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My Walkout Song For Questlove

My colleague John Nolte blows the lid off the weak excuse used by Questlove to deflect the Fishbone/Michele Bachmann fallout. Questlove ratted himself out in the lastest issue of Rolling Stone: When the Fallon/Bachmann controversy first exploded, Questlove issued a

Sound Bite For The Day: The Thrill Is Gone?

Cue the Righteous Brothers: Chris Matthews sounds like a man falling out of love. [youtube pB4b11_LREA nolink] “There’s nothing to root for. What are we trying to do in this administration? Why does he want a second term what’s he

Nothing 'God-Awful' About Loder's New Movie Tome

Former MTV mainstay Kurt Loder still loves music, but these days you’re more likely to read him pontificating about “The Twilight Saga” than Lady Gaga. Movies, says Loder, film critic for Reason.com, are “fresh material to me, in a way

Sound Bite For the Day: Girl Fight

“They want to see two girls come together and have a mud wrestling fight. And I’m not gonna give it to them because I have great admiration and respect for the Governor.” Bashir later says that Bachmann is using a

Weekend Roundup, Saturday Open Thread

Mediaite: U.S. Pastor Kills Eight People, UN Workers Correcting the Right On “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” Tax Breaks Media Tale of Two Marches: Solidarity Saturday v. Pro-Life Sunday CORRECTION REQUEST STANDS: Media Matters Fudged Truth On Planned Parenthood Mammograms Correction Request:

Calling BULLSHIT on Rolling Stone

Seldom do I waste time with rebutting articles, and especially not from publications like Rolling Stone. Today, numerous people sent links to the latest Rolling Stone tripe. The story is titled “THE KILL TEAM, THE FULL STORY.” It should be

Calling BULLSHIT on 'Rolling Stone'

Ed. Note: This article is relevant to Big Hollywood because the author of the piece Michael Yon is responding to here is Mark Boal, the screenwriter who won the Oscar for “The Hurt Locker.” Much more to come. Seldom do

Calling BULLSHIT on Rolling Stone

Seldom do I waste time with rebutting articles, and especially not from publications like Rolling Stone. Today, numerous people sent links to the latest Rolling Stone tripe. The story is titled “THE KILL TEAM, THE FULL STORY.” It should be

Psyops on Senators in Afghanistan? Not Hardly

First a juicy bit to whet the appetite. This is from the military investigation that got the guy, LTC Holmes, who is accusing the military of using Psychological Operations against US Senators, and his female subordinate MAJ Levine booted from

'Beavis and Butt-head' Return in the Nick of Time

Praise be, they’re back. MTV has recently announced the triumphant return of Beavis and Butt-head. Original series creator Mike Judge is on board to produce new episodes which will air on the one-time music network later this year. As John

Justin Bieber, Pro Life Warrior

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets022211.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Robert George to discuss politics and Justin Bieber’s pro-life stance, then Pejman Yousefzadeh will talk Libya.

Yes, This: In Defense of Justin Bieber

So here goes. The other day CBC contacted me for a response on something or other teen pop sensation Justin Bieber had said in Rolling Stone. He’d said something about health care the producer said, and had knocked America’s health

Yes, This: In Defense of Justin Bieber

So here goes. The other day CBC contacted me for a response on something or other teen pop sensation Justin Bieber had said in Rolling Stone. He’d said something about health care the producer said, and had knocked America’s health

The Best Albums, Songs, and Music Writing of 2010

Trust me on everything here. If I say buy it, buy it. JOHN GRANT — Queen of Denmark: Grant is previously known as the ghostly but commanding vocalist of the Czars, and Mike Patton notwithstanding, he’s the best singer on

Hard Hitting Obama Interview with Rolling Stone

I don’t know why presidents agree to interviews with Rolling Stone. The mag is biased against presidents and you never come off well. Remember how it treated Bush? Bush Apologizes: The Farewell Interview We Wish He’d Give -W. comes clean

Obama Hates Us, He Really Hates Us (and Fox News!)

So President Obama was just interviewed in Rolling Stone magazine, that thinning pamphlet for our country’s dwindling supply of pony-tailed pensioners. (AARP skews younger.) When asked about Fox News, this is what our Commander-in-chief had to say. I think Fox

The Democrats' 'Buck Up' Strategy

So the new Democrat talking point is: Buck up! Somebody—perhaps Rahm Emanuel in his last masterstroke as Chief of Staff before he leaves to wreak havoc on Chicago—said to himself, “Self! The party is in deep, deep doo-doo, so we’ve

Military Insubordination or Administrative Incompetence?

The important issue prompted by the current Rolling Stone article isn’t Gen. McChrystal’s defiance or rank insubordination. It’s the announced deadline for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, an insane move that guarantees defeat, as well as other war-losing moves. Would you