http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 2009-11-25T05:00:21Z http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_1 055cfe8cab94299518c1c143b186e4ee March 31, 2004: Iraqis chant anti-American slogans as the charred and mutilated bodies of U.S. contractors hang from a bridge over the Euphrates River in Fallujah, Iraq. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:28:06 -0500 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_2 515dbe58ba42015c88331a770fb4063f In one tidy cover story, Time sums up the last decade and the one to come. Things were "hell" under George W. Bush, but will be better under Barack Obama.   Class dismissed: that's really all you need to know.  But just to drive home the Manichean message, Time editor Rick Stengel and Andy Serwer [of Time stable-mate Fortune], who ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T07:48:35-06:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_3 763427010be28bda84a74793657e90ca Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:28:06 -0500 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_4 667c7a4928cd1c9656f4ddf9c15bbe83 Matt Welch eagerly awaits mea culpas (ha!) from those who blamed the suicide of Bill Sparkman on Glenn Beck, Michele Bachmann, Robert Taft, and Father Coughlin. A few blogs to watch in the coming days: (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T07:48:35-06:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_5 1d7bf4874162002128f6680073e32375 Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:36:28 -0800 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_6 17a1e8dc66dc8736510a32e26d2642ee Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:28:06 -0500 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_7 a9ac41383a6437a8ffc151869810e60f Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:28:06 -0500 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_8 a44586ef2c2c8fea8f22f9df2b77d068 The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that North Charleston Police spokesman Spencer Pryor said Angel's mother left the boy in her idling vehicle as she went to drop off mail. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T07:48:35-06:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_9 4961288d304bf0c89c3a5437107f37a1 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T07:48:35-06:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_10 8631152035dd2f208ecb7a5ad8f0dbf3 ABC News reports that in the past 16 months the number of people who believe in global warming has dropped 8 percentage points. But the drop is skewed almost completely by ideology: among liberals and moderates there's been a change of only a couple of points, which might just be statistical noise. Among conservatives, belief in global warming ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T07:48:35-06:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_11 6eb314261fa21ae90163cc1eb9d30e35 "Glenn also has a rather dry sense of humour, which I'm guessing not enough people pick up on." -- Andrea See (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T07:48:35-06:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_12 002cb29daa29d16a27c6d4a9c6deaea7 Yo! Have you checked out the Thesis Theme yet? I’d love to explain how optimized, detailed, and easily-customizable Thesis is, but honestly, I know that you’re going to benefit the most from the amazing community of theme users. Smart people offering up tailored solutions to common theme problems? Now that’s serious value. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:05:56 +0000 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_13 4cc214f2bfddddc3e5a9498be4dddcab A British Arts Council award for architectural high camp would not meet with a strong field of contenders. The qualities in which our native architecture has excelled - dignity, solidity, understated refinement - don't sit easily with flamboyant affectation and... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T11:58:41Z http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_14 14aa0f7d675c0c7004a9927909db741c Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T10:54:35Z http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_15 99622e9045c7cff65c15fd95270044e6 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T08:47:30Z http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_16 906501819de90307939a89161efa831b -By Warner Todd Huston Christmas. Who needs it? Not Best Buy, that’s for sure. After all, Best Buy is loathe to use that hateful word in its advertising. It’s so “religious” and tinged with racism, America, and tradition. It makes Best Buy shudder to think of using that fowl word, Christmas. But, advertising for the ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:45:10 PST http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_17 e7fef9be6a8bef0e084bbd1aa2feb8d2 Census worker Bill Sparkman committed suicide and deliberately made it look like murder as part of an insurance scam, Kentucky state police have concluded. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:04:30 -0500 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_18 01bf378edf59033b726ed07925f12c78 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:45:10 PST http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_19 b2291c437d3edb478fb0cfabecfb601d WASHINGTON — President Obama said on Tuesday that he will announce his decision on how many more troops to send to Afghanistan next week, and that it is his intention to “finish the job” that began with the overthrow of the Taliban government in the fall of 2001. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:03:10 -0500 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/1#item_20 ad5cc0dd5f04c46a6bbc3d4824e86732 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:56:16 -0800 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_1 9bc7b764a3858f329efb1a9b9732fd63 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:45:10 PST http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_2 2d66d229f6b11220377fef2123741ac5 Anatomy of a smear. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:33:34 -0500 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_3 77a155f3d9e4aa6fc6595130e92718b2 Here’s a dirty little secret about The New York Times. It likes to leak things. Important things. Things that change the course of the public conversation. From the Pentagon Papers to the ruined terrorist-surveillance programs of the Bush era, the Times has routinely found that secrecy is a danger and sunlight is a disinfectant. Until now. A ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T23:32:50-05:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_4 eb31998c9ef98e8fa6a7585b4a8d4c81 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T23:32:50-05:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_5 f2732bd215c6aedd3cb4c27678284cb9 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T23:32:50-05:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_6 ff1e527ac7e44d1fd1747700e9f53e74 Large sums promised to developing countries to help them tackle climate change cannot be accounted for, a BBC investigation has found. Rich countries pledged $410m (£247m) a year in a 2001 declaration - but it is now unclear whether the money was paid. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:21:27 PST http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_7 9e181a7e04c2f95e960a1019ac9e57c4 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T03:00:36Z http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_8 6033d0d09b9611faa7af2e948707d2b4 I was reading today at a blog ( Lumel Online) that I stumbled upon about one of my early heroes, Dr. Reverend Wurmbrand. It was told through the eyes of his son about when Dr. Wurmbrand first came to this country, having suffered horrible torture for 14 years at the hands of the communists in Romania for the crime of being a Christian. I was ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:38:15 PST http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_9 3bf8bf6dcbab10eacf519cb0504fa413 UPDATE II: Beta male links to this with headline "Time for another Allahpundit sucks post" not that I can recall one in many moons or maybe ever. Fair is fair here is the post that pissed me off, and yes the blood mist is in my eyes. C'est la Vie. UPDATE: I am not listening to any, "Oh he is just doing analysis" BS. Then where is the statement " ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T00:20:55Z http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_10 6399704fc17bc6d334417eeee00d5e24 With a big hat tip to Donald Douglas , I’ve got to note Michelle Malkin’s takedown of MSNBC: The indelible whiteness of MSNBC By Michelle Malkin  •  November 23, 2009 05:07 AM MSNBC host Chris Matthews, MSNBC reporter Norah O’Donnell, and MSNBC guest Joan Walsh shamelessly played the race card against Sarah Palin and her book- ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T01:05:25Z http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_11 8798d6fab740f3e33018cb81a9a91fd9 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T01:05:25Z http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_12 6f45686cbb20967d89eb035ad5f320c5 Twelve days ago, in a Kentucky cemetery, a the body of a census worker was found hanging from a tree. Scrawled across his chest was the word "fed." Though it's too early to conclude that the man, 51-year-old Bill Sparkman, was targeted in an act of anti-government violence, that is an angle that authorities are currently looking into. And if that ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T00:20:55Z http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_13 0b5646ecba14092a9918c5ec898f1b3f When Mac Taylor, the Legislature's chief budget adviser, declared this week that the state budget enacted just four months ago is already billions of dollars upside down, no one in the Capitol should have been surprised. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:53:36 -0500 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_14 e25d0c25f135faae431752290352d3aa Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:01:03 PST http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_15 5eee94ad770b8a4e1d49b924e079005a Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:01:03 PST http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_16 191a738a023b1b07bbac981668f090d4 A nature to nurture, an instinct to sin / What's underneath the skin you live in? / Betrayed you're an image … Oh precious creation / You will submit, you will give in. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T17:18:22-05:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_17 fd84668587bd24e90dfad036526579f5 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:10:14 -0500 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_18 69fe96476101e73a9ec6e54c365f022f Via Sean. Also, this amused me: Via the Dark Lord Sly. Mood music for a rainy Tuesday evening. And: (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:09:35 -0500 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_19 2c98b3a55000d901f522782aef94dc35 MANILA, Philippines — Religious leaders in Lanao are calling for a jihad (holy war) in fighting "oppressors" against Islam, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) claimed Saturday. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:09:35 -0500 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/21#item_20 95c048223451556e683419b36ed9f27a Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:46:30 PST http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_1 a47dad3afedc386ed20a1b5b3cc3f18f Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:46:30 PST http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_2 dde085db0334514c2ed9928d9f11edbe BAGHDAD (Reuters) -- Al-Qaeda in Iraq is becoming more Iraqi and less dominated by foreigners as the insurgent group increasingly joins forces with Saddam Hussein's outlawed Ba'ath party, the commander of U.S. forces said today. (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:22:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_3 24f93ba5d5b8c96cb9276cd877ab2f72 While the White House is mum about who will be among the 300 or so lucky invitees to President Obama's first state dinner Tuesday night, word is already leaking out about who's not going to be there. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T19:24:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_4 332637e54ccf4ae32dde23966293392d Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T19:24:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_5 5f74cdd66e371d93a08bd0370a2f7a18 It is understandable if you have never heard of the Metro group of daily newspapers. What you do need to know is that there is yet another chain of newspapers whose biased coverage of news related to the Middle East and the wider war on terror is just as disturbing as that of their well heeled cousins such as the New York Times, the (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T17:58:21Z http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_6 9d368fa41d07f949663f99a21aa514c1 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T13:15:31-05:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_7 9d46180b21200cb342d8ddd26403c37c However, sadly, the hope turned out to be ill-founded and the change turned out to be for the worse. The End. Good night, kids! This might have something to to with it: When the president promises that unemployment will not go above 8% IF we spend almost a TRILLION dollars of taxpayer money ($1,000,000,000,000.00) on a "stimulus" plan -- one that ... (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:41:34 +0000 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_8 491ff9f5be5668a0a768b840e5612807 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:41:34 +0000 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_9 d9bf1ef872e5349b96765f1bcebcd352 It's both amusing and educational to observe a consensus when it suddenly starts to give way at all points without yielding an inch. A couple of weeks ago, the consoling view was that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was a man more to be pitied than feared, a full-blown officer in the U.S. armed forces who was too shaken up by the stories of returned ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T12:00:17-05:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_10 91a26653f0b2a82fcba2e16951e591fe Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_11 5b8f69ed845c29d1353eb4670ec93bf0 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T16:49:34Z http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_12 9da369be6ecda0bbd36116a4800fa2f7 But I'm not laughing now. Emails leaked at the weekend show there is indeed a conspiracy to deceive the world - and Rudd has fallen for it. This conspiracy comprises a group of warming scientists who have been central in spreading the false claim that the world has never been hotter and man's gases are to blame. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T11:49:25-05:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_13 bea16a51eb4fc1e57a83280b328e5705 I'm a rambling guy today, but have at it. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T11:49:25-05:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_14 dde9441a2c41e26cedbe04d5ecf90ab1 The aim of the assault was to capture mountain heights and strategic locations from the militants who had been attacking Peshawar. —Reuters/File Photo (Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_15 4929f3c1d39f8d027b257c5a0fd17f91 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:59:43 PST http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_16 29af3e0a2b5d0a79721a5dc948527fdd Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:59:39 -0800 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_17 25fec1de67431285fb3046a0d473e170 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:49:41 +0000 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_18 583b2a058182f17765ad6eb5212ae723 Read on Source) ]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:33:41 +0000 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_19 604c9ab9b6b80fbe0abcc69055aa9cd3 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-24T10:10:00.004-05:00 http://www.megite.com/medialies/1259160086/41#item_20 ed0edc56f16e9378751df2016b0cd58c The reason? Perhaps voters feel he makes Jimmy Carter look competent by comparison!The biggest gap yet in the Rasmussen approval index:Awaiting 1 PM EST update to the daily Gallup index which also... 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Perhaps that hunger kept me generally grounded in the present, because I find that just looking back through my notes is more emotional than I remember feeling during most of the presentation that day. The panel consisted of: Col. (Read on Source) ]]>