Media Circus

Bozell Column: ‘Progress’ Gets Canceled

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:25:24 +0000

The annual network list of cancelled prime-time shows cannot be pleasing to the progressives who measure shows based on their cultural and political usefulness. “TV Will Be a Lot Less Gay Next Year,” the commissars complained at Slate.com...

MoveOn.ABC: Good Morning America Spends 325 Seconds On PowerBall, Zero On IRS Scandal

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:15:55 +0000

Bianna Golodryga opened today's Good Morning America by announcing that it was "a very busy Saturday morning." So busy, in fact, that GMA couldn't spare one second in its first half-hour for the IRS scandal. That despite yesterday's stonewalling testimony by the outgoing IRS Commissioner in which he had the colossal chutzpah to deny there had been any political motive in the targeting of conservative organizations.

So what kept GMA so busy? By far the longest segment was devoted to . . . the Powerball lottery. GMA spent 325 seconds—over five minutes—on the Powerball lottery. One report from stores where lottery tickets are being sold didn't suffice. There were two. Those were followed by an interview with a lottery official. GMA even managed to squeeze in a report of a bear that had climbed into a tree. But the IRS? Sorry: too busy. More after the jump.

Gallup Poll: Slim Majority of Voters Say They’re Following Obama’s IRS, Benghazi Scandals

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:01:38 +0000

By Friday, as the Obama promoters within the network news divisions started spreading the president's word that three growing scandals are just a blip, they might point to Gallup's daily job-approval ratings for Obama, which remained at 49 percent approve, 45 percent disapprove.

This result might also reflect that Gallup found that a slim majority of Americans are either "very" or "somewhat" following news of the IRS and Benghazi scandals, "comparatively low based on historical measures of other news stories over the last two decades." Low-information voters could still obsess about Angelina Jolie's surgeries or whether Beyonce is pregnant again:

Wall Street Week Ahead: Correction talk gets old as rally sails along

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:29:28 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the broad S&P 500 Index gliding once again into uncharted territory and posting four straight weeks of gains, the talk of Wall Street's rally inevitably hitting a ceiling is starting to get old.

China April housing inflation quickens to two year high

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:28:15 +0000

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's housing inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in April in two years, driven by a jump in prices in Beijing and Shanghai, complicating the task of policymakers trying to cool the property sector while supporting economic ...

Exclusive: EU cites Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE for trade violations

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 04:58:41 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe's top trade official for the first time late on Friday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines.

Committee wants to interview Obama donor Holly Paz IRS director

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 03:44:06 +0000

On Wednesday, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Affairs sent the IRS a letter requesting five employees named in the IG audit be made available for transcribed interviews by committee staff. They want these interviews to begin on Monday. Those five named in the letter lnclude: Holly Paz, a director; John Shafer, a manager; [...]

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Top Republican Dave Camp Suggests Targeting Scandal Involves Officials Outside IRS (Video)

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 03:43:32 +0000

Top Republican Rep. Dave Camp, the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, suggested IRS targeting scandal involves officials outside the IRS. Via On The Record: Last week Lois Lerner, head of the tax exempt division of the Internal … Continue reading →

Daily Kos Week in Review: Talking to the Taxman About the Tea Party

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 02:52:32 +0000

Many liberals have objected to the IRS's targeting of conservative groups, but others see nothing wrong with it, including one Kossack who asserted this week that the revenuers in Cincinnati were simply "doing their job."

As usual, each headline is preceded by the blogger's name or pseudonym.

We the People’s

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 02:36:58 +0000

People's Blog

We the People's

Comrades.

The People’s President has provided the masses with a forum at whitehouse.gov to petition our glorious leaders and influence government policy. It is called… We the People(s).

The idea is this. The People’s can draft a petition online at whitehouse.gov demanding a government action. When the signed petitions reach 100,000 People’s, the White House will issue an official response!! Imagine that, comrades. 100,000 signatures is less than the number of People's who leave the labor force each month. A most glorious concept. The opportunity to shape government policy, or at least receive a bureaucratic slap down, is endless.

I have attached the video below showing how this works. I will leave it to more equal minds to promote petitions. Your suggestions are greatly encouraged.

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NBC Luke Russert God, guns and guts people are dumb or something VIDEO

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 02:21:32 +0000

Tim Russert must be rolling in his grave. His left wing, dimwitted son Luke Russert just embarrassed the family yet again. Appearing on Morning Joe, NBC’s Luke Russert deemed the people on the Ways & Means Committee the ‘smart’ people. Unlike those God, guns and guts people. JOE SCARBOROUGH: The GOP is energized. I just [...]

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IRS Oversight Board Admits Inappropriate Targeting and Breakdown of the Processing System

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 02:07:46 +0000

Treasury has not one, but at least two departments tasked with keeping an eye on the IRS. We’ve heard from Treasury’s Inspector General already in his report released this week. Now, the IRS Oversight Board has chimed in. The Oversight … Continue reading →

China April home prices rise 4.9 percent: Reuters calculation

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 01:54:58 +0000

BEIJING (Reuters) - Average new home prices in China's 70 major cities rose 4.9 percent in April from a year earlier, according to Reuters calculations based on official data published on Saturday, marking the fourth straight month of year-on-year incr...

Judge revives Dexia’s mortgage lawsuit vs. JPMorgan

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 01:24:27 +0000

(Reuters) - A federal judge has revived a closely watched lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co of misleading Belgian-French bank Dexia SA into buying more than $1.6 billion of troubled mortgage debt.

NYSE cancels irregular trades in Anadarko stock: Bloomberg

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 01:11:17 +0000

(Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange canceled trades in Anadarko Petroleum Corp after a blip in trading cut the market value of the company by 99 percent, according to a report in Bloomberg.

Yahoo to vote on $1.1 billion Tumblr buy: AllThingsD

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 01:09:16 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board will meet on Sunday to vote on whether to offer $1.1 billion in cash for New York-based blogging service Tumblr, tech blog AllThingsD cited sources close to the situation as saying on Friday.

Investor group calls on SEC to review change in JPMorgan voting

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:32:27 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pension and endowment managers on Friday called on U.S. regulators to review the rules for shareholder voting after a firm collecting ballots for JPMorgan Chase & Co cut off the bank's opponents from polling information.

Beyond Royalty… Even the Queen Holds Her Own Umbrella

ThePressGuy — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:19:48 +0000

Even the Queen holds her own umbrella. Hat Tip Michelle Obama’s Mirror Not Barack.

“Hating Breitbart” to Open in Select Theaters – Available on DVD Next Week

ThePressGuy — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:47:21 +0000

This weekend Hating Breitbart is in several select theaters. HATING BREITBART – Feature-length Documentary Captures the Final Days of Controversial New Media Pioneer, Andrew Breitbart. “Spirit lifting…thought-provoking…could inspire spirited classroom debate!” Variety - This weekend Hating Breitbart will open in … Continue reading →

Wade Robson — Life’s a Beach

ThePressGuy — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:40:00 +0000

Wade Robson surfaced in Hawaii with his wife and son on Friday ... sportin' an Aloha shirt and some flip flops following his "Michael Jackson molested me as a kid" media blitz. We broke the story ... Wade recently sold his Santa Monica condo and…

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Target goes hunting in Silicon Valley, following Wal-Mart

ThePressGuy — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:18:43 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Target Corp said on Friday it opened a new San Francisco office to track down technology companies that can help the second-largest U.S. retailer grow its online commerce business.

Obama’s IRS also singled out individual: Justin Binik-Thomas

ThePressGuy — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:14:50 +0000

Justin Binik-Thomaa serves as a spokesman for the Cincinnati Tea Party. So Obama’s IRS not only went after tea party, conservative, pro-life, and pro-Israel groups, they demanded information on individual citizens like Justin Binik-Thomas too. When Liberty Township Tea Party applied for non-profit status, they were sent by Obama’s IRS a questionnaire including ‘who is [...]

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President Obama Not Responsible, Didn’t Know Anything

ThePressGuy — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:09:23 +0000

People's Blog

President Obama Not Responsible, Didn't Know Anything

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Dateline Washington DC -

Today President-for-Life Barackzebub Husseinovich Obama set the record straight during a press conference, saying "Let me be clear. I am not a crook."

The president made it plain that he knew nothing - and still knows very little - about what happened in Benghazi, or why it happened (other than that it was caused by a racist YouTube video), as well as anything about the IRS making what seem to be perfectly reasonable requests of conservative groups, like when they asked a pro-life group about the content of their prayers.

The president also knew nothing, and still knows very little, about any telephone record nonsense with the Associated Press. He commented, "We gave them all free Obamaphones™ - that means we are entitled to listen in on anything they say. Isn't that obvious?"

President Obama stated, for the record, that "Hey - I'm the president, I'm not an emperor. The rules are whatever I say they are." read more ... Statistics : 4 Replies || 312 Views Post by R.O.C.K. in the USSA

Krauthammer on IRS Testimony: ‘You’ve Got to be a Knave or a Fool to Say That and an Idiot to Believe It’

ThePressGuy — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:01:21 +0000

Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer had some harsh criticism for acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller’s testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee Friday.

Appearing on Fox News’s Special Report, Krauthammer said, “You've got to be a knave or a fool to say that and you have to be an idiot to believe it.”