The BRAD BLOG http://www.bradblog.com Because it's not about Right or Left, it's about Right and Wrong! Wed, 22 May 2013 23:26:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fox 'News' and Republicans Were For Prosecuting Journalists Before They Were Against It If you haven't already, you should read Glenn Greenwald's full take, published earlier this week, on the Obama DoJ's astonishing invasion of Fox "News" reporter James Rosen's work as a journalist by naming him as an unindicted co-conspirator in order to access his email, phone records and more in the ... http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10026 Video Trailer from 'Citizen Koch' Documentary That Koch Brothers, PBS Hope to Suppress Since the influence of the Koch Brothers on PBS -- PBS! -- as Jane Mayer documents in The New Yorker this week, helped, until now, to supress this film and keep it from airing on PBS, I figure it could use all the exposure possible. So here's the trailer from ... http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10025 'Green News Report' - May 21, 2013   IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: A Green News Special Report: Devastation as another record tornado hits Moore, OK - The city wakes up to the day after, questions about resilience and the influence of climate change ... All that and more in today's Green News Report! Listen online here, or Download MP3 ... http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10023 Climate Scientist Trenberth Explains Climate Change Effect on Tornadoes Like Moore, OK's Yesterday's horrific, tragic and enormous tornado in Moore, OK has been described as "the biggest, most destructive tornado in the history of the world." In its wake, many are questioning the relationship between such monster storms and climate change. Here's a statement from Dr. Kevin Trenberth of the National Center ... http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10024 Schwarzenegger's Workers' Comp 'Reform' Killed My Client In a white paper issued in March, the California Federation of Labor (CFL) called for reforms to "undo the damage" wrought by SB 899, a California GOP-sponsored workers' compensation "reform" bill that was touted by AP in April 2004 as “one of the biggest victories of [then Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's] ... http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10016 Very Bad News from ABC, NBC and CBS Despite completely misreporting on Administration emails related to the pretend Benghazi "scandal", after they were misquoted (and/or fabricated) to him by a reportedly Republican source, ABC News and their White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl still refuse to properly correct and apologize for having lied about "obtaining" those emails. Had Karl's error ... http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10022 IRS 'Scandal' Appears Nearly as Phony as Shirley Sherrod, Van Jones, ACORN 'Scandals' "Listening to the nightly news, this appears to be just the latest example of a culture of cover-ups -- and political intimidation -- in this administration," declared the opportunistic Republican Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee during a hearing today on the "scandal" related to the IRS use ... http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10021 Since the GOP Isn't Telling You: Federal Budget Deficit Shrinks by Half Since Obama Took Office Recall that "massive budget deficit!!!" which was to be the death of our nation, as Republicans described it during the 2012 election cycle? Yes, the $1.4 trillion deficit inherited by Obama has been cut by more than half, according to the latest projection, and has all but returned to ... http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10020 'Green News Report' - May 16, 2013   IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Hysterical Fox 'News' flip-floppery on Tesla; Consensus strikes again: 97% of climate scientists say global warming is man-made, but the public thinks it's evenly split; CO2 levels pass 400ppm; You're already paying a 'disaster tax'; PLUS: Thanks to renewable energy, one town now has too much ... http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10019 'Misconduct'?: What's NOT in the Inspector General's Report on IRS Identifying 'Tea Party' Groups for Additional Tax-Exempt Scrutiny [This article now cross-published by Salon...] During remarks at the White House yesterday evening, President Obama offered his opinions on the Treasury Department Inspector General's report [PDF] finding that the IRS used "inappropriate criteria to identify organizations applying for tax-exempt status," in order to review those groups "for indications of significant ... http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10018