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POLITICO: Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor attempted Tuesday to clarify her assertion that a "wise Latina woman" could reach a "better" decision than a white male . . . READ MORE AP/BREITBART.COM: As Sotomayor made her Senate debut with a series of private meetings, Republicans said they would prefer holding hearings on her nomination in September, which could cloud the speedy summertime confirmation Obama wants. . . . READ MORE SOTOMAYOR IN 2001: "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life." . . . READ MORE REUTERS: The panel's ranking Republican, Senator Jeff Sessions said his party wanted to carefully review more than 3,000 of her court cases. "I don't think it's good to rush this nomination" . . . READ MORE BLOG REACTION:
PAT DOLLARD, THE CORNER, MONIQUE STUART, DAN RIEHL, GATEWAY PUNDIT, MEMEORANDUM, HOT AIR, DALEY GATOR VIDEO: SESSIONS ON SOTOMAYOR: VIDEO: LEAHY ON SOTOMAYOR PREVIOUSLY:
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
REPORT: DEBRIS FOUND IN
ATLANTIC MAY BE LOST JET
CAMPAIGN 2010: KASICH TO
RUN FOR OHIO GOVERNOR
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Former Ohio Congressman John Kasich kicked off his campaign for governor Monday, saying he would eventually eliminate the state's income tax . . . . READ MORE
TOP STORY: MARKET SIGNALS
STOCKS UP; DOLLAR DOWN
- DAILY FX: The US dollar and Japanese yen both fell lower on Monday as investor sentiment continued to build despite the GM bankruptcy . . . READ MORE
- WALL STREET JOURNAL: Better-than-expected data on personal income, manufacturing and construction propelled the S&P 500 to a new 2009 high on Monday, but renewed inflation fears continued to chill the bond market. . . . READ MORE
- WASHINGTON TIMES: Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, during a two-day visit to Beijing, tried to reassure nervous Chinese investors. . . . China holds about $768 billion of U.S. Treasury securities, making the communist country the United States' biggest creditor. . . . READ MORE
- NYTIMES: Geithner in Beijing: "We will cut our fiscal deficit; we will eliminate the extraordinary governmental support that we have put in place to overcome the crisis" . . . READ MORE
- BEIJING STUDENTS LAUGH AT GEITHNER
- WASHINGTON TIMES: "The U.S. government, which has already given GM $19.4 billion and plans to provide an additional $30.1 billion, is expected to own 60 percent of the new GM's common stock. In addition, the government will hold $9.5 billion in debt and preferred stock. The governments of Canada and Ontario, which will lend GM $9.5 billion, will own a projected 12.5 percent of the new GM. . . . Unsecured bondholders who hold 54 percent of the $27.4 billion in bonds will receive 10 percent of the common stock of the new GM and warrants to purchase an additional 15 percent." . . . READ MORE
- General Motors' Fate in Hands of N.Y. Bankruptcy Court
- LIMBAUGH: GM DEAL IS
'TRIFECTA' FOR THE LEFT - WALL STREET JOURNAL: Decades of dumb decisions helped send General Motors to a bankruptcy court yesterday, but one stands out. The year was 1998 . . . READ MORE
- FRANCIS CIANFROCCA: "I am very reluctant to accept that the Federal government can manage the transition of General Motors from a failed bankruptcy to a healthy and newly-independent business, generating good jobs, and vibrantly serving consumer needs . . . READ MORE
'CONVERT TO ISLAM'
TARGETED SOLDIERS
POLICE NAME SUSPECT 
ARKANSAS TIMES: "The suspect was described as a convert to Islam who specifically targeted soldiers for the attack. . . . Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, 24 . . . was formerly known as Carlos Bledsoe and apparently moved to Little Rock from Memphis two to three months ago" . . . READ MORE MORE: 1 DEAD, 1 INJURED IN MILITARY
RECRUITING CENTER SHOOTING BLOG REACTION: Sundries Shack, Michelle Malkin, Libertarian Republican, The BlogProf and American Power.
ARKANSAS TIMES: "The suspect was described as a convert to Islam who specifically targeted soldiers for the attack. . . . Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, 24 . . . was formerly known as Carlos Bledsoe and apparently moved to Little Rock from Memphis two to three months ago" . . . READ MORE MORE: 1 DEAD, 1 INJURED IN MILITARYRECRUITING CENTER SHOOTING BLOG REACTION: Sundries Shack, Michelle Malkin, Libertarian Republican, The BlogProf and American Power.
BIG DATE IN THE BIG APPLE:
WHAT DID IT COST U.S.?
USA TODAY: White House spokesman Robert Gibbs is declining to say what it cost for President Obama and his wife, Michelle, to eat dinner and take in a play in New York over the weekend. . . . READ MORE JOE CURL/WASHTIMES:
NO SHEEPLES HERE
GAY PATRIOT
HOT AIR
FRUGAL CAFE
In February, Obama scolded corporate executives (while also costing Las Vegas some $130 million) when he said: "You can't get corporate jets. You can't go take a trip to Las Vegas, or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers' dime." . . . Remember, joyriding Air Force One around for a few hours over Manhattan a couple months ago cost $250,000, so the cost of the weekend trip was likely not likely that low. . . . READ MOREBLOG REACTION:
NO SHEEPLES HERE
GAY PATRIOT
HOT AIR
FRUGAL CAFE
VIDEO: 'TOY STORY 3' TEASER
CINEMATICAL:
Unfortunately, this is all we'll get for a little while -- the full trailer is supposed to premiere in October during that special double-billing of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D. Toy Story 3 is slated to hit screens on June 18, 2010. . . . READ MOREVia BIG HOLLYWOOD
MINNESOTA COURT HEARS
COLEMAN/FRANKEN ARGUMENTS
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS: The months-long war over Minnesota's U.S. senate seat headed to the state's supreme court Monday with oral arguments over the validity of a ballot count which handed victory to Democrat Al Franken. . . . READ MORE
EL SALVADOR: MARXISTS WIN
AP/CNSNews.com: The inauguration of Mauricio Funes as president of El Salvador brings to power a former Marxist guerrilla movement. . . . READ MORE
POLITICS: COBURN (R-OK) WILL
SEEK RE-ELECTION IN 2010
TULSA WORLD: U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn said Monday he will seek a second and final term in 2010. "My decision to run again came down to a sober realization that our country's future is at stake," the Muskogee Republican said during a morning press conference at the Tulsa Press Club. . . . READ MORE
POLITICO/SCORECARD: Coburn running for second term
MONIQUE STUART: It’s official: Tom Coburn is running for a second term. Yay!
POLITICO/SCORECARD: Coburn running for second term
MONIQUE STUART: It’s official: Tom Coburn is running for a second term. Yay!
RIGHT SEEKS FILIBUSTER
OF OBAMA'S COURT PICK
CAUCUS/NYT: A coalition of conservative leaders calls on Senate Republicans to filibuster the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court . . . READ MORE
TEXT OF LETTER (PDF FORMAT)
TEXT OF LETTER (PDF FORMAT)
MASS. INSURANCE, MASS PAIN
SARAH RUBENSTEIN: Expanding insurance coverage is one way to improve patients’ access to health care, but cutting costs has to be part of the formula, too. That’s a takeaway from the latest annual report on the state of Massachusetts’ grand universal-coverage experiment that began in 2006. READ MORE
300 WORDS OR LESS 06.02.09
Bowtie Optional "Aggregation" has replaced "synergy" as the favorite buzzword people use to sound like they know something about the Internet. It was a word used by Tucker Carlson last week when he showed up at the Heritage Foundation bloggers luncheon to announce that his proposed Web site, TheDailyCaller.com, would become the "Huffington Post of the Right."
As the late Lewis Grizzard once said, "You Can't Put No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock ’n’Roll" and, when it comes to aggregation, I've been rockin' since Tucker Carlson was still attending a fancy New England prep school.
Back in the day, we called it "compiling briefs." In 1986 my first newspaper editor handed me a stack of press releases and said, "Get to work." For more than two decades, my hard-earned prowess as an "aggregator" of news stood me in good stead, and has carried over into a new career in the blogosphere, where friends now call me Mr. Million Hits. Excuse the boast, but it ain't braggin' once you've done it.
Michelle Malkin warned Carlson that blogging is not as easy as it looks, and if Carlson thinks his TV fame will translate into easy success on the Internet, he may be in for a rude awakening.
Three weeks to develop a group blog? How about three days?
NTCNews doesn't have deep-pocket investors or a big-name TV pundit to garner free publicity from the Wall Street Journal. We don't hang out with Tina Brown. Blogging is neither rocket science nor brain surgery, and whatever it is that Tucker Carlson proposes to do at his site . . . well, it had better not suck.
We've got a Blogspot platform. He's got a bowtie. Good luck with that, preppy boy. Time to rock 'n' roll.
-- RSM
As the late Lewis Grizzard once said, "You Can't Put No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock ’n’Roll" and, when it comes to aggregation, I've been rockin' since Tucker Carlson was still attending a fancy New England prep school.
Back in the day, we called it "compiling briefs." In 1986 my first newspaper editor handed me a stack of press releases and said, "Get to work." For more than two decades, my hard-earned prowess as an "aggregator" of news stood me in good stead, and has carried over into a new career in the blogosphere, where friends now call me Mr. Million Hits. Excuse the boast, but it ain't braggin' once you've done it.
Michelle Malkin warned Carlson that blogging is not as easy as it looks, and if Carlson thinks his TV fame will translate into easy success on the Internet, he may be in for a rude awakening.
Three weeks to develop a group blog? How about three days?
NTCNews doesn't have deep-pocket investors or a big-name TV pundit to garner free publicity from the Wall Street Journal. We don't hang out with Tina Brown. Blogging is neither rocket science nor brain surgery, and whatever it is that Tucker Carlson proposes to do at his site . . . well, it had better not suck.
We've got a Blogspot platform. He's got a bowtie. Good luck with that, preppy boy. Time to rock 'n' roll.
-- RSM
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