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Sunday, December 16. 2007

Sunday Morning Links

Yes, we do have a very fine storm today, and the natural snow is piling up at my local ski area - Jiminy Peak.

Jesus wasn't homeless. Steyn on demographics of aging, 30 year-old Italian Romeos living with Mom and Dad, and the "don't have kids to save the planet" silliness. Good stuff. h/t, Lucianne

Six major bogus stories from the MSM within six weeks. Gateway.

How are our readers doing with that simple geometry problem? It's good fun, unless you're a serious math whiz.

Same old Russia. Putin incarcerating dissidents in psychiatric wards.

Republicanophobia. Mrs. Edwards is "scared." She would not be so scared if she met me.

Guns don't kill people - Christians do.

I was going to ignore the newspaper endorsements, since everyone else is linking them, but Jules has a good take on them.

Cherry-picking data points to create alarm about an income gap. View from 1776. Dishonestly fueling envy for political purposes is low. Somebody needs to tell the NYT that 1) We Americans aren't Commies and 2) Who cares what other people make? I don't want their money - I want to do what I chose to do.

The 10 Economic Media Myths of 2007: Dem. Project

Today's Hillary Quote:

"You know, I'm going to start thanking the woman who cleans the restroom in the building I work in. I'm going to start thinking of her as a human being." - Hillary Clinton, from the book "The Case Against Hillary Clinton" by Peggy Noonan, p. 55

Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 09:04 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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"Mrs. Edwards is 'scared.' She would not be so scared if she met me."

Well....at least until she read your "One trans-fat at a time" article. At that point, I presume the word would be "terrified". :)

Please forward to your webmaster:

http://www.confundrum.com/mag

Jus' heppin' out...
#1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2007-12-16 10:28 (Reply)
Good point - thanks!!!
#1.1 BD on 2007-12-16 10:59 (Reply)
Good short article on the Des Moines Register's endorsement:

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Des_Moines_Register,_Hill/2007/12/15/57268.html?s=al&promo_code=4170-1

(snip)

"...the editorial board has been bombarded by Hillary surrogates. Recently, Bill Clinton was sent to visit the paper and personally made the case for his wife. His visit came after calls to editorial board members by Walter Mondale, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Madeleine Albright."
#2 buddy larsen on 2007-12-16 11:10 (Reply)
"His visit came after calls to editorial board members by Walter Mondale, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Madeleine Albright."

Looks like the Clitonistas are making a full court press.
#3 Peter Boston on 2007-12-16 11:16 (Reply)
yep--that's a lotta star power to drop on the three local ladies (one of whom you saw as the moderator of the latest round of debates) who comprise the paper's editorial board.

The message a cynic might assume the editorial board recieved is, "you too can benefit from our gigantic patronage and influence-peddling syndicate".
#3.1 buddy larsen on 2007-12-16 11:29 (Reply)
Don't rush me. I'm workin' on it . . .

http://sisu.typepad.com/sisu/2007/12/our-preoccupati.html

I'm going to beat this thing, I swear.
#4 Sissy Willis (Link) on 2007-12-16 16:57 (Reply)
''Now we are four, and -- as we've said more than once before -- are happy to report that we still agree with ourselves.''

LOL--good show--I can't recall yesterday, much less four years ago! But you have an archive--and a great one--
#4.1 buddy larsen on 2007-12-16 18:24 (Reply)
"I'm going to start thinking of her as a human being."

Fish, Barrel, tooo easy!
#5 John on 2007-12-17 06:54 (Reply)

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