Pinkerton: ‘There’s a Strange Thing Happening in the Media’ – Liberals Have Concluded Obama’s a ‘Turkey’
September 17, 2011 No Comment
As NewsBusters has been reporting, Barack Obama's sycophants in the press are really starting to lose that loving feeling. Driving this point home was the “American Conservative's” Jim Pinkerton Saturday who said on “Fox News Watch,” “There’s a strange thing happening in the media which is, I think, liberalism has sort of concluded that Obama is kind of a turkey, and they're sort of trying to distance themselves from him” (video follows with transcript and commentary): JIM PINKERTON: There’s a strange thing happening in the media which is, I think, liberalism has sort of concluded that Obama is kind of a turkey, and they're sort of trying to distance themselves from him. Carville is a great example of this. It's not that they’re Republicans, it’s not that they like Republicans any better. We'll get to that later. It’s that when you see, for example, Ron Suskind, who’s a well-known author, no conservative as far as I can tell, talking about what a feckless and ineffective economic policy President Obama has enacted. He can't even keep track of his own treasury secretary. Something is breaking loose in terms of the liberal lockstep. Pinkerton was referring to a CNN.com op-ed written by former Clinton adviser James Carville in which the “Ragin Cajun” surprising said: People often ask me what advice I would give the White House about various things. Today I was mulling over election results from New York and Nevada while thinking about that very question. What should the White House do now? One word came to mind: Panic. The Suskind reference was to an upcoming book by the author excerpted by the Washington Post Friday chronicling serious problems within Obama's economic team. But I digress: JON SCOTT, HOST: You're getting nods from Judy here. You agree? JUDITH MILLER: Yeah, I didn't expect to agree with Jim on this one, but I have to say that when you hear Ron Brownstein and other people say, “You know? This really raises questions about how effective a leader Obama.” Or the other thing I heard on Friday on “Morning Joe” quoting Chuck Todd as saying, asking, “Gosh – is he even serious about this American jobs bill? I mean, is this, is this not just a kind of political talking point?” There's something going on at the base. National Journal's Ron Brownstein wrote Monday about the nation's “deepening doubts about President Obama’s economic agenda.” That's a lot of former Obama fans in one week concluding he's “kind of a turkey.”
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Remember when we took over Times Square last month? Contrary to comments-based speculation, we didn’t drop several years’ salary to see our names and faces (and pets) up in lights. We were actually shooting a segment for the Engadget Show about a new service from Times Square2 (TS2). The NASDAQ / Thompson Reuters alliance is working to increase engagement on the giant electronic billboards it controls in one of the most heavily trafficked spots in the US. The organization has designed a free API for developers, making it possible to create applications for its giant ad spaces on the side of the Thompson Reuters and NASDAQ buildings, and it showed us some of the fruits of its labor in the video clip that you’ll find after the break. Gallery: Engadget in Times Square Continue reading Engadget takes over Times Square, courtesy of TS2 (video) Engadget takes over Times Square, courtesy of TS2 (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Lady Gaga has a growing collection of tattoos all over her bod, but did you know that one of them was inked by none other than LA Ink’s Kat Von D in a back alley somewhere? Thanks to a four-year-old gem of a video making the rounds today, now you do. Watch 22-year-old Gaga and … More » Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Idolator Discovery Date : 16/09/2011 02:15 Number of articles : 3
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I am no stranger to the Battlefield series, at least not the console iterations. After sinking hours of my time into both Bad Company games and even convincing family and friends to buy the game so that we could spend countless evenings going online and ‘squadding up’ in both Rush and Conquest modes, I gradually weaned myself off. There were too many other awesome titles just sitting on my shelf forgotten… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Destructoid Discovery Date : 16/09/2011 20:30 Number of articles : 3
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Witnesses describe the terrifying scene as a plane crashed into the stands at an air show in Reno Friday. (Sept. 17)
Continue reading …Evolta robot to take on the Ironman Triathlon, conquer the course in a week
September 17, 2011 No Comment
Panasonic’s little battery-powered bot that could, the Evolta, has garnered our attention several times over the years. It’s already climbed out of the Grand Canyon and walked 500km from Tokyo to Kyoto , but apparently neither was enough to prove it and its namesake batteries’ true mettle. This time, Panasonic’s putting three of the robots through the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii, and they’ve got a week to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112, and run a 26.2 mile marathon. Unlike the meatbags running the race who have a day to finish, the robots get a week — though they’ll be doing their thing 24 hours a day while only taking breaks to recharge their three AA batteries. Intrigued? The race starts on October 23rd, so there’s plenty of time to watch the appropriately dramatic video explaining the challenge facing the triumvirate of tiny triathletes after the break. Continue reading Evolta robot to take on the Ironman Triathlon, conquer the course in a week Evolta robot to take on the Ironman Triathlon, conquer the course in a week originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Pumped Up Kicks (Foster The People) – Tyler Ward & Crew Foster The People ~ Call it what you want torriiii’s FIRST VIDEO cowboystyle says: #nowplaying : Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks: http://t.co/EsPDXTZK http://t.co/LzbeCO4v #lastfm
Continue reading …This is a wonderful ad, and yes, every Republican candidate should have to answer her question. It’s worth noting that the Affordable Care Act is already helping people. Like this couple in Iowa : Daniels has also thought about what would have happened if portions of the new federal health care law had not been in place. His wife’s insurance had a million dollar lifetime cap on benefits. Her current expenses have already exceeded that. One medication — a potent antifungal agent — costs $1,600 a dose. Without the protection against lifetime limits the new law provides, they would have had to declare bankruptcy. That law, derisively dubbed “Obamacare” by the president’s opponents, has been portrayed as the essence of evil among Republican presidential candidates. At a tea party-sponsored debate this week, front-runners Rick Perry and Mitt Romney vowed to sign executive orders exempting states from enforcing it. Michele Bachmann bragged of working for its repeal in Congress. Those attitudes confound Daniels, who says, “It is hard for us to believe that so many of the GOP candidates would have us go back to a time where an illness like this would have forced us, or any other family for that matter, into bankruptcy.” He’s also grateful for the law’s protection against insurance companies denying coverage for pre-existing conditions . Read that whole article, because it has a great back and forth between Daniels and Ryan Rhodes, the local tea party chairman. But watch the ad first. I’ll wait to hear what Republicans have to say about it.
Continue reading …Occupy Wall Street: ‘This Is Not A One-Day Demonstration, We’re Not Leaving’
September 17, 2011 No CommentWatch live streaming video from globalrevolution at livestream.com Livestream here of solidarity events held around the world . Wall Street coverage should start at 3pm EST. Follow on Twitter at #occupywallstreet. I have a feeling this might be a good one. If you’re anywhere near NYC, go join Adbusters, US Uncut, Anonymous and dozens of other groups to show your support for ending corporate regulatory capture. I’ll update as needed. And please, enough of the counterproductive crap about how you don’t approve of this group or that one. That’s how the left always weakens itself — and why no one ever takes us seriously. Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) — Wall Street firms will be the target of a nonviolent demonstration in which organizers say they want 20,000 people to participate with tents, kitchens and “peaceful barricades” in lower Manhattan. Dubbed “#OccupyWallStreet,” the goal of the protest scheduled to start today is to get President Barack Obama to establish a commission to end “the influence money has over our representatives in Washington ,” according to the website of Adbusters, a group promoting the demonstration. Organizers want participants to “occupy” the area for “a few months,” according to the website. “People have a right to protest, and if they want to protest, we’ll be happy to make sure they have locations to do it,” New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sept. 15 at a press conference. “As long as they do it where other people’s rights are respected, this is the place where people can speak their minds, and that’s what makes New York New York.” Yeah, Mike, just like you did during the Republican convention — by putting protesters in cages and illegally arresting them! I have a feeling you’re a little more worried these days , though, and you’re going to play nice this time. [..] Protests also are planned for financial districts in Madrid, Milan, London and Paris, according to a bulletin from the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center obtained by Bloomberg News. The NCCIC is part of the Department of Homeland Security. Chris Ortman, an agency spokesman, confirmed the bulletin’s authenticity.
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