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Reading the Saturday Intelligencer
The Pope and Climate Change
The Faith section of the "newspaper" carried an AP story about Pope Francis and the coming encyclical on climate change and the environment:
Pope Francis warned the rich and powerful this week that God will judge them on whether they fed the poor and cared for the Earth, his latest . . .
Another Intelligencer favorite!
Ferns for Congress?
A preliminary question:
Is WV State Senator Ryan Ferns trying to look like Adam Levine or Captain Obvious?
.....Ryan Ferns ............... pop star Adam Levine ...... Hotel.com's Captain Obvious
Speaking of Republicans who've been anointed by our local newspaper monopoly (see previous post), . . .
Posted in: ryan ferns
Some good publicity for Capito
Propaganda passing as a news article
The Wheeling "newspaper" monopoly has always had a soft spot for Shelley Moore Capito as it did for her father, the late-governor. Whether campaigning or working in Congress, the coverage of Capito has been almost all positive. For example, in last year's senatorial election, Capito scored 429 column inches of coverage (almost . . .
Posted in: capitointelligencer propaganda
Coal or renewable energy
Which has the more promising future?
Tolerating the Intelligencer's Absurd Claims
Another week, another anti-Obama and anti-EPA Intelligencer editorial this time with an attack on alternative energy sources thrown in as a bonus.
Yesterday's "Tolerating EPA’s Absurd Claims" rounds-up the usual suspects in order to attack alternative energy . . .
Posted in: chinacoalrenewablesu.s. energy policy
Do West Virginian's view climate change differently than the citizen's of other states?
The Yale Project on Climate Change Opinion
I was doing some research on climate change when I stumbled on this excellent site. The Yale Project on Climate Change Opinion goes beyond simply providing us with national opinion on climate matters, it drills down to individual states and from there, counties and congressional districts. As their overview states:
Public . . .
Repeat and repeat
The Intelligencer works from the premise that if you repeat something often enough it becomes true
Here we go again on coal ash
In today's column about the politicians who may be running for governor of West Virginia in 2016, Michael Myer once again asserts that Representative David McKinley has personally forced the EPA to back down:
McKinley has fought the president tooth and nail, scoring one of the few . . .
Posted in: coal ashintelligencermckinleymichael myer
Go get 'em, Joe
Senator Manchin on the Texas paranoia/craziness
Senator Joe Manchin was on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" show today. He was asked about the upcoming military training exercise in Texas and how that state was reacting to it: