December 8, 2016

Thursday, December 8 – Hour 2 Podcast

According This Rock-Solid Study, These Are The Names Of The People Who Make The Best Wives And Husbands

So, are you ready to see who made the cut and therefore should be someone you need to be hitting up in their DMs ASAP?

U of I students chastise campus cops for finding stolen phone

According to The News-Gazette, police officers entered the classroom of an African-American studies seminar in October to inquire about a stolen cell phone that had been tracked to the location, prompting the professor leading the course to exclaim after the fact that “lots of people on campus, lots of people of color, are scared.”

Steve Novick’s CEO tax wins close vote, putting Portland on world map | OregonLive.com

In a move that’s drawn international headlines, Portland will launch a first-of-its-kind tax on public companies that pay their chief executives vastly more than they pay an average worker.

Washington Post Appends “Russian Propaganda Fake News” Story, Admits It May Be Fake | Zero Hedge

In the latest example why the “mainstream media” is facing a historic crisis of confidence among its readership, facing unprecedented blowback following Craig Timberg November 24 Washington Post story “Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say”, on Wednesday a lengthy editor’s note appeared on top of the original article in which the editor not only distances the WaPo from the “experts” quoted in the original article whose “work” served as the basis for the entire article (and which became the most read WaPo story the day it was published) but also admits the Post could not “vouch for the validity of PropOrNot’s finding regarding any individual media outlet”, in effect admitting the entire story may have been, drumroll “fake news” and conceding the Bezos-owned publication may have engaged in defamation by smearing numerous websites – Zero Hedge included – with patently false and unsubstantiated allegations.

 

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