Dec 29, 2009 4 Comments ›› Erik Wong
So the Palin's, in the interest of the well being of a one year old baby, understandably requested that the MSM respect their privacy and not turn their child custody battle into a media circus, and what does MSNBC go and do? Turn it into a media circus. Not only that, but the request to ...
Continue ReadingDec 28, 2009 1 Comment ›› Erik Wong
Witness Says Sharp-Dressed Man Aided Terror Suspectby burghnews
Continue ReadingDec 28, 2009 16 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Showing sensitivity to the people who want you dead is a good way to help them succeed. IBD Editorials: Homeland Security: Al-Qaida's botched Christmas Day bombing of Northwest Flight 253 raises a series of concerns about U.S. vulnerability. Chief among them: a Homeland Security chief in denial that we are at war. The nearly 300 trans-Atlantic passengers targeted ...
Continue ReadingDec 28, 2009 8 Comments ›› Erik Wong
News Busters: "The government is increasingly monitoring Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites for tax delinquents, copyright infringers and political protesters." So ominously began an editorial in Sunday's New York Times. Those with accounts at such websites should pay attention, for according to the Times, and other sources, Big Brother is watching you: The Wall Street Journal reported ...
Continue ReadingDec 28, 2009 7 Comments ›› Erik Wong
NEW YORK (AP) - The aftermath of the Christmas attack on a Detroit-bound airliner was a major topic for discussion on MSNBC Monday. But its executives did not want to talk about why the network gave the story so little attention as it was breaking. CNN devoted virtually all of its prime-time to the story Friday ...
Continue ReadingDec 28, 2009 4 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Telegraph: In the darkest moments, each of their notes has been a source of comfort and hope, and they continue to be so in my current situation," wrote Polanski in a letter released online. The 76-year-old Oscar winner made his first public statement since his arrest in September in a letter to the French philospher Bernard-Henri Levy, ...
Continue ReadingDec 23, 2009 2 Comments ›› Erik Wong
BBC: A US man who triggered a major alert by falsely claiming his son was adrift in a helium balloon has been sentenced to 90 days in jail - and his wife to 20. Richard Heene, 48, and his 45-year-old wife Mayumi said in October their son had been carried off by the balloon. Six-year-old Falcon Heene was ...
Continue ReadingDec 22, 2009 3 Comments ›› Erik Wong
BBC: US parents who triggered a major alert by claiming their son was adrift in a helium balloon have been ordered to pay the $42,000 (£26,000) rescue bill. The Colorado couple reported in October that their young son had been carried away by the balloon - whose progress was then tracked by news organizations. Six-year-old Falcon Heene's disappearance ...
Continue ReadingDec 21, 2009 33 Comments ›› Erik Wong
CNS News: A majority of Americans believe an increased government role in health care would lead to more government corruption, while a plurality of Americans think that scientific data supporting man-made global warming is “mostly falsified.†That is what a new poll by Survey USA reveals. The poll also shows that 58 percent of Americans believe ...
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