A “Game of Thrones”-themed "Monopoly" game will reach buyers later this year. This version of the popular board game will include characters, locations and items from the well-known fantasy drama series, which debuted on HBO in 2011. “The Iron Bank is the Iron Bank.” Coming in 2015, Monopoly #GameOfThrones edition: http://t.co/UBuXb0iqcc @usaopoly pic.twitter.com/fubi9rdgKz — … [Read more...] about ‘Game Of Thrones’ Coming To ‘Monopoly’
An Open Letter to Mr. Obama and Mr. Bush
[icopyright one button toolbar] Saladin (1138-1193) on 25 Pound 1991 Banknote from Syria. First Sultan of Egypt and Syria. A Kurd, he led Muslim opposition against Crusaders. [SYRIA - CIRCA 1991; Georgios Kollidas/Shutterstock.com] If there is any shared value between our secular and religiously tolerant political system and the movement known as "Christianity," it is … [Read more...] about An Open Letter to Mr. Obama and Mr. Bush
Fifty Shades of Decadence, One Shade of ISIS
[icopyright one button toolbar] The "Islamic State" has gone full Genghis Khan during the past week -- beheading 21 Christians on a beach in Libya, incinerating 45 hapless souls in a northern Iraqi town, linking up with Boko Haram in Central Africa, establishing cordial ties with al-Qaeda, and watching contentedly as apostles of jihad inflicted death in Denmark. From its … [Read more...] about Fifty Shades of Decadence, One Shade of ISIS
They Brand Cattle, Don’t They?
“Branding! We have to make you a brand!” “I’m not cattle,” I told my sometimes faux foil assistant Marshbaum, who had just burst into my office. “And if you think I’m getting a tattoo,” I replied, “my body isn’t a canvas.” “It’s sure wide enough,” Marshbaum flippantly replied. Before I could throw sheets of wadded up paper at him, he explained what he meant. “It’s not a … [Read more...] about They Brand Cattle, Don’t They?
A Day In Conservative Stupidity: Three Examples
[icopyright one button toolbar] The conservative movement has become totally divorced from reality, often denying science and facts to make their positions. Here's just three examples from the past day. Conservatives Hate Historical Facts Conservatives hate actual American history as the facts contradict so many of their claims. As Joseph Ellis has explained, the … [Read more...] about A Day In Conservative Stupidity: Three Examples
Birther Alert: Rudy Giuliani Says Obama Doesn’t Love America
[icopyright one button toolbar] Rudy Giuliani is using that old, tired and failed line that President Obama doesn't love America once again. Yes, we see where that got the Republican Party in 2008 and 2012 -- Obama beat John McCain and later Mitt Romney by a landslide. Rudy Giuliani went straight for the jugular Wednesday night during a private group dinner here … [Read more...] about Birther Alert: Rudy Giuliani Says Obama Doesn’t Love America
Do Americans want to send ground troops to fight ISIS? CBS Poll: Y-e-s
[icopyright one button toolbar] Do Americans want to send ground troops to fight ISIS? A CBS poll finds the answer is yes, with the numbers growing: Amid more executions by the militant group ISIS, Americans increasingly see the group as a threat to the U.S. Now, 65 percent of Americans view ISIS as a major threat - up from 58 percent in October - while another 18 … [Read more...] about Do Americans want to send ground troops to fight ISIS? CBS Poll: Y-e-s
Republicans Are Still Not Ready To Take Back The Keys To The National Car
[icopyright one button toolbar] The Republicans' own big takeaway from their 2014 election victories was that they would now show Americans what governing was all about. Ta da! This boast was rather strange since the party has performed a sort of demented Kabuki theater in lieu of governing -- whether jointly with President Obama, Democrats or by their lonesome -- … [Read more...] about Republicans Are Still Not Ready To Take Back The Keys To The National Car
With ‘Nuclear Taboo’ Broken, Putin Threatens the Whole of Humanity (Rzeczpospolita, Poland)
This much is clear, the ceasefire agreed to in Minsk has done little to dampen the alarm felt by most east Europeans about what they perceive as Russian expansionism. In this column from Poland's Rzeczpospolita, senior commentator Janusz Rolicki writes that Russia's new military doctrine fails to renounce the first use of nuclear weapons, which until recently was the … [Read more...] about With ‘Nuclear Taboo’ Broken, Putin Threatens the Whole of Humanity (Rzeczpospolita, Poland)
A Record-Breaking Snow Removal Job – The Guard Is There
[icopyright one button toolbar] Record-breaking snowfalls and temperatures -- low ones that is -- have brought about a lot of snow shoveling for hundreds of National Guardsmen in several states, from the North-East all the way down to Arkansas, North Carolina and Virginia. The photos and captions say it all: Soldiers clear snow from the Ashmont/Peabody … [Read more...] about A Record-Breaking Snow Removal Job – The Guard Is There
I Want To Out Live Actuarial Science and Feel Good Doing It. By Dr. KP, DC
[icopyright one button toolbar] The image above is at "Dad's Day" while my eldest daughter was attending university. I did the same with my second daughter (at bottom). I was at their graduations as well. The one above will be married in May. I want to be around to know her children become adults and do similar things with them. I have a wonderful job; I advise my … [Read more...] about I Want To Out Live Actuarial Science and Feel Good Doing It. By Dr. KP, DC
Our Get A Life Partisan Politics: Claim Obama is Really a Muslim Quickly Proven False
It's been about two years since TMV has given out one of its Get A Life awards to a person, group of publication but now we will give a chair -- actually, let's make it bigger, let's give a sofa -- to The American Thinker for running an article that is a quintessential example of of a Get A Life recipient. It seems the website ran a photo "proving" that Barack Obama must be … [Read more...] about Our Get A Life Partisan Politics: Claim Obama is Really a Muslim Quickly Proven False
The Conservative Con Game
If you ever subscribed to any conservative magazines you most likely wound up on their mailing lists which try to sell all sorts of snake oil to gullible conservatives. They often tie it into conservative philosophy/paranoia, such as selling gold based upon warnings about the imminent economic collapse. Their predictions are essentially unchanged from the 1960’s when I first … [Read more...] about The Conservative Con Game
A Sensible Approach to ISIS
Part of the Bush administration's disastrous misadventure in Iraq was due to a poor understanding of that country and al-Qaeda. Graeme Wood offers an in-depth analysis of ISIS and how to deal with them in The Atlantic. Our ignorance of the Islamic State is in some ways understandable: It is a hermit kingdom; few have gone there and returned. (ISIS leader Abu Bakr) al-Baghdadi … [Read more...] about A Sensible Approach to ISIS
Tel Aviv Diary: Netanyahu’s Big-Spending Ways (Guest Voice)
Tel Aviv Diary: Netanyahu’s Big-Spending Ways According to a poll released Monday, 67 percent of Israelis expect that Benjamin Netanyahu will be Israel’s next prime minister. However, that was Monday—before a scathing report was released by the state comptroller detailing the mismanagement of expenses in the Netanyahu residence (including some actions which may have been … [Read more...] about Tel Aviv Diary: Netanyahu’s Big-Spending Ways (Guest Voice)
Oklahoma’s All-Out Attack on Historical Accuracy in the Classroom
Here’s a question for you: What do we need more of in our public schools? The correct answer is “money.” But lawmakers in Oklahoma have an answer of their own: “organized religion.” The new AP History curriculum hasn’t received much love from the Republican National Committee; back in September, they made headlines by condemning what they called a “radical,” … [Read more...] about Oklahoma’s All-Out Attack on Historical Accuracy in the Classroom
Jeb Bush’s Satire: ‘I’ll Be Different from my Brother’
[icopyright one button toolbar] In a speech planned for Wednesday at an event hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Jeb Bush is expected to hammer home the theme that he is “his own man,” and that while he admires the services to the nation by his father and brother, he will not “be captive” to their foreign policies. The Washington Post, based on prepared … [Read more...] about Jeb Bush’s Satire: ‘I’ll Be Different from my Brother’
New Dr. Seuss Book Coming in July from Original Manuscript
New Dr. Seuss Book Coming in July from Original Manuscript by Chris Jennewein A new Dr. Seuss book will be published later this year from an original manuscript and accompanying sketches discovered in the La Jolla home of the famed author and illustrator. Random House and the trustees of Theodore Geisels’ work announced Wednesday that What Pet Should I Get? will be … [Read more...] about New Dr. Seuss Book Coming in July from Original Manuscript
What we’re going to do about ISIS
John Cassidy gets into the weeds and explains how the President and Congress are working (together, sort of) to get in there and "take out" ISIS. In the coming weeks, Republicans and Democrats will be forced to approve, strike down, or modify the Administration’s request, which is what is supposed to happen. (The would-be Presidential candidates in 2016, by virtue of … [Read more...] about What we’re going to do about ISIS
Misinterpreting Brian Williams’ Misremembering
[icopyright one button toolbar] So NBC's Brian Williams is off his anchor desk for six months -- wanna bet it'll be a LOT longer than that? -- and has gone from being a respected anchor to a godsend to comedy writers, internet ridicule, and Jerry Seinfeld punch lines. Up until this month, Williams seemed to be a 21st century anchorman descendent of David Brinkley and … [Read more...] about Misinterpreting Brian Williams’ Misremembering