The day after the second Presidential Debate, one of CNN’s top online headlines was:
Ticker: Obama actions called ‘not presidential’
Nota Bene #43
Link of the Week (as opposed to the Weakest Link): From American Raj, a new book by Eric Margolis: Abdullah Azzam “ran a dingy little rooming house next to his office for […]
Nota Bene #42
Link of the Week (as opposed to the Weakest Link): “It’s Judgment Day for McCain” at the Wall Street Journal Thomas Frank writes: “Last week, Republican presidential candidate John McCain called for […]
Worst Week: Gonna be a big one for John McCain
This could be a Very Bad Week for Sen. John McCain. Last week, McCain attempted a stunt for the ages, announcing that he was “suspending his campaign” so that he could rush […]
Nota Bene #41
Links of the Week (as opposed to the Weakest Link): Stop the presses: John McCain tells the truth. Laurence Vance at LewRockwell.com explains: “In an interview with 60 Minutes in 1997, McCain […]
Lady Die: de Rothschild, elitism and the final episode of Punk'd
This is some pretty funny stuff. Prominent Clinton backer and Dem donor to endorse McCain Posted: 10:45 AM ET WASHINGTON (CNN) — Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter and […]
Steal this election!
It looks our old friends are up to their old games again. In Michigan: “The chairman of the Republican Party in Macomb County, Michigan, a key swing county in a key swing […]
Stop lying to the public: some notes on the faux-ethics of the press
CountyFair had an important and much-needed lesson in journalistic ethics for us this morning. The key points: First: it should never, ever be considered acceptable to quote a candidate or official making […]
Nota Bene #40
Link of the Week (as opposed to the Weakest Link): Jonathan Freedland at the Guardian: “Until now, anti-Americanism has been exaggerated and much misunderstood. … But if McCain wins in November, that […]
Has Obama dug a hole that he can't climb out of?
Well, well, well…. There’s been a spurt of 527 activity on behalf of Sen. John McCain, but Barack Obama campaign has suddenly gone silent on the subject.That’s because, after of year of […]
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