Click here to view this media Where do you think Judy Miller thought she might be working in 2011 back in 2002, when she won her Pulitzer Prize while working for the New York Times? Maybe she figured she’d still be at the Times while releasing a new book? How about a show on CNN? She could have moved over to a magazine like Time , the New Yorker or the Washington Post . If times got tough she might have ended up at the Weekly Standard or, in today’s world, something like The Daily Beast . Well, if that’s what she figured, she’d be oh so wrong. Can you imagine how much I laughed my ass off when I learned that she took a job with Newsmax? Judith Miller, the former New York Times reporter, current Fox News contributor and featured player in the Valerie Plame scandal, is back in print journalism. Miller has been hired by NewsMax , the conservative news magazine, as a contributing writer. NewsMax, which loves their Birthers, also posts articles that hope for the U.S. military to overthrow President Obama. Really, they’re another version of WorldNutDaily. The only difference is that, as they did with the military-coup piece , NewsMax often later takes down its wingnuttery and scrubs the pieces from their site, as if to cover the trail. But we have them still in our personal archives. Here are some headlines from NewsMaxes past, only some of which still exist in the NewsMax archives: Turning the Y2K Glitch Into Global Prosperity” (Oct. 28, 1998). Excerpt: “How can any sheriff’s department serve and protect the citizenry if hordes of thirsty and hungry people are in near panic while waiting for the return of electricity to the power grid? No sheriff’s department can keep law and order under these conditions.” “Analysis: Internet Buzzes with Theories Surrounding Y2K Problem” (Christopher Ruddy, June 15, 1998). Excerpt: “[Gary] North’s appearance led me to his home page, and from there to other Y2K sites. What I found was scary.” “Waco Linked To Foster’s Death: Widow,” August 30, 1999. {Version available here .] When Militias Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have Militias (November 10, 1999) Congressman Fears Police State, Says Waco Expert May Have Been Murdered (Tuesday, May 30, 2000) “The Mexican Invasion”, by Wilson C. Lucom (Monday, July 11, 2005). Excerpt: “The United States is being invaded by Mexico, and President Bush is allowing it to happen. Mexico will one day take over the United States, through voting, if nothing is done to stop the invasion by Mexican illegals.” [Version can be found here (nativist site).] It’s your classic conspiracy-theory tabloid, only on the Internet. And they’ve made a ton of dough off selling this garbage to right-wing suckers. I gather NewsMax is probably paying Judy Miller well, but I doubt she thought she’d be catering to the John Birch Society crowd in her heyday. (Maybe we’ll see one of those NewsMax polls with Judy as the subject.) Fox News gave her a gig for being a good soldier for the conservative cause and George Bush, so that wasn’t shocking, but let’s face it. She does belong with Dick Morris. The above video was posted on C&L 02/10/2005. Judy was on Larry King Thursday night, and gave a virtuoso performance in denial. With a sophomoric grin and a delusional account of what happened to her at the NY Times, Judy was a talking point of the battered soul. The victim in all of this. She was stunned and saddened over her perceived attacks by Maureen Dowd in a column called Woman of Mass Destruction against her great character. After all, it was only a few stories that were slightly off in her mind after twenty-eight years of reporting. The WMD reports were a mere blip on the screen based on slightly faulty intelligence. It could happen to anyone right-Judy? Miller was particularly annoyed at that pesky word “‘entanglement,” that Bill Keller used. Let’s clear that up, after all what’s more important- a war that you helped promote, helping your pal Scooter Libby who’s involved in outing a CIA agent or a single expression? She refused to answer any questions about Scooter’s upcoming case even though she is legally allowed to. So how are the Aspens this time of year? Oh, and she had a very proper relation with Scooter Libby.
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Do left-leaning Americans have something against the Constitution? That’s but one suggestion that conservative guest commentator Jennifer Rubin makes on this week’s edition of “Left, Right & Center,” and needless to say, it doesn’t go over so well. Related Entries December 2, 2010 Those Dreadful Geico Commercials Are About to Get Quieter November 29, 2010 Is Fox Censoring ‘The Simpsons’?
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Possible Rip-Off Alert of the Day: The contents of a large beer cup sold at Seattle’s Qwest Field appear to fit snugly into a small beer cup — despite costing a buck 25 extra. If this is real, it makes you wonder how many other venues are making bank with this scheme. [ @mpoppel .] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 08/01/2011 00:17 Number of articles : 10
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Many doctors who treat people with osteoarthritis are prescribing medications for pain or inflammation or choosing surgical options instead of recommending more conservative treatments such as weight loss and exercise programs.
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Top-ranked Auburn and No. 2 Oregon took part in media day Friday as they gear up for Monday night’s BCS Championship Game. (Jan. 7)
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A package ignited at a Washington postal facility Friday, a day after fiery packages sent to Maryland’s governor and transportation secretary burned the fingers of workers who opened them. (Jan. 7)
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Who says the xtranormal bubble has popped? Today we present the latest “bearish” cartoon with one particular take on Chinese currency manipulation. While we don’t necessarily agree with the argument that Chinese monetary policy is the “single most protectionist policy in the world” as China is merely holding up a mirror to the Fed’s own monetary tools, it does provide some entertaining perspectives…. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : zero hedge Discovery Date : 07/01/2011 23:27 Number of articles : 5
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Wrap your head around this one, you have your Google TV connected to your TV and your DVR, and now you’ll soon be able to connect to a Sling Box in other room, house, city, country, and watch that content too. This Flash app optimized for Google TV was on display at CES and reminds us more of the Sling Player app on a portable than a Google TV app. No word on when it might be available or how much it’ll cost — you didn’t think it’d be free did you? — but it did seem to work pretty well in our short time with it. Gallery: Sling Player coming to Google TV The SlingPlayer coming to the Google TV originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …On a scale of 1 to 10 for loathsome traits and comments, Justice Scalia rated about an 8 on mine. Chief Justice Roberts scored a 9. But two things happened which boosted Scalia to a 10 and come quite close to me thinking he should just be impeached because he’s clearly not an objective or clear thinker. First, let’s remember that he will be teaching all the new teabagger freshmen their Constitution 101 course, courtesy of Michele Bachmann. That would be just great if he actually understood the Constitution. First strike: His most recent interview with California Lawyer , where he restates his position that women do not enjoy protection under the 14th amendment to the Constitution. Q: In 1868, when the 39th Congress was debating and ultimately proposing the 14th Amendment, I don’t think anybody would have thought that equal protection applied to sex discrimination, or certainly not to sexual orientation. So does that mean that we’ve gone off in error by applying the 14th Amendment to both? SCALIA:Yes, yes. Sorry, to tell you that. … But, you know, if indeed the current society has come to different views, that’s fine. You do not need the Constitution to reflect the wishes of the current society. Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesn’t. Nobody ever thought that that’s what it meant. Nobody ever voted for that. If the current society wants to outlaw discrimination by sex, hey we have things called legislatures, and they enact things called laws. You don’t need a constitution to keep things up-to-date. All you need is a legislature and a ballot box. You don’t like the death penalty anymore, that’s fine. You want a right to abortion? There’s nothing in the Constitution about that. But that doesn’t mean you cannot prohibit it. Persuade your fellow citizens it’s a good idea and pass a law. That’s what democracy is all about. It’s not about nine superannuated judges who have been there too long, imposing these demands on society. Scalia’s comments, to be fair, have to be taken inside his frame , which is that the Constitution is an original document and not a living document. Therefore, if it was not an issue at the time of its writing, the fact that it is an issue now does not mean the 14th amendment applies. If the 14th amendment were to be interpreted in the frame of a living Constitution, then it would surely apply to gender and sexual orientation. Still, what he’s saying here is that women do not enjoy protections under the 14th amendment . He’s also quite clearly signalling which way he would rule on the Proposition 8 case and other rulings with regard to same-sex marriage, since they’ve been declared unconstitutional under the equal protection clause. I have major difficulties with his interpretation. Exactly who would be considered a “person” under the 14th amendment? If his remarks are to be taken literally, then what he’s saying is that women are not to be considered persons or citizens (the two words used in that clause). Who does that leave? Men and corporations , evidently. Does that mean that gay men can marry but lesbians can’t? What if someone married a corporation? Would they have spinoffs as children? Okay, those questions are ridiculous but then, so is Scalia . This man is one vote of NINE deciding whether our democracy lives or dies, and he routinely rules for its death, while bragging that he doesn’t even need to read the briefs because the issues are so clear. Yes, really. That clip at the top was from a forum conducted on March 23, 2010. It will give you a sense of his arrogance and his flippant attitude toward those who dare to challenge his interpretation of the Constitution’s meaning, particularly with regard to the 14th amendment. I know having an opinion isn’t grounds for impeachment, but is utter disrespect for the country and over half the population grounds? If so, let’s do it. A postscript directly to Justice Scalia: Thanks for not showing up for the State of the Union address . It’s good that you’re skipping it, because it proves just how deep your disrespect for the voters of this country really is. Stay away. Far away.
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Tick, the CPU and GPU get integrated into the same 32nm die , tock, they both go down to 22nm with the latter gaining DirectX 11 support. Intel’s only just unveiled its Sandy Bridge processors, but the next update to the company’s desktop and laptop hardware has already gained an important detail. Mooly Eden, general manager for the PC Client Group, has disclosed the news that Ivy Bridge — the die shrink of the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture — will include DX 11 graphical capabilities when it arrives late in 2011. We’re inclined to agree with Intel that DirectX 11 really wasn’t a necessary implementation for Sandy Bridge given its humble gaming credentials, but Mooly expects a lot more applications will have harnessed the available APIs by the time we come to cross the Ivy Bridge. Let’s hope it is so. Intel’s next CPU refresh will include DirectX 11 graphics support originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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