Fox & Fiends and "Obama's Ho"

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Tuesday January 20, 2009 · 2:12 AM PST

2009/01/20 · 02:12

Looks like Fox has outdone themselves in the "that's just plain dumb" department.

The Fox & Friends webpage currently has an interesting headline for their first video selection:

Karl Rove on Obama's ho on Obama's honey

According to News Hounds, the header was first noticed late Monday morning (PST). It is now 15 hours later, and the headline is still there.

I know Fox isn't exactly cheerleading for Obama, bit is this the best they can come up with?

UFOlogist Offers $10K Reward to Debunk Video "Proof"

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Sunday January 18, 2009 · 4:42 AM PST

2009/01/18 · 04:42

It may be tilting at windmills, but I couldn't resist taking a shot.

Ronald Nussbeck believes in UFOs. He believes that a Space Shuttle mission captured video proof of dozens of alien spacecraft, and that enhancement of those images reveals markings resembling letters and numbers. He is so confident that he is offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who can prove otherwise.

Following is my humble attempt at skeptic stardom.

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Friday January 16, 2009 · 4:18 AM PST

2009/01/16 · 04:18

I've always been interested in "bad science," and I sometimes check out places like Free Republic to see what new nonscience is making its way into the wingnut canon. Tonight, I found something that even some Freepers wish would go away:

This is the kind of article that provides cannon fodder for daily kos, DU, and MSNBC.

What kind? This kind:

"Alien Abductions Stopped By the Name of Jesus Christ"...

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79 votes Show Results

Smackdown: Who would win?

79 votes Vote Now!

Smackdown: Who would win?

Jesus--He's the Son of God. Enough said.

15 votes

Aliens--All your race are belong to us.

19 votes

An ancient fairy tale character versus a modern fairy tale character? GTFO!

45 votes

Barry Cooper pwns Odessa police

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Sunday December 07, 2008 · 2:59 AM PST

2008/12/07 · 02:59

Barry Cooper, ex-narc turned anti-WoD advocate ("Never Get Busted Again"), caught an illegal drug raid by the Odessa, Texas, police on live streaming video. The link is here (nevergetbusted.com). The site is down at this time due to heavy traffic, but Radley Balko at Reason.com has a summary.

More after the break.

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Thursday November 20, 2008 · 1:38 AM PST

2008/11/20 · 01:38

It had to happen...

[David] Cameron was the early favorite, but some other fellow named David Mauro, who runs a hard-left blog on Texas politics, went to Daily Kos and started diary-bombing the site begging people to run up the vote for them, by hook or by crook.

(above quote from Free Republic; from the comments it looks like some of these folks can't figure out how to vote in the poll...)

You can debate the wisdom of awarding this scholarship via Internet poll, but them's the rules. Let's outFReep the FReepers. If you haven't voted yet, you can do so here.

BTW, latest results show Mauro leading Cameron 12,346 to 11,635.

Get Off My Marriage: Nate Silver on Prop 8

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Wednesday November 12, 2008 · 5:12 PM PST

2008/11/12 · 17:12

UPDATE: Article is here. I must have edited it out somehow.

Analyzing the "why" of Prop 8's acceptance by the voters has thus far resulted in a lot of acrimony and finger-pointing, to put it mildly. Nate Silver has done some digging and, as usual, has come up with some useful data.

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Thursday October 23, 2008 · 4:11 AM PDT

2008/10/23 · 04:11

I've been following the tracking polls here but haven't seen any writeups on this piece of lunacy.

The latest IBD/TIPP tracking poll has some, um, unusual results:

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Tuesday October 07, 2008 · 3:28 AM PDT

2008/10/07 · 03:28

I was thinking about the "experience issue" in the presidential campaign yesterday when I came to the rather unsettling conclusion that it really doesn't matter in the least how much experience (however you wish to define it) the president has, at least in terms of being able to implement his or her desired policies. And the example that really brought the conclusion home to me was the Bush Administration.

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Wednesday October 01, 2008 · 4:32 PM PDT

2008/10/01 · 16:32

The latest AP-GfK poll results are out (story here):

Barack Obama has surged to a seven-point lead over John McCain one month before the presidential election, lifted by voters who think the Democrat is better suited to lead the nation through its sudden financial crisis, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that underscores the mounting concerns of some McCain backers.

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Tuesday September 30, 2008 · 2:21 AM PDT

2008/09/30 · 02:21

With all of the news recently about Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, the sad legacy of Hurricane Katrina seems to have dropped off the radar. On August 11, 2008, The New York Times printed an editorial on the continued lack of relief efforts:

The pace of recovery is slowing in New Orleans as the city approaches the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina late this month. The next president and Congress will need to expedite assistance before the city’s mood turns from guarded optimism back to despair.

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 1:34 AM PDT

2008/09/29 · 01:34

I just downloaded the 110-page PDF of the discussion draft of the bailout plan (available through CNN (scroll to the bottom of the page). This is by no means a thorough analysis, but by page 5 things are starting to look rather odd. "Troubled assets" are defined as certain mortgages as well as...

...any other financial instrument that the Secretary [of the Treasury], after consultation with the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, determines the purpose of which is necessary to promote financial market stability, but only upon transmittal of such determination, in writing, to the appropriate committees of Congress.

In other words, SecTreas still has unlimited leeway in determining what financial instruments qualify for the bailout. He has to "consult" but doesn't have to take advice and only needs to tell Congress in writing what it is he's up to.

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Saturday September 27, 2008 · 6:42 PM PDT

2008/09/27 · 18:42

Mssouri Governor Matt Blunt released a statement today accusing the Obama campaign of using "police state tactics" to intimidate the opposition.

"St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.

"What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond words, the party that claims to be the party of Thomas Jefferson is abusing the justice system and offices of public trust to silence political criticism with threats of prosecution and criminal punishment.

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Fox & Fiends and "Obama's Ho"

UFOlogist Offers $10K Reward to Debunk Video "Proof"

Jesus vs. Aliens smackdown?

Barry Cooper pwns Odessa police

RedState and FReepers discover blog scholarship vote

Get Off My Marriage: Nate Silver on Prop 8

Problems with IBD/TIPP poll

Experience Doesn't Matter, Choices Do

New AP Poll: Obama 48%, McCain 41%

Three years later, Katrina aid still MIA

Update #3: Weird scenes inside the gold mine: a quick look at the bailout plan

Update: Wingnut Missouri Gov: Obama & Co. Using "Police State Tactics"