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Sharpiegate Rumpus Misses the Real Scandal at NWS
Yes, Donald Trump is an idiot for mobilizing his entire sadministration – including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which oversees the National Weather Service – to back up his chronic moronic claims that Hurricane Dorian would ravage Alabama, even … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, All Things Considered, Ari Shapiro, David Folkenflik, Donald Trump, Hurricane Dorian, Los Angeles Times, Michael Hiltzik, Michael Lewis, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, NOAA, NPR, NWS, Rachel Martin, sadministration, Sharpiegate, The Fifth Risk, Yellowhammer State
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Weekly Standard Whacks Mike Dukakis Re: Ethel Rosenberg
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg may have been executed in 1953 for conspiring to pass atomic secrets to Russia, as this Los Angeles Times front page noted. Except they haven’t really. During the past six decades, the Rosenbergs have been subject to more … Continue reading
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Tagged atomic secrets, Boston Globe, Boston University, boston.com, Ethel Rosenberg, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Stalin, Julius Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times, Michael Dukakis, Michael Meeropol, Robert Meeropol, Roy Cohn, Ruth Greenglass, Sacco and Vanzetti, Scrapbook, The New Red Scare, The Weekly Standard, Upton Sinclair
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‘Pay It Backward’ Is a Time-Honored Government Gambit
The federal clawback is back – this time for the California National Guard. From Saturday’s Los Angeles Times: Thousands of California soldiers forced to repay enlistment bonuses a decade after going to war Short of troops to fight in Iraq … Continue reading
Minions Did NOT Take Over the LA Times Masthead
Okay, so this Minions Meet the Masthead story is all over the place today. Representative sample from KPCC: Minions take over LA Times’ masthead; Critics cry foul Sunday’s L.A. Times featured a trio of Twinkie-like characters meddling with the paper’s sober, … Continue reading
Has Google Replaced U.S. Postal Stamps in Celebrating Cultural Giants?
Call it the Dawn of the Great Google Doodle Backlash. From today’s Washington Post Outlook section (via Politico Playbook): The case against the Google Doodle When Google honored African American author Zora Neale Hurston with a custom logo — a Google … Continue reading
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Tagged Coca-Cola, Daphne A. Brooks, Doodle, Google, Great Google Doodle Backlash, Harlem Renaissance, Justin Moyers, Los Angeles Times, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, McDonald's, Mohandas Ghandi, Outlook, Politico Playbook, Princeton University, The Root, Time, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Postal stamps, Washington Post, Zora Neale Hurston
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Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up With The ‘Heroic Media’ Anti-Abortion Ads?
Well the Doc opened the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out: Dear Dr. Ads, I recently saw this Wall Street Journal ad from an outfit called Heroic Media. The website’s Frequently Asked Questions section says this about the group’s funding: Our … Continue reading
Boston Globe Editorial Gets Cozy With UMass Marketing
The Boston Sunday Globe featured a Special Section – UMass 150 – that celebrated the 150th anniversary of the University of Massachusetts system, “a five-campus university, with a medical school, and locations to the north, the south, and one perched … Continue reading
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