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NFL owners voted overwhelmingly Thursday in favor of a tentative 10-year agreement to end the lockout, pending player approval. (July 21)
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The woman who accused Albuquerque’s top criminal judge of rape did not report the assault and might have been trying to extort the judge by videotaping one of their encounters, authorities said. (July 21)
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Iowa Senator Tom Harkin was at his worst Wednesday morning in a press conference. Sure, there was the usual immature Democratic Party name-calling — calling Republicans “dead-beat debtors” and characterizing Republicans who oppose raising the debt ceiling as a “cult fringe,” even though polls seem to be showing that 60% of Americans are in that “fringe.” But beyond that, Harkin uttered a demonstrably untrue statement, something so obviously untrue that if a Republican or conservative had said something similar against Democrats, the establishment press would have dwelt on it for days. In apportioning responsibilities for annual federal budget deficits and the staggering increases in the national debt, Harkin made the following claim : “Democrats are willing to do whatever is necessary to raise the debt ceiling, not for future borrowing but to pay the debts that we racked up in the past. Which, mostly was racked up by a Republican House, a Republican Senate and a Republican President in the last 8 years. Yet, they're not willing to pay the bills,” Harkin said. Well, Tom, not exactly. Giving Harkin the greatest possible (and totally undeserved) benefit of the doubt, let's look at where the national debt stood at each fiscal year-end beginning with September 30, 2000: Let's take it in steps, assuming that each annual session of Congress and the President is fully responsible for the debt buildup occurring during the subsequent October through September fiscal year: Year ended September 30, 2001 — Bill Clinton was president in 2000, and the Republicans controlled Congress. The $133 billion debt buildup during that fiscal year doesn't make Harkin's list. (Gosh, I thought we were running surpluses?) Six years ended September 30, 2007 — George W. Bush was president and Republicans controlled Congress during calendar 2001-2006. Republicans get full credit for the $3.2 trillion increase in the national debt during that period. Two years ended September 30, 2009 — Bush was president, but Democrats controlled Congress during calendar 2007-2008. The $2.9 trillion increase in the national debt during that period doesn't make Harkin's list. Year ended September 30, 2010 — Barack Obama was president and Democrats controlled Congress during calendar 2009. The $1.62 trillion increase in the national debt during that year doesn't make Harkin's list. October 1, 2010 through July 19, 2011 (the day before Harkin spoke) — Obama was president and Democrats controlled Congress during calendar 2010. On July 19, 2011, the national debt was $14.34 trillion. The roughly $780 billion increase in the national debt during the current fiscal year doesn't make Harkin's list. The scoreboard: Republican President and Republican Congress — $3.2 trillion All other situations — over $5.4 trillion Most of the increases in the national debt occurred during all other situations. Republicans did not “mostly” up the national debt. Tom Harkin's statement was false. Assigning responsibility on a strict calendar year to calendar year basis would make Harkin's statement proportionally even more untrue. A search on Harkin's name at the Associated Press's main national web site returns nothing containing Harkin's statement above. A search on Harkin's full name at the New York Times comes up empty . I am so not surprised. Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com .
Continue reading …Well, Cenk Uygur is out and Al Sharpton is in for the 6pm eastern time slot at MSNBC and Uygur explained on You Tube why he didn’t take the deal MSNBC offered him for a weekend time slot with twice the money he was being paid for his weekday show instead. Bottom line is that he felt some pressure not to be too hard on the Obama administration and they said they were having trouble booking guests because they thought he was being too aggressive with them and didn’t like the tone of some of his interviews. Cenk had nothing but praise for some of his fellow prime time hosts on MSNBC and expressed his gratitude for being given the opportunity to host during the time he had on the air there, and thanked his online viewers of his radio show for giving him that opportunity in the first place to even get a chance to host at MSNBC. That said, he didn’t want to take a diminished role at the network even if it did mean more money and remain silent about why they were unhappy with his show, despite the fact that it was doing pretty well in the demo they all claim to care about, which is the adults 25-54 demo. Personally, I’m sad to see Cenk leave MSNBC because I like him and have actually talked to him a few times when Video Cafe was first being added to the site here at C&L about featuring some of his Young Turks segments. He’s a friend of John’s and a very nice person and I’m sorry he’s going to be losing that spotlight on MSNBC just as I would be about any liberal or progressive voice we’ve got out there in the corporate media whether I agree with everything that they say or not. We don’t have nearly enough of them to counter all of the wingnut b.s. that makes up the majority of our “news” coverage. That said, I think the Rev. Al Sharpton will continue to do a very good job as a wingnut slayer in his place over at MSNBC. I think the sad thing is, Cenk was never really allowed to do his own show at MSNBC. If he had his druthers, I believe there’s no way in hell Michael Steele and Ed Rendell and a host of other guests he was probably forced to have on there would have been any regular contributors to his show. I think he described it pretty well when he said that commenters said he looked like a lion on his radio show and a lion at the zoo on MSNBC. He talked about saying he didn’t want to be constrained any more with how he responded to guests on his show and made a decision not to hold back with criticisms some time back, but that doesn’t account for the fact that he probably had zero editorial control over who his guests were in the first place as he does on his radio/Internet show, The Young Turks. I honestly think Cenk would be a better fit for Current TV and what Olbermann is trying to do with that network instead. I’ve read that Keith wants to turn them into a news network with more people hosting than himself and since that time, I’ve noticed MSNBC suddenly giving more liberals either guest spots or guest hosting spots or new contracts. We can add to that list Chris Hayes, who I read got a contract but have no idea what it entails, now Al Sharpton who’s going to get Cenk’s spot, and I’ve seen Ezra Klein filling in for Martin Bashir. It made me wonder if MSNBC was trying to get some potential liberal contributors on contract before Current TV has a chance to hire them. I would not be shocked to see either Cenk Uygur or David Shuster who’s already filled in for Keith Olbermann wind up with shows at Current TV and there’s a long list of others that, if I had my druthers, I’d love to see hired there as well if they decided to turn Current TV into a 24/7 news network actually hosted by all liberals who don’t have corporate America breathing down their neck and don’t feel constrained to do the usual false equivalencies and we’ve got to represent both sides even if one side is insane and lying with who they book as guests and constraining them with what they say if they have criticisms of anyone in government. UPDATE: Looks like Cenk is going to be one of Keith’s guests on Countdown tonight . Here’s part two of Cenk’s response on his decision to leave MSNBC rather than take the offer they made him.
Continue reading …Elderly Man Goes Violently Berserk Over Man Pretending to Fart in Target Store
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Jack Vale has pretended to pass gas in public before . Usually it leads others to weird looks and chuckles. But recently, it led one elderly man to punch Vale in the face — several times. While pulling off one of his stunts at a local Target store recently, Vale chose two unsuspecting elderly shoppers as, well, targets. Using an electronic fart machine, Vale meandered over to the shoppers and made… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 21/07/2011 15:38 Number of articles : 4
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July 21, 2011 No Comment![Gay ‘barbarians’ descend on Marcus and Michele Bachmann’s clinic, demand discipline [Video]](http://newsbreakingonline.com/wp-content/themes/transcript/timthumb.php?src=%3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fnewsbreakingonline.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F07%2Fef98789016video.jpeg.jpeg%22+%2F%3E&q=90&w=190&h=100&zc=1 "Gay ‘barbarians’ descend on Marcus and Michele Bachmann’s clinic, demand discipline [Video]")
Michele and Marcus Bachmann’s controversial clinic had gay barbarians in its lobby demanding to be disciplined. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Top of the Ticket Discovery Date : 21/07/2011 22:30 Number of articles : 4
Continue reading …Is it just me, or does anyone else think James O’Keefe has some real issues with liking to play dress up a bit too much? I’m not sure when we’re finally going to see the last of James O’Keefe and his brand of ambush “journalism”, but yesterday could not be too soon for me. From TPM — James O’Keefe’s Latest ‘Terrorist’ Medicaid Sting Goes After Woman For Following Law : Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A man goes into a public assistance office in Charleston, South Carolina in a kilt, tells them he’s a member of the Irish Republican Army and asks for help for 25 fellow Irishmen in a hospital who need Medicaid. A government employee follows the rules and explains the process for filling out a Medicaid paperwork and the qualifications they’d need to meet. She informs them that a federal law intended to protect patient privacy requires her not to divulge any information he’s told her. So what happens next? James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas releases a deceptively edited video that makes the woman look like a terrorist sympathizer, though it isn’t even clear if she knows the background of the IRA. In the edited version, the woman says it would not be in her best interest to divulge anything because she could not afford it and she doesn’t want to go to jail. As it turns out, that’s what she’s supposed to do under the law. To his credit, O’Keefe posted the full unedited video of the “sting” directly after the edited version. Which makes it all the more curious that Project Veritas edited the tape in a way that paints the government employee in a bad light. Read on…
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