National Review Online: For late-19th-century anarchists, terrorism was the “propaganda of the deed.†And the most successful propaganda-by-deed in history was 9/11 — not just the most destructive, but the most spectacular and telegenic. And now its self-proclaimed architect, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has been given by the Obama administration a civilian trial in New York. [...]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – An 18-year-old is in police custody after he warmed up a bottle for a crying baby inside the house he was allegedly robbing. Indianapolis police arrested the suspect at Arlington High School on Tuesday after receiving a tip from a television viewer saw surveillance video on a newscast. Detectives said two suspects [...]
Politico: After emerging out of nowhere over the summer as a seemingly potent and growing political force, the tea party movement has become embroiled in internal feuding over philosophy, strategy and money and is at risk of losing its momentum. The grass-roots activists driving the movement have become increasingly divided on such core questions as [...]
CNN: Washington – Nearly two years into the recession, opinion about which political party is responsible for the severe economic downturn is shifting, according to a new national poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday morning indicates that 38 percent of the public blames Republicans for the country’s current economic problems. That’s down 15 [...]
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“exposed after a hacker broke into the computers at the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit” The Telegraph: If you own any shares in alternative energy companies I should start dumping them NOW. The conspiracy behind the Anthropogenic Global Warming myth (aka AGW; aka ManBearPig) has been suddenly, brutally and quite deliciously exposed after [...]
The only time I’ll ever post something from HuffPo: Levi Johnston flew first class to LA for the party and calls himself “Ricky Hollywood,” but he was barely noticed by the dozens of actual Hollywood celebrities inside GQ’s “Men of the Year” party at Chateau Marmont Wednesday night. Levi, who had on a vest, yellow [...]
MSNBC: A recently released music video for “Popular Demand” by the Clipse featured the awning of the infamous Obama Fried Chicken joint in Brownsville, Brooklyn. But in comparing versions of the video airing on MTV and elsewhere, it looks like the TV channel completely erased the restaurant’s name from the awning in the video’s opening [...]
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From Politico: His approval numbers have bounced down to the 50% mark several times, driven by weaker support from independents and Republicans, but hadn’t crossed it. The slide is worrying for the White House, but it’s probably not yet panic time. Ronald Reagan’s approval numbers dropped well below 40% during the depths of his first [...]
ABC: Oprah’ Winfrey’s impending announcement that she will end her wildly successful daytime talk show in 2011 is more than just a good-bye, it’s the end of an era. Share “She has been one of the family for Americans for 25 years,” Tina Brown, founder and editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast told “Good Morning America” [...]
The Hill: Rev. Jesse Jackson backed off his criticism of Rep. Artur Davis Thursday night, issuing a statement saying he has “abiding admiration” of the Alabama Democrat. “I talked to Congressman Artur Davis today to assure him of my abiding admiration of him as a leader who is engaged in a huge challenge,” Jackson said [...]
GENEVA (AP) — Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a collision course with free speech laws [...]
Fox News: A coalition of Christian leaders — including New York’s Archbishop Timothy Dolan — are putting heat on the White House to strike down any provision in the Senate’s health care reform bill that allows abortion coverage in federally subsidized plans. More than 150 Christian leaders, most of them conservative evangelicals and traditionalist Roman [...]
