Kieth Olbermann Fired Hours After Comcast/NBC Merger Approved by FCC

General Electric's sale of NBC/MSNBC/CNBC -once they'd utilized the their Obama-pumping propaganda machine to the fullest in acquiring TARP funds, spoon-fed deals with Russians/Chinese etc- had just gone through yesterday when Kieth Olbermann announced on air that the show would be his last with the network, now owned by Comcast.

This was predicted here back in December 2009 when the deal was first proposed, Comcast has little use for such Obammunist shills in it's newsrooms with MSNBC ratings in the toilet... they're not sucked-up to the Team Obama teat like Jeff Immelt's GE, thus will need a credible news department while reaching an audience larger than what one might expect just yelling out the window... doesn't bode well for Tingles and Madcow, does it.

Yahoo via Moonbattery

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Kieth Olbermann Suspended by MSNBC

Donations to Democratic candidates violated the network's ethics policy... (I didn't know they even had one!)

First his "Worst Person in the World" bites the dust... walls closing-in fast now on this talentless hack Kieth Olbermann:

Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely without pay from MSNBC for making donations to three Democrats in violation of NBC's ethics policy. 

"I became aware of Keith's political contributions late last night," Phil Griffin, President of MSNBC, said in a statement. "Mindful of NBC News policy and standards, I have suspended him indefinitely without pay." 

Olbermann, who does not hide his liberal views, has acknowledged donations of $2,400 each to Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway and Arizona Reps. Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords during this election cycle.

h/t American Spectator... More at CBS News Online

And btw, he was great in Omega Man... or didn't you know?

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North Korean TV's Chris Matthews Now Says He Was "Smart" Not to Run for Senate (lol)

Just when you thought this wretched shill 

couldn't insult your intelligence any more...

Spinning the sad historical reality of his stillborn Senate run in Pennsylvania, MSNBC's Comrade Chris actually asked guests on the intellectually-decrepit Hardball show Monday (yeah, it's still on) if "guys like me and Beau Biden" were "smart not to run this year"... while dismissing the Obama-fueled explosion of issue-specific anti-incumbent sentiment as "very emotional" (= simplistic serfs who can't grasp the complexities of what we're trying to do for/to them) 

Matthews was 'smart' not to run... because he knew the rest of us are stupid ingrates

Meanwhile -back in reality- the fortuitous decision to not quit his cush MSNBC day job to run in the Democratic primary against Arlen Specter had little or nothing to do with any wisdom, foresight, or judgement on Matthews' part... rather, polling numbers at the time -unsurprisingly similar to his feeble Nielsons- suggested that he would be trounced.

Chris Matthews is an unprofessional and inherently dishonest liberal hack known for myriad on-air meltdowns, gushing over President Obama using superlatives such as "pluperfect", wincing in pain at the thought of a Republican Senate... not to mention referring to West Point as "an enemy camp" filled with "rabble".

But he's also developed a reputation for bizarre-yet-indicative spews that do lay bare just how detached from reality he and his far-Left ilk are. In today's featured example, instead of just being an unwanted and unloved wannabe-politician, Tingles is now smart and clairvoyant, too... whatever

Previous MSNBC owners General Electric wisely decided to get out of the propaganda business, dumping the failing MSNBC on Comcast in December '09.  And they got $30B for it, not bad considering the anemic ratings... you could probably reach more people yelling out the window.  

But once they'd soaked the Obama-Pelosi-Reid triumvirate for all they were able in stimulus contracts and Russian business connections, coolly-calculating  and opportunistic GE likely never had any intention of reviving the network's spent credibility/audience- they got their use out of it, and like a car with 100,000 mi on the clock... time to make it somebody else's worry.

Why new management hasn't rolled the chronically under-performing 'progressive' MSNBC news team to the curb yet is beyond me- maybe Intrade ought to get some action going on whether any of these mindless drones like Matthews, Olbermann, or Maddow will remain employed in the wake of the Left's electoral pounding on November 2nd... common sense would suggest they will not.

Now back to Chris with the latest...

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Obama Facilitates GE/Kremlin Ties

In the wake of President Barack Obama's abrupt decision to cave-in to the instragence of Vladimir Putin and shelve the Eastern European missile shield -thus abandoning the Czechs and Poles to the Kremlin's whims- a funny thing happened:

Once the White House announced they were axing the shield, Russia's government said PM Vladimir Putin would meet several U.S. executives today from firms including General Electric, Morgan Stanley, and TPG- one of the world's largest private equity firms

General Electric may be the company with the closest ties to the Obama administration (if not Goldman Sachs), and here we see the company benefiting from an sudden foreign policy change implemented by Barack Obama.

GE CEO Jeff Immelt sits on Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, and GE owns MSNBC- you figure it out.

Like he used to do it back in Chicago with Tony Rezko- it's easy to cloak one's actions in some greater good like affordable housing or world peace... while steering deals and huge government money to your political supporters- Obama's got it down pat.

Winning the White House was like hitting the Lotto for this Chicago Machine huckster, once used to dealing with local slumlords like Tony- Obama's now moved-on to the big time of international deals with General Electric. The whole thing stinks like trash-truck juice... but it won't surprise anyone who's taken more than a glance at the Dear Leader's shady past and myriad criminal associations.

While Neville Chamberlain may have abandoned the Czechs in the niave hope of obtaining peace in our time- Obama's just doing it because he lacks moral and strategic clarity... and to steer a major political supporter a few billion bucks of business. This shameful opportunism is a disgrace that this country will regret- the Poles and Czechs gladly went to Iraq, you know.

Naturally, Putin was cock-a-hoop over a costless victory that keeps his nuclear arsenal relevent for the forseeable future... but this chum-in-the-water surely didn't appease the Kremlin. Predictably, it only left them hungering for more:

"I expect that after this correct and brave decision, others will follow, including the complete removal of all restrictions on the transfer of high technology to Russia and activity to widen the membership of the World Trade Organisation to (include) Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus," Putin said. (Reuters)

Hey Barack- he called you "brave" for doing what's in Russia's interests, and abandoning the cause of freedom... maybe if you let him snake Ukraine, you'll be a "hero" and Vlad will give you a medal- LOL

►h/t Government Mess

►Reuters

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A reaction from our allies: Conservative Aussie blogger "MK" at Down-Under on the Right Side posts that Obama has indeed betrayed the cause of liberty... -here-

UPDATE 7:30 am EST: Polish PM Donald Tusk refused to take the call from Hillary Clinton notifying him of the missile defense system's cancellation -here-

► h/t Memeorandum

And at Gateway Pundit, see how the Polish press has reacted to this betrayal -here-