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ROBERT FEDER’S GIMMICK

It’s a subject I’ve left mostly alone, not because I’ve been told not to address it but because I’m hesitant to give airtime or blog space to a man who still calls Web traffic ‘hits‘ and has an unhealthy obsession with WGN Radio. Tonight, on the podcast, I’ll dive into the mud on this one. Stay tuned.

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FOX/CNN/MSNBC DISSECTED

Some great analysis of the current cable media landscape from CJR today. I disagree with a few points (especially the bit about MSNBC offering a rainbow of opinons) but this quote is interesting:

From personal experience covering news around the world, you almost always run into a CNN crew or stringer. You almost never run into a Fox reporter, and never one from MSNBC.

Read the whole thing at CJR’s website.

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ROY ASHBURN: “I’M GAY”

California State Senator Roy Ashburn admits to being a homosexual in an interview today on KERN. You can listen to the interview in this post and read the details here. Ashburn vows to carry on.

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BETTY WHITE TO SNL

After a massive online movement to draft her into the hosting duties at Saturday Night Live, Betty White confirms she will appear on the show.

But will she host?

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PETA TARGETS SEAWORLD

PETA sees a wounded opponent in SeaWorld after last month’s killer whale attack. Their latest mantra: “Let whales and dolphins ‘out of prison.’

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ADAM GADAHN CAPTURED

HUGE news out of Pakistan: American-born al-Qaeda leader Adam Gadahn has been arrested.

Update: It’s not him?

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NYT ON SCIENTOLOGY

‘Breaking With Scientology’ won’t hit print until tomorrow but you can read the New York Times assault on Scientology online right now.

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PHOTOS: TOYOTA HEARINGS

Executives from Toyota Motor Corp made the journey to Washington D.C. this morning to face down angry customers seething over their company’s recall follies. Take a look at these pictures from today’s event.

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THE BLOOM BOX

I can’t decide if the Bloom Box is the greatest invention ever or if I’m a bit like an old lady being conned by a slimy auto mechanic. Regardless, you have to watch this video. [Video]

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SCOTTY LAGO PHOTOS

Snowboarder Scotty Lago leaves the Olympic village in Vancouver after sexually suggestive photos of the bronze medalist and his trophy surfaced online. Lago says he’s in a ‘blackout’ and can’t talk about the event until next month. [View The Photos]

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RAY GOSLING ARRESTED

What happens when you admit to a murder on British public television? Well, you get arrested, of course. BBC presenter Ray Gosling arrested on suspicion of murder. [Details]

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TIGER WOODS PRESSER

Tiger Woods will finally reemerge from the shadows this Friday. The golf pro and reported sex addict is planning on holding a press conference at the PGA headquarters at 11AM Eastern. [Details]

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BIN LADEN GLOBAL WARMING

Osama bin Laden blames the United States for ‘global warming‘ in a new audio tape played today on Al Jazeera television.


END OF THE WORLD

The AP’s latest global warming piece reads a little less like science and a little more like 2012. I guess they missed the leaked emails?


Only 34% Believe In Man-Made Global Warming

A Poll, released this morning by Rasmussen Reports, shows falling support for Al Gore’s favorite subject — Belief in man-made global warming is dwindling. Nearly half (48%) blame long-term planetary trends for recent warming (and cooling, in other spots). Rasmussen also points out that the believers are divided along party lines, sharply. A majority (51%) of Democrats believe in man-made warming while only 19% of Republicans think we’ve got something to worry…


Obama’s Global Warming ‘Fan’ Plan

And if the fans don’t work (and does anyone with a brain think that they will?), the Obama administration has a backup plan: shoot more ‘polution’ into the atmosphere to somehow(?) fix the problem. Confused? Don’t worry, I think they are as well. It’s sort of like that South Park episode with the underwear gnomes. Phase 1: Collect Underpants. Phase 2: ? Phase 3: Profit. Except this isn’t an animated comedy show.…


Dear Al Gore, Peep This Graph

Increased Number Think Global Warming Is “Exaggerated

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As recently as 2006, significantly more Americans thought the news underestimated the seriousness of global warming than said it exaggerated it, 38% vs. 30%. Now, according to Gallup’s 2009 Environment survey, more Americans say the problem is exaggerated rather than underestimated, 41% vs. 28%.

Al Gore would like to believe the ‘time for debate is over‘ but the American public seems to disagree.…


How To Waste 250 Million Dollars

I hate to explode out of the box (on a day sure to be dominated by President Obama’s prime-time speech on the economy) with two stories on climate change, but this one seems to fit. A NASA satellite, with a price tag clearing a quarter of a billion dollars, meant to track ‘carbon emissions’ crashed into the ocean today.

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California – A NASA satellite designed to track carbon dioxide


Climate Fears Driving ‘Ecomigration’?

As our banks continue to collapse and the United States is ushered further into debt, the WaPo frontpages a story about some made up word — ‘ecomigration‘.

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Adam Fier recently sold his home, got rid of his car and pulled his twin 6-year-old girls out of elementary school in Montgomery County. He and his wife packed the family’s belongings and moved to New Zealand — a place they had never visited


23%: Global Warming = The End

Al Gore’s hysteria is catching on like a climate change-induced wildfire:

Nearly one-out-of-four voters (23%) say it is at least somewhat likely that global warming will destroy human civilization within the next century. Five percent (5%) say it’s very likely.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 66% say it’s not likely that civilization will be destroyed by the year 2100. That includes 27% who say it is not at all likely.


Al Gore’s Senate Testimony

I forgot to post this earlier… but better late than never:


No One Cares About Global Warming

Well, maybe no one is a bit overdoing it but still…

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As Barack Obama takes office, the public’s focus is overwhelmingly on domestic policy concerns – particularly the economy. Strengthening the nation’s economy and improving the job situation stand at the top of the public’s list of domestic priorities for 2009. Meanwhile, the priority placed on issues such as the environment, crime, illegal immigration and even reducing health care costs has fallen off from a year ago.

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‘Planet In Peril’ Sequel Is A Dud

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NEW YORK — It’s not just the “Planet in Peril.” The ratings for CNN’s two-hour environmental special last week were also in crisis.

The second installment of the series landed in third place in the adults 25-54 demographic and fourth place in viewers for its 9 p.m.-11 p.m. Thursday premiere, Nielsen Media Research said.

That is despite strong ratings for the original four-hour series “Planet in Peril,” in October 2007, as well


Movie Trailer: Not Evil, Just Wrong

A new Irish film claims that climate change guru Al Gore is an alarmist and that those who think they are saving the planet are only hurting the poor

IF THE ADVANCE publicity is anything to go by, Not Evil Just Wrong will do for Al Gore what Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 did for George W Bush.

Bad News: The film isn’t quite finished. Good News: It looks pretty promising.


Gore Turns Down ‘Climate Czar’

President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team is flirting with creating a White House “Climate Czar,” but climate change crusader Al Gore says he doesn’t want the job.

The Obama team declined to comment on such a post, even as environmentalists and power industry executives say it’s being widely discussed inside the transition offices as a way to spur a clean energy industry, which Mr. Obama has promised will ween the U.S. from foreign


Al Gore’s Global Warming Caravan

Americans for Prosperity rallied taxpayers outside Al Gore’s big global warming speech in Washington, and found that some Gore followers didn’t exactly practice what he preached.

Morons on parade.


Stuck On Stupid: Lilypad Cities

Each of these floating cities are designed to hold approximately around 50,000 people. A mixed terrain man-made landscape, provided by an artificial lagoon and three ridges, create a diverse environment for the inhabitants. Each Lilypad is intended to be either near a coast, or floating around in the ocean, traveling from the equator to the northern seas, according to where the gulf stream takes it.

The project isn’t even close to happening