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August 21, 2012 | | Liberal Lies First, duck the argument. Second, nitpick. Third, vilify. That’s what Niall Ferguson says liberal bloggers did after reading his Newsweek story on Obama’s record. Now Ferguson offers a point-by-point defense of his argument. MONEYBAGS Those days when President Obama was a fundraising powerhouse must seem like a long time ago now. The president and the Democratic National Committee raised $75 million in July, significantly less than the $91 million it spent and also significantly less than the $101 million his challenger, Mitt Romney, and the Republican National Committee raised in the same month, according to campaign finance filings released Monday. Even worse for Obama: the RNC reported having some $62 million more in the bank, with $186 million cash on hand compared with $124 million for the Democrats. But it turns out Romney isn’t completely silent on the Chick-fil-A controversy: according to the campaign filings, his team spent $500 at a Chick-fil-A in Atlanta last month. FAMILY TIES Oscar-winning director Ridley Scott pushed his younger brother into filmmaking, and the two enjoyed one of the most collaborative and lucrative sibling partnerships in Hollywood history. Chris Lee on the Scotts’ brotherly bond. Tragic Two teenage girls were confirmed to be victims of a midnight train derailment in Maryland on Tuesday, reports NBC News. Elizabeth Nass and Rose Mayr, both 19, tweeted pictures of their feet dangling from the Ellicott City bridge just hours before the incident. “Looking down on old ec…@LizNassty” wrote Mayr. Emergency workers in Howard County are still searching for additional victims amid the automobiles left crushed below the tracks. Heading from Grafton, W.V., to Baltimore, the train contained no hazardous materials. Like At least someone’s still making money off of Facebook. Facebook Inc. director Peter Thiel sold most of his shares in the social-networking website, after restrictions on insider sales ended. He sold roughly 20.1 million shares Aug. 16–17, raising about $395.8 million. But he had already taken in some $640.1 million during the company’s initial public offering. Thiel had initially invested $500,000 in the company back in 2004. Facebook unlocked 271.1 million shares last week, and another 1.44 billion shares will be unlocked by November. | | 
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