• Hot Off The Presses

    Linkdump: January 3rd – January 9th

    FOX News cuts away from ‘Giffords vigil’ when Sarah Palin’s name is mentioned | Crooks and LiarsWhy did Shepard Smith urge viewers to stay tuned for the press conference coming up, only for FOX to cut away abruptly in mid-sentence after they showed a man at the vigil invoke Sarah Palin? DonationsPossible ethics violation, attending fundraiser on Capitol grounds and specifically calling it “swearing in” Social Security 101 | Crooks and LiarsNeed to listen to the Crazy 8’s song “Johnny Q” NPR.org » New Medical School Model: Adopt A Family To TreatHeard this story, like the concept of community medicine.…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Linkdump: January 9th – January 10th

    Warning: Subject to New Politically Correct Language Police Censorship (3) Even the sports metaphors, in response to criticism of the crosshairs graphic, are about war, weapons, and violence. She's like a tormenting queen bee rather than a bully, seeing how much she can get away with. Print Yes, Jared Loughner was ‘crazy’. That doesn’t exculpate the milieu that unhinged him | Crooks and Liars Don’t Get Demoralized! Get Organized! Take Back the 20! (3) Sarah Palin's Facebook note still shows target/crosshairs graphic though website page was taken down. Whoever posts at Facebook doesn't know it's still up and being commented…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Linkdump: January 9th

    Make 3-D moving water in Second life The Giffords Shooting and the Palin Graphic: Almost Predictable — BagNews Giffords gestures that she is in the crosshairs Kuhner: "Republicans must wage an all-out assault on Mr. Obama’s presidency" | Media Matters for America These Are Not The Violent Extremists You Are Looking For | TBogg It doesn't matter whether Loughlan was a Tea Party activist or not; he was mentally disturbed with bizarre views he documented on YouTube. The violent rhetoric, and the Right's love of gun imagery, needs to stop. How many pictures of Sarah Palin with a gun menacing…