The Communist Party in Russia is complaining about how the KGB is portrayed in the new Indiana Jones movie.
“Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett (are) second-rate actors, serving as the running dogs of the CIA. We need to deprive these people of the right of entering the country,” said another party member, Andrei Gindos.
“It’s rubbish … [...]

Well, the Times of all places could no longer deny that we are technically NOT in a recession. The technical definition of a recession is negative growth. We had less than 1% growth in the first quarter, but a growing economy is still a growing economy.
Here’s other things to ponder:

The unemployment rate is lower [...]

What you need to know about Tet after 40 years of mis-reporting.

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What the New York Times proved with it’s series on “mentally scared” veterans is that it is several times safer to be a soldier in Iraq than a typical 17 to 25 year old here in the states. Of course, that’s not what the Times wanted to prove though.

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Then and now.
In unrelated news…
Since the media NEEDS a storyline (it seems that independent thought in the media is frowned upon), bucking that line is punished. He should have taken Michael Crichton’s approach and blame the Aliens…errr….something.

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To continue the topic of stupid headlines, I have another one from the cover of the February 2008 issue of Popular Science. The online version is still showing January, so I’m not able to link to the article yet. But, please buy this magazine, I usually love the articles. Usually. Anyway, the front cover for [...]

Boy, this leaves a mark….
This is a direct response to the NY Times problem with those that defend all of us.

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All I can say is that I wish I had written it.

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First off, I would like to thank Wells Fargo for this yummy cinnamon crunch bagel from Panera that I am enjoying at 4:39am. Doug has been in big (read: top secret; he could tell me but then I’d have to pretend to understand) meetings this week and I guess there were an over-abundance of bagles [...]

Terrorist Death Watch Because the media doesn’t want you to know.
What would nationalised health care look like here? Because the Democrats don’t want you to know.
Grim Milestones Because the media and the Democrats don’t want you to know.

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