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http://www.newsweek.com/id/167581 On Palin's clothes 1. Much more was spent than was released. 2. She got staffers to buy clothes on their credit cards 3. A lot of the money came from a private donor who was shocked when he got the bill. 4. 20-40K was spent on Todd's clothes 5. McCain wasn't...

So far in this election, we've seen the polls and the pundits make spectacular failures when predicting the direction voters will take. Case in point, the Newsweek poll from 5 days ago and today's latest Gallup poll. I saw this headline and, forgetting that these polls are garbage, thought...

Newsweak (spelling intentional) reports on the courageous efforts by the Obama partisans to defend their man from the eeeeevil Republicans: Of course, in an effort at balance, the article does talk about the groups that will be attempting to smear John McCain. No, just kidding. MoveOn...

I stumbled upon The God Debate this afternoon. I don't have much to say but thought I'd share as it made some interesting reading and seemed a good example of the seemingly pointless nature of trying to rationalise with the irrational. A couple of choice quotes from the pastor: I think Sam...

In their issue on Evangelicals, Newsweek gave a list of "traditionally conservative conservative isasues", and the last one was "The government should allow prayer inschool". That's not a conservative issue. Only the most radical anti-Christians are opposed to prayer in school. Liberals, in...

Apparantly the Newsweek titled "losing afghanistan" wasn't displayed in America. Instead the cover page was about some photographer. Does anyone have the actual european cover in good quality and size they can post for me?

Didn't see this posted anywhere. There's a little sidebar on p.14 with a picture of Randi concentrating his mental powers while holding a spoon. Text as follows: Certified Superfreak [?] Think you have supernatural powers? The Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge is for anyone who can "show...

I was pleased to see that James Randi got a mention this week in the Periscope section of Newsweek magazine. The short blurb was mostly positive, but it did mention his "detractors", not only the "paranormal expert" Gary Schwartz, but also our own ex-troll, Mike Guska (a.k.a. Edge). It is a...

Did anybody else catch Mr. Randi's appearance in the current issue of Newsweek?