Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was on hand for an air show in Moscow where the military showed off its first stealth fighter. (Aug. 17)
Continue reading …DiRT 3 – Finland – EXTREME KEN BLOCK LANDING Dirty Ken Block Gymkhana Round 2 on DiRT 3 Ken Block Gymkhana Four video hits YouTube Timmc78 says: Check this video out — DC SHOES: KEN BLOCK ‘S GYMKHANA FOUR; THE HOLLYWOOD MEGAMERCIAL http://t.co/HPt1xFw via @ youtube
Continue reading …Charlie Spiering of the Beltway Confidential blog for the Washington Examiner yesterday noted how President Obama is pining for the days of monolithic media, when Americans all watched, and trusted, liberal anchor Walter Cronkite [video follows page break]: While President Obama was in Iowa, he was asked about the heated rhetoric and unwillingness to compromise. The President compared himself to Lincoln, as highlighted by Byron York, then he compared Washington politics to his marriage,(“I let Michelle have her way 90% of the time”) and finally blamed the changed media landscape for the rise in partisan politics. “It used to be that everybody was sitting there watching Walter Cronkite, now everybody is on their own little blog or on their own separate news forum. If you're a Democrat you're reading the New York Times, if you're a Republican, you're watching Fox News. . . people don't listen to each other much.” Well, at least he admitted the obvious: the New York Times is gospel to the Left.
Continue reading …The cast of the hit television show talk about filming in beach resorts off season, seeing their faces on a cinema screen, and reveal why their characters will never grow up. (Aug. 17)
Continue reading …I said I wasn’t going to watch Hannity anymore after Juan Williams called him myopic and a liar because he’s too toxic to my nervous system, but I stumbled upon this dang video clip and it pulled me back in, again. If you ask many Republicans today, they will tell you that the $700 billion financial bailout Bernanke actually happened under Obama’s watch even though the mortgage collapse happened under George W. Bush and he was front and center begging for the cash. Struggling to stave off financial catastrophe, the Bush administration on Friday laid out a radical bailout plan with a jawdropping price tag – a takeover of a half-trillion dollars or more in worthless mortgages and other bad debt held by tottering institutions. —- A grim-faced President Bush acknowledged risks to taxpayers in what would be the most sweeping government intervention to rescue failing financial institutions since the Great Depression. But he declared, “The risk of not acting would be far higher.” The administration is asking Congress for far-reaching new powers to take over troubled mortgages from banks and other companies, including purchasing sour mortgage-backed securities. Administration officials and congressional leaders are to work out details over the weekend. — Bush said simply, “We must act now.” “America’s economy is facing unprecedented challenges. We’re responding with unprecedented measures,” Bush declared, standing in the White House Rose Garden with Paulson, Bernanke and Christopher Cox, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission… read on The ease by which Hannity lies is really frightening when you think about it . Sean Hannity may have just gone on record as the last person on the planet to recognize the housing bubble . On Tuesday, Hannity offered a simple — and spectacularly ignorant — explanation for the mortgage crisis: Obama’s “policies;” Obama’s “fault.” It’s unfortunate that disinformation like this is happening 24/7 on Fox and AM hate talk radio, but that’s the truth of it. I now rescind my previous promise of never checking out Hannity. There’s no Beck so I do have to keep track of these propagandists. At least Beck was so over the top crazy for a while with his chalk boards and conspiracy theories that I would occasionally fall down laughing.
Continue reading …Police in Tampa, Florida say they arrested an expelled student after thwarting a plot to set off a bomb at his former high school next week. The school’s principal says he’s focused on the safety of his students. (Aug. 17)
Continue reading …Authorities in New York say the driver of a sanitation truck lost control of the vehicle and crashed through a wall. Local media report that the driver has been hospitalized in stable condition. (Aug. 17)
Continue reading …New documents published by UK lawmakers investigating Britain’s phone-hacking scandal apparently contradict claims made by the News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch’s son during testimony before Parliament. (Aug. 17)
Continue reading …Indie dance trio Foster the People talk about the success of their single “Pumped up Kicks,” merging different genres and touring in the States. (Aug. 17)
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