Christmas Eve Open Thread: A Major Award
“Fraaa-geeee-lay. That must be Italian.” [youtube tJSmmbmJCLw nolink]
“Fraaa-geeee-lay. That must be Italian.” [youtube tJSmmbmJCLw nolink]
From WGEM, and the only thing funnier than their headline is the thought that WGEM likely receives a lot of ad money from the union in advertising. It’s Christmas caroling with a message. Wednesday night, locked out workers from Roquette
No, not this cameo, [youtube fHAdfGlZHk4 nolink] the one on Rap News, wherein two white dudes, one English, rhyme the day’s news into lefty spin. I don’t get why Assange makes a window-washing move twice in the video, like it’s
The New York Times is all verklemmt over Justice Scalia’s involvement in a tea party seminar: When the Tea Party holds its first Conservative Constitutional Seminar next month, Justice Antonin Scalia is set to be the speaker. It was a
Intelligence Director James Clapper was apparently previously unaware of the London terror arrests, which, when you consider that his job is to brief the President daily on national security, is sure to inspire lots of confidence in the administration. He
Democrats and their media lapdogs and busy exploiting first responders in the Zadroga bill in whatever way possible to gain political advantage. Despite President Obama telling the NY delegation that he opposed funding the legislation earlier this year and waffling
CNN announced that its partnering with the Tea Party Express to co-host a debate: They have some things in common — the need to rebound from recent woes and to carve out identities against fierce competition — but CNN and
I must still be recovering from Grandma’s super strong amaretto slushes at the first of our family Christmas parties this past weekend because I could have SWORN that Joe Scarborough almost sounded like a Big Journalism writer here: [youtube VS3MPDXmRyk
From their story about bullies, titled “Are We a Nation of Bullies?” which includes everything but giving a bully a black eye to tell him or her to leave you alone: It’s easy, of course, to point the finger at
No! A Soros-funded study says that Fox viewers are stupid? I AM SHOCKED. Does Alternet actually research things for conflict of interest before they skip to their keyboards? Says Alternet: Yet another study has been released proving that watching Fox
After 25 years on air, 60,000 interviews, Larry King signs off in what is an end of an era. I had the opportunity to be a guest on his show a handful of times this part year and King was
Let’s be frank: while I am no fan of the man, I thought the dramatic, solitary confinement incarceration of Julian Assange, prohibiting him any access to media or electronics, all on the suspicious accusation – not charges – of sexual
Jack: He can’t lift the seat, Greg. He lacks the strength and the opposable thumbs. Jack: Focker, I’m not gonna tell you again! Jinx cannot flush the toilet. He’s a cat, for chrissakes! Larry: The animal doesn’t even have thumbs,
A nice, safe, inconsequential choice? Time couldn’t bring themselves to award information distributor, worshipper of hubris, self-styled rockstar Julian Assange the nod, though he dominated Internet voting. Of course, they couldn’t bring themselves to give the award to the tea
Apparently, there was trouble in paradise between Julian Assange and his number two, Daniel Domscheit-Berg. A number of WikiLeaks defectors, including founder Julian Assange’s former right-hand man, plan to launch a rival site on Monday after accusing Mr Assange of
There isn’t anything I love more than a little superfluous drama queen indignation with my morning coffee and bacon. New Republic writer Eliza Gray concludes that the reason you see so many women in second banana positions on television is
Andrea Mitchell named the tea party movement as her pick for “person” of the year: They’ve changed the debate on deficit reduction. They’ve got, you’ve got Ron Paul now in charge of monetary policy from the House. They have changed
I was live on air wrapping up my radio show Friday afternoon when I caught the image of Bill Clinton standing behind the presidential podium, in front of the presidential seal. Realizing that Clinton looked much older than for this
Remember when Brian Williams showcased the story of Pigford whistleblower Jimmy Dismuke’s firsthand account of fraud in the case? [youtube r4sHwa3tVGk nolink] “Even if you got a potted plant, that makes you a farmer,” Dismuke recalled of the meetings he
Big Government has the story on how a Democratic lawmaker condemned the President with the verbalization of the one finger salute during a House caucus meeting. One unidentified lawmaker went so far as to mutter “f– the president” while Rep.
Bill Sammon, manager of Fox’s Washington Bureau, sent out an email instructing staff to call the “public option” the “government option.” Renaming government projects and entities to falsely reflect public ownership (and suggest choice, when in fact, there is none)
Oh my. But there is a real way to save the Obama presidency: by challenging him in the 2012 presidential primaries with a candidate who would unequivocally commit to a well-defined progressive agenda and contrast it with the Obama administration’s
We have to cut something to pay for the extra 13 months of unemployment benefits! (Especially as we wait for tax cut revenue to replenish the coffers, though the coffers would fill up more and quicker if we had more
Conservatives have long been silently known as the “more liberal givers” despite the slacktivist narrative to the contrary. I can’t count a single conservative of my acquaintance that doesn’t include charitable work in their list of priorities. If we don’t
Al Sharpton is on a censorship mission to abridge the free speech of anyone who would dare criticize the platform that keeps him in the realm of relevancy. His sight is set upon Rush Limbaugh and recently on MSNBC he