News Busters: Fake but accurate rides again! The same lame defense Dan Rather used in Memogate has been trotted out on ClimateGate by Columbia Univ. Prof. Jeffrey Sachs. Appearing on Morning Joe today, the author of Common Wealth [note play on words: your money is our money] alleged that the real victims in this scandal [...]
Time Magazine: For President Obama, the era of big Government is not over. “It is true, we cannot depend on government alone to create jobs or generate long-term growth,” he proclaimed in his first budget to Congress. But “at this particular moment, government must lead the way.” A partial Obama to-do list, only some of [...]
The Hill: The U.N.’s decision this week to investigate whether some of its climate change research had been manipulated constitutes a “direct rebuke” of the Obama administration, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said Friday. The White House’s unwillingness to open a similar inquiry could now only be characterized as “a sad abdication of their responsibility to [...]
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) – Militants stormed a mosque near Pakistan’s army headquarters, killing at least 36 worshippers, including six military officers, during Friday prayers as they sprayed gunfire and threw grenades before blowing themselves up, officials said. It was the latest in a wave of strikes by suspected Islamist insurgents that has killed more than [...]
NRC Handelsblad: Denmark, which hosts the UN climate change conference next week, is often seen as one of the most environmentally friendly countries in the world. This reputation is mostly undeserved, but Denmark is doing its best to catch up. Pay a visit to Jens Lyhne’s home in Hurup Thy, in the northwest of Denmark, [...]
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KABUL (AP) – U.S. Marines swooped down behind Taliban lines in helicopters and Osprey aircraft Friday in the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge. About 1,000 Marines and 150 Afghan troops were taking part in “Operation Cobra’s Anger” in a bid to disrupt Taliban supply and communications lines in the [...]
Financial Times: Ben Bernanke on Thursday urged Congress not to take away the Federal Reserve’s bank supervision powers or curtail its independence even as he admitted that the US central bank had made regulatory mistakes in the run-up to the crisis. “We must take care that the Federal Reserve remains effective and independent,†Mr Bernanke [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Cooler temperatures in North America last year do not mean global warming is easing, government and academic scientists said Friday. Their report comes just days before President Barack Obama heads to Copenhagen, Denmark, to speak at a United Nations conference on climate change. Rising temperatures over decades have prompted scientific concern, and [...]
Newsbusters: In a perverse advertisement currently on the its Web site, CBS is trying to cross market the crass television show “How I Met Your Mother” with the children’s holiday classics “Frosty the Snowman” and “Frosty Returns.”
Spiegel: Copenhagen Mayor Ritt Bjerregaard sent postcards to city hotels warning summit guests not to patronize Danish sex workers during the upcoming conference. Now, the prostitutes have struck back, offering free sex to anyone who produces one of the warnings. Copenhagen’s city council in conjunction with Lord Mayor Ritt Bjerregaard sent postcards out to 160 [...]
(AP) El Centro, Calif., held its position of having the highest unemployment rate among the nation’s metropolitan areas, with the jobless rate at 30%, according to government figures released Wednesday. While the figure fell from a revised 32.2% in September, it climbed from 26.8% a year ago and it is staggering even against the nation’s [...]
