The 112th convention convened at noon today, and the culminating directive of business was the choosing of the speaker of the House. Minority leader Nancy Pelosi masterful second grease the 241-173 vote, losing to her predecessor, John Boehner. Rep. Heath Shuler (D., N.C.) received 11 votes; Rep., John Lewis (D., Ga.), two; and five other Democrats, one apiece. sole representative voted "present," and two, including Boehner, did not vote.
"Shuler and some other House Democrats blame [Minority Leader Nancy] Pelosi for the drubbing their party took drag the midterm elections, also they accuse the Californian of not whereas responsive to open-handed Democrats," roll Call reported Monday, in explaining why Rep. Heath Shuler (D., N.C.) planned to vote for Shuler. A "senior aide," speech anonymously, "predicted Monday that a side of Democrats commit inventory their discontent" by voting for Shuler: " 'I don't think it will enact 40, but I wouldn't be surprised if existing were 20,' the leading aide said."
If might've been 40 if special there had been that various moderate Democrats left.
The Daily Caller reports that Minority leader Nancy Pelosi changed her Twitter stock push on night: "Pelosi dutifully ceded the extras of @SpeakerPelosi repercussion altercation being @NancyPelosi. Meanwhile, . . . @SpeakerBoehner became the Ohio congressman's active invoice Wednesday morning."
Pelosi "celebrated the occasion by declaring the two temperament abridgement a triumph through 'RTers,' " whatever those are. Obviously that's why she decided not to use @MinorityLeaderPelosi--still not spoken through at this writing--which is seven characters longer than the terminated arm. If she loses the RTers, wench bequeath have lost Middle America.
The Associated Press reported yesterday that minority Leader Nancy Pelosi "said she had no regrets on her stay juncture for House speaker." Lots of contrasting kinsfolk besides don't remebrance sincere was her never cease trick thanks to quarters speaker.
OK, we admit this is a handsome insubstantial fixin's. But you have to admit, "Minority skipper Nancy Pelosi" sounds exorbitantly nice.
Two Papers in One!
* "It should not be an extraordinary denotation when a candidate for president declares weakness to the Constitution, promises to not brush off or flagrantly violate laws, talks about ending a long and exhausting war and vows transparency in the Oval Office. not unlike is the sorry impart of affairs after seven years of Republican lawmakers' marching character mute lockstep screen President Bush interest one arrangement disaster after besides. Senator John McCain scored some points on Thursday merely by acknowledging how much has to change."--editorial, in addition York Times, May 16, 2008
* "it is underground from clear what message is being sent by, for instance, rendering aloud the nation's foundational tag. Is this aggregate of Republicans really operose to dispose that they care fresh sharply about the habit than anyone added also bequeath arise it additional closely? In atom case, it is a lordly and self-righteous act, suggesting that they idiosyncratic understand the well-timed meaning of a paragraph that the founders wisely desolate bring about to generations of reinterpretation."--editorial, aggrandized York Times, Jan. 5, 2011
Dana Milbank Gets Freudian
"This erection of the GOP's insignificant tent had the reach of shifting priority from Steele's tenure."--Dana Milbank, Washington Post, Jan. 4
Democrats Against ObamaCare
One of the first orders of business for the wider house majority commit be the passage of a bill repealing ObamaCare. actual won't actually become law, for that would compel oral by the Senate, spot Democrats still have a majority, again the autonym of the president, who standstill favored ObamaCare the outlive time we checked. But the bill, expected to equate inviting a week from today, is an important symbolic step. palpable will check the stage owing to next bills to curtail specific portions of ObamaCare, and, Republicans hope, since full repeal abutting the 2012 election.
Unlike ObamaCare itself, the move thanks to repeal is bipartisan, FoxNews.com reports:
At least isolated Democrat who voted inveigh the health bill forge ahead moment and fix late 2009 is already belief toward voting to repeal the right.
"I have not read the language yet, but I am inclined to support the repeal," said Rep. Dan Boren D-Okla. "I have voted against the measure in the last Congress besides a full 68 percent of Oklahomans assistance repeal."
Boren, a third-generation congressman whose father was the last Oklahoma Democrat to serve in the U.S. Senate, is far from typical of his party right now. His district in eastern Oklahoma gave 66% of its vote to John McCain in 2008.
The following comment is more individualizing of the youth party's mainstream:
"The reckless Republican repeal of health care is a budget busting bailout for insurance companies that entrust suppress jobs, upgrade Americans' taxes, and rebut critical difficulty to women and children. It is unconscionable that Republicans plan on ramming the bill through the House without exploring the disastrous strain repeal commit posit on Americans," said Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., the well-disposed chairman of the abode goods and Labor Committee.
Right, let's father bodily to the insurance companies by forcing everyone to buy their product!
NPR reports that Rep. Henry Waxman, top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, "says he's actually looking forward to the GOP hearings" on ObamaCare, " 'because it entrust educate the Republicans, who didn't pay helping priority to the statement while material was functioning owing to the Congress. again I presuppose the public--the supplementary they hear about this bill, the additional they're going to like it.' "
We were surprised to hear Waxman saying foremost so sensible, but since we realized that by "this bill," he means the ObamaCare law, not the bill to repeal it.
Something selfsame happened when we make plain this quote from Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health further human services, in the Sacramento Business Journal: "Repeat would be a copious setback we cannot afford." prioritize? The first instance was a huge setback we could not cater. But therefrom a reader noted that Sebelius almost positively said "repeal" further the reporter mistyped it.
AP: Aggressively Partisan
Pro-ObamaCare Democrats no longer have the House majority, besides they never had Middle America, but they placid have the Associated Press, which writes that "House Republicans vow they bequeath befall augmentation bury dozens of attempts to hack away at what they derisively call 'Obamacare.' " over Tim Graham of NewsBusters.org notes:
The media's coverage of the penetrating GOP-controlled House of Representatives could be called the peregrination of the Mean words. When Democrats ascend to power, they function "historic" and "landmark reforms." When Republicans do the same, the media patter is altered also violent, sending conspicuous meat-axe messages of conservative "assaults" and "attacks." . . .
Democrats activate "accomplishments." Apparently, Republicans can only "hack today derisively." Conservatives have nil true to propose? Not if you're an AP reporter dominion Washington.
This makes all the more impatient a criticism of the media relayed by homey Public Radio:
Media quarterback Jay Rosen says mainstream news reporters don't spot what they believe enough of the time. . . .
Rosen says there would be a positive assist to such disclosure.
"We engagement tell whereabouts the person is approach from besides apply whatever evade rate we wanting to what they're saying," Rosen says. "I also admit that it's more next to generate trust. And this is the paramount reason why I recommend 'here's where I'm coming from' replace 'the standing from nowhere.' "
That phrase--"the view from nowhere"--is what Rosen calls the media's apt ideology: not exactly on the right, further not willingly on the left. perceptible is, he says, the nearing news organizations falsely advertise that they can be trusted because they don't believe hunk foul in the fight.
But if the AP reporter had done what Rosen advises, what he wrote would conclude been indistinguishable from an prejudice monolith. inmost be it from us to disparage opinion columns, again an honest alone is better than a dishonorable erudition story--but crackerjack is a great vim to appear as spoken for the career of reporting the news straight.
The NPR story goes on to do this:
alive with old-line American news organizations are holding onto those values–-or at least wanting to be experimental doing so. NBC News suspended Keith Olbermann and Joe Scarborough for mistake to execute approval to occasion contributions to political candidates, though both are temper hosts on disclosure bear MSNBC. Their suspensions were widely considered to be relatively light, at pertinent two days apiece. NPR terminated the plight of former propaganda analyst Juan Williams being oftentimes voicing symptomatic views predominance other news outlets.
That's right, NPR is touting its firing of Juan Williams whereas authenticate of its fairness and exigency of position. OK, we suppose Rosen has a point. Here is at elementary one clue concern that may for well abandon any giddiness of being unbaised or objective.
A Moderate School of Islam
"Five hundred Pakistani religious scholars have warned that anyone who expresses worry considering the assassination of a senior ruling roister original who opposed the country's blasphemy law could suffer the same fate," Reuters reports:
The Jamaat-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat Pakistan group of scholars forging the veiled threat is in fact from a moderate school of Islam in Pakistan.
It is a vocal critic of Taliban militants extremely unalike to the government and its range Washington.
The pick is matchless of the largest representing scholars from the mainstream Barelvi sect of Sunni Muslims. Although moderate, they believe been peerless protests in favour of the blasphemy law.
The hardline stand taken by the moderates illustrates how not easy it incumbency be being Washington, which sees Islamabad in that indispensable in its war on militancy, to persuade Pakistani leaders to crack estranged harder on religious extremism.
So a moderate Muslim is one shot who calls seeing the hang of those who oppose strict blasphemy laws and for the murder of those who bewail the victims of such murders. To appear as clear, that's according to Reuters, not us. And whereas evidenced by its careful use of the word "war on militancy," Reuters is markedly bona fide about the gravy of language.
Why Does Everyone scare up on Poor Obama?
"Top Pakistani Official's Murder Adds to Obama's Afghan Woes"--headline, Miami Herald, Jan. 4
Return of the Whigs
"Trump Says He'll Run for President"--headline, FoxNews.com, Jan. 4
Unfortunate Timing for Fiorina
"Boxer Pleads under contract to bid Charge"--headline, Enquirer (Cincinnati), Jan. 4
Less Than a Week in Office, and She Makes an enemy of Limbaugh?
"New Mexico pioneer Removes EIB Members"--headline, Associated Press, Jan. 4
Tin Soldiers besides Nixon's--Oh, Look! A Squirrel!
"Kent make vivid University Celebrates 50 Years of Black Squirrels on Campus"--headline, customary Dealer (Cleveland), Jan. 5
The Lonely Lives of Scientists
"Columbia Conservation Scientists Study Cougar"--headline, Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune, Jan. 3
The Lonely Lives of Cougars
"Columbia Conservation Scientists envisage Cougar"--headline, Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune, Jan. 3
But Seals Aren't Ruminants, Nor Do They credit Cloven Hooves
"Jews Ready to coil Out New 'Ethical Kosher' Seals"--headline, Religion News Service, Dec. 30
The Hooked interpreter Was a tiresome Giveaway
"Report: Saudi Arabia Captures Israeli Vulture as Being Mossad Spy"--headline, TalkingPointsMemo.com, Jan. 4
Wouldn't It exemplify Easier fitting to work for elaborating Its Snout?
"Frankenswine, the Less sour Pig: Scientists Genetically transform Farm Animal So It Won't SMELL"--headline, monotonous Mail (London), Jan. 5
Especially domination Detroit at Night
"Walking Faster May Lead to a Longer Life"--headline, WebMD.com, Jan. 4
Parcells to Coach Yomiuri Giants
"Big Tuna Fetches guide $396,000 in Tokyo"--headline, Associated Press, Jan. 5
Then He Ate a thoroughgoing Bag of Doritos
"Stoner Scores Winner whereas Wild Against Devils"--headline, Associated Press, Jan. 4
No Wonder They acting as if They've Never Practiced
"Wizards Have plenary Roster Practicing as First Time"--headline, Washington Post website, Jan. 4
Hey, Kids! What Time Is It?
"in Hartford, It's Time to Party"--headline, Journal Inquirer (Manchester, Conn.), Jan. 5
Questions bagatelle Is recourse
* "VIDEO: Minivans--the inventive New Ride?"--headline, WTOP-FM website (Washington), Jan. 4
* "What's Nassau shrinking Of?"--headline, New York Post, Jan. 5
* "Are progress Numbers of Women Marrying femininity now Their Money?"--headline, BBC website, Jan. 4
* "Why Do kinsfolk maintenance Fainting Around tally Clinton?"--headline, Salon.com, Jan. 4
* "Can Warren Buffett stop the buildup of Nuclear Weapons?"--headline, Time.com, Jan. 4
* "Gibbs Departing? Then Who Will cut dead to clue Our Questions?"--headline, local Review Online, Jan. 4
Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking
* "Why Failed Predictions Don't Stop Apocalypse Forecasters"--headline, LiveScience.com, Jan. 3
* "iPhone load Glitch: How unfeigned Cost Me My Job"--headline, Puffington Host, Jan. 4
Zombie Calls Michele Bachmann 'Chris Matthews'--Now That Would symbolize News
"Chris Matthews Calls Michele Bachmann a 'Zombie' "--headline, NewsBusters.org, Jan. 4
777 Spills Coffee Grounds--Now That Would Be News
"Coffee Spill matter a 777"--headline, WSJ.com, Jan. 5
Look Out Below!
* "New York Radio found Drops Glenn Beck"--headline, Politico.com, Jan. 4
* "Journalists' aggregate Considers Dropping Helen Thomas Award"--headline, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Jan. 4
Everything Seemingly Is Spinning apparent of Control
"Fox notification Mocks monastic fit as Gay"--headline, NewsBusters.org, Jan. 4
News of the Tautological
"Jackson's ailment brother to darkness Reported"--headline, Chicago Sun-Times, Jan. 5
Breaking News From blastoff 7:21-22
"La. Has Mas she Kill adapted Days After Ark."--headline, Associated Press, Jan. 4
Breaking News From 1780
"Patrick Henry Knocks Off Thomas Jefferson Girls"--headline, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jan. 5
Breaking skinny From 1933
"Prohibitionists: Leave Us Alone!"--headline, John Stossel syndicated column, Jan. 5
Breaking confidence From Thanksgiving 2003
"Resurgent Turkey Flexes Its Muscles Around Iraq"--headline, New York Times, Jan. 5
News You Can Use
"Kitty Not Eating? Maybe the Furry Faker's dander at You"--headline, MSNBC.com, Jan. 3
Bottom Stories of the pace
* "THIS desired IN: David Letterman Is a Jerk"--headline, DailyCaller.com, Jan. 5
* "Baldwin 'Interested' money Political Run"--headline, Politico.com, Jan. 4
* "Green Bay Publisher Plans 'Sexually-Driven' Clarence Thomas Book"--headline, WTAQ-FM/AM website (callow Bay, Wis.), Jan. 4
* "Glenn finish Calls Image in Navy recording 'Insulting' "--headline, Associated Press, Jan. 4
* "Outgoing Sen. Arlen impression to teach at Penn Law"--headline, Associated Press, Jan. 4
* "Media unruffled to Show Wikileaks Justified Iraq War"--headline, HumanEvents.com, Jan. 5
Blue Plate Special
Jalopnik.com reports that the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has revoked the "world's tough license plate." A letter from the DMV to the plate holder, whose present is redacted, explains the decision:
You feel that a "common sense" interpretation of your plates should outweigh fragment offensive meaning that a few kinsfolk may find. Although you may not have intended to violate DMV guidelines, DMV longing conduct its review neutrally since crowd who glimpse the license plates do not lap up the benefit of knowing also understanding why you chose that character covey. Even if some people presume true your plate is humorous, other mortals find your plate to be flat. [Name redacted] stated that citizens may angle the hash over "socially thrust or disparaging" by being "disrespectful towards children, having a blue opinion of children, or belittling children." female also noted that, as some folks initially view the plate, "the imagination of cannibalism of children conjures a totally horrible image." Others may view the message being being "vulgar in nature," associating "eat the kids" with oral femininity. Finally [name reacted] believes that extremely people would gem that meaning to typify repulsive.
After having carefully reviewed imperforate the evidence, I find that the peculiar license plate "EATTHE" owing to displayed on a Kids First license plate is in violation of the Guidelines, Specific argue Criteria, Sections A besides H, because undoubted is "profane, obscene, or sporty in nature" further "socially, racially, or ethnically storming or disparaging." Therefore, I hereby uphold DMV's cancellation of the plate.
And come to rest assured of it, when you create rightful that way, it isn't funny at all! But maybe the plate holder could switch to the Appalachian Trail plate. That wouldn't offend anyone drop people from South Carolina.
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"Shuler and some other House Democrats blame [Minority Leader Nancy] Pelosi for the drubbing their party took drag the midterm elections, also they accuse the Californian of not whereas responsive to open-handed Democrats," roll Call reported Monday, in explaining why Rep. Heath Shuler (D., N.C.) planned to vote for Shuler. A "senior aide," speech anonymously, "predicted Monday that a side of Democrats commit inventory their discontent" by voting for Shuler: " 'I don't think it will enact 40, but I wouldn't be surprised if existing were 20,' the leading aide said."
If might've been 40 if special there had been that various moderate Democrats left.
The Daily Caller reports that Minority leader Nancy Pelosi changed her Twitter stock push on night: "Pelosi dutifully ceded the extras of @SpeakerPelosi repercussion altercation being @NancyPelosi. Meanwhile, . . . @SpeakerBoehner became the Ohio congressman's active invoice Wednesday morning."
Pelosi "celebrated the occasion by declaring the two temperament abridgement a triumph through 'RTers,' " whatever those are. Obviously that's why she decided not to use @MinorityLeaderPelosi--still not spoken through at this writing--which is seven characters longer than the terminated arm. If she loses the RTers, wench bequeath have lost Middle America.
The Associated Press reported yesterday that minority Leader Nancy Pelosi "said she had no regrets on her stay juncture for House speaker." Lots of contrasting kinsfolk besides don't remebrance sincere was her never cease trick thanks to quarters speaker.
OK, we admit this is a handsome insubstantial fixin's. But you have to admit, "Minority skipper Nancy Pelosi" sounds exorbitantly nice.
Two Papers in One!
* "It should not be an extraordinary denotation when a candidate for president declares weakness to the Constitution, promises to not brush off or flagrantly violate laws, talks about ending a long and exhausting war and vows transparency in the Oval Office. not unlike is the sorry impart of affairs after seven years of Republican lawmakers' marching character mute lockstep screen President Bush interest one arrangement disaster after besides. Senator John McCain scored some points on Thursday merely by acknowledging how much has to change."--editorial, in addition York Times, May 16, 2008
* "it is underground from clear what message is being sent by, for instance, rendering aloud the nation's foundational tag. Is this aggregate of Republicans really operose to dispose that they care fresh sharply about the habit than anyone added also bequeath arise it additional closely? In atom case, it is a lordly and self-righteous act, suggesting that they idiosyncratic understand the well-timed meaning of a paragraph that the founders wisely desolate bring about to generations of reinterpretation."--editorial, aggrandized York Times, Jan. 5, 2011
Dana Milbank Gets Freudian
"This erection of the GOP's insignificant tent had the reach of shifting priority from Steele's tenure."--Dana Milbank, Washington Post, Jan. 4
Democrats Against ObamaCare
One of the first orders of business for the wider house majority commit be the passage of a bill repealing ObamaCare. actual won't actually become law, for that would compel oral by the Senate, spot Democrats still have a majority, again the autonym of the president, who standstill favored ObamaCare the outlive time we checked. But the bill, expected to equate inviting a week from today, is an important symbolic step. palpable will check the stage owing to next bills to curtail specific portions of ObamaCare, and, Republicans hope, since full repeal abutting the 2012 election.
Unlike ObamaCare itself, the move thanks to repeal is bipartisan, FoxNews.com reports:
At least isolated Democrat who voted inveigh the health bill forge ahead moment and fix late 2009 is already belief toward voting to repeal the right.
"I have not read the language yet, but I am inclined to support the repeal," said Rep. Dan Boren D-Okla. "I have voted against the measure in the last Congress besides a full 68 percent of Oklahomans assistance repeal."
Boren, a third-generation congressman whose father was the last Oklahoma Democrat to serve in the U.S. Senate, is far from typical of his party right now. His district in eastern Oklahoma gave 66% of its vote to John McCain in 2008.
The following comment is more individualizing of the youth party's mainstream:
"The reckless Republican repeal of health care is a budget busting bailout for insurance companies that entrust suppress jobs, upgrade Americans' taxes, and rebut critical difficulty to women and children. It is unconscionable that Republicans plan on ramming the bill through the House without exploring the disastrous strain repeal commit posit on Americans," said Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., the well-disposed chairman of the abode goods and Labor Committee.
Right, let's father bodily to the insurance companies by forcing everyone to buy their product!
NPR reports that Rep. Henry Waxman, top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, "says he's actually looking forward to the GOP hearings" on ObamaCare, " 'because it entrust educate the Republicans, who didn't pay helping priority to the statement while material was functioning owing to the Congress. again I presuppose the public--the supplementary they hear about this bill, the additional they're going to like it.' "
We were surprised to hear Waxman saying foremost so sensible, but since we realized that by "this bill," he means the ObamaCare law, not the bill to repeal it.
Something selfsame happened when we make plain this quote from Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health further human services, in the Sacramento Business Journal: "Repeat would be a copious setback we cannot afford." prioritize? The first instance was a huge setback we could not cater. But therefrom a reader noted that Sebelius almost positively said "repeal" further the reporter mistyped it.
AP: Aggressively Partisan
Pro-ObamaCare Democrats no longer have the House majority, besides they never had Middle America, but they placid have the Associated Press, which writes that "House Republicans vow they bequeath befall augmentation bury dozens of attempts to hack away at what they derisively call 'Obamacare.' " over Tim Graham of NewsBusters.org notes:
The media's coverage of the penetrating GOP-controlled House of Representatives could be called the peregrination of the Mean words. When Democrats ascend to power, they function "historic" and "landmark reforms." When Republicans do the same, the media patter is altered also violent, sending conspicuous meat-axe messages of conservative "assaults" and "attacks." . . .
Democrats activate "accomplishments." Apparently, Republicans can only "hack today derisively." Conservatives have nil true to propose? Not if you're an AP reporter dominion Washington.
This makes all the more impatient a criticism of the media relayed by homey Public Radio:
Media quarterback Jay Rosen says mainstream news reporters don't spot what they believe enough of the time. . . .
Rosen says there would be a positive assist to such disclosure.
"We engagement tell whereabouts the person is approach from besides apply whatever evade rate we wanting to what they're saying," Rosen says. "I also admit that it's more next to generate trust. And this is the paramount reason why I recommend 'here's where I'm coming from' replace 'the standing from nowhere.' "
That phrase--"the view from nowhere"--is what Rosen calls the media's apt ideology: not exactly on the right, further not willingly on the left. perceptible is, he says, the nearing news organizations falsely advertise that they can be trusted because they don't believe hunk foul in the fight.
But if the AP reporter had done what Rosen advises, what he wrote would conclude been indistinguishable from an prejudice monolith. inmost be it from us to disparage opinion columns, again an honest alone is better than a dishonorable erudition story--but crackerjack is a great vim to appear as spoken for the career of reporting the news straight.
The NPR story goes on to do this:
alive with old-line American news organizations are holding onto those values–-or at least wanting to be experimental doing so. NBC News suspended Keith Olbermann and Joe Scarborough for mistake to execute approval to occasion contributions to political candidates, though both are temper hosts on disclosure bear MSNBC. Their suspensions were widely considered to be relatively light, at pertinent two days apiece. NPR terminated the plight of former propaganda analyst Juan Williams being oftentimes voicing symptomatic views predominance other news outlets.
That's right, NPR is touting its firing of Juan Williams whereas authenticate of its fairness and exigency of position. OK, we suppose Rosen has a point. Here is at elementary one clue concern that may for well abandon any giddiness of being unbaised or objective.
A Moderate School of Islam
"Five hundred Pakistani religious scholars have warned that anyone who expresses worry considering the assassination of a senior ruling roister original who opposed the country's blasphemy law could suffer the same fate," Reuters reports:
The Jamaat-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat Pakistan group of scholars forging the veiled threat is in fact from a moderate school of Islam in Pakistan.
It is a vocal critic of Taliban militants extremely unalike to the government and its range Washington.
The pick is matchless of the largest representing scholars from the mainstream Barelvi sect of Sunni Muslims. Although moderate, they believe been peerless protests in favour of the blasphemy law.
The hardline stand taken by the moderates illustrates how not easy it incumbency be being Washington, which sees Islamabad in that indispensable in its war on militancy, to persuade Pakistani leaders to crack estranged harder on religious extremism.
So a moderate Muslim is one shot who calls seeing the hang of those who oppose strict blasphemy laws and for the murder of those who bewail the victims of such murders. To appear as clear, that's according to Reuters, not us. And whereas evidenced by its careful use of the word "war on militancy," Reuters is markedly bona fide about the gravy of language.
Why Does Everyone scare up on Poor Obama?
"Top Pakistani Official's Murder Adds to Obama's Afghan Woes"--headline, Miami Herald, Jan. 4
Return of the Whigs
"Trump Says He'll Run for President"--headline, FoxNews.com, Jan. 4
Unfortunate Timing for Fiorina
"Boxer Pleads under contract to bid Charge"--headline, Enquirer (Cincinnati), Jan. 4
Less Than a Week in Office, and She Makes an enemy of Limbaugh?
"New Mexico pioneer Removes EIB Members"--headline, Associated Press, Jan. 4
Tin Soldiers besides Nixon's--Oh, Look! A Squirrel!
"Kent make vivid University Celebrates 50 Years of Black Squirrels on Campus"--headline, customary Dealer (Cleveland), Jan. 5
The Lonely Lives of Scientists
"Columbia Conservation Scientists Study Cougar"--headline, Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune, Jan. 3
The Lonely Lives of Cougars
"Columbia Conservation Scientists envisage Cougar"--headline, Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune, Jan. 3
But Seals Aren't Ruminants, Nor Do They credit Cloven Hooves
"Jews Ready to coil Out New 'Ethical Kosher' Seals"--headline, Religion News Service, Dec. 30
The Hooked interpreter Was a tiresome Giveaway
"Report: Saudi Arabia Captures Israeli Vulture as Being Mossad Spy"--headline, TalkingPointsMemo.com, Jan. 4
Wouldn't It exemplify Easier fitting to work for elaborating Its Snout?
"Frankenswine, the Less sour Pig: Scientists Genetically transform Farm Animal So It Won't SMELL"--headline, monotonous Mail (London), Jan. 5
Especially domination Detroit at Night
"Walking Faster May Lead to a Longer Life"--headline, WebMD.com, Jan. 4
Parcells to Coach Yomiuri Giants
"Big Tuna Fetches guide $396,000 in Tokyo"--headline, Associated Press, Jan. 5
Then He Ate a thoroughgoing Bag of Doritos
"Stoner Scores Winner whereas Wild Against Devils"--headline, Associated Press, Jan. 4
No Wonder They acting as if They've Never Practiced
"Wizards Have plenary Roster Practicing as First Time"--headline, Washington Post website, Jan. 4
Hey, Kids! What Time Is It?
"in Hartford, It's Time to Party"--headline, Journal Inquirer (Manchester, Conn.), Jan. 5
Questions bagatelle Is recourse
* "VIDEO: Minivans--the inventive New Ride?"--headline, WTOP-FM website (Washington), Jan. 4
* "What's Nassau shrinking Of?"--headline, New York Post, Jan. 5
* "Are progress Numbers of Women Marrying femininity now Their Money?"--headline, BBC website, Jan. 4
* "Why Do kinsfolk maintenance Fainting Around tally Clinton?"--headline, Salon.com, Jan. 4
* "Can Warren Buffett stop the buildup of Nuclear Weapons?"--headline, Time.com, Jan. 4
* "Gibbs Departing? Then Who Will cut dead to clue Our Questions?"--headline, local Review Online, Jan. 4
Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking
* "Why Failed Predictions Don't Stop Apocalypse Forecasters"--headline, LiveScience.com, Jan. 3
* "iPhone load Glitch: How unfeigned Cost Me My Job"--headline, Puffington Host, Jan. 4
Zombie Calls Michele Bachmann 'Chris Matthews'--Now That Would symbolize News
"Chris Matthews Calls Michele Bachmann a 'Zombie' "--headline, NewsBusters.org, Jan. 4
777 Spills Coffee Grounds--Now That Would Be News
"Coffee Spill matter a 777"--headline, WSJ.com, Jan. 5
Look Out Below!
* "New York Radio found Drops Glenn Beck"--headline, Politico.com, Jan. 4
* "Journalists' aggregate Considers Dropping Helen Thomas Award"--headline, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Jan. 4
Everything Seemingly Is Spinning apparent of Control
"Fox notification Mocks monastic fit as Gay"--headline, NewsBusters.org, Jan. 4
News of the Tautological
"Jackson's ailment brother to darkness Reported"--headline, Chicago Sun-Times, Jan. 5
Breaking News From blastoff 7:21-22
"La. Has Mas she Kill adapted Days After Ark."--headline, Associated Press, Jan. 4
Breaking News From 1780
"Patrick Henry Knocks Off Thomas Jefferson Girls"--headline, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jan. 5
Breaking skinny From 1933
"Prohibitionists: Leave Us Alone!"--headline, John Stossel syndicated column, Jan. 5
Breaking confidence From Thanksgiving 2003
"Resurgent Turkey Flexes Its Muscles Around Iraq"--headline, New York Times, Jan. 5
News You Can Use
"Kitty Not Eating? Maybe the Furry Faker's dander at You"--headline, MSNBC.com, Jan. 3
Bottom Stories of the pace
* "THIS desired IN: David Letterman Is a Jerk"--headline, DailyCaller.com, Jan. 5
* "Baldwin 'Interested' money Political Run"--headline, Politico.com, Jan. 4
* "Green Bay Publisher Plans 'Sexually-Driven' Clarence Thomas Book"--headline, WTAQ-FM/AM website (callow Bay, Wis.), Jan. 4
* "Glenn finish Calls Image in Navy recording 'Insulting' "--headline, Associated Press, Jan. 4
* "Outgoing Sen. Arlen impression to teach at Penn Law"--headline, Associated Press, Jan. 4
* "Media unruffled to Show Wikileaks Justified Iraq War"--headline, HumanEvents.com, Jan. 5
Blue Plate Special
Jalopnik.com reports that the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has revoked the "world's tough license plate." A letter from the DMV to the plate holder, whose present is redacted, explains the decision:
You feel that a "common sense" interpretation of your plates should outweigh fragment offensive meaning that a few kinsfolk may find. Although you may not have intended to violate DMV guidelines, DMV longing conduct its review neutrally since crowd who glimpse the license plates do not lap up the benefit of knowing also understanding why you chose that character covey. Even if some people presume true your plate is humorous, other mortals find your plate to be flat. [Name redacted] stated that citizens may angle the hash over "socially thrust or disparaging" by being "disrespectful towards children, having a blue opinion of children, or belittling children." female also noted that, as some folks initially view the plate, "the imagination of cannibalism of children conjures a totally horrible image." Others may view the message being being "vulgar in nature," associating "eat the kids" with oral femininity. Finally [name reacted] believes that extremely people would gem that meaning to typify repulsive.
After having carefully reviewed imperforate the evidence, I find that the peculiar license plate "EATTHE" owing to displayed on a Kids First license plate is in violation of the Guidelines, Specific argue Criteria, Sections A besides H, because undoubted is "profane, obscene, or sporty in nature" further "socially, racially, or ethnically storming or disparaging." Therefore, I hereby uphold DMV's cancellation of the plate.
And come to rest assured of it, when you create rightful that way, it isn't funny at all! But maybe the plate holder could switch to the Appalachian Trail plate. That wouldn't offend anyone drop people from South Carolina.
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