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• Gender Barrier Persists At Vancouver Olympics

  
  US News Portal — Authority: 91
  Ten female ski jumpers from six countries are suing to get into the 2010 games. They argue that the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games is violating the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by staging ski jumping competition that excludes women.
  23 hours ago

• Obama, 5 months since last press conference, only meeting with friendly press now.

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  THE HEALTH REPORT: President Obama is scheduled to give two interviews Wednesday afternoon as the Senate continues to work its way toward a final health care vote scheduled for Thursday. The first interview, at 1:45 p.m. in the Oval Office, will be with two National Public Radio reporters: Julie Rovner, a health ...
  3 days ago

• ‘NPR News’ Arrives for Android!

  
  AndroidGuys — Authority: 653
  We previously reported that the official NPR application for Android would be coming this month and it appears that time has come.  Those of you who stopped in the Android Market today might have come across the NPR News app as it was released earlier this afternoon. The free title gives listeners all the great ...
  4 days ago

• “Global Warming” to “Climate Change” name switch made just in time for Copenhagen

  
  22MOON.COM — Authority: 148
  . . . . Al Gore stated at the conference that the temperature of the core of the Earth is “ several million degrees “. The actual temperature of the core of the Earth is several thousand degrees. ...
  5 days ago

• Fine’s Sense of Local

  
  Doug Fine: Author, Journalist, Adventurer, Goat-Herder — Authority: 99
  
  6 days ago

• * There’s still four days before Christmas

  
  Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf — Authority: 131
  So if you haven’t gotten your literary sports fan anything yet, here are some suggestions from Joe Favorito, a specialist in sports branding. You’ll have to winnow out the baseball titles from the rest. Same for Stiletto Sport’s list (sorry if I sound chauvanistic, but only a women’s list could consider ...
  6 days ago

• What If They Cost Money?

  
  EppsNet: Notes from the Golden Orange — Authority: 137
  David Brooks declares “we spend too much on health care” (on NPR) then demands “innovation” and “new technologies.” What if they cost money? — @kausmickey (Mickey Kaus)
  1 week ago

• All Things Considered, More People Say They Listen to NPR Than Actually Do

  
  The Skeptical Bureaucrat — Authority: 426
  Arbitron Inc. , the dominant media market research firm in the United States, is giving up its old and notoriously unreliable listener diary method for measuring radio market share and is adopting a technical means for recording which radio stations people are really listening to. This is good news for market ...
  1 week ago

• NPR Hires VP For Diversity In Response To Complaints

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 774
  Usually, the a new organization’s hiring of a diversity chief wouldn’t be big news.  But for an organization desparate to shake its Stuff White People Like image, the announcement is news. Two months after National Public Radio came under fire for the lack of racial diversity in its management , NPR hired ...
  1 week ago

• Senator Murray (D-WA) Illustrates She Knows Nothing About U.S. Economy

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 144
  The competition between Boeing (BA) and Northrop Grumman (NOC) for the KC-X contract is pretty hot. As with many of these contracts the states that stand to benefit the most legislators are supportive. The states being Washington and Kansas for Boeing and primarily Alabama for Northrop. At the same time it ...
  1 week ago

• Senator Murray (D-WA) Illustrates She Knows Nothing About U.S. Economy

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 144
  The competition between Boeing (BA) and Northrop Grumman (NOC) for the KC-X contract is pretty hot. As with many of these contracts the states that stand to benefit the most legislators are supportive. The states being Washington and Kansas for Boeing and primarily Alabama for Northrop. At the same time it ...
  1 week ago

• UPDATED “Where is My Vote?” (Part 2): TIME Snubs Green Movement as “Person of the Year”

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 591
  UPDATE 0925 GMT: US National Public Radio is conducting a parallel poll , so far without throwing out “Iran Protesters”. President Obama is the Leader of the Others, with 2% of the vote. Yep, 2%. He’s got a way to go to catch those pesky Protesters, who are on 93%. United4Iran offers comments on the ...
  1 week ago

• When Brandividuals Violate Organizational Reputation: Ethics, NPR and Fox News

  
  Authentic Organizations — Authority: 409
  Media Watchdog Eric Boehlert blasts out of the gate this morning with an incisive critique of a longstanding, problematic relationship between NPR and Fox News. Please go to Eric’s post “ According to its ethics code, NPR still has a problem ” at MediaMattersForAmerica to read the entire story, which he ...
  1 week ago

• ClimateGate: Global Warming/Climate Change zealots bully non-worshippers into submission! (Part ONE of TWO)

  
  22MOON.COM — Authority: 148
  . . . . . Climategate’s Bullyboy Scientists By Christopher Chantrill ____ December 8th, 2009 American Thinker AMERICANTHINKER.COM Climategate’s Bullyboy ...
  1 week ago

• ClimateGate: Global Warming/Climate Change zealots bully non-worshippers into submission! (Part TWO OF TWO)

  
  22MOON.COM — Authority: 148
  . . . Climategate’s Bullyboy Scientists By Christopher Chantrill ____ December 8th, 2009 American Thinker AMERICANTHINKER.COM Climategate’s Bullyboy Scientists ...
  1 week ago

• Madison Ave Madonna — Protest sexy nativity scene in L.A. store (Video)

  
  http://fratres.wordpress.com — Authority: 466
  Truly, they do not know what they are doing… (or, saying) A PRAYER OF REPARATION TO HOLY GOD: My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love You! I ask pardon of You for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love You. THE SAD STORY FROM NPR: By Frank James We’ve ...
  2 weeks ago

• Advocates Want Bush Abortion Policies Reversed

  
  US News Portal — Authority: 91
  Abortion-rights backers want quick action from the president-elect, although they may not press for sweeping changes. Obama has said he is looking to find common ground on reproductive health issues.
  2 weeks ago

• Fluportal.org stays on top of H1N1

  
  Covering Health — Authority: 135
  While H1N1 seems to have peaked in many states – at least for now – Fluportal.org ’s resources to cover the pandemic are still growing. Recent highlights include tips for using American Public Media’s Public Insight Network (which we’ve mentioned before in conjunction with a ProPublica story on health ...
  2 weeks ago

• Members of Komittee Of Outraged Klimate Stereotypes (K.O.O.K.S.) want money without working

  
  22MOON.COM — Authority: 148
  . . . . Members of environmental activist group Act!onaid, dressed as ‘climate debt agents’, hold up a banner outside the congress centre, before the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Social Class Anxiety

  
  Your Moral Leader — Authority: 445
  I’m curious about markers for social class in the United States. What I am not talking about is money. I know there are rich and poor. I’m interested in figuring out behavior and cataloguing it as low class, middle class and upper class. I’m interested in zeroing in on behavior that indicates class anxiety. ...
  2 weeks ago

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