Posts Tagged ‘Scare’
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
WaPo : Fox wars The ‘post-partisan’ president makes an enemies list By Charles Krauthammer Rahm Emanuel once sent a dead fish to a live pollster. Now he’s put a horse’s head in Roger Ailes’s bed. Not very subtle. And not very smart. Ailes doesn’t scare easily. The White House has declared war on Fox News. White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Fox is “opinion journalism masquerading as news.” Patting rival networks on the head for their authenticity (read: docili
Tags: Anita, Authenticity, Charles Krauthammer, Chicago Politics, Communications Director, Dead Fish, Enemies, Fox News, Journalism, Obama, Pollster, Rahm Emanuel, Rival Networks, Roger Ailes, Scare, White House, White House Communications
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Fox wars The ‘post-partisan’ president makes an enemies list By Charles Krauthammer Friday, October 23, 2009 Rahm Emanuel once sent a dead fish to a live pollster. Now he’s put a horse’s head in Roger Ailes’s bed. Not very subtle. And not very smart. Ailes doesn’t scare easily. The White House has declared war on Fox News. White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Fox is “ opinion journalism masquerading as news .” Patting rival networks on the head for their aut
Tags: Acorn, Anita, Charles Krauthammer, Communications Director, Dead Fish, Enemies, Fox Communications, Fox News, Horse Head, Journalism, News Fox, Pollster, Rahm Emanuel, Rival Networks, Roger Ailes, Scare, War News, White House, White House Communications
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
For those of you who are interested in that extra scare for this Halloween might want to invest in the i-Fly Vamp. This is exactly what you think it is, a toy bat that can be remote-controlled. It is about 13 grams in weight and has a ten inch wingspan to fly like an ornithopter. The i-Fly Vamp comes with an extra pair of wings. The Vamp has a lightweight rechargeable Lithium Polymer flight battery that is capable of ten minutes of flight time for every half hour’s worth of charging.
Tags: Extra, Flight Battery, Fly, Half Hour, Halloween, Inch Wingspan, Invest, Lithium, Lithium Polymer, Ornithopter, Pair Of Wings, Rechargeable Lithium, Scare, Vamp
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Bill MuehlenbergWe have plenty of examples of green Chicken Little’s insisting that the sky is falling. The trouble is, when we listen to them, heed their advice, and implement their policies, the solutions are usually much worse than the perceived problems. One classic example of this was the worldwide scare over DDT.This story is of course quite well known. Indeed, I have written it up in earlier posts as well. So let me here simply repeat what I have said elsewhere:When DDT was patented as an
Tags: Chicken Little, Doom, Green Chicken, Merchants, Scare, Sky
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
The guests this week are Jeff VanderMeer, Amy H. Sturgis, and of course the sofa is piloted by Captain Tony C. Smith. Oh, and this guy writing this post. This week, we talk about the conference in Austin, cover art, and I lose my shit entirely about the new “Hitchhiker’s Guide” book (those are scare quotes). If you enjoy me ranting like a rabid dog, this is an episode for you . I hope to write up a post about the amazing time I had at the Austin Game Writers Summit when I have had a bette
Tags: Amy H Sturgis, C Smith, Captain Tony, Cover Art, Game, Hitchhiker S Guide, Jeff Vandermeer, Quotes, Rabid Dog, Scare, Sofa, Summit, Tony C
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