Monthly Archives: August 2009

Tom Ridge Contradicts Himself, So Will His Publisher Sue Him?

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Monday, August 31, 2009 Former Homeland Security director Tom Ridge recently caused a kerfuffle with the news of his upcoming autobiography, The Test of Our Times, which claims in 2004, the Bush administration pressured him to raise the color-coded threat … Continue reading →

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The Washington Post Defends Torture

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Sunday, August 30, 2009 Katherine Graham must be turning over in her grave. In a piece appearing on  Saturday, August 29, 2009, Washington Post writers Peter Finn, Joby Warrick and Julie Tate penned a chirpy missive enthusiastically defending torture as … Continue reading →

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Iraqi Shoe Thrower to Be Released Early

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Saturday, August 29, 2009 Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist and folk hero in the Arab world, who was jailed after hurling his shoes at former President George W. Bush, will be released next month after his sentence was reduced for … Continue reading →

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More Catholic Hypocrisy

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Saturday, August 29, 2009 There appears to be no depth to the hypocrisy of the Catholic church. Case in point, as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, ME spends itself into fiscal bankruptcy backing the state’s antigay marriage effort, shuttering … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck is Crazy and He’s a Really Bad Speller

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Saturday, August 29, 2009 I’m not sure what it says about us as a nation but it can be damned fun watching a radical, rightwinger bring the crazy and no one brings the crazy quite like FOX Noise’s very own … Continue reading →

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Bill Would Give President Power to Disconnect Private-sector Computers from the Internet

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Friday, August 28, 2009 Internet companies and civil liberties groups are alarmed by a U.S. Senate bill which would cede power to President Obama to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet. A revised version of the bill by Sen. Jay … Continue reading →

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Birthers Want to See President Obama’s Penis

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Thursday, August 27, 2009 The Birthers have come up with a creative way to best determine if President Obama is a true, blue, red-blooded, U.S.-born American and it involves the amount of his foreskin. Birthers and freepers actually engaged in … Continue reading →

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When it Came to Death, Did Michael Jackson ‘Beat It?’

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Thursday, August 27, 2009 To millions of adoring fans around the world, Michael Jackson was more than just the “King of Pop.” He was a Christ-like figure who could walk on water. But rise from the dead? I thought there … Continue reading →

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Limbaugh Gleeful Over “Predicting” Ted Kennedy’s Death

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Rush Limbaugh danced a self-congratulatory jig today for predicting back in March that President Obama’s healthcare reform bill wouldn’t be passed before Ted Kennedy’s death. “Before it’s all over, it’ll be called the Ted Kennedy Memorial … Continue reading →

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Edward M. Kennedy: 1932-2009

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Edward M. Kennedy, shown here on Capitol Hill at a rally in support of raising the minimum wage in 1996, died at the age of 77 at his home in Hyannis Port, MA. He was diagnosed … Continue reading →

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Baptist Pastor Prays for President Obama to Die and Go to Hell

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 The ugly face of Christianity is on display for all to see. AZ Baptist Pastor Steven L. Anderson delivered a fiery sermon in which he said he prays for President Obama to “die and go to … Continue reading →

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Guess Who’s Still Advertising on Glenn Beck’s Show?

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Thirty-six companies have pledged to stop advertising during Glenn Beck’s show on FIXED News. However, as of yesterday (August 24, 2009) the following list of companies continued to run ads during his program: • DirectTV • … Continue reading →

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President Sean Hannity? It’s Up to God

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Monday, August 24, 2009 FIXED Noise’s whore-loving, Aryan Nation-defending Sean Hannity is waiting for God to tell him to run for president. Hannity told radio colleague Bill Cunningham he would consider entering the front lines of the political fray if … Continue reading →

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36 Fox Advertisers Dump Glenn Beck

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Monday, August 24, 2009 Glenn Beck crawls back to FOX Noise today after a management-induced vacation with 36 fewer companies willing to advertise on his show than when he left. All dumped him in response to calling President Obama a … Continue reading →

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Really Big Things

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Monday, August 24, 2009 Resembling something from Transformer or District 9, this behemouth is the world’s largest digging machine. It is built by Krupp and is shown crossing a road in Germany on its way to an open air coal … Continue reading →

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Congressman Nadler: Obama Violating Law by Not Investigating Bush

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Saturday, August 22, 2009 New York Congressman Jerry Nadler, a senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, tells the Huffington Post that he believes President Obama would be breaking the law if he decided to oppose launching investigation into the … Continue reading →

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President Obama’s First Rendition Called “Bizarre”

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Saturday, August 22, 2009 Unable to stand up to Republican terrorists like Sens. Chuck Grassley and Olympia Snowe, President Obama instead chose to flex his administration’s muscle by snatching a Lebanese contractor for the crime of bribery but not before … Continue reading →

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Carrie Prejean to Appear on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’

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Friday, August 21, 2009 Former Miss California, Carrie Prejean, the dethroned, vehemently antigay marriage media whore, is in negotiations with Donald Trump to appear on ‘Celebrity Apprentice.’ But the savvy Trump is said to be less than enthusiastic about casting … Continue reading →

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