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  1. The Media Plan to Destroy Palin

    → Accuracy In Media | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:37 am MDT

    If the McCain campaign decides to “Let Palin be Palin,” she should be able to handle the media sharks. It might even be amusing to see her put the liberal attack dogs in their place. 

  2. Marching On Chavez

    → Accuracy In Media | 4 Sep 2008 | 5:57 pm MDT



  3. Churchill’s Ministry of Peace

    → Accuracy In Media | 4 Sep 2008 | 4:58 pm MDT

    Ward Churchill, a former ethnic studies professor at the University of Colorado (UC), may have been fired after an investigation revealed his plagiarism and poor scholarship, but some anti-war outlets still court the controversial professor’s company.

  4. Selective Math at Census

    → Accuracy In Media | 3 Sep 2008 | 6:53 pm MDT



  5. AIM’s Kincaid: Trust Obama With State Secrets?

    → Accuracy In Media | 3 Sep 2008 | 4:23 pm MDT

    In view of the media uproar over whether GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin was properly vetted, Accuracy in Media editor Cliff Kincaid has called on the media to investigate why Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama was given a high-level intelligence briefing on Tuesday without an FBI investigation of his mysterious and controversial background.

  6. Bush Gives State Secrets to Obama

    → Accuracy In Media | 3 Sep 2008 | 1:16 pm MDT

    Why should Obama, with a documented history of contacts with communists and terrorists, be trusted with this information? 

  7. NATO: On Terrorism

    → Accuracy In Media | 2 Sep 2008 | 6:21 pm MDT



  8. Who Vetted Obama?

    → Accuracy In Media | 2 Sep 2008 | 4:26 pm MDT

    We are living witnesses to an incredible media double standard, whereby a Republican vice-presidential candidate’s personal life is being torn apart, while the Democratic presidential candidate continues to get a free ride. 

  9. The Frank Marshall Davis Network

    → Accuracy In Media | 1 Sep 2008 | 5:03 pm MDT

    The story of Frank Marshall Davis, Obama’s Marxist mentor, is completely intertwined with the story of the Hawaii Democrats rise to power. 

  10. American Carolling

    → Accuracy In Media | 29 Aug 2008 | 4:40 pm MDT



  11. Man Attacks Other With Italian Sausage And Spices - kypost.com

    → Google News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 4:15 am MDT


    WNCT
    Man Attacks Other With Italian Sausage And Spices
    kypost.com - 24 minutes ago
    A burglar in California thought he's spice things up over the weekend. In Fresno, police say a 22-year-old guy broke into a home while several men were sleeping inside.
    Burglar wakes men with spice rub, sausage attack San Jose Mercury News
    Authorities: Burglar wakes men with spice rub The Associated Press
    Telegraph.co.uk - WalesOnline - Seattle Times - Detroit Free Press
    all 210 news articles


  12. Russia opposes EU monitoring in Georgia - The Associated Press

    → Google News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 4:10 am MDT


    Washington Post
    Russia opposes EU monitoring in Georgia
    The Associated Press - 28 minutes ago
    MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman says Moscow is against an independent European Union monitoring mission in Georgia.
    Sarkozy to demand Russian pullout from Georgia USA Today
    Hague considers Georgia's claims of Russian human rights abuse RIA Novosti
    Reuters - The Press Association - Civil Georgia - Times Online
    all 1,389 news articles


  13. 'Livni hypocritical for keeping quiet over police recommendations ... - Jerusalem Post

    → Google News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 4:07 am MDT


    Vancouver Sun
    'Livni hypocritical for keeping quiet over police recommendations ...
    Jerusalem Post - 32 minutes ago
    By GIL HOFFMAN Sources close to Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Monday that Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is being hypocritical in her failure to respond to the police's recommendation to indict Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on charges of ...
    Police call to indict further weakens Israeli PM AFP
    Roundup: Police's advice to indict Olmert described "meaningless" Xinhua
    Ynetnews - The Media Line - Press Trust of India - New York Times
    all 413 news articles


  14. Global Stocks Rise on Fannie, Freddie Takeover; Treasuries Drop - Bloomberg

    → Google News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 4:02 am MDT


    Times Online
    Global Stocks Rise on Fannie, Freddie Takeover; Treasuries Drop
    Bloomberg - 37 minutes ago
    By Michael Patterson Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks rose in Europe and Asia, sending the MSCI World Index to its biggest gain since July, on speculation the US government's takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will shore up the mortgage market.
    Video: US takes over mortgage giants - 08 Sep 08 AlJazeeraEnglish
    Dollar mixed after Fannie, Freddie rescue MarketWatch
    Forbes - International Herald Tribune - Wall Street Journal - BBC News
    all 4,689 news articles


  15. Thai prime minister in court to defend cooking show - guardian.co.uk

    → Google News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 4:02 am MDT


    Thai prime minister in court to defend cooking show
    guardian.co.uk - 37 minutes ago
    Just when Thailand's beleaguered prime minister thought things could not get any worse, he found himself in court today defending his popular cooking show.
    Thai Premier Samak Says Cooking Show Didn't Break Law (Update1) Bloomberg
    Cooking show adds to Thailand PM's troubles The Associated Press
    Reuters - Hindu - Times Online - Reuters UK
    all 259 news articles


  16. New Pakistan President Will Face `Struggling' Economy (Update2) - Bloomberg

    → Google News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 3:54 am MDT


    The Age
    New Pakistan President Will Face `Struggling' Economy (Update2)
    Bloomberg - 44 minutes ago
    By James Rupert Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari is set to take over as president of a country with the world's riskiest debt, the weakest currency in its history and a stock market so depressed that the exchange ordered a freeze on ...
    Video: Inside Story-Pakistan's New President-Sept 7, Part 1 AlJazeeraEnglish
    PAKISTAN: Zardari - Victim of Many Prejudices Inter Press Service
    Economist - Jerusalem Post - Times Online - Financial Times
    all 3,722 news articles


  17. Flood fears ease after six killed in storms - Reuters UK

    → Google News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 3:54 am MDT


    BBC News
    Flood fears ease after six killed in storms
    Reuters UK - 45 minutes ago
    LONDON (Reuters) - More rain will sweep across the country early this week, although the risk of flooding is much lower than over the weekend when storms killed at least six people and forced hundreds from their homes, authorities said.
    Floods clean-up operation begins BBC News
    Britain mops up after storms and floods kill 6 The Associated Press
    The Press Association - Sky News - guardian.co.uk - Glasgow Evening Times
    all 532 news articles


  18. India to sell nuclear deal to world, soothe critics - Reuters

    → Google News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 3:10 am MDT


    Sify
    India to sell nuclear deal to world, soothe critics
    Reuters - 1 hour ago
    By Krittivas Mukherjee NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will take its civilian nuclear deal with the United States to the world looking to secure fuel supplies and reactor technology, analysts said, while seeking to soothe critics with a strong ...
    In Secret Letter, Tough US Line on India Nuclear Deal Washington Post
    Atomic Club Votes to End Restrictions on India New York Times
    Moneycontrol.com - BBC News - Wall Street Journal - Christian Science Monitor
    all 1,861 news articles


  19. Fermi officials: New collider won't end the world - The Courier News

    → Google News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 3:02 am MDT


    Fermi officials: New collider won't end the world
    The Courier News - 1 hour ago
    By ANDRE SALLES Staff Writer Early Wednesday, scientists from two sides of the world will come together for a celebration. Wine, cheese -- the whole deal.
    Large Hadron Collider set to turn on; scientists get death threats SlashGear
    Land Of Big Science Newsweek
    Arizona Daily Star - Boston Globe - The Press Association - eFluxMedia
    all 483 news articles


  20. Hurricane Ike pounds Caribbean, worries US - Los Angeles Times

    → Google News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 3:02 am MDT


    BBC News
    Hurricane Ike pounds Caribbean, worries US
    Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
    Cuban fishermen secure a boat before the arrival of Ike. Government efforts, including massive evacuations, appear to have prevented fatalities in recent storms.
    Video: Ike Tears Path of Destruction Through Caribbean AssociatedPress
    Ike kills dozens, heads toward Florida, Gulf Coast Newsday
    Seattle Times - Chicago Tribune - Bloomberg - guardian.co.uk
    all 5,429 news articles


  21. Martinez cop died trying to save 6 captives - San Francisco Chronicle

    → Google News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 3:01 am MDT


    KCBS
    Martinez cop died trying to save 6 captives
    San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour ago
    (09-07) 21:10 PDT Martinez -- Trying to save three women and three screaming children from an angry gunman, Martinez police officers Paul Starzyk and Ian Leong stood in a narrow hallway leading to a second-floor apartment on Saturday - and prepared to ...
    Details emerge in Martinez triple shooting San Jose Mercury News
    Martinez Mourns Fallen Officer KCBS
    AHN - The Associated Press - WLOS - FoxReno.com
    all 317 news articles


  22. US Attack Kills Several in Pakistan - New York Times

    → Google News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 2:53 am MDT


    Washington Post
    US Attack Kills Several in Pakistan
    New York Times - 1 hour ago
    By JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Four missiles fired from an American pilotless drone aircraft Monday hit a large compound in North Waziristan belonging to one of Pakistan’s most prominent Taliban leaders, ...
    Several explosions in Pakistan's northwest kill 6 Washington Post
    US kill six in attack on Taliban commander's house in Pakistan guardian.co.uk
    AFP - PRESS TV - Reuters - People's Daily Online
    all 149 news articles


  23. Mbeki bids to save Zimbabwe talks - BBC News

    → Google News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 2:26 am MDT


    BBC News
    Mbeki bids to save Zimbabwe talks
    BBC News - 2 hours ago
    South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki is due in Harare to revive Zimbabwe's deadlocked power-sharing talks. Both Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai claim to have won this year's elections.
    Zimbabwe: Talks Resume in Harare AllAfrica.com
    South Africa's Mbeki to Hold Talks on Zimbabwe Political Crisis Bloomberg
    AFP - Monsters and Critics.com - Reuters UK - Times of Malta
    all 324 news articles


  24. Persistence pays off for Serena at US Open - FOXSports.com

    → Google News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:38 am MDT


    ESPN
    Persistence pays off for Serena at US Open
    FOXSports.com - 3 hours ago
    by Matt Cronin, Special to FOXSports.com NEW YORK - About nine days after Serena Williams lost in the Wimbledon final to her elder sister, Venus, she was still killing herself, unable to shake her mind of the errors that came late in a contest that she ...
    Serena beats Jankovic for 3rd Open title, 9th Slam Washington Post
    Serena Williams Wins US Open and Returns to No. 1 New York Times
    San Francisco Chronicle - The Associated Press - Boston Globe - Los Angeles Times
    all 2,672 news articles


  25. Two feared dead in Colorado plane crash - Salt Lake Tribune

    → Google News - Top Stories | 8 Sep 2008 | 1:16 am MDT


    Two feared dead in Colorado plane crash
    Salt Lake Tribune - 3 hours ago
    AP MACK, Colo. - Two people are feared dead in a plane crash near Baxter Pass that was discovered by a motorist along the Colorado-Utah border.
    Two dead in airplane crash Denver Post
    Airplane crash rescue turns into recovery mission; two believed to ... KJCT8.com
    Rocky Mountain News - Grand Junction Sentinel - TheDenverChannel.com
    all 21 news articles


  26. The Real Obama is the Obama Oprah Knows

    → The Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 3:01 am MDT

    Obama’s connections to Oprah and her New Age guru Eckhart Tolle are the most revealing of the senator’s controversial associations.

  27. McCain-Palin Will Flush Apostate GOP's Big-Government Ways

    → The Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am MDT

    Arizona Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are poised to rescue the GOP’s core commitment to limited government.

  28. Obambi vs. Putinzilla (Cartoon)

    → The Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am MDT

    Place your bets ...

  29. Parson Mac's Muse: Jabberdonkey (Reprise)

    → The Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am MDT

    A take on Obama that we guarantee you won't find anywhere else ...

  30. In Love With His Country

    → The Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am MDT

    But will the country rally behind him?

  31. Caption Contest Winner: Queen of the Veepstakes

    → The Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am MDT

    With over 100 submissions, it was hard to nail the most fitting caption...

  32. Final Report from Afghanistan

    → The Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am MDT

    Few in the U.S. are even aware of the challenges confronting our 33,000 troops in this always difficult and often dangerous place.

  33. Sarah Palin's Amazing Grace

    → The Front Page | 5 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am MDT

    Where the liberals went wrong with pro-life Palin ... A HUMAN EVENTS exclusive by the vice president for policy at the Family Research Council.

  34. Barack Obama, For Real

    → The Front Page | 4 Sep 2008 | 10:04 pm MDT

    Columnist Bill Steigerwald interviews The Case Against Barack Obama author David Freddoso.

  35. John McCain's Night

    → The Front Page | 4 Sep 2008 | 7:31 pm MDT

    My wife, a new American citizen, said she was nearly moved to tears, and the crowd in Minnesota clearly felt the same way.

  36. She's Not Voting 'Present'

    → The Front Page | 4 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am MDT

    Palin's first mission accomplished: she has utterly vexed the opposition.

  37. Presidential Nominee Sen. John McCain's Speech at the Republican National Convention

    → The Front Page | 4 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am MDT

    The text of presidential nominee Sen. John McCain's speech at the Republican National Convention.

  38. Sarah Palin Is My Girl

    → The Front Page | 4 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am MDT

    Palin delivers slam-dunk performance at the convention.

  39. Who's Off Limits?

    → The Front Page | 4 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am MDT

    The example being set by Bristol Palin is a testament to the pro-life cause.

  40. The Media Bristles at Bristol

    → The Front Page | 4 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am MDT

    One of the great setups for humor in theater is to say something by denying you would ever say that thing.

  41. ITQ BerryCam - In which our heroine is confronted by abstractly angry farmers, and surprisingly cheery Liberals

    → Macleans.ca Blog Central » National | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:25 pm MDT

    After spending the morning outside Rideau Hall, ITQ headed off to the Billings Estate in Ottawa South to liveblog Stephane Dion at the launch of the local Liberal campaign - which we did right here. But first, we had to run a small- to medium-sized gauntlet, as gauntlets go, of protesters: ShareThis [...]

  42. ITQ BerryCam - Election 2008: And so it begins — with a lot of waiting around.

    → Macleans.ca Blog Central » National | 7 Sep 2008 | 9:22 pm MDT

    Various shots from the first official day on the campaign trail, starting with the ceremonial dropping of the writ (not pictured) at Rideau Hall, liveblogged earlier here: ShareThis

  43. BTC: Twirling, twirling

    → Macleans.ca Blog Central » National | 7 Sep 2008 | 8:45 pm MDT

    So in addition to referencing Kang this morning, Jack Layton is now being accused of “referencing” Barack Obama and Bill Richardson. Compare and contrast. Layton, this morning. “Today, Stephen Harper announced he is quitting as Prime Minister. And so, today I’m applying for his job.” Richardson, in this ad. Layton, this morning. “Like a father and son in Kenora—co-workers [...]

  44. BTC: Family is everything (IV)

    → Macleans.ca Blog Central » National | 7 Sep 2008 | 2:30 pm MDT

    Excerpts from the Prime Minister’s interview with CTV. “Mrs. Harper, Laureen, will do a lot in the campaign. She loves to go around and meet our workers. She likes the spotlight less than I so she’ll do it in smaller encounters around the country. The kids are in school and, being responsible parents, I don’t want [...]

  45. Liveblogging the Liberals’ Ottawa South campaign kickoff: It’s almost like being on a leaders’ tour (but not quite)

    → Macleans.ca Blog Central » National | 7 Sep 2008 | 1:51 pm MDT

    Okay, so I’ll tell y’all upfront that I have no idea what to expect from this event, but since it’s local, involves a party leader, and it’s not like I have anything else on my election coverage schedule tonight, I’ll be liveblogging it starting at around — 4:30ish? Does that work for everyone? In the meantime, [...]

  46. Le ciel est bleu: liveblogging Stephen Harper’s first Quebec City event of Campaign ‘08

    → Macleans.ca Blog Central » National | 7 Sep 2008 | 12:50 pm MDT

    2:41:18 PM So here’s the thing. I don’t actually plan to do a lot of liveblogging during this campaign, because that’s ITQ’s thing and I’m not so much the blackberry-typing guy. Thumbs hurt. But two things happened on the way to the Quebec City Hilton (official motto: “Since We Renovated, The Decor Sucks A Lot Less”). [...]

  47. BTC: ‘Forwards, not backwards’

    → Macleans.ca Blog Central » National | 7 Sep 2008 | 11:57 am MDT

    Video from Jack Layton’s campaign-opening speech this morning. Specifically from 4:34 to 4:50. ShareThis

  48. The Commons: ‘That’s not me’

    → Macleans.ca Blog Central » National | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:47 am MDT

    Stephane Dion arrived a bit late. Though, in fairness, he was just trying to be polite—allowing the Prime Minister to finish up at Rideau before descending the staircase at the west end of Parliament’s centre block to address his own news conference. He arrived with his wife, Janine Krieber, at his side; his right hand in [...]

  49. (Temporarily) Wellsless Inkless

    → Macleans.ca Blog Central » National | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:39 am MDT

    Or something like that. This is actually ITQ posting for Inkless, who will be on the plane for the first week of the HARPER LEADERSHIP 08 tour.  In fact, they’re apparently about to take off, which is why he couldn’t post this himself: ShareThis

  50. I’m gonna pick “More of the Same” for $100, Alex

    → Macleans.ca Blog Central » National | 7 Sep 2008 | 8:24 am MDT

    “The Economy, Stupid” was actually not James Carvilles’s main war-room slogan in 1992. The first of three mottos hand-written on a piece of paper in the Clinton campaign headquarters was “Change Vs. More of the Same.” (”Don’t Forget Health Care” was third.) Clinton/Carville/Begala ‘92 is not one of the history-making campaigns Stephen Harper’s brain trust likes [...]

  51. Headlines (click here)

    → The New Media Journal Headline News | 6 Sep 2008 | 1:14 pm MDT

    Palin Snubbed by Oprah Winfrey: No Appearance Until After Election
    Oprah Winfrey is giving Sarah Palin the cold shoulder. The GOP vice-presidential nominee may have wowed delegates in Minnesota, but Winfrey decided yesterday to freeze her out - saying she had no interest in sharing her TV couch with the first-term Alaska governor.

    Dems for Toss American Flags in Dumpster
    A vendor at Invesco Field found the flags, used for Obama's speech and which were going to be thrown out. Boy Scouts transported 84 trash bags full of bundles of flags to the McCain campaign.

    McCain, Obama Plan Joint Stop at Ground Zero
    Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama said Saturday they will put aside partisan politics for a joint appearance at Ground Zero to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

    McCain, Palin Get Huge Welcome in MI, WI
    John McCain and Sarah Palin got a rousing welcome Friday to the final two months of the presidential campaign, stressing themes of a strong America and concern about the sinking economy.

    Bhutto Widower Sweeps Presidential Election
    Asif Ali Zardari has secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections today, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago.

    Bolivian Opposition Organizing 'Civil Coup'
    Rebel governors in the east of Bolivia are mounting a "civil coup" against the government, President Evo Morales has charged, as a political crisis gripping the country edged closer to confrontation.

    Married at 9, Slain by Parents at 17
    A Pakistani girl forced into marriage with a 45-year-old man at the age of nine has been killed by her parents because she asked for an annulment.

    McCain Casts GOP Ticket as Force for Reform
    John McCain sounded a warning to Washington Thursday that “change is coming,” accepting the Republican presidential nomination in St. Paul and casting the GOP ticket as a force for reform.

    Obama Suddenly Riled
    Sen. Barack Obama ditched his normal languid cool today, punching back at Gov. Sarah Palin as he spoke with reporters in York, PA, hotly defending his work as a community organizer.

    Biden’s Ties to Pro-Iran Groups Questioned
    Biden’s election campaigns “have been financed by Islamic charities of the Iranian regime based in California and by the Silicon Iran network,” a group of wealthy Iranian-American businessmen.

    Glitch Allowed Palin to 'Wing' Part of Speech
    Halfway through Sarah Palin's speech Wednesday night at the RNC, she deviated from the prepared text due to a teleprompter malfunction which caused it to continue scrolling during applause breaks.

    Rangel Failed to Report $75,000 in Income
    US Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) has earned more than $75,000 in rental income from a villa he owns in the Dominican Republic, but never reported it on his federal or state tax returns.

    123 Killed In Obama's Chicago Over Summer
    An estimated 123 people were shot and killed over the summer in Barack Obama's home town of Chicago. That's nearly double the number of soldiers killed in Iraq over the same time period.



  52. NMJ Editorial (click here)

    → The New Media Journal Headline News | 6 Sep 2008 | 1:14 pm MDT

    Palin and the Power of Real American Women
    Frank Salvato, Managing Editor
    It is the consensus among conservative new media pundits – and the Conservative mainstream for that matter – that the speech Governor Sarah Palin gave in accepting the Republican Party’s vice presidential nomination effectively put the Progressive-Left and the Democrat Party on notice. The double-standard hypocrisy demonstrated by the Leftist mainstream media on behalf of Barack Obama’s campaign will not stand. If the cowards of the Progressive-Left want a fight, they’ve got one...and it’s with someone who plays hockey. Oops!

    Michelle Obama’s on the Man that Would Be President
    Nancy Salvato, Senior Editor
    In her speech at the Democratic Convention, Michelle Obama attempted to paint a picture of her husband as a man who defied the odds, who despite being raised by a single mother and his grandparents, worked through adversity to achieve his success and who uses his accomplishments to better his community and our world. Anyone with more than a superficial understanding of what they represent understands that Barack’s Mother and father, and Michelle’s bitter feelings about the racial divide in America have succeeded in distorting this man’s worldview into one that is diametrically opposed to that which fosters pride in our country and its accomplishments.



  53. NMJ Commentary (click here)

    → The New Media Journal Headline News | 6 Sep 2008 | 1:14 pm MDT

    Meet Obama’s Other NOI-Friendly Supporter
    Bud White, NoQuarterUSA.net
    Obama’s breathtakingly bad judgment in choosing friends seems to know no end. First it was the crude, anti-white Jeremiah Wright. Next came Obama’s benefactor, the corrupt Tony Rezko. Then it was America’s favorite terrorists couple, Ayers and Dohrn.Now Obama is listing on his Web page as a “testimonial” of “People of Faith” a woman who is a friend and ally of the rabidly anti-semitic, anti-white leader of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan.

    Democrats & Community Disorganizing
    Russ Vaughn , OldWarDogs.us
    In response to Rudy Giuliani’s and Sarah Palin’s convention jibes at The O’s experiences as a community organizer, the Obama campaign is issuing statements of outrage, reminding us all that a Jesus-like Barack Obama was ministering to South Chicago residents whose lives had been devastated by the recent closing of nearby steel mills which had been the economic engine driving that community. All that may be true; well, except for the Jesus-like characterization, but then they just can’t seem to help themselves, can they?

    Strange Rumblings in Lebanon
    Gary H. Johnson, Jr., Right Side News
    Two years after the Israeli-Hezbollah war which left much of south Lebanon's infrastructure in shambles, military analyst W. Thomas Smith, Jr. offers new insight into recent developments surrounding Hezbollah's quest for power in that country. Lending a trained eye to the strength and activities of Hezbollah, challenges faced by Lebanese Army and police forces, as well as sharing a portion of a personal conversation with President Michel Sleiman, Smith unveils the truth behind Hezbollah: He describes the extremist state within the legitimate state, and expounds on the regional dangers of the Shiia terrorist organization and its newly acquired political powers.

    Can Gov't Safeguard Our Children?
    State Rep. Cynthia Davis (MO), The Capitol Report
    We’ve all heard about big brothers protecting their little sisters, but is “big brother government” capable of chaperoning the date? Because it involves taxpayer money, the answer affects you. Have you ever taken your teenager to get a physical and had the doctor ask you to step out of the room? Some professionals are quick to assume that teenagers would more willingly talk to a stranger than to the one who raised them all their lives. While we all know of families that are in distress, we cannot conclude that all families are riddled with pathology either.

    America Beloved, Refreshed & Renewed
    Rev. Lainie Dowell, Voice Ink
    The 2008 Republican Party Presidential nominee, Senator John McCain unleashed "a plain rash" all over the Democrats when he announced The Honorable Governor Sarah Palin, as his Vice Presidential running mate in the 2008 election. (Think out of the box and see if you can find in her name, "A Plain Rash")

    Jewish Impact on US Democracy
    Amb. Yoram Ettinger, The Ettinger Report
    Intense Jewish participation in US elections has been nurtured by home-court conditions: The US considers Judaism a key factor in the foundation of its cultural, ideological, legal and political systems. The trilateral covenant among the US, the Jewish People and the Jewish State was established by the Puritans during the 17th century, expanded by the Founding Fathers and sustained until today.

    AhMADinejad
    Alan Caruba, Capitol Hill Coffee House
    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, was bouncing off the walls in August. Hardly a day went by without his getting crazier and crazier about Zionism, Israel, and Jews in general. The last guy who talked like this was Adolf Hitler and he started World War Two...

    Palin Properly Frames the Debate: Elitism vs. Americanism
    JB Williams, The New Media Journal
    As a small town hockey mom turned political ethics crusader in the biggest state of the union, Sarah Palin stepped to the RNC Convention podium Wednesday night an hit it out of the park. Even the left-wing press was punched back on its heels by the home run début performance of the “pit bull in lipstick” they knew little about, but had already written off as in way over her head. Immediately following her speech, former Clinton campaign manager Howard Wolfson said, “Now democrats have something to worry about!” He’s right for a change...

    Victory in Iraq! We Have Won!
    Matt Bruce, The New Media Journal
    What kind of headline would you expect newspapers nationwide to trumpet if America won the war in Iraq and destroyed al-Qaeda there? Maybe something like this? "War In Iraq Won! Al-Qaeda Smashed!" Perhaps even old-fashioned newsboys on the street corners yelling, "Extra, extra! Vic'try in Iraq! Read all about it!" Don't hold your breath.

    Universal Healthcare: A Backdoor Approach
    Paul R. Hollrah, The New Media Journal
    After living in our city home for two years, where my healthcare needs were provided by a Tulsa-based HMO, we decided in May of 2007 to sell our home in the city and live full time at our lake home, situated in a remote 720-acre gated community of beautiful lakes, rolling hills, and crystal clear streams...a place where it’s possible to catch dozens of bass or crappie in an hour or two of fishing, and the lake is just a short block from our front door.



  54. Articles (click here)

    → The New Media Journal Headline News | 6 Sep 2008 | 1:13 pm MDT

    World
    Turning Russia Into a Terrorist Enclave
    Yulia Latynina, The Moscow Times

    USA
    Bush Has a Good Economic Record
    Keith Marsden, The Wall Street Journal

    Terrorism
    Dealing with Fundamentalist Islam
    Daniel Pipes

    Government
    Columbia University Has No Right to My Land
    Nick Sprayregen, The Wall Street Journal

    Politics
    The Master Strategist
    Caroline B. Glick, Jewish World Review

    The Fifth Column
    Michelle's Boot Camps for Radicals
    Investor's Business Daily

    Education
    CAIR Gets Failing Grades at Charter Schools
    Patrick Poole, Pajamas Media

    Culture War
    Palin Gets the Spiteful Margaret Thatcher Treatment
    Janet Daley, The London Telegraph

    Media
    Keith Olbermann & All the Ships at Sea
    Robert Ferrigno, The National Review

    Current Events
    He Was Always a Fake
    Kirsten Powers, The New York Post

    Religion
    Christians Apologize to Muslims for Praying During Ramadan
    Cranmer



  55. Terrorism (click here)

    → The New Media Journal Headline News | 6 Sep 2008 | 1:11 pm MDT

    Headlines
    Biden’s Ties to Pro-Iran Groups Questioned
    Kenneth R. Timmerman, NewsMax
    Sen. Barack Obama and his newly-picked running mate, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, may have sparred during the primaries. But on one issue they are firmly united: the need to forge closer ties to the government of Iran. Kaveh Mohseni, a spokesman for the Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran, calls Biden “a great friend of the mullahs.” He notes that Biden’s election campaigns “have been financed by Islamic charities of the Iranian regime based in California and by the Silicon Iran network,” a loosely-knit group of wealthy Iranian-American businessmen and women seeking to end the US trade embargo on Iran. “In exchange, the senator does his best to aid the mullahs,” Mohseni argues. Biden’s ties to pro-Tehran lobbying groups are no secret. But so far, the elite media has avoided even mentioning the subject. Just recently, Biden was one of 16 US senators who voted against a bill that would add Iran’s Revolutionary Guards corps to the State Department’s list of international terrorist organizations, because of its involvement in murdering US troops in Iraq. Rather than sanction those in power in Tehran, Biden and Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel have argued that the United States should offer Tehran a greater role in Iraq’s domestic affairs. 

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  56. Education (click here)

    → The New Media Journal Headline News | 6 Sep 2008 | 1:10 pm MDT

    Headlines
    Four-Day Week for French Schools
    Charles Bremner, The Times of London
    Ten million French children returned to the classroom yesterday to find their lessons crammed into a four-day week, a revolution that delighted families but drew criticism from experts. In a scheme decreed by President Sarkozy, all primary and junior secondary children are being spared the unpopular tradition of Saturday morning classes. Since most schools are closed on Wednesdays, the majority will enjoy three days off school every week. No other Europeans, except for a small minority in Germany and Luxembourg, follow a four-day week. French Lycée (senior secondary) pupils continue with Saturday classes. Children will still spend as much time in the classroom as the European average, but educators say that their learning faces disruption by being squeezed into two blocks of two days...The new system was cheered by parents and teachers when it was announced a year ago in fulfilment of an electoral promise by Mr Sarkozy. Saturday school had long been cursed by families who have to rise early to escort children and forgo weekend trips. It meant that divorced parents with weekend visits spent less time with their offspring. Teachers also disliked the two-hour Saturday session, which ate into weekends: quite a few played truant themselves.

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    Patrick Poole, Pajamas Media
    The Ohio Department of Education released their annual school report cards this week, and the results show that two taxpayer-financed Islamic charter schools operated by officials of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) have failed miserably yet again. But protected by powerful political connections, including Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman, and apparently indifferent to their exploitation of the Somali children that comprise the vast majority of their students, the Islamic extremists running the operation appear to have no fear of losing their cash cows. In fact, Ohio educrats have renewed one school’s contract after five years of complete academic failure.

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  57. Polls

    → The New Media Journal Headline News | 6 Sep 2008 | 1:10 pm MDT

    '08 Election
    McCain: 42.0%
      Negatives: 36.6%
      *Delegates: 174

    Obama: 45.8%
      Negatives: 35.8%
      *Delegates: 238

    Nader: 3.2%
    Barr: 2.2%

    * - Projected



  58. Quote of the Day & This Day in US History

    → The New Media Journal Headline News | 6 Sep 2008 | 1:09 pm MDT

    "Some of mankind's most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of certain magic words or phrases."
    -- James Bryant Conant 


    1781 - British Brigadier General Benedict Arnold, a former Patriot officer already infamous and much maligned for betraying the United States the previous year, adds to his notoriety by ordering his British command to burn New London, Connecticut.

    1863 - After months of campaigning against Battery Wagner on Morris Island in a protracted Union effort to capture nearby Charleston, South Carolina, a Confederate garrison finally flees the island.

    1901 - President William McKinley is shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley was greeting the crowd in the Temple of Music when Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, stepped forward and shot the president twice at point-blank range. McKinley lived for another week before finally succumbing to a gangrene infection.

    1943 - A new high-speed train traveling between New York City and Washington, DC, derails, killing 79.



  59. So Far, It Just Isn’t Looking Like Asia’s Century

    → Primetime Politics | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:55 am MDT

    The countries of the East won’t be banding together to replace the West as the seat of global power—at least not anytime soon.

  60. Drill For Oil And Cut Interest Rates

    → Primetime Politics | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:52 am MDT

    Two things need saying about Friday’s jobs data showing marked deterioration in the U.S. economy. One, it’s not as bad as it looks. And two, it might get worse if policymakers do nothing.

  61. Smashing!

    → Primetime Politics | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:50 am MDT

    The CERN supercollider will open more than the universe. 

  62. Dear Mr. Obama, the Iraq War Was Not a Mistake!

    → Primetime Politics | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:47 am MDT

    Incredible. 

  63. Don’t Believe the Doomsayers. Ohio’s Economy Is Doing Fine.

    → Primetime Politics | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:45 am MDT

    We’re cutting taxes to promote growth.

  64. Science Slows Global Warming!

    → Primetime Politics | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:45 am MDT

    Yes, kids, science is a wonderful thing. But not nearly as wonderful as climate modeling, which can perform supernatural miracles. Honest!

  65. McCain Finds the Right Wingman

    → Primetime Politics | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:42 am MDT

    And she’s a woman. 

  66. The Maverick Ticket

    → Primetime Politics | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:40 am MDT

    With his acceptance speech, John McCain became the candidate of change.

  67. Right at the Edge

    → Primetime Politics | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:40 am MDT

    The Taliban and Al Qaeda have established a haven in Pakistan’s tribal areas along the Afghan border. This is where the war on terror will be fought – and possibly lost.

  68. Sarah Palin Feminism

    → Primetime Politics | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:35 am MDT

    Contrary to media stereotypes, evangelicals have no problem with women in the workplace.

  69. 5 Myths About Those Civic-Minded, Deeply Informed Voters

    → Primetime Politics | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:30 am MDT

    One thing both Democrats and Republicans agreed about in their vastly different conventions: The American voter will not only decide but decide wisely. But does the electorate really know what it’s talking about? 

  70. The Road to the Surge

    → Primetime Politics | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:30 am MDT

    A guide to key events and measures of violence in the Iraq war, before and after implementation of the surge.

  71. Al-Qa’eda’s American-born Propaganda Chief May Have Died in Predator Attack

    → Primetime Politics | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:25 am MDT

    Western intelligence sources in Pakistan believe that al-Qa’eda’s prize American recruit and propaganda chief may have been killed in a CIA-directed airstrike. 

  72. Obama Rolls Up his Sleeves, Hits Hard

    → Primetime Politics | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:25 am MDT

    Economy “will dominate both our schedule and our speeches in every appearance we make now through Election Day,” says Obama strategist.

  73. Obama on Guns

    → Primetime Politics | 7 Sep 2008 | 10:20 am MDT

    “Even if I want to take them away, I don’t have the votes in Congress.”

  74. Top 25 Competitive Congressional Races

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 8 Sep 2008 | 6:03 am MDT

    Think this is going to be another big year for Democrats? They have chances, but they also have a lot of territory to defend. Think Republicans can crawl back? Not until they deal with fundamental issues that sent them to the minority in 2006. Democrats did their best to expand the playing field two years ago, and they succeeded in places like Indiana, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. That gave the party a larger majority than Republicans enjoyed even after their 1994 landslide.



  75. Canadian Consensus

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 8 Sep 2008 | 12:32 am MDT

    The prospect of a Canadian general election leaves me, and I would guess most of my countrymen, bored. Now, boredom comes in slightly different flavours, and I will admit that the emotions associated with betrayal enter into mine. But it is like the vanilla in the ice cream; one is so used to it. We have about five parties representing five slightly different grades of vanilla. The Tories perhaps anger me the most, because they promise chocolate chips, and don't deliver. Well, maybe a couple of chocolate chips, but the irritation value of the false packaging more than compensates for them. The chocolate chips in my analogy correspond to the "faith and freedom" values that are baldly presented in any Republican manifesto, and more timidly even in Democrat ones, in the republic to our south and north-west.



  76. Axelrod & Davis on "Fox News Sunday"

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 7 Sep 2008 | 2:20 pm MDT

    CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: I'm Chris Wallace and this is "Fox News Sunday." Fifty-eight days till the election and counting. With the conventions over, McCain and Palin, Obama and Biden are sprinting to the finish. What are their plans to win the White House? We'll ask David Axelrod, chief strategist for Obama, and Rick Davis, McCain's campaign manager -- Axelrod and Davis, only on "Fox News Sunday." Then, Sarah Palin brings down the house.



  77. Palin Should Strike Fear in Democrats

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 7 Sep 2008 | 1:47 pm MDT

    "You arrogant ass! You've killed us!" So said the executive officer of a Soviet submarine to his captain in Tom Clancy's novel "The Hunt for Red October" after the captain had recklessly fired a torpedo that homed in on his own sub. NBC's David Gregory must have had similar thoughts as he noted, ruefully, that the news media's assault on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin boosted substantially the television audience for her acceptance speech Wednesday night.



  78. When Did Freedom Become An Orphan?

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 7 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am MDT

    "We must, and we shall, set the tide running again in the cause of freedom. And this party, with its every action, every word, every breath, and every heartbeat, has but a single resolve, and that is freedom." -- Barry Goldwater, accepting the 1964 Republican presidential nomination This year's Republican National Convention had a different theme for each day. Monday was "Serving a Cause Greater than Self." Tuesday was "Service," Wednesday was "Reform" and Thursday was "Peace."



  79. Palin Rises Above "Shrill" Media

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 7 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am MDT

    SAN DIEGO -- Anyone who heard Sarah Palin's rousing speech at the GOP National Convention should now understand why Democrats have been trying to destroy her. And why, luckily for the country, they've failed. You mess with a hockey mom -- and even go after her family -- and you're bound to lose some teeth.



  80. Romancing the Vote

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 7 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am MDT

    ST. PAUL -- The 2008 Republican National Convention had too much in common with the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. That's where presidential candidate John Kerry talked endlessly about his military service -- to the point where people would joke, "Hey, did you know that John Kerry served in Vietnam?" Nor did Teresa Heinz Kerry -- the Massachusetts senator's heiress second wife -- set delegates on fire. By that convention's end, the crowd clearly lacked gusto for their nominee and the campaign ahead. Last week in St. Paul, the Republican convention dwelled too long on McCain's POW status -- and, yes, he is a true hero -- and McCain's wife didn't seem to connect with the delegates. There was less hoopla after McCain's speech than after that of his running mate, Sarah Palin.



  81. The Electoral Sitcom

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 7 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am MDT

    WASHINGTON -- St. Paul followed Denver as night follows day. Republican deconstruction artists quickly tore into the lofty images that Democratic campaign managers had spun around their guileful, graceful nominee. Two months of party warfare to come were methodically set in concrete in the past two weeks. But conventions also send important, often unintended, messages about the state of the American spirit at any given moment. Both gatherings revealed Americans as anxious and eager not just to move beyond the George W. Bush era but to repair the gigantic mess that Washington policymaking is rightly perceived to have become.



  82. Obama, McCain Will Have a Mandate for Change

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 7 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am MDT

    ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Change is coming, change you can count on. That is the simple, central message from the two presidential nominating conventions held in Denver and St. Paul during the past two weeks. Whether it is Barack Obama or John McCain going to the White House next January, the new president will understand that his mandate from the voters is to cleanse Washington of its excessive partisanship and attempt to break the gridlock that has prevailed on almost all the big issues.



  83. Are You Better Off? That Depends

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 7 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am MDT

    WASHINGTON -- John McCain, who is in what Macbeth called "the sear, the yellow leaf" of life, has revived an oldie from seven elections ago with a campaign commercial asserting: "We're worse off than we were four years ago." This, of course, derives from Ronald Reagan's question, addressed to the nation with devastating effect on his opponent, during Reagan's debate with President Jimmy Carter in 1980. The nation considered the answer obvious. Reeling from oil shocks worse than today's, with 52 U.S. hostages in Tehran and with the Soviet Union rampant in Afghanistan, voters resoundingly said "no." Today we know that the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan hastened the collapse of the Evil Empire, so some things that seem to make us worse off are not unmixed curses.



  84. American Rebels Make a Nice Family

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 7 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am MDT

    WASHINGTON -- It has been a guilty pleasure at times, like watching a particularly raucous episode of "The Jerry Springer Show," but there's something lovable about the way this year's never-ending political campaign has turned out. We now have two presidential tickets that display the American rainbow in all its eccentric colors. It's as raw and real, and as unlikely, as the nation itself: on one side a suave, aloof African-American, twinned with a loquacious Catholic whose manner evokes his blue-collar roots; on the other, a certified war hero paired with a young woman from Alaska who looks like the heroine of a country music song and earns her reputation both as a beauty-contest charmer and a political "barracuda." <