Category Archives: Media Watch

Newsweek Owner Seeks New Buyer To Nail It Back To The Perch

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Evidently Newsweek (or the online-only digital carcass of same) is for sale again. Gee, people don’t want to pay for an online version of a stale newsweekly turned into another carrier-medium for liberal opinion? Who knew? Previously: Back in 2009, … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 24, 2013

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Lawrence Person

A LinkSwarm for a very wet Friday in Austin: Charles Krauthammer isn’t buying any lame IRS excuses. Adopt a child, get audited by the IRS. “The Obama White House is starting to make the Nixon administration look like Sesame Street.” … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 17, 2013

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Lawrence Person

And here’s another Friday LinkSwarm! A reporter comes out and says the IRS harassed him after he did a tough interview with Obama. The IRS knew about the scandal in 2012, but decided to wait until Obama was safely elected. … Continue reading →

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Obama Scandals Midday Update for May 16, 2013

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Lawrence Person

There’s so much information about various Obama scandals that I’m hard-pressed to keep up, but here are a few nuggets of savory scandal goodness (or rather, badness): The IRS scandal is bad, and it’s nationwide, despite attempts to limit it … Continue reading →

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The Obama/Nixon Moment

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Lawrence Person

I was about 10 hours ahead of the curve: George Will: The burglary occurred in 1972, the climax came in 1974, but40 years ago this week — May 17, 1973 — the Senate Watergate hearings began exploring the nature of … Continue reading →

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Obama Is Not A Crook!

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Or so he would have us believe. But the Obama Administration has been acting pretty Nixonian as of late. First there’s how the White House lied about Benghazi, and how the CIA’s original talking points were altered to support the … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for May 9, 2013

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Time for another Texas vs. California update! “It’s time for public employee unions to wake up and take a look around. Government services are shrinking, cities are crumbling, and they’re enjoying pay and benefit packages that many in the private … Continue reading →

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The Decline and Fall of the Austin American-Statesman

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Lawrence Person

I’m not sure if you noticed (and it’s entirely possible you haven’t), but the Austin American-Statesman has instituted a paywall on their website. Obviously the Statesman feels that their slow, steady decline just isn’t getting the job done, so they’ll … Continue reading →

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As a Fractional Indian, I Approve This Message

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Lawrence Person

This one: And while we’re on the subject, I suspect that the Comanche and Apache warriors of the 19th century would far rather have bad-ass war machines named after them than be depicted as the wimpy, politically correct proto-Greens Hollywood … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 26, 2013

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Lawrence Person

For a startling change of pace, this week the Friday LinkSwarm will be on…Friday! So where are those violent mobs of Americans attacking Muslims the media keeps implying are common? Nowhere to be found. “Clearly, some observers fear ordinary Americans … Continue reading →

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