The blogger behind “Gay Girl in Damascus” is not Amina Arraf, supposedly kidnapped last week in Syria , but a man who lives in Turkey. After the kidnapping story unraveled and led many to speculate the whole thing was a hoax , Tom MacMaster came forward today with a post on the…
Continue reading …One of the ways Egypt , Syria , and other regimes crack down on protesters is by shutting down telecommunications networks—but soon they may no long be able to do so. The New York Times takes a close look at the global effort, led by the US, to create “shadow” Internet…
Continue reading …If Congress doesn’t do something about No Child Left Behind, then Arne Duncan will. The education secretary promised to take steps to ease some of the sanctions for states that are trying to improve schools, if Congress doesn’t act on rewriting the 2002 law by the beginning of next school…
Continue reading …A couple weeks ago we showed you the shocking video of an Egyptian Muslim cleric advocating jihad and saying financial problems could be solved by selling captives “like groceries.” Now, that same cleric is back, and he’s supposedly claiming his words were taken out of context. But the way he’s defending himself is curious, especially when you consider it involves him justifying buying “sex slaves.”… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 12/06/2011 15:52 Number of articles : 3
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Continue reading …To a large number of Americans, an economic recovery without jobs is not really a recovery at all. Overall, 55 percent of Americans picked either the general economy (29 percent) or joblessness (26 percent) as the country’s most important problem, according to a Gallup poll released Friday, making this the fifth straight month of the year that Americans put the economy and unemployment atop their list. The next most popular answer was the federal deficit, at 13 percent. But now, there are a number of demographic groups that are identifying unemployment as an even bigger concern than the broader economy. Indeed, unemployment, not the general economy, was the top issue of concern for blacks, senior citizens, and people who earned $30,000 or less per year, according to the Gallup poll. Meanwhile, men, white respondents, adults under age 65, and individuals earning at least $30,000 per year were all more likely to say that the broader economy is, right now, more important than jobs. And while there was notable distance in the amount of concern expressed over budget deficits and the quality of health care, there was one area of broad consensus: people are dissatisfied with the government. That dissatisfaction ranked among the top concerns for nearly every group, particularly with respondents over 50 years old. The Gallup results come just a week after a tepid jobs report indicated that just over 54,000 private-sector jobs were created in May. Overall unemployment rose to 9.1 percent from 9 percent. It’s not just weak job growth that has given indication of a weak recovery, either. The housing market has double dipped and a slew of unforeseen international disasters have U.S. production in sectors such as the auto industry. The Gallup poll’s findings are the results of surveys conducted between January and May. For the surveys, 5,149 adults around the country were contacted by cell phone and landline.
Continue reading …Fox News haters love to advance the myth that the network pushes exclusively conservative views and the anchors surround themselves with right-leaning yes men who never question them. On the latest installment of “Fox News Sunday,” liberal political analyst Juan Williams challenged host Chris Wallace's view of the public's support for the war in Afghanistan leading to a humorous exchange (video follows with transcript and commentary): CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: Bill, there's another interesting fact in this whole equation, and that is that General David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, is about to apparently give the president his recommendation. Does the president dare go against Petraeus — and you know that recommendation will become public — given the fact that Petraeus is widely credited with not — if not winning the war, certainly beginning to turn it around? And also, the president has named him to be his CIA director. BILL KRISTOL, THE WEEKLY STANDARD: I suppose General Petraeus might give him two or three options and say — WALLACE: But we always know the middle one is the one — (CROSSTALK) KRISTOL: Higher ones would assume more risk. I think any drawdown assumes some risk, incidentally. But I take the point that he will want to keep his word and do a little bit of a drawdown. The fact is the surge has succeeded in the south, it's succeeding — it needs one more fighting season there. But we were still set on the ground. It has to go east now and clean up the Haqqani network there. Then I think there's a real chance in 2013 — just as the president has been saying, 2014 is the real agreed-upon deadline for when we really turn over responsibility to the Afghans. I think he's on course to making that. And it would be terrible, as I say, to take much greater risk just for the sake of appeasing a few politicians here and a few people in Congress who like popping off. He can stand course for the 2013 — much bigger drawdown of 2013, and with a real turnover in 2014, I think. JUAN WILLIAMS, FOX POLITICAL ANALYST: All the wise men of Washington want him to stay. John Kerry wants him to stay, you want him to stay. But let me just say — WALLACE: No. Supposedly, John Kerry is saying that he'd like to see — pardon? BRIT HUME: He's going the other way. WALLACE: Kerry is now talking about, you know, we've accomplished a lot, maybe we need to drawn down faster. WILLIAMS: But not at the rate that I think the American people — the American people want it over. When you're spending — (CROSSTALK) WALLACE: How do you know what the American people want, Juan? WILLIAMS: Well, you look at the numbers. Look at the support for this war. It's not there. WALLACE: Actually, that's not true. The support for the war has actually increased. MARA LIASSON, NPR: No, no, no. WILLIAMS: It's increased from what? It's very minimal. This is minimal support. You're fooling yourself. WALLACE: Really? All right. So we'll take your idea about what the American people want. WILLIAMS: I just think you should look at the numbers. WALLACE: The polls? WILLIAMS: Yes. WALLACE: OK. That's how we're going to run the war? Good. Thank you. WILLIAMS: Oh, please. WALLACE: Thanks, panel. See you next week. WILLIAMS: You always get the last word. WALLACE: Up next, we hear from you. I'm the moderator. (LAUGHTER) As you can see, Fox is just a right-wing echo chamber espousing exclusively conservative views – just like the Left and their media minions tell you.
Continue reading …A Fox Business host is being accused of racism after declaring that President Obama likes to host “hoods” in the “hizzouse.” Eric Bolling initially referred to Obama’s Oval Office meeting with Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Thursday, then noted that “it’s not first time he’s had a hoodlum in the hizzouse”…
Continue reading …Stipulations surrounding the use of medicinal marijuana are as controversial as they are unclear. But a Washington State Supreme Court decision did legitimize the right of employers to excuse those employees found to be users of marijuana, medical or otherwise. The Washington state court concluded that MUMA (the Medical Use of Marijuana Act), though it
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