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by Steve Birr Lawmakers in a Pennsylvania county are gearing up for a vote to squash electronic cigarettes and treat the devices like traditional tobacco. The Allegheny County Council will vote as early as Tuesday on new regulations governing vaping. It would ban the devices in any school, workplace, sports stadium, government building, bus, cab or…
Aussie Writer Calls Church Sex Abuse ‘Catholic Extremism,’ Compares To Islamic Terrorism
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill Writer and former Australian politician Kristina Keneally compared sexual abuse in the Catholic church to Islamic jihadi violence, calling the abuse “Catholic extremism.” Keneally, a practicing Catholic and ardent critic of the Catholic Church, wrote an article Tuesday for The Guardian, claiming that defining sexual abuse and the Catholic Church’s…
NYT Corrects Palin Smear In Editorial On Baseball Shooting
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos The New York Times corrected an editorial on the GOP baseball shooting Thursday that baselessly accused Sarah Palin of inciting the 2011 shooting of Gabby Giffords. “An earlier version of this editorial incorrectly stated that a link existed between political incitement and the 2011 shooting of Representative Gabby Giffords,”…
Analysts Suggest Tesla Should Hire A Woman To Rein In Elon Musk’s Excesses
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NFL Monday Night Ratings Hit by Anthem Protest?
by Kitty Testa Monday Night Football ratings were down this week compared to the week one of the 2015 season. Game 1 of the double-header, Pittsburgh vs.Washington, scored 9.1 in Nielsen’s ratings, down 7% from the 2015 opener. Game 2 on the west coast wasn’t exactly a triumphant return to L.A. for the Rams, who…
#BlackLivesMatter Professor Says Fox News Is To Blame For Her Speech Cancellations
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grace Carr A Princeton professor and author of “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation,” said in a statement Wednesday that she has canceled her upcoming public appearances after receiving threats in reaction to inflammatory comments about President Donald Trump. The assistant professor of African American Studies, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, canceled her talks at Seattle’s Town Hall…
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