GOProud Cuts Anti-Dem Ad
GOProud Cuts Anti-Dem Ad Ben Smith reports : Only a gay Republican group, I think, could get away with calling him [Barney Frank] "catty," in this airing with what GOProud's Chris Barron said is a $50,000 buy.Williams Signs $2 Million Contract with Fox
Williams Signs $2 Million Contract with Fox Politico reports: Fox News moved swiftly to turn the controversy over Juan Williams’s firing to its advantage, offering him an expanded role and a new three-year contract Thursday morning in a deal that amounts to nearly $2 million, …
How French Strikers are Like The Tea Party
How French Strikers are Like The Tea Party Mark Lilla reports: “Président des Riches” was scrawled on a great number of the signs I saw at the Lyon demonstrations, accompanied sometimes by a cartoon of the diminutive Sarkozy, dubbed Nicolas le Premier, in royal garb a few …
Mexican Army Burns 134 Tons of Pot
Mexican Army Burns 134 Tons of Pot The LA Times reports: Billowing clouds of marijuana smoke drifted over the hills as a pair of Mexican army soldiers pondered the consequences of the biggest dope seizure in Mexican history: About 134 tons of cannabis, or 334 million joints by …
How Google Avoids High Taxes
How Google Avoids High Taxes Bloomberg reports: Google Inc. cut its taxes by $3.1 billion in the last three years using a technique that moves most of its foreign profits through Ireland and the Netherlands to Bermuda. Google’s income shifting -- involving strategies known to …
Toyota Recalls 1.5 Million Vehicles
Toyota Recalls 1.5 Million Vehicles The LA Times reports: TOKYO — Toyota is recalling 1.53 million Lexus, Avalon and other models, mostly in the U.S. and Japan, for brake fluid and fuel pump problems, the latest in a string of quality lapses for the world's No. 1 …
Texan Gives $7 Million to American Crossroads
Texan Gives $7 Million to American Crossroads Politico reports: American Crossroads raised $15 million in September and early October, with nearly half of that coming from one donor: Texas homebuilder Bob Perry, according to Crossroads officials. Robert Rowling, CEO of TRT …
Are Jewish Voters Turning Right?
Are Jewish Voters Turning Right? Tevi Troy writes: For decades, conservative Jews have been wondering when the traditionally Democratic Jewish voter would make the same migration as other ethnic groups and start voting Republican. At the same time, liberal Jews have been …
Huckabee: Cut Funding for NPR
Huckabee: Cut Funding for NPR Politico reports: NPR’s decision to fire Juan Williams over comments he made about Muslims on Fox News has prompted calls on the right for Congress to remove its funding, and concern on the left that NPR may have just handed its critics a powerful …
Haley's Lead Shrinking in South Carolina
Haley's Lead Shrinking in SC Rasmussen reports: Republican Nikki Haley remains ahead of Democratic State Senator Vincent Sheheen in the race to be South Carolina’s next governor. But she’s fallen to her lowest level of support this year and for the first time posts only a …
Fannie & Freddie Bailouts Could Double
Fannie & Freddie Bailouts Could Double in Size The Washington Post reports: The federal bailout for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could double in size during the next three years, according to projections from the companies' federal regulator. Fannie and Freddie, the federally …
Moynihan: Will NPR Fire Totenberg?
Moynihan: Will NPR Fire Totenberg? Michael C. Moynihan writes: What Won't Get You Fired From NPR: Wishing AIDS on your political enemies and their children. Check out this clip, from way back in 1995, of NPR's Nina Totenberg telling the host of PBS's Inside Washington that if there …O'Donnell Regrets Witch Ad
O'Donnell Regrets "I'm Not a Witch" Ad On Good Morning America , Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell defended her knowledge of the Constitution and expressed regret for her "I'm not a witch" campaign commercial. Click here for more.Imam on Kill List Dined at Pentagon
Imam on Kill List Dined at Pentagon Fox News reports: Anwar Al-Awlaki may be the first American on the CIA's kill or capture list, but he was also a lunch guest of military brass at the Pentagon within months of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Fox News has learned. …
Ahmadinejad, Chavez Promise 'New World Order'
Ahmadinejad and Chavez Promise 'New World Order' The AP reports: The leaders of Iran and Venezuela hailed what they called their strong strategic relationship on Wednesday, saying they are united in efforts to establish a "new world order" that will eliminate Western dominance …
NPR Fires Williams for Comments about Muslims
NPR Fires Williams for Comments about Muslims ABC News reports: Longtime news analyst Juan Williams, who has written extensively on race and civil rights, has been fired by National Public Radio after comments he made about Muslims on the Fox News Channel. NPR issued a statement …
Saudis to Buy $60B in U.S. Arms
Saudis to Buy $60B in U.S. Arms The Wall Street Journal reports: The Obama administration notified Congress it plans to sell Saudi Arabia up to $60 billion in advanced military aircraft, including F-15s equipped with bunker-buster bombs that Washington sees as part of an effort to …
Lake: US Worried about Chinese Telecom Spying
Lake: US Worried about Chinese Telecom Spying Eli Lake at the Washington Times reports: U.S. intelligence and security agencies are warning Congress and the telecommunications industry that an American company's plan to use Chinese components in cell-phone towers for the next …
TARP Makes 8.2% Profit
TARP Makes Profit Bloomberg reports: The U.S. government’s bailout of financial firms through the Troubled Asset Relief Program provided taxpayers with higher returns than yields paid on 30- year Treasury bonds -- enough money to fund the Securities and Exchange Commission for the …