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What the heck happened to Oprah?

SS — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:00:15 +0000

In case you missed Newsweek’s brilliant “Why Health Advice on ‘Oprah’ Could Make You Sick” article last month, here’s an excerpt:

In 2007, Oprah invited Jenny McCarthy, the Playboy model and actress, to describe her struggle to find help for her young son. When he was 2�, Evan suffered a series of seizures. A neurologist told McCarthy he was autistic. “So what do you think triggered the autism?” Oprah asked McCarthy. “I know you have a theory.”

McCarthy is certain that her son contracted autism from the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination he received as a baby. She told Oprah that the morning he went in for his checkup, her instincts told her not to allow the doctor to give him the vaccine. “I said to the doctor, I have a very bad feeling about this shot. This is the autism shot, isn’t it? And he said no, that is ridiculous; it is a mother’s desperate attempt to blame something on autism. And he swore at me.” The nurse gave Evan the shot. “And not soon thereafter,” McCarthy said, “boom, soul gone from his eyes.”

Read the rest of the article here. Good for Newsweek to call out Oprah on these issues. Next to the Glenn Beck program on Fox News, this is the epitome of ignorant brainwashing. What the heck happened to Oprah?

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The Demise of Freedom of Speech & Expression

SS — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:12:21 +0000

P.S. – Christopher Hitchens is awesome (and absolutely right).

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President Barack Obama

SS — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:51:21 +0000

Remember where you were on this historic day.

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Olbermann: 8 Years of Bush in 8 Minutes

SS — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:01:52 +0000

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Rick Sanchez: 2, Joe The Plummer: 0

SS — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:31:20 +0000

If you missed it, here’s part one.

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Obama releases official presidential portrait

SS — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:14:54 +0000

President Barack Obama’s site, Change.Gov, has released his official presidential portrait. Courtesy of said site:

It was taken by Pete Souza, the newly-announced official White House photographer.

It is the first time that an official presidential portrait was taken with a digital camera.

Pretty cool stuff. The folks over at Engadget have looked through the EXIF data embedded in the photo and gathered the following data:

…snapped with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II on January 13th, 2009 at 5:38 pm with no flash, using a 105mm lens stopped to f/10 at a 1/125 exposure, with an ISO of 100

Obama’s historical inauguration will take place on Tuesday January 20th, 2009.

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John Forte Pardoned by George W. Bush

SS — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:46:25 +0000

Courtesy of Hip Hop DX:

It was revealed today that Refugee Camp affiliate John Forte watched his sentence commuted, one of 16 people pardoned by President Bush. Forte and another inmate were given reduced sentences, whereas the other 14 were pardoned.

In 2000, Forte, an alum of the prestigious Phillips Exter Academy, was convicted sentenced to 14 years in prison for aiding and abetting the distribution of over five kilograms of cocaine. Per reports, he is set to be released December 22, to five years of probation.

Read the rest here. Thanks to Richard X for the tip.

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Keith Olbermann Gets it Right

SS — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:31:29 +0000

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Bush fails the Letterman test

SS — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:39:38 +0000

A little old, but still funny.

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Roger Ebert on the 2008 U.S. Election

SS — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:00:37 +0000

Courtesy of the Chicago Sun-Times:

Our long national nightmare is ending. America will not soon again start a war based on lies and propaganda. We will not torture. We will restore the rights of freedom of speech, freedom of privacy, and habeas corpus. We will enter at last in the struggle against environmental disaster. Our ideas will once again be more powerful than our weapons. During the last eight years, the beacon on the hill flickered out. Now the torch will shine again.

Read the rest here.

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