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Fox News Lies About "Violent Wisconsin Protests" Fox News reporter appears to have lied about being ‘punched’ by protester. By Stephen C. WebsterTuesday, March 1, 2011 13:51 EDT Fox News has been making a lot of hay about one of their reporters allegedly being “punched” by a protester in Madison, Wisconsin. Turns out, that didn’t happen. Mike Tobin, reporting from amid the massive demonstration on Friday, claimed that one of the protesters “punched” him in the arm. In another broadcast, he claimed a man threatened to break his neck. In both cases, supporting evidence for these claims was not broadcast — yet still, Tobin’s reports have been widely cited across conservative blogs that seem eager to depict union workers as hateful and violent.
What’s worse, Tobin’s allegation that he was assaulted might have slipped past without rebuttal were it not for a camera-equipped bystander, who captured the scene. Turns out, someone merely touched his shoulder, as evidenced in the video below. That was apparently enough for him to later declare that even after being “punched, he was just too nice of a guy to press charges. Ga. Law Could Give Death Penalty for Miscarriages. Plutocracy Now: What Wisconsin Is Really About.
Illustration: Jason Schneider Read more: The 10 richest members of Congress, CEO pay vs. American worker pay, and more infographics on the new gilded era. IN 2008, A LIBERAL Democrat was elected president. Landslide votes gave Democrats huge congressional majorities. Or so it seemed. The first is this: Income inequality has grown dramatically since the mid-'70s—far more in the US than in most advanced countries—and the gap is only partly related to college grads outperforming high-school grads.
Second, American politicians don't care much about voters with moderate incomes. Click here for more infographics on America's plutocracy.It doesn't take a multivariate correlation to conclude that these two things are tightly related: If politicians care almost exclusively about the concerns of the rich, it makes sense that over the past decades they've enacted policies that have ended up benefiting the rich. How did we get here?
It wasn't always this way. They did far more than that, though. K55eb.jpg (JPEG Image, 1144x1617 pixels) Intelligent Design is Stupid: Neil deGrasse Tyson. A tale of customer service, justice and currency as funny as a $2 bill - Page 2. March 08, 2005|By MICHAEL OLESKER PUT YOURSELF in Mike Bolesta's place. On the morning of Feb. 20, he buys a new radio-CD player for his 17-year-old son Christopher's car. He pays the $114 installation charge with 57 crisp new $2 bills, which, when last observed, were still considered legitimate currency in the United States proper. The $2 bills are Bolesta's idea of payment, and his little comic protest, too. For this, Bolesta, Baltimore County resident, innocent citizen, owner of Capital City Student Tours, finds himself under arrest. Finds himself, in front of a store full of customers at the Best Buy on York Road in Lutherville, locked into handcuffs and leg irons.
Finds himself transported to the Baltimore County lockup in Cockeysville, where he's handcuffed to a pole for three hours while the U.S. Have a nice day, Mike. "Humiliating," the 57-year old Bolesta was saying now. What we have here, besides humiliation, is a sense of caution resulting in screw-ups all around. Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop. BBC Horizon (2011) - What is Reality? (complete, uncut)
Richard Carrier provides evidence claimed missing from The God Delusion. The video is embedded as permitted by Hambone Productions and all view-counts acrue to them. You may be wondering what you might do to make a difference as an individual? We believe that in making yourself publicly noticeable through non-aggressive signs of heresy, the faithful will approach you, and question you. These actions present an opportunity for you to explain why science, reason and logic are necessary to overcome superstition and myth.
Whether you earn and display your own PhD In Heresy diploma , or wear heretical apparel, people will want to know why you are unafraid of god's wrath. That is your opportunity to change the world, one person at a time. I try to avoid telling them what I think of their religion, and instead, ask them politely what topics they believe separate us beyond faith. It is more effective if you don't attempt to change their mind, nor refute their religious dogma. This changes lives, and therefor our culture. {*style:<b> </b>*} Putting faith in its place. Mister Rogers defending PBS to the US Senate. Jim Gaffigan vs. Offended Christian. Shart Attack - CollegeHumor video. 10 Amazzzzing Bee Facts. Beers Filling Up Through the Bottom!
Thanks for the Tax Cut! Bias at Fox News? The Bill Sammon memos - latimes.com. Love it or hate it, Fox News has shaken up the media establishment and achieved financial success by airing the views of strident conservative pundits. Yet while the network has never made any bones about the political slant of opinion shows hosted by the likes of Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity or Bill O'Reilly, executives often claim that its news coverage is "fair and balanced. " A memo revealed this week by the liberal watchdog group Media Matters calls that into question.
The first time Media Matters unveiled a leaked e-mail from Bill Sammon, Fox News' Washington managing editor, it was hardly worthy of mention. On Dec. 9 the group's website revealed that Sammon had instructed reporters to avoid the phrase "public option" when referring to a proposed government-sponsored healthcare plan.
Liberal bloggers were furious, but few mainstream journalists could muster much outrage. But a second intercepted missive from Sammon is quite a bit more troubling. A Public Service Announcement not approved by AJWS. Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New 'Intelligent Falling' Theory. KANSAS CITY, KS—As the debate over the teaching of evolution in public schools continues, a new controversy over the science curriculum arose Monday in this embattled Midwestern state. Scientists from the Evangelical Center For Faith-Based Reasoning are now asserting that the long-held "theory of gravity" is flawed, and they have responded to it with a new theory of Intelligent Falling.
Rev. Gabriel Burdett explains Intelligent Falling. "Things fall not because they are acted upon by some gravitational force, but because a higher intelligence, 'God' if you will, is pushing them down," said Gabriel Burdett, who holds degrees in education, applied Scripture, and physics from Oral Roberts University. Burdett added: "Gravity—which is taught to our children as a law—is founded on great gaps in understanding. The laws predict the mutual force between all bodies of mass, but they cannot explain that force. "We just want the best possible education for Kansas' kids," Burdett said. Pleco Chinese Dictionary OCR Demo. Topologist Predicts New Form of Matter : Physics.