas pumper who would exclaim “Gollllll-ly!” – proved so popular that in 1964 CBS starred him in “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” In the spinoff, which lasted five seasons, Gomer left his […]
OBAMA FIGHTS HARDER TO SEPARATE OUR CONSTITUTION
January 29, 2013
Charles Osgood: “Is the U.S. Constitution truly worthy of the reverence in which most Americans hold it? A view on that from Lewis Michael Seidman, Professor of Constitutional Law at Georgetown University.” Louis Seidman: “I’ve got a simple idea: Let’s give up on the Constitution. I know, it sounds radical, but it’s really not. Constitutional […]
MAYOR EMANUEL PUBLIC OFFICIAL TO BANKS: STOP SUPPORTING GUN MAKERS
January 29, 2013
Mayor Emanuel Chief of Staff: “Now we need you and other commercial banks to join this fight for safer streets. Collectively we can send a clear and unambiguous message to the entire gun industry that investors will no longer financially support companies that profit from gun violence.” Bank of America and TD Bank have received […]
CALLING 911 IS NOT YOUR BEST OPTION: SHERIFF CLARKE
January 29, 2013
Sheriff Clarke: “With officers laid off and furloughed, simply calling 911 and waiting is no longer your best option. You can beg for mercy from a violent criminal, hide under the bed, or you can fight back, but are you prepared? Consider taking a certified safety course in handling a firearm so you can defend […]
PA SCHOOL STUDENTS MUST ASK FOR TOILET PAPER
January 28, 2013
AP: “An eastern Pennsylvania high school says vandalism forced it to create a policy in which toilet paper has been taken out of the boys’ bathrooms. Boys at Mahanoy Area High School now must go to the school office to request toilet paper and sign it out. Principal Thomas Smith says that’s helped solve a […]
January 31, 2013
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