More foxes added to hen house guard duty
From the Think Progress:
The White House announced Thursday that President Donald Trump has officially nominated Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, to be deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Until recently, Wheeler was a registered lobbyist for Murray Energy; he de-registered as a . . .
Posted in: epamurray energytrump administration
Liars and hypocrites
Our local “newspapers” continue their anti-gun control crusade
Putting words in the mouths of local police officials
As I’ve written on a number of occasions, most newspaper readers read only the headlines and the headline on Tuesday’s front page article tells us:
Wheeling Police: More Gun Restrictions Wouldn’t Have Stopped Las Vegas Massacre
Most of what is in the . . .
Posted in: gun controlwheeling newspaper hypocrisy
On the Vegas shooting: a News-Register editorial tells us to do as they say, not as they do
(Just wondering -- does anybody there actually read the editorials before they are published?)
The lead editorial in this afternoon’s Wheeling News-Register, “Wait For Facts On Mass Killing,” counsels us to wait for more information before we draw any conclusion about the Las Vegas massacre. The opening sentence tells us:
The only conclusion shocked Americans should draw in the immediate aftermath of the of the horrifying . . .
Posted in: wheeling news-register editorialwheeling newspaper hypocrisyworst editorial of the year award
Guess where Trump will do a live audience interview and guess who will ask him questions
Hint: It isn't San Juan and the interviewer is not Rachael Maddow
Answers: Morgantown, West Virginia and Sean Hannity
From USA Today:
Fox News host Sean Hannity, an unabashed backer and die-hard defender of the commander-in-chief, will get an exclusive interview Wednesday with Trump in West Virginia, the network announced Saturday.
The interview will take place in front . . .
Posted in: trump presidency
Republican Deathmatch 2
A recurring series that will chronicle WV's Republican senatorial primary
Fresh off its win in Alabama, Bannon/Breitbart backs Morrisey's candidacy
After opposing President Trump's and Mitch McConnell's candidate and winning with the far-right Judge Roy Moore, Steve Bannon has moved on to other primary races including one in West Virginia. The Hill reports:
A source familiar with . . .
Local takes on the football culture wars
Senator Joe channels his inner Donald
On Fox News (where else) earlier this week:
Top Dem: NFL Owners Must 'Make Clear' They Won't Tolerate Kneeling For Flag
Here's the video:
I'm sure they're listening, Joe.
Reactions to the Brooke sign at the . . .
The local Sunday columns
Charlie Chaplin and bonus points for enthusiasm?
Sunday's Mike Myer column puts him in the lead for the annual "Dumbest Column of the Year Award"
When you have no proof, just make it up. Myer makes the following assertion early in the column after briefly discussing the Charlie Chaplin movie, The Great Dictator:
Some of the very same people who put . . .
Posted in: mike myerryan ferns
