Rush Limbaugh has done some damage control. From talk show consultant Holland Cooke's blog: “You have no idea…” …how Rush gaffe has mucked-up radio, a longtime network exec tells me. Dallaswatch: MORE NEWS LESS TALK on sister station of Cumulus-owned WBAP, the Limbaugh Dallas affiliate. So where’s Huckabee go? All ears will be on this week’s conference call with … [Read more...] about Rush Limbaugh Damage Control?
U.S. Pays Restitution to Victims of Afghanistan Massacre
The U.S. has paid some restitution to victims of the Afghanistan massacre. Newsy.com has this good summary: … [Read more...] about U.S. Pays Restitution to Victims of Afghanistan Massacre
AJC Coast-to-Coast Analysis Finds Suspicious Test Scores In 200 Districts
Outstanding investigation: Suspicious test scores in roughly 200 school districts resemble those that entangled Atlanta in the biggest cheating scandal in American history, an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows. The newspaper analyzed test results for 69,000 public schools and found high concentrations of suspect math or reading scores in school systems … [Read more...] about AJC Coast-to-Coast Analysis Finds Suspicious Test Scores In 200 Districts
A Collection of Editorial Cartoons on the Trayvon Martin Shooting
GO HERE to see the collection. … [Read more...] about A Collection of Editorial Cartoons on the Trayvon Martin Shooting
Hate Crime in California? Muslim Women Beaten to Death in El Cajon Hate Note Left
A sad, troubling ending from story from El Cajon, CA (near where I live). A Muslim woman found beatened nearly to death drowned in her own blood with a note saying: "Go back to your own country." Read the details via AP and then watch the wrenching video of her daughter's message -- which is worth a "ditto." The sad ending: A woman from Iraq who was found beaten next … [Read more...] about Hate Crime in California? Muslim Women Beaten to Death in El Cajon Hate Note Left
More Better Wisdom
One of the crazy things about Romney is that there's really so little to say about him. It looks as though we're stuck with the guy for at least another seven-eight months. Geez. This blogger, absent the revelation that Mitt Romney wasn't born in America or even on this planet!, anticipates at least half a year of unrelieved Free Cell games. Are the rest of you opinionated … [Read more...] about More Better Wisdom
Obama’s Son
This comment needs repeating: I take Obama's comment as saying to boys who look like Trayvon: "Geraldo Rivera may say you look like a threat. I say you look like a President's son." And whatever happens from here, him saying that right now seems worth it. Cross posted from Prairie Weather … [Read more...] about Obama’s Son
Trayvon
This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to appear on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Trayvon
7 Reasons Mad Men’s Season Premiere is ‘Insanely Riveting’
A&E is the place to be tonight. The Week: Best Opinion: Daily News, Hollywood Reporter, Wash. Post "If Sunday night's two-hour return episode of Mad Men ended after the first four minutes, it would still put the show in contention to win its fifth straight Emmy as the best drama on television," says David Hinckley at New York's Daily News. That's tantalizing news for the … [Read more...] about 7 Reasons Mad Men’s Season Premiere is ‘Insanely Riveting’
Georgia Senate To Vote On Anti-Abortion Bill Monday
Sometime in the last month, a friend told me that Margaret Atwood said her dystopian novel, A Handmaid's Tale, was not supposed to be predictive. When the Canadian author wrote this book in the early 1980s, could she have imagined that her fictional theocracy would foreshadow, in her lifetime, the environment south of the 49th parallel? The Georgia General Assembly is on … [Read more...] about Georgia Senate To Vote On Anti-Abortion Bill Monday
Meme-Busting: No Arrest In Either Trayvon Martin Or Kim Kardashian Cases
It's a great juxtaposition of the absurd. Trayvon Martin was killed on February 26 and the man who confessed still walks free, no arrest. Kim Kardashian was "flour bombed" on Thursday ... and the perp was arrested ... right? Wrong, despite what Piers Morgan, LeVar Burton, Think Progress and a host of other celebrities, entertainers and normal folks say. My Storify … [Read more...] about Meme-Busting: No Arrest In Either Trayvon Martin Or Kim Kardashian Cases
You Deserve an Old Fashioned Laugh… but You Have to Work for it A Bit
1. ARBITRATOR: A cook that leaves Arby's to work at McDonalds 2. AVOIDABLE: What a bullfighter tries to do 3. BERNADETTE: The act of torching a mortgage 4. BURGLARIZE: What a crook sees with 5. CONTROL: A short, ugly inmate (I had to think about this one. . . but got it!) 6. COUNTERFEITERS: Workers who put together kitchen cabinets 7. ECLIPSE: What an English … [Read more...] about You Deserve an Old Fashioned Laugh… but You Have to Work for it A Bit
Heroes Honoring Heroes
Friday was the 150th anniversary of the Medal of Honor and tomorrow, Sunday, is National Medal of Honor Day. On Friday, at a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, several Medal of Honor recipients honored three civilians with “Citizen Service Before Self Honors.” Heroes who Medal of Honor recipient Patrick Brady said “are the kind of people we fought for.” Please read … [Read more...] about Heroes Honoring Heroes
Ensign Ricky Wins Louisiana
Sounds like he will win by a wide margin with Romney 2nd and Newt 3rd. Still doesn't change the fact Romney is the nominee. … [Read more...] about Ensign Ricky Wins Louisiana
Cheney Has Heart Transplant
Word just breaking a little while ago that former VP Cheney received a heart transplant. Hopefully we all put partisanship aside to wish him a speedy recovery, but feel free to insert your own good humoured jokes here … [Read more...] about Cheney Has Heart Transplant
Department of Give Me A Break
I mean: really.... … [Read more...] about Department of Give Me A Break
Rick Santorum’s Final Offensive to Woo America’s Voters
Buoyed by his victory in Puerto Rico, attributed to the Senator’s penchant for standing by his principles and telling it like it isn’t, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum intends to continue to speak his convictions from his heart, from his gut and from his foot-in-mouth. Since he has Louisiana all sewn up, there is really no need to alienate motivate the voters … [Read more...] about Rick Santorum’s Final Offensive to Woo America’s Voters
[Update 4] Trayvon Martin: The Three-Week Old Story, Politics and Florida’s Right-To-Kill Law
Update: 3:17 pm Pacific In this ABC News Video, at about 2:40 the reporter states that Trayvon Martin made a 9-1-1 call just before his death and the call captures Zimmerman's voice in the background. This allegation has not been corroborated by any other media. [Tip to Educator @Anti_Intellect] When I read Newt Gingrich's comments about Trayvon Martin this morning, I … [Read more...] about [Update 4] Trayvon Martin: The Three-Week Old Story, Politics and Florida’s Right-To-Kill Law
[Updated] How The Trayvon Martin Case Unfolded
George Zimmerman (28, age first reported as 26) gunned down Trayvon Martin (17) the evening of Sunday, February 26, 2012 in a gated neighborhood (The Retreat at Twin Lakes) located in Sanford, FL, a suburb of Orlando. On March 19, the state attorney general told media that a federal grand jury will convene on April 10. Read more in Part 1: The Three Week Old Story, … [Read more...] about [Updated] How The Trayvon Martin Case Unfolded
New Trayvon Martin Twist: Anonymous Witness Reportedly Tells Police Martin Attacked Zimmerman
We've run a lot of posts on the Trayvon Martin killing controversy. And as TMV Guest Voice Columnist Simon Owens notes, there has been a truly shocking lack of coverage of this story from some conservative websites. So it'll be interesting to see if suddenly -- as a further sign of just how everything in American politics must devolve into a partisan and ideological struggle -- … [Read more...] about New Trayvon Martin Twist: Anonymous Witness Reportedly Tells Police Martin Attacked Zimmerman