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
Study Reveals that Facts Don’t Matter to U.S. Conservatives (News, Switzerland)
Has the scientific method lost all relevance to conservative Republicans in America? The question is not new. But now, according to this editorial from Switzerland's News, a scientific study conducted by researchers at Yale University shows that not only doesn't the U.S. right put much stock in what is known as 'scientific fact,' but more educated Republicans are just as … [Read more...] about Study Reveals that Facts Don’t Matter to U.S. Conservatives (News, Switzerland)
I Gave Them a Sword (Guest Voice)
I Gave Them a Sword by David Goodloe Thirty–five years ago yesterday, journalist David Frost and former President Richard Nixon sat down for the first of the Frost–Nixon interviews in Monarch Bay, Calif. The interviews were edited into four 90–minute programs that were broadcast in May 1977. After Nixon's resignation in August 1974, he more or less disappeared from … [Read more...] about I Gave Them a Sword (Guest Voice)
Home Alone: The Trend, Not The Movie (Guest Voice)
Home Alone: The Trend, Not The Movie by Danny Tyree Paradox of the week: if you live alone, you're not alone. According to "Going Solo: The Extraordinary And Surprising Appeal of Living Alone," by Eric Klineberg, PhD, more than 50 percent of American adults are single (up from 22 percent in 1950), and one in seven adults lives alone. Granted, the statistics are … [Read more...] about Home Alone: The Trend, Not The Movie (Guest Voice)
For Obama, a Racial Flashback
“If I had a son,” the President said yesterday, “he’d look like Trayvon,” the boy whose shooting by a Florida neighborhood watchman has become the subject of obsessive national discussion. “All of us have to do some soul searching to figure out how I can only imagine what these parents are going through,” he added. “When I think about this boy, I think about my own … [Read more...] about For Obama, a Racial Flashback
Stand Your Ground Before He Stands His Ground
This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to run on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Stand Your Ground Before He Stands His Ground
Welcome to Election Year: Gingrich Calls Obama’s Comments on Trayvon Martin Killing “Disgraceful”
Welcome to election year. Today President Barack Obama responded to a reporter's question about the killing of unarmed 17 year old Trayvon Martin by armed neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. And most pundits and politicos felt his comments were on target. But this is election year. So -- just like clockwork -- his comments were immediately denounced as … [Read more...] about Welcome to Election Year: Gingrich Calls Obama’s Comments on Trayvon Martin Killing “Disgraceful”
BREAKING — Sgt. Bales’ ‘Charge Sheet’: Devastating and Sickening
It took the front and back of a military “Charge Sheet,” DD Form 458, and three additional sheets to list the 17 specifications of Charge I, “Violation of the UCMJ, Article 118-- each one specifying the murder of an Afghan man, woman or child -- and the following two additional charges: Charge II: “Violation of the UCMJ, Article 80,” I.E. the attempt to murder one … [Read more...] about BREAKING — Sgt. Bales’ ‘Charge Sheet’: Devastating and Sickening
Viacom Responds To TMV
Yesterday I wrote about watching the movie Groundhog Day on Country Music Television and the fact that they'd muted the word gay from one scene. I questioned why they did so since the scene simply involved Bill Murray's character saying that a waiter was gay and the waiter calmly confirming the fact. Well it seems that someone at Viacom (the owners of MTV and CMT) saw the … [Read more...] about Viacom Responds To TMV
Putting Political Poetry On America’s Op Ed Pages
Why isn't there more poetry on the Op Ed and opinion pages of this country's newspapers? The answer to this question might seem obvious. Poetry isn't viewed by newspaper editors (nor by most American poets) as a primary medium of popular political and economic expression. It's seen as a way to express personal feelings, and best-suited for the pages of small literary … [Read more...] about Putting Political Poetry On America’s Op Ed Pages
Geraldo Rivera Jumps Shark: Suggests Trayvon Martin’s Hoodie Contributed to Death
I'm mostly offline today but I went online enough to see this mind-boggling assertion by Fox News' Geraldo Rivera. I've often defended Rivera, noting that he was an excellent reporter in his earlier years before me became more celebrity than working journalist. But no more. My reaction is not "PC." It's to the logic and the fact that it sends out a VERY dangerous message to … [Read more...] about Geraldo Rivera Jumps Shark: Suggests Trayvon Martin’s Hoodie Contributed to Death
World Hopes U.S. Republican Spat Results in Better Policies (San-in Chuo Shimpo Shimbun, Japan)
Will the most raucous Republican presidential primary race in living memory result in better policies on the Republican side? Given the shocking political bloodletting, this editorial from Japan's San-in Chuo Shimpo Shimbun expresses the hope that it won't all be for naught. The San-in Chuo Shimpo Shimbun editorial says in part: Previous victorious U.S. presidential … [Read more...] about World Hopes U.S. Republican Spat Results in Better Policies (San-in Chuo Shimpo Shimbun, Japan)