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Devoting the whole NBC Nightly News bulletin to Tim Russert’s passing was worst than beaming out porn.

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

John Cole: Let’s Get Something Straight By: John Cole June 13, 2008 at 6:35 pm I liked Tim Russert, even though I thought his BS gotcha nonsense was thorough idiocy and not helping the debate at all. He was a … Continue reading →

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The mainstream media try to silence Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. It’s a giant conspiracy.

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

— The two-sentence excerpt run by NBC News (Brian Williams – Thursday, May 17, 2007): They attack us because we’ve been over there. We’ve been bombing Iraq for 10 years. And then Alan Greenspan’s spouse cut Ron Paul abruptly to … Continue reading →

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U of Chicago’s Professor Lance Fortnow comes out as a Barack Obama fanboy.

Posted on November 5, 2006 by Chris F. Masse

Lance Fortnow’s political coming out: The Illinois politician garnishing the biggest praise is not even running this year, our junior senator and future president. Also Long On Barack Obama: Ex-BBC News and political betting blogger Mike Smithson… – Big poll … Continue reading →

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Partisan impacts on the economy: Evidence from prediction markets and close elections – by Erik Snowberg, Justin Wolfers and Eric Zitzewitz – REDUX

Posted on November 4, 2006 by Chris F. Masse

The breaking news is that Professor Justin Wolfers (of the Wharton business school in Philadelphia) has responded to my unforeseeable attack and to the subsequent Mike Linksvayer’s comment. A quick response to Chris: Let me clarify what I think the … Continue reading →

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