Laura Ingraham flip-flops on debt-ceiling vote, now says they should pass Boehner’s "unserious" bill. O’Reilly lets her know it.
July 29, 2011 No Comment
Click here to view this media Laura Ingraham has been a big Tea Party supporter and proponent of the position that Republicans should not pass a debt ceiling bill that is a short-term/mini-deal or else it should be viewed as unserious . Talking to Newsmax on July 6th, she said this: Conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham tells Newsmax that Republicans should stand firm against a “mini-deal” that would raise the debt ceiling with only “cosmetic cuts” in federal spending. She also says Washington legislators who would consider such a settlement show that they are “completely unserious” about dealing with the federal debt and “saving America.” As much as I disliked Obama’s Grand Bargain idea, it supposedly cut $4 trillion out of the deficit. That’s not small potatoes. Biden’s group also had massive spending cuts along with closing some tax loopholes and Harry Reid’s plan, which should be considered a small deal because it only lasts until after the 2012 election, is a spending-cuts-only bill. Who has the worst mini deal of all? John Boehner. Guess which bill Laura Ingraham is supporting now after vehemently opposing a mini-deal? John Boehner’s. She said so while she was guest-hosting Bill O’Reilly’s show yesterday. Bill is in LA doing PR and wound up calling in to give his analysis since Boehner’s bill couldn’t even get voted on Thursday. And what did Bill do? He called out Ingraham because she has been on The Factor toeing the Tea Party line all along. But now she’s falling in line with the rest of the GOP hierarchy. (Rough transcript) O’Reilly: First of all it was a good interview with the guys up top, but I noticed a little tone change from your posture last week where I was anchoring and you were the interview subject and now you’re the anchor..ummm. I saw a little softening of the hard line position. Did I pick that up wrong? Have you changed a little bit? Ingraham: No, no I don’t think you’re picking it up correctly. My point now is that they’ve gotten the best deal they can get with the leverage that they’ve exercised. If the Tea Party just agreed to several days ago which was my point last week then they wouldn’t have gotten the deal right now. O’Reilly: You think that now the Tea Party should say, OK, we’re going to go with Boehner. Ingraham: I think the Tea Party, yes, absolutely because this is the best deal they’re going to get . Can you trust anything she says? That’s not what Ingraham’s been saying all along. Laura grilled Rep. Steve King later in the show for saying that the Tea Party should wait until after the deadline has passed so then the ,arkets can collapse and they can get the Cup, Cap and Balanced budget amendment passed easily. She was very hostile to that idea, literally calling him crazy if he thought that was remotely realistic.
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Fox News's Steve Doocy and former CIA officer Michael Scheuer took the gossip site Gawker to task Friday for claiming to out the identity of the CIA officer responsible for orchestrating the bib Laden raid in May. “I think most of the media is anti-Agency, and they think it's fun to put people at risk,” said Scheuer. [VIDEO SOON] Scheuer also pointed out that the story was not getting nearly as much coverage as the Valerie Plame scandal. “I think it's much worse. Ms. Plame probably didn't have a lot of enemies around the world that remember going to come looking for them. But this fellow responsible for Osama bin Laden's death or in part for it is certainly at risk.” He further noted that the mainstream media has a history of bias against American intelligence services. “For example, you know, the Pulitzer Prize for treason, if I remember correctly, went to the woman at the Washington Post who exposed the Agency's black sites during the rendition program. So the media and the media establishment rewards this kind of conduct,” said Scheuer. Doocy also pointed out that there was no evidence that the individual highlighted by Gawker is even the agent in question. “Steve, the average high school yearbook staff has more integrity and common sense than Gawker or AP. They might have put an entirely mistaken personality on someone's bull's eye. It's an extraordinarily reckless unprofessional thing to do,” said Scheuer. “The news was bin Laden was killed. The officers in the military and the Agency responsible for that should have been congratulated, end of story. No one needs to know anybody who was involved in that operation.” A transcript of the exchange, which aired at 6:51 a.m. on Friday, follows.
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Click here to view this media Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) Thursday attacked “accounting tricks and budget gimmicks” in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) plan to end the debt ceiling crisis. “We assume we’re going to be fighting this war for 10 more years, with over 100,000 troops in Afghanistan and oh, gosh, wait, we’re going to withdraw our troops in 2014,” Ryan said in a speech on the House floor. “$1 trillion in savings.” “I’ve got a better idea. Let’s pass a bill to cover the moon with yogurt that will cost $5 trillion today. And then let’s pass a bill the next day to cancel that bill. We could save $5 trillion,” he continued. “Wait, I’ve got a better idea. Our debt is $14 trillion. Let’s come up with a new plan to spend $14 trillion, then rescind it the next day and let’s save $14 trillion. This stuff is fiscal fantasy. You can’t make this stuff up, Mr. Speaker.”
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News agency reports that the most senior officers in army, navy and air force step down over rift with ruling administration Turkey’s state-run Anatolia news agency says the military’s chiefs of staff have resigned because of tensions with the Islamic-rooted government. NTV television, citing unnamed military sources, says the country’s military chief and the commanders of the navy, air force and the army have resigned. The resignation of so many top commanders for the first time ever signals a deep rift with the government and comes after a court charged 22 suspects, including several generals and officers, with carrying out an internet campaign to undermine the government. The government and military leaders were also seeking a compromise deal over several key appointments during next week’s high military council meeting. Turkey Middle East Europe guardian.co.uk
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“When, oh, when is a Republican going to stand up” and call the liberal media on their lies about the debt ceiling debate, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell lamented on this morning's “Fox & Friends.” Bozell was reacting to a clip of Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) answering a misleading and biased question by CBS's Bob Schieffer ( video follows page break; MP3 audio here ): STEVE DOOCY, “Fox & Friends” anchor: So the narrative over the last couple of weeks has been Barack Obama, the adult in the room, he's a compromiser. On the other side, those rotten Republicans! BRENT BOZELL, Media Research Center (MRC) founder: You know, Steve, I'm watching that video clip of Sen. Kyl and I'm just wondering, when, oh, when is a Republican going to stand up to a Bob Schieffer and look him right in the face on national television, on live national television, and say, “Bob, you're lying, it isn't true”?
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House Expected To Pass Budget Bill, Senate Leaders Say “DOA” NJ Gov. Christie is released from hospital | Deseret News NJ Gov. Christie is released from hospital Kelley_Debbie says: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie , rising GOP star, has health scare http://bit.ly/niBfb8
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AP Top Stories Price: With Unnecessary Debt Crisis GOP Creates Uncertainty, Threatens Economy Sessions and Thune On Hannity: Democrats Have Resisted Spending Cuts Every Step Of The Way lingsherry says: RT @ cnnbrk : House may vote on Boehner debt plan Friday after failing to generate support Thursday http://t.co/b5qaMls
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Penguin that strayed 2,000 miles from Antarctic to New Zealand beach can be returned to the wild in a few weeks New Zealand’s favourite penguin visitor has been given health clearance to be returned to the wild. The news comes five weeks after it was found on a beach more than 2,000 miles from its Antarctic home. The emperor penguin, nicknamed Happy Feet, has been recuperating at Wellington zoo since soon after it was discovered on the North Island. It is the first emperor penguin to be found in the wild in New Zealand in 44 years. It became ill after eating sand, which it may have mistaken for snow. Kate Baker, a spokeswoman for the zoo, said the penguin had gained about 4kg (9lb) and this week passed an x-ray and blood test. Baker said the penguin would probably be released offshore from the south end of the country sometime in the next few weeks. New Zealand Animals Animal behaviour Antarctica guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Sun and Mirror fined for contempt of court in Christopher Jefferies articles
July 29, 2011 No Comment
The Daily Mirror has been fined £50,000 and the Sun £18,000 for articles published over killing of Joanna Yeates The Daily Mirror has been fined £50,000 and the Sun £18,000 for contempt of court for articles published about a suspect arrested on suspicion of murdering Joanna Yeates. Three senior judges ruled that the tabloid newspapers breached contempt laws with their reporting of the arrest of Christopher Jefferies, Yeates’s landlord, who was later released without charge and was entirely innocent of any involvement. Dominic Grieve, the attorney general, launched the contempt action against the newspapers in May, arguing that reports about Jefferies were “so exceptional, so memorable” that it presented a “risk of serious prejudice” to any potential future trial of Yeates’s killer. Vincent Tabak in May pleaded guilty to manslaughter but not the murder of the 25-year-old landscape architect, who was found dead on Christmas Day near Bristol. Tabak is due to face trial at Bristol crown court in October. The attorney general said after Friday’s ruling: “I welcome today’s judgment. While there was a great amount of speculation and copy relating to Mr Jefferies across much of the media, these three pieces of newspaper coverage were a different matter. “They breached the Contempt of Court Act and the court has found that there was a risk of serious prejudice to any future trial. This prosecution is a reminder to the press that the Contempt of Court Act applies from the time of arrest.” Earlier on Friday, Jefferies accepted substantial libel damages from eight newspapers – including the Daily Mirror and the Sun – over stories relating to his arrest. In the contemptruling handed down at the high court on Friday, Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Owen described the Daily Mirror articles as “extreme” and “substantial risks to the course of justice”. The judges said the Sun’s coverage of Jefferies created a “very serious risk” that any future court defence would be damaged. “These articles [in the Sun] would have certainly justified an abuse of process argument, and although their effect is not as grave as that of two series of articles contained in the Mirror, the vilification of Mr Jefferies created a very serious risk that the preparation of his defence would be damaged,” the judges said. “At the time when this edition of the Sun was published it created substantial risks to the course of justice. It therefore constituted a contempt under the strict liability rule.” • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly “for publication”. • To get the latest media news to your desktop or mobile, follow MediaGuardian on Twitter and Facebook The Sun Newspapers & magazines National newspapers Newspapers Daily Mail Media law Contempt of court Joanna Yeates Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Sun and Mirror fined for contempt of court in Christopher Jefferies articles
July 29, 2011 No CommentThe Daily Mirror has been fined £50,000 and the Sun £18,000 for articles published over killing of Joanna Yeates The Daily Mirror has been fined £50,000 and the Sun £18,000 for contempt of court for articles published about a suspect arrested on suspicion of murdering Joanna Yeates. Three senior judges ruled that the tabloid newspapers breached contempt laws with their reporting of the arrest of Christopher Jefferies, Yeates’s landlord, who was later released without charge and was entirely innocent of any involvement. Dominic Grieve, the attorney general, launched the contempt action against the newspapers in May, arguing that reports about Jefferies were “so exceptional, so memorable” that it presented a “risk of serious prejudice” to any potential future trial of Yeates’s killer. Vincent Tabak in May pleaded guilty to manslaughter but not the murder of the 25-year-old landscape architect, who was found dead on Christmas Day near Bristol. Tabak is due to face trial at Bristol crown court in October. The attorney general said after Friday’s ruling: “I welcome today’s judgment. While there was a great amount of speculation and copy relating to Mr Jefferies across much of the media, these three pieces of newspaper coverage were a different matter. “They breached the Contempt of Court Act and the court has found that there was a risk of serious prejudice to any future trial. This prosecution is a reminder to the press that the Contempt of Court Act applies from the time of arrest.” Earlier on Friday, Jefferies accepted substantial libel damages from eight newspapers – including the Daily Mirror and the Sun – over stories relating to his arrest. In the contemptruling handed down at the high court on Friday, Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Owen described the Daily Mirror articles as “extreme” and “substantial risks to the course of justice”. The judges said the Sun’s coverage of Jefferies created a “very serious risk” that any future court defence would be damaged. “These articles [in the Sun] would have certainly justified an abuse of process argument, and although their effect is not as grave as that of two series of articles contained in the Mirror, the vilification of Mr Jefferies created a very serious risk that the preparation of his defence would be damaged,” the judges said. “At the time when this edition of the Sun was published it created substantial risks to the course of justice. It therefore constituted a contempt under the strict liability rule.” • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly “for publication”. • To get the latest media news to your desktop or mobile, follow MediaGuardian on Twitter and Facebook The Sun Newspapers & magazines National newspapers Newspapers Daily Mail Media law Contempt of court Joanna Yeates Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk
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