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May 31, 2013
Occupy
Wall Street and the class warfare diatribes of the 99 percent are
making fewer national headlines, but their ideas are crowding movie
theaters this month. Three May 2013 releases all call to mind the
Zuccotti Park crowd’s grievances…
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June 14, 2013
Ahead
of a possible July 1 interest rate hike for federally subsidized
student loans, a coalition of liberal and education groups announced a “Social Media Day of Action” to demand congressional intervention.Of
the many groups involved in the…
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June 25, 2013
Recent years’ slowdown in global warming completely ignored by networks 92 climate change stories in 2013.Stories citing experts or the latest studies promoting alarmism get covered more than 8 times as often as critical experts and studies.Although…
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June 26, 2013
In
a speech June 25, President Barack Obama called for the Environmental
Protection Agency to put limits for carbon dioxide emissions on power
plants, higher fuel efficiency standards, more taxpayer-backed loans for
renewable energy companiesHis…
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July 12, 2013
Rolling Stone magazine really ought to stick to music and entertainment, instead of trying to get into science fiction. In it’s latest issue, the magazine presented the fictional destruction of Miami due to rising seas and climate change, which…
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July 17, 2013
Landowners are furious and Josh Fox is doing a happy dance,
since it was reported on July 16 that Hess Corp. and Newfield Exploration Co.
have notified property owners their drilling leases are no longer in effect.
The gas leases had been signed…
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August 2, 2013
The July jobs report was released on Aug. 2, 2013, showing fewer jobs created than had been expected. The unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent, but only 162,000 jobs were added and May and June were revised down by a total of 26,000 jobs.Alan…
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August 14, 2013
Economists, business owners and employees are worried that the Affordable Care Act is resulting in fewer hours for workers.The networks had been ignoring this shift toward part-time work and its relationship to Obamacare earlier this year, but NBC…
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August 21, 2013
The Federal Reserve has spent more than $2 trillion buying up assets since 2008 (often government bonds and mortgage securities) in an attempt to shore up the economy. Proponents argued what was called “quantitative easing” or QE was necessary “…
‘Hyperactive’ Hurricane Season Almost Makes Record for Zero Hurricanes; Networks Quiet about Climate
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September 13, 2013
Peak hurricane season has arrived and on Sept. 10 as Tropical Storms Humberto and Gabrielle churned in the Atlantic, the season was nearing a record: for NOT having a hurricane. Humberto finally ratcheted up to hurricane status on Sept. 11, just…