http://blackandright.mndnet.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:29:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Liberal symbolism can be quite a sticky business at times. During these turbulent economic times, Gordon Brown is keen for the country to stick by him. However, this probably wasn't quite what he had in mind. Dan Glass, of the climate change pressure group Plane Stupid, today tried to superglue himself to ... http://blackandright.mndnet.com/2008/07/23/the-ultimate-man-hug/ Poetic justice...? New York Times Co. says its second-quarter earnings fell 82 percent from the year-ago quarter boosted by a one-time gain. Meanwhile, print advertising revenue continued to shrink. Revenue dropped 6 percent to $741.9 million, missing the average Wall Street estimate for $754 million. Ad revenue slipped down 11 percent, hurt ... http://blackandright.mndnet.com/2008/07/23/ny-times-goin-down/ Isn't it sad to watch the clueless follow blindly... New York rapper Nas has joined a protest against FOX News. Citing what he calls "race baiting" and "Obama smears" by FOX, Nas will join ColorOfChange.org and MoveOn.org to deliver more than 620,000 petition signatures demanding that the network end its "pattern of ... http://blackandright.mndnet.com/2008/07/23/nas-joins-faux-attack/ Of this, I know personally. A group of politically conservative and centrist Hollywood figures organized by actor Gary Sinise and others has been meeting quietly in restaurants and private homes, forming a loose-knit network of entertainers who share common beliefs like supporting U.S. troops and traditional American values. The group, whose members ... http://blackandright.mndnet.com/2008/07/23/the-hollywood-underground-railroad/ Can you imagine if this were a Republican? Edwards, Rielle Hunter, Busted: HuffPo 's Sam Stein, who got the story rolling, appears to be vindicated. ... P.S.: Always trust content from kausfiles! Never trust content from Jerome Armstrong. ... P.P.S.: Will this be the first presidential-contender level scandal to occur ... http://blackandright.mndnet.com/2008/07/23/edwards-bust-ignored-by-msm-noticed/ So much for those testosterone digs... http://blackandright.mndnet.com/2008/07/23/girls-will-be-girls-2/ What a whiny, ungrateful little... I find myself in the last bastion of male dominance, and realizing what Hillary Clinton might have realized not long ago: Sexism in the American society is more common than racism, and certainly more acceptable or forgivable. — Katie Couric, interview in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz Sexism, eh? ... http://blackandright.mndnet.com/2008/07/23/quote-of-the-day-109/ While some Capitol Hill lawmakers (unified against drilling for oil to ease the people's pain at the pump) are tossing around the idea of raising gasoline taxes on the rest of us, they seem to believe those rules shouldn't apply to them. How liberal. The committee hosting the Democratic National Convention has ... http://blackandright.mndnet.com/2008/07/23/dnc-as-i-say-not-as-i-do/ There seems to be smoke here. Will Hillary put out the fire in Denver? Barack Obama may be on a world tour surrounded by a fawning media, but Sunday an expert in electronic document forensics released a detailed report on the purported birth certificate -- actually a "Certification of Live Birth" ... http://blackandright.mndnet.com/2008/07/22/obama-birth-certif-controversy-wont-go-away/ http://blackandright.mndnet.com/2008/07/22/two-can-play-that-game/