{"id":4275,"date":"2011-04-29T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=4275"},"modified":"2011-04-29T11:04:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T16:04:00","slug":"friday-link-wrap-up-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=4275","title":{"rendered":"Friday Link Wrap-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What government program costs us 7 times what NASA does?    <br \/>Answer: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/gov-t-improperly-paid-out-125-billion-fy\" target=\"_blank\">The department of Improper Payments.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Question: In a study looking at data from over 50 years, towards which political party does the NY Times lean?&#160; <br \/>Answer: <a href=\"http:\/\/bigjournalism.com\/jsexton\/2011\/04\/25\/shocking-new-study-the-new-york-times-always-favors-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Well, do you really have to ask?<\/a> And it&#8217;s more about <em>what<\/em> stories are covered than about bias within stories.<\/p>\n<p>Question: Why do movements like pro-democracy or the Tea Party seem to balloon overnight?    <br \/>Answer: <a href=\"http:\/\/moneyrunner.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/american-preference-cascade.html\" target=\"_blank\">The &quot;Preference Cascade&quot;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Question: What are 5 truths about Planned Parenthood that you&#8217;re not likely to hear in the media?    <br \/>Answer: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/articles\/265590\/five-truths-about-planned-parenthood-charmaine-yoest\" target=\"_blank\">Read them here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Question: How could you defend the use of <em>sola Scriptura<\/em>, &quot;Scripture alone&quot;, to someone who objects on the basis that humans are fallible, so you just can&#8217;t be sure what <em>is<\/em> Scripture?     <br \/>Answer: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reclaimingthemind.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/responding-to-an-objection-about-sola-scriptura\/\" target=\"_blank\">C. Michael Patton has a good response.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Question: Has Paul Krugman ever flip-flopped on an issue for politics&#8217; sake? Not a little quibble, but on really substantial stuff?    <br \/>Answer: <a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/lachlan-markay\/2011\/04\/26\/paul-krugman-favored-raising-retirement-age-until-gop-proposed-it\" target=\"_blank\">Oh yeah, he has.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Question: Has Nancy Pelosi ever flip-flopped on an issue for politics&#8217; sake?    <br \/>Answer: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/pelosi-blamed-oil-men-white-house-gas-pr\" target=\"_blank\">Well, she blamed high gas prices on &quot;two oil men in the White House&quot; before.<\/a> Wonder who she&#8217;s blaming now.<\/p>\n<p>Question: Is Syria, a country that is killing its own citizens for protesting the government, <em>really<\/em> being considered for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council?     <br \/>Answer: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2011\/04\/26\/human-rights-abuser-syria-set-join-uns-human-rights-council\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oh yeah, it is.<\/a> And <a href=\"http:\/\/english.ahram.org.eg\/NewsContent\/2\/8\/11039\/World\/Region\/UN-rights-body-split-over-call-for-probe-in-Syria.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">the UN is divided<\/a> on whether it should even investigate their recent human rights abuses.<\/p>\n<p>Question: Was Stanley Ann Dunham punished with a baby.    <br \/>Answer: No, the baby (Barack Obama) was not a punishment, even though <a href=\"http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/birth-certificate-shows-obama-s-teenage\" target=\"_blank\">Barack&#8217;s campaign rhetoric<\/a> would tend to suggest otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Question: Has Hamas moderated, since it had to take on political leadership and run the Palestinians?    <br \/>Answer: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourish.com\/2011\/04\/28\/14187\" target=\"_blank\">Oh no, it hasn&#8217;t.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Question: Did Fox News push the whole &quot;birther&quot; issue the most?    <br \/>Answer: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/lachlan-markay\/2011\/04\/28\/study-msnbc-and-cnn-covered-birther-issue-far-more-fox-news\" target=\"_blank\">Oh no, they didn&#8217;t.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Question: Does Europe want us Yanks, with our neo-con aggression, out of their backyard?    <br \/>Answer: According to this Norwegian liberal, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/nickcohen\/6900933\/libya-and-the-shattering-of-european-illusions.thtml\" target=\"_blank\">oh no, they don&#8217;t.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Question: Shouldn&#8217;t the federal government be a limited one?    <br \/>Answer: Click for a larger image.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/politicalcartoons\/pccartoons\/permalink.asp?artist=ramirez&amp;date=110423\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cagle.com\/working\/110423\/ramirez.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What government program costs us 7 times what NASA does? Answer: The department of Improper Payments. Question: In a study looking at data from over 50 years, towards which political party does the NY Times lean?&#160; Answer: Well, do you really have to ask? 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