New Southwest Airlines commercial
Opening: Donald Trump's WWE entrance (including Queen's "We Are the Champions") to the Republican National Convention
Clip 2: clip from speech by Duck Dynasty's Willie Robertson
Clip 3: clip from plagiarized section of Melania Trump's speech
Final shot: Shelley . . .
Documenting the locals' anti-Clinton agenda 6 (with July 18 update)
Columnists past and future and "hanging" Hillary
Just another week of anti-Clinton messaging
Here is a list of last week's anti-Hillary Wheeling Intelligencer editorial page material:
Syndicated Columns
Free Pass Given to Hillary (Thomas)
Hillary Clinton's Non-Indictment May Not Help Her (Barone)
Disqualifying, in a Sane World (Erickson)
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Posted in: anti-clinton biashillary clintonintelligencer editorialwheeling intelligencerwheeling newspapers
Trump and the Republicans
WV's elected Republicans at the Republican National Convention
As the Charleston Gazette-Mail noted this morning:
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., will speak on the second night of the Republican National Convention next week, the event that will officially launch Donald Trump’s general election campaign for the . . .
Should we be worried that coal executives might be at risk?
Last week the Intelligencer carried the AP story that three state coal associations (including West Virginia's) were concerned that their CEOs could be exposed to criminal charges as a result of the Blankenship decision. From "Coal Groups Worry CEOs Are at Risk":
Coal industry groups from three states are arguing . . .
Posted in: coaldon blankenship
What's in the Democratic and Republican platforms?
And does it really matter?
I'm not sure that party platforms are all that important since the candidates don't necessarily follow them. The platforms, however, do give us some insight into what each party's insiders believe should be the direction of the party.
For example, the Democrat and Republican attitudes towards coal and climate change are . . .
Covering the memorial service for the fallen police officers
A sampling of front-pages from national newspapers:
Today, all three of these newspapers (as did most other U.S. newspapers) featured similar coverage of yesterday's memorial service for the fallen police officers in Dallas on their front page. (The service and Obama's speech also received significant coverage on . . .
Posted in: obamawheeling intelligencer
Exploring the connection between West Virginia's floods and climate change
Okay, climate and weather are different but climate obviously has a long-range effect on the weather. During and after the flooding which consumed large parts of West Virginia last month, a number of sources explored the connection between climate change and the incredible amounts of rainfall that fell on a large percentage of our . . .
Posted in: climate changemountaintop removal
