Category Archives: Wonky Media

Say, Why Does Hamas Store Its Weapons In Civilian Areas?

Good question. The Washington Post finally deigns to notice what most other people already know, in their own unique fashion Why Hamas stores its weapons inside hospitals, mosques and schools To many observers, one of the most troublesome facts of the Gaza Strip conflict — which has killed around 1,340 Palestinians, many of them civilians, […]

Jodi Earnest Talks About Nullification Or Something

The “or something” refers to the crazy headline at The Daily Beast “Exclusive: GOP Senate Candidate Caught Saying States Can Nullify Laws” which is not born out by the article Joni Ernst, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Iowa, appears to believe states can nullify federal laws. In a video obtained by The Daily […]

When It Comes To Marijuana, The NY Times Is Suddenly A States’ Rights Advocate

You may have already seen the NY Times piece by their editorial board calling for the repeal of federal marijuana laws, referring to them as “prohibition”. It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and […]

NY Times Wrings Their Hands Over Whether Israeli Tactics To Protect Civilians Works

Interestingly, we never see these kinds of articles in much of the major world (non-Israeli) media when it is Hamas or some other Islamist group launching attacks which are intentionally intended to target Israeli civilians, using methods such as suicide bombers and rocket attacks Tactics Questioned as Civilian Toll Climbs The blast from the Israeli […]

UN Warns Of Likely El Nino, Media Bloviates

This is one of the reasons we cannot have a legitimate debate on “climate change”: the news media doesn’t understand what climate is. Here are two articles, the first by Jonathan Fowler at AFP The “El Nino” phenomenon, which sparks climate extremes around the globe, is likely to take hold in the Pacific Ocean by […]

NY Times: Bergdahl Desertion Really Fault Of Unit Discipline, Afghanistan War

I’m surprised NY Times writers, Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Eric Schmitt, didn’t just straight out Blame Bush Bergdahl Was in Unit Known for Its Troubles The platoon was, an American military official would assert years later, “raggedy.” On their tiny, remote base, in a restive sector of eastern Afghanistan at an increasingly violent time […]

Elijah Cummings Is The Dems Benghazi Warrior Or Something

It’s actually rare that an article really ticks me off: I expect bad behavior and moonbattery from Progressives. This, though, is disgusting Democrats’ Benghazi warrior He’s the man who helped bring you Sandra Fluke. Rep. Elijah Cummings is the Democrats’ top guy on the new Benghazi select committee, but fighting Republican-driven scandals is old hat […]

Say, We Need To Get Rid Of This Choice Habit In Healthcare

Ed Morrissey calls this a monumental quote to remember in regards to how Ocare works (NY Times) “We have to break people away from the choice habit that everyone has,” said Marcus Merz, the chief executive of PreferredOne, an insurer in Golden Valley, Minn., that is owned by two health systems and a physician group. […]

Politico: You Know, You Silly Benghazi Believers….

There’s been quite a few complaints that the news media, which is mostly left leaning and Democrat voters, have refused to do their jobs on Benghazi. There have been a few intrepid and dogged reporters, yet, for the most part, it has been more about defending Team Obama and attacking citizens who just want answers. […]

NY Times: We Don’t Really Know About E-Cigs, So Let’s Regulate Them

Progressives at their best. It’s for your own good. We’re just trying to help your, to protect you from yourself. Hence the reason Progressivism is called “nice fascism”. Here’s the NY Times Editorial Board The rapidly growing electronic-cigarette business would finally be brought under regulatory supervision under long-delayed rules proposed by the Food and Drug […]

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