Jan 30, 2010 33 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Daily Finance: Keith Olbermann was already a renowned sportscaster when he rose to prominence as a political commentator. This was during the Bush Administration, when the left was badly in need of a forceful voice to rally around. Such was his popularity that MSNBC reoriented its entire primetime lineup around it. But now the Democrats control Congress ...
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The Wall Street Journal: When I arrived at his cramped state senate offices, Scott Brown had just opened one of the many packages he's received since his stunning U.S. Senate victory 11 days ago. A local artist has done up a version of the iconic red, white and blue collage from the 2008 presidential campaign that ...
Continue ReadingJan 30, 2010 2 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Times Online: The chairman of the leading climate change watchdog was informed that claims about melting Himalayan glaciers were false before the Copenhagen summit, The Times has learnt. Rajendra Pachauri was told that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment that the glaciers would disappear by 2035 was wrong, but he waited two months to correct it. ...
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(AFP) China on Friday protested the US decision to sell 6.4 billion dollars in weapons to Taiwan and warned of "serious" damage to relations and cooperation with Washington. China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafai made an urgent official demarche to the US ambassador in Beijing, Jon Huntsman, in the early hours Saturday local time, Wang Baodong, ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is considering several steps that would review the legality of the controversial Bowl Championship Series, the Justice Department said in a letter Friday to a senator who had asked for an antitrust review. In the letter to Sen. Orrin Hatch, obtained by The Associated Press, Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich ...
Continue ReadingJan 29, 2010 44 Comments ›› Erik Wong
I'm too angry to write a proper op-ed for this. It would probably turn out something like "Stupid f-ing piece of sh*t pigheaded loser useless god d*mned filthy f-ing dipsh*t self-righteous Marxist burnout hippie f-s" or something equally as unintellectual. Human Events: The Berkeley (CA) Board of Education will consider, at its February 3 meeting, whether or ...
Continue ReadingJan 29, 2010 18 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
The Daily Caller: (By Parker Griffith) The downward spiral of the Obama-Pelosi agenda is a direct result of either a terrible misreading of the American culture or a complete lack of respect for it.
Continue ReadingJan 29, 2010 4 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Times Of India: WASHINGTON: The Pentagon on Friday unveiled plans to sell more than six billion dollars in arms to Taiwan, including missiles and helicopters, but did not meet Taipei's request for F-16 fighter jets. Amid speculation Washington was preparing to act on Taiwan's request for weapons, China had warned Washington against more arms sales to the ...
Continue ReadingJan 29, 2010 2 Comments ›› Erik Wong
The Washington Post: Authorities are inching toward an agreement that would secure cooperation from the suspect in the failed Detroit airliner attack, according to two sources familiar with the case, even as fresh details emerged about the intense and chaotic response to the Christmas Day incident. Seizing on the near miss, GOP lawmakers have mounted a sustained ...
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