Category Archives: American Scene

Sunday news roundup

Posted on 05/19/2013 by Meryl Yourish

The word of the day is “irrelevant”: Pay no attention to the Obama administration follies. Your questions about where Obama was on the night of the embassy siege is irrelevant. Your questions about whether or not it was illegal for … Continue reading →

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Thursday, briefly

Posted on 05/16/2013 by Meryl Yourish

Gee, you think they might have been lying all along? So much for the “we had to use keywords because we were flooded with applications” excuse. The scrutiny began, however, in March 2010, before an uptick could have been observed, … Continue reading →

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The NEW New Journolist spin

Posted on 05/15/2013 by Meryl Yourish

Out: There were so many new applications for tax exemption, the IRS had to choose keywords to sort out the riff-raff. In: The IRS peons were incompetent, but management put a stop to that as soon as they found out. … Continue reading →

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The New JournoList spin on the IRS

Posted on 05/13/2013 by Meryl Yourish

That’s funny. Two different articles, one in Mother Jones, one in the WaPo, yet they’re running the exact same explanation as to why the IRS targeted conservative groups filing for tax exemptions. From Ezra Klein’s Wonkblog: The context for all … Continue reading →

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The unbiased media circles the wagons

Posted on 05/13/2013 by Meryl Yourish

The IRS targeted groups for their political ideology when deciding whether or not to give them tax-exempt status. The New York Times barely covered the story when it broke, downplaying it as an apology for a few lower-down echelons in … Continue reading →

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The Al Gore al-Qaradawi connection

Posted on 05/09/2013 by Meryl Yourish

Yusuf al-Qaradawi is visiting Hamas, thanks to the Muslim Brotherhood’s takeover of Egypt. Al-Qaradawi is a vicious anti-Semite who is lying about the 3,000-plus-year-old ties of Jews to the land of Israel. A prominent Islamic scholar who is making a … Continue reading →

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This is why U.S. healthcare costs so much

Posted on 05/09/2013 by Meryl Yourish

Everyone shops using price comparisons. If you know that milk was $10 a gallon in Ripoff Mart and $3 a gallon in the supermarket, you’d never shop at Ripoff Mart. But look at how prices vary in hospitals. For joint … Continue reading →

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The AP: There was no anti-Muslim backlash, but there COULD have been

Posted on 04/28/2013 by Meryl Yourish

I read this AP analysis the other day and tried to figure out exactly why it bothered me. Then I realized: The theme of the article is that there is no big anti-Muslim backlash after the Boston bombers turned out … Continue reading →

Posted in American Scene, Media Bias, Religion, Terrorism | 1 Comment

Wednesday briefs

Posted on 04/24/2013 by Meryl Yourish

Well, Obama wanted the U.S. to be more like Europe: Looks like the Boston bombers were jihadis on welfare. So just like Europe, we’re funding the people who want to kill us. Awesome. The good news is thanks to the … Continue reading →

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One Boston bomber down, one to go

Posted on 04/19/2013 by Meryl Yourish

They’re brothers from Chechnya, and yes, they’re Muslim terrorists. And Boston is under lockdown. They’ve killed several police officers and left a trail of bullets and bombs. So what are Chechnyan terrorists doing here? I’m sure we’ll find out over … Continue reading →

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