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MSNBC and Fox News is to journalism as Bernie Madoff is to investments – Ted Koppel

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Ted Koppel: Olbermann, O’Reilly and the death of real news – Washington Post

This was a great story on the death of real news.

One quote from Koppel really stood out.

Beginning, perhaps, from the reasonable perspective that absolute objectivity is unattainable, Fox News and MSNBC no longer even attempt it. They show us the world not as it is, but as partisans (and loyal viewers) at either end of the political spectrum would like it to be. This is to journalism what Bernie Madoff was to investment: He told his customers what they wanted to hear, and by the time they learned the truth, their money was gone.

Why Boise State Supporters Don’t Get It and Why I Can’t Stand Them

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Boise State University President Bob Kustra just doesn’t get it. It also filters all-the-way through to its supporters. They have a good football team, but when it comes to everything else they just don’t measure up. They are nasty, mean, uninformed and ignorant.

I’m a University of Idaho alum and I bleed silver and gold. It is a great university and I wouldn’t have gone anywhere else. It is also the Land Grant University in the state of Idaho which means that it provides services through its agriculture extension offices throughout the entire state while also focusing its teaching in agriculture, science and engineering.

Because of this, the University of Idaho has an extensive endowment and last year brought in more that $89 million in research funding (that is 74-percent of all research funding of Idaho’s public universities).

The University of Idaho also contributes nearly $1 billion to the Idaho economy on an annual basis. So for $1 of state money given to the University of Idaho, they return $9 to the state economy.

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Technically it’s not really the end of the decade…

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To help settle a debate, technically it is not really the end of the decade.

Since the common calendar began with year 1, the decade we are currently in goes through 2010, not 2009.

There was a lot of discussion about this when the calendar switched from 1999 to 2000. We were still in that decade (and century) until the calendar transferred over from 2000 to 2001.

A decade is also defined as any ten consecutive years, so if you want to go out and celebrate every New Year’s as the end of the decade you can. It’s always good to go out and celebrate on New Years.

At Least 4 Dead as Iranians Fight Police in Streets

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At Least 4 Dead as Iranians Fight Police in Streets – NYTimes.com

The protests are growing and the opposition is getting bolder as the government is hanging on. The revolution in Iran continues.

The only reason they are hanging on is that the Iranian government thugs are shooting at unarmed protestors.

This will continue to spread and grow and will eventually lead to the downfall of the government that came to power under their own revolution.

It will be interesting to see what they do to try and hold onto power. We in the west just need to be patient and continue to share what is going on there.

They can’t block the entire Internet.

Snowball fight takes dangerous turn when police officer draws gun

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Snowball fight takes dangerous turn when police officer draws gun – washingtonpost.com.

This is just a pretty stupid move by the Washington, D.C., detective. You don’t pull your gun if you get snowballs thrown at you during a neighborhood snowball fight.

Watch the video:

A police officer should only pull their gun on someone when they fell their life is threatened. I don’t think getting snowballs thrown at you equals a life threatening moment.

It is just a bunch of neighbors out there enjoying the snow.

Newsweek Report on Top 1500 High Schools is Flawed

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Newsweek just released their annual report on the 1500 Top High Schools. However, the report is flawed.

The reason it is flawed is that it doesn’t include private and/or religious schools.  The title of the report, as quoted, is: “The Top of the Class, the complete list of the 1,500 top U.S. high schools.

It is not till you get to the body of the story that you learn it is public high schools, including charter schools.

I think Newsweek should get on the ball and correct this error and better identify it as a Public High Schools or begin to include private or religious schools.