The PS22 Chorus is an elementary school chorus from Public School 22 in Graniteville, Staten Island (New York). It is composed of 60-70 fifth-graders, and is directed by Gregg Breinberg.
Students are assigned to the chorus after an annual audit ...
Posted Friday, December 17th 2010 at 6:17PM
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To perhaps nobody's surprise, a study released this week finds that Fox News viewers are the most misinformed of any news consumers.
The University of Maryland study, called "Misinformation and the 2010 Election," looked at "variations in misinfor ...
Posted Friday, December 17th 2010 at 11:37AM
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“THOSE WHO HAD GREATER EXPOSURE TO NEWS SOURCES WERE BETTER INFORMED. HOWEVER, THERE WAS ONE EXCEPTION. THOSE WHO WATCHED FOX NEWS DAILY WERE MORE LIKELY TO BELIEVE IN FALSE INFORMATION.”
Last week, World Public Opinion (WPO) released a poll ...
Posted Friday, December 17th 2010 at 11:26AM
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Whatever you think about using grating words, at the end of the day it's actually better not to say whatever, if you know what I mean.
For the second consecutive year "whatever' topped a Marist poll as the most annoying word o ...
Posted Thursday, December 16th 2010 at 11:00AM
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THE GREATEST RELIGIOUS BATTLES ARE OFTEN NOT BETWEEN FAITHS BUT WITHIN FAITHS. THE WIDEST GULFS IN RELIGION ARE BETWEEN EXTREMISTS AND PROGRESSIVES WITHIN A SINGLE RELIGION.
By NICHOLAS KRISTOF
What’s the ugliest side of Islam? Mayb ...
Posted Thursday, December 16th 2010 at 10:59AM
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Which statement will win the coveted “LIE OF THE YEAR” award?
Later this month, politifact.com will announce PolitiFact's “LIE OF THE YEAR” -- the most significant falsehood of 2010, as chosen by our editors and reporters. We're examining claims ...
Posted Tuesday, December 14th 2010 at 10:22PM
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DARRYL DAWKINS: "THE FIRST THING I WAS THINKING WAS...'OH MAN, I GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE! THIS GLASS IS COMIN DOWN! FEETS DON'T FAIL ME NOW!'"
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Posted Tuesday, December 14th 2010 at 3:27PM
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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In his latest effort to find common ground with Republicans in Congress, President Barack Obama said today that he was willing to agree that he is a Muslim.
Differences over his religious orientation have been a ...
Posted Sunday, December 12th 2010 at 8:25PM
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RIYADH - When a US satirist joked that President Barack Obama will admit to Congress that he is Muslim in his latest compromise with Republicans, Saudi media took it seriously.
On Friday the online version of Al-Hayat newspaper and the prominent n ...
Posted Sunday, December 12th 2010 at 8:24PM
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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – It seemed like a good idea at the time.
But twenty-four hours after former President Bill Clinton appeared at the White House to endorse President Obama's tax plan, Mr. Obama is “still looking for the right way t ...
Posted Saturday, December 11th 2010 at 5:27PM
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is leading a stalling session resembling a filibuster against Obama's tax proposal on the Senate floor Friday, after earlier promising "to take as long as I can to explain to the American people the fact that we have got t ...
Posted Friday, December 10th 2010 at 10:38PM
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DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN SO FOCUSED ON DETAILS OF POLICY THEY HAVE SURRENDERED PUBLIC POLITICAL DISCOURSE TO CONSERVATIVES. IT MATTERS HOW AMERICANS UNDERSTAND THESE COMPLEX ISSUES.
The differences between Democratic progressives and the president ...
Posted Friday, December 10th 2010 at 10:17AM
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THE LAME-DUCK SENATE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY NOT PASSING LEGISLATION. VOTES ON TWO DEMOCRATIC PROPOSALS TO EXTEND BUSH TAX CUTS FOR EVERYBODY BUT THE RICH WENT LIKE THIS: 53 TO 37 AND 53 TO 36. SO, OF COURSE THIS MEANS THEY FAILED MISERABLY.
D ...
Posted Thursday, December 9th 2010 at 5:58PM
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WASHINGTON — With 42 NO votes to the Democrats’ 57 YES votes, Republican senators blocked legislation to provide medical care to rescue workers and residents of New York City who became ill as a result of breathing in toxic fumes, dust and smoke from ...
Posted Thursday, December 9th 2010 at 5:41PM
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GENEVA (The Borowitz Report) - President Obama’s deal to extend the Bush tax cuts for the rich drew rave reviews today from the wealthiest .0000001% of Americans, who pronounced the deal “a total home run.”
“When we first heard about the deal, we ...
Posted Wednesday, December 8th 2010 at 11:15AM
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NEW EXHIBIT SHOWS INNOVATIONS IN SURGERY AROUND 1000 A.D. BY AN ARAB PHYSICIAN, NINTH CENTURY ATTEMPTS AT FLIGHT, TENTH CENTURY DISCOVERIES OF HOW VISION WORKS. IN THE WEST, THOSE CENTURIES WERE CONSIDERED THE DARK AGES.
In David Lean ...
Posted Tuesday, December 7th 2010 at 10:51PM
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: “BUT I’M NOT WILLING TO LET WORKING FAMILIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY BECOME COLLATERAL DAMAGE FOR POLITICAL WARFARE HERE IN WASHINGTON. THIS ISN’T AN ABSTRACT DEBATE. THIS IS REAL MONEY FOR REAL PEOPLE.”
WASHINGTON--At his pres ...
Posted Tuesday, December 7th 2010 at 3:51PM
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These days, everyone has advice for President Barack Obama. Some urge compromise with the Republicans. Others demand he fight back. Actually, both camps are right -- and wrong.
To survive, revive and even prevail, Obama must do two things at onc ...
Posted Monday, December 6th 2010 at 10:49PM
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This weekend's "Saturday Night Live" continued to nail its politically-minded cold openings this season with a swipe at WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. In a spot-on parody of popular celebrity gossip show "TMZ," host Harvey Levin is replaced with A ...
Posted Monday, December 6th 2010 at 8:38PM
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NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) -- WikilLeaks has finally met its match.
That's the bombshell from fugitive founder Julian Assange, who said that after months of hacking former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's brain, WikiLeaks has come up empty.
"I ...
Posted Sunday, December 5th 2010 at 10:51PM
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THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS BEEN ABOVE 7 PERCENT ONLY FOUR TIMES IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR—AND THREE OF THE FOUR INCUMBENTS LOST. REAGAN WON IN 1984 BUT THE RATE OF 7.2 PERCENT WAS FALLING FROM A HIGH OF 10.8. PREDICTIONS ARE IT WILL STILL BE O ...
Posted Sunday, December 5th 2010 at 6:04PM
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has indicated that, this coming week, he will bring a 9/11 first responders bill up for a vote. The bill, which has been passed by the House, would provide $7.4 billion in medical treatment and lost wages for ...
Posted Sunday, December 5th 2010 at 11:54AM
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O.K. I admit it. I enjoy reading other people’s mail as much as the next guy, so going through the WikiLeaks cables has made for some fascinating reading. What’s between the lines in those cables, though, is another matter. It is a rather sobering me ...
Posted Sunday, December 5th 2010 at 11:50AM
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THE STORY GOES THAT ON NOVEMBER 5, 1781, JOHN HANSON OF MARYLAND, A MAN OF AFRICAN DESCENT, WAS ELECTED AS FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, MAKING HIM THE FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT.
Some historical inq ...
Posted Saturday, November 27th 2010 at 2:57PM
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Washington (CNN) -- President Obama wished the nation a happy Thanksgiving on Thursday and also used his weekly address to renew his call for bipartisan cooperation on addressing major issues facing the nation.
In the remarks usually delivered on ...
Posted Thursday, November 25th 2010 at 11:39AM
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