Fox News Questions Media Matters Tax-Exempt Status

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Kevin S. Willis

Like the poor, put-upon Pastor Manning (follow link at your own risk, dude is one Obama-hating trip; he’s like the Rev. Wright’s Evil Twin), Fox News thinks Media Matters should be investigated regarding their tax-exempt status.

[redaction–couldn’t embed Mediaite player, go watch it over there, I guess]

And . . . Media Matters tax-exempt status may face new scrutiny from Congress.

According to Rush Limbaugh, Tucker Carlson is actually Chatsworth T.Osborne, Jr.

And is Fox News working with Tucker Carlson on this vicious smear campaign?

If Tucker Carlson is pulling this all out of his ass and their t’ain’t nuthin’ to it, why hasn’t Media Matters corrected the story?

In the meantime, The Daily Caller has launched an all out assault on MM, with such pieces as these Interesting Nuggets from Media Matters 2010 Tax Records and this bit about Media Matters taking a donation to expand monitoring and fact checking (shouldn’t that be faith checking?) of religious broadcasts.

Happy Thursday, all!

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Bits & Pieces (Wednesday Night Open Mic)

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Kevin S. Willis

The Rev. Manning advised Ron Paul to whip Obama’s behind with the Constitution. Or did, can’t link to it now because his YouTube account has been suspended and he’s under a federal investigation for being a birther. How come this happens to him, but not Donald Trump, eh? Well, here’s a clip from one of Rev. Manning’s interesting rants now set to music. Jammin’!

Also from World Net Daily, John Stossel explains that when politicians talk about “cutting” spending, that word does not mean what they think it means.

Bruce Carlson of My History Can Beat Up Your Politics tackles the long history of negative campaigning. I cannot recommend his podcast enough. He asserts that early newspapers were essentially the blogs of the day, and also tackles the economics of the emancipation of the slaves.

4 Things Star Wars Fans Need to Accept About George Lucas.

Whose a scruffy lookin' Nerf Herder now, your highness?

Media Matters wanted to hire gumshoes to dig up dirt on the employees of Fox News in order to “discredit” them. That such a strategy might backfire, and make their side look like the bad guys while not impacting Fox’s viewership a jot or a tittle apparently never occurred to them.

That’s it for me! — KW

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Barack Obama’s Black History Minute

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Kevin S. Willis

Apparently recorded the same year he graduated from law school, and 5 years before he ran for the Illinois Senate.

 

 

He had a different speaking style then, I think.

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Bits & Pieces (Thursday Night Open Mic)

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Kevin S. Willis

Bad Lip Reading does Newt Gingrich:

It’s about time that a visionary work of sci-fi accurately predicts our inevitable future. Iron Sky is this movie.

That’s it for me. — KW

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A Thanks to All the “Moderates”

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Kevin S. Willis

Of course, by “Moderate”, I mean that as a name for a participants on this blog. Sort of like “Go Panthers!” except that, since the blog is called “All Things in Moderation”, we are all “Moderates”. In the same sense that the members of a sports team are “Panthers”.

When a new post comes up, or a new comment is posted, it is natural to dive right into the meat of it. Generally, we either start asking questions, concurring (with amplification), or disagreeing, and launching into debate. Which is all well and good: that’s sort of the point, after all!

However, when individuals make the sort of efforts that Michigoose has recently on her Komen articles, or someone takes time out of their busy schedule to contribute, as did ABC the other day, or someone like Fairlington Blade puts so much energy into explaining to all of us how his job works, I think a special thanks is also in order.

And the Morning Report! I realize Brent posts them at his own blog, but he takes the time to bring them over here and share, and they are awesome.

There are some really heroic efforts being made here when it comes to content, and I just wanted to express my own heartfelt thanks to everybody for their participation.

While citing Brent and Michigoose and ABC, the same shout out goes to everybody who contributes content. When we see a post, we often dig into the meat of the debate, which is good. But it’s also good to thank the folks who are devoting so much time and energy (and providing so much unique insight) for starting the conversations.

So, thanks!

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Bits & Pieces (Monday Night Open Mic)

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Kevin S. Willis

6 Real People with Mind-Blowing Mutant Superpowers.

Pin Up Calendar Ladies Survive the Sex Apocalypses.

The Sexy Side to Being Buried in Garbage

Man Dies Gaming at Internet Cafe and goes Unnoticed forNine Hours. Gamers are very intense.

A class M Planet discovered practically next door to us. Let’s move!

I just have to add these:

First, the best Super Bowl ad you didn’t see–

Second, a poet who is also a public school teacher–

And we were talking about body painting the other day, and this song caught my eye–

—Michigoose

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Bits & Pieces (Thursday Night Open Mic)

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Kevin S. Willis

It’s a new video. This time, it’s Rick Santorum!

 

A new study links low I.Q. to prejudice, racism, and conservatism. To paraphrase my intellectual better, Forrest Gump: “I may not be a smart man, but I know what bullshit smells like.” A liberal quasi-dissents, but sort of agrees. The conflation of conservatism and racism is everywhere. Can you tell it’s an election year?

NASA films the dark side of the moon. No evidence of giant Transformers or secret moon bases.

What happened before The Big Bang? Johnny Galecki was unemployed! Bad-dum-dum! I’ll be here all week, folks.

Finally, they’re planning a broadway musical based on Back to the Future. About damn time.

You know what’s unbelievably cool? $1 billion dollars in profits. Emphasis on the unbelievable.

— KW

by Ashot
Somehow I feel like this video is perfect for the ATiM crowd.

And I thought this was funny, too.

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Bits & Pieces (Wednesday Night Open Mic)

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Kevin S. Willis

The days fly by. Already hump day, and I haven’t finished the stuff I meant to get done on Monday.

Startfire Sure Wears Less Clothes Than She Did When I Read Teen Titans (of course, she's not in the Teen Titans anymore).

The 5 Most Ridiculously Sexists Superhero Costumes.

Scientists say sugar is as toxic as alcohol, and there should be a drinking age for soda.

Some fly-by-night web startup called Facebook filed their IPO, which values the company at $100 zillion dollars.

Republicans direct police to detain documentary crew to keep them from filing a hearing on natural gas. Oh, that doesn’t make them look like a collect group of mustache-twirling Snidely Whiplashes.

And right under that on Dvorak, do you think Big Brother should be watching everybody? Well, now there’s an app for that.

Back to Starfire. How would someone even wear something like that? It would have to be painted on. Sheesh.

That’s it. Blessing and karma to all! — KW 

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Bits & Pieces (Tuesday Night Zilch)

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Kevin S. Willis

I got nuthin’, nuthin’ I tell you. Some industrious moderator, please edit this post and add a link to a funny story from The Onion, preferably with pictures. Thanks!

— KW

Even The Onion didn’t have a whole lot going on, Kevin, but here you go:
Governor Romney’s watch is missing:

“I pledge to every single Hispanic-American—whether you came here from Mexico to start a new life for your family or fled the brutality of Castro’s Cuba—that if my watch is put back in its rightful place in the next two hours, I will consider the matter closed and no one will be the wiser.” With the watch still not returned at press time, Romney begged the nation’s Hispanics, “Please don’t make me call the—how do you say it? El policío? La policía? The appropriate authorities.”

And I don’t think I’ve linked to this video before:

–Michigoose

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Bits & Pieces (Monday Night Open Mic)

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Kevin S. Willis

Work has been miserable. A lot of not great information from our Rapid Notice Service provider has made adding SMS numbers to student outreach much, much more problematic than it has to be. So I’ve been busy.

However, a U.S. Navy Ship-Mounted Rail Gun is closer to reality. It’s about time we started flinging superheated aluminum at distant objects at supersonic speeds.

Here’s an original 1982 Featurette on The Making of Tron.

Michelle Obama indulges in $50,000 shopping spree. I’m pretty sure the cost of vacationing on Air Force One is a lot higher, and the tax payers foot the bill for that.

Warren Buffett says: "I'm too rich! And so, I demand the government take your money! Mine, of course, will remain in untouchable tax shelters."

Warren Buffett is not an oracle of public finance. It covers a lot of the stuff we touched on previously. But here it is again, if you just can’t get enough.

If you don’t use coupons, you’re leaving money on the table. Why not set some cash on fire, while you’re at it?

UPDATE! The Muppets respond to Fox accusing said Muppets of advancing an anti-oil, anti-capitalist agenda:

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