RIDGE, M d. — I started my journey to Fredericksburg, Virginia after a bowl of exquisite spicy crab soup at Courtney's Seafood Restaurant here in Ridge, on the southernmost tip of Maryland's western shore. Then I ran into a problem: Route 234 was closed due to a sinkhole. So I took the detour but discovered it was also blocked off due to a traffic matter. So after two hours I … [Read more...] about Herman Cain Falls Into America’s Political Sinkhole
Book Review Notes Posted By Mistake
Due to a technical error, book review notes of Don Lemon's book "Transparent" were on TMV. They have been removed. The actual review will appear in the next few days. We regret the error. … [Read more...] about Book Review Notes Posted By Mistake
Sleaze Fees On The Rise
Banks are backing off new fees on debit card use, but retaining many other fees that today are one of their main sources of income. Airlines are making billions a year in fees for things that used to be — and still ought to be — part of their regular service. Fees have become so outrageous at some airlines that a carrier that doesn't charge some of them promotes this fact … [Read more...] about Sleaze Fees On The Rise
Arab Spring Pushes Iran Closer to Nuclear Weapons
As the world is playing catch with the events in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria and other Arab Spring focal points, Iran is very busy. Trying to keep people oppressed in light of Arab Spring revolutions surely keeps the regime in Iran occupied. But more than that, viewing once strongman like Mubarak and Gadaffi defeated, jailed humiliated and assassinated is probably the … [Read more...] about Arab Spring Pushes Iran Closer to Nuclear Weapons
The Cain Takeaway: He Minimizes & Simplifies Least Reductive Problems
And that is not leadership. Whether we're talking Herman Cain's economic plan (9-9-9 or 9-0-9) or how he and his campaign are failing to deal with Politico's reporting on the settlement specifics between the National Restaurant Association (when Cain was its head) and two of its former employees regarding alleged sexual harassment in the workplace, Cain seems to believe that … [Read more...] about The Cain Takeaway: He Minimizes & Simplifies Least Reductive Problems
‘Bout Time We Had A Little Class Warfare
Ya gotta feel sorry for the Left. So lost and leaderless they have to trot out 92 year old Pete Seeger and unheard-of-since-Alice’s-Restaurant Arlo Guthrie to draw attention to their participation in OWS. It’s fine that Pete and Arlo get to be relevant one more time, but it says too much about the vacuum that has become the American Left. That’s not to say that a little … [Read more...] about ‘Bout Time We Had A Little Class Warfare
Our Economic Malaise: It’s The Banksters, Stupid
And so November rears its chilly head -- in northern climes, anyway -- with Europe having avoided a financial meltdown for the time being and the U.S. showing tentative signs that the hangover from the Great Recession may at long last be easing. Bully for that, you might say, but I say bullspit. This is because banksters (which conveniently rhymes with gangsters) are at … [Read more...] about Our Economic Malaise: It’s The Banksters, Stupid
Hillary’s Close-Up
WASHINGTON - They say timing is everything and I certainly hope so, as my e-book comes out next week, the same time this TIME article hits newsstands, though it's already online. Hillary has earned the attention, which is why I wrote my book. This woman, this dynamo, this fighting female made history and her story matters to American politics, but now even the world. "We came. … [Read more...] about Hillary’s Close-Up
COMIC RELIEF FROM POLITICAL PROBLEMS
There is so much to be serious about, so much to be concerned about, so much to see what each person can do something about, what we as a nation can do to help... and yet, I think we would all go starkers if we didnt sometimes smile once in a while. In that spirit.... ta dah! … [Read more...] about COMIC RELIEF FROM POLITICAL PROBLEMS
Politico Breaks What MSM Didnt Bother to Delve re Any Candidate from Any Side in Any Race
Surely there must be a cartoon in the world somewhere showing Assange going through Herman Cain and Obama's last 25 years of history, and letting the cat(s) out of the bags. Right now Politico gets the 'Cat Out of the Bag award' re Herman Cain's 'silent settlement' to make sexual harrassment charges 'go away' it seems. What does Politico win? I think a trophy three … [Read more...] about Politico Breaks What MSM Didnt Bother to Delve re Any Candidate from Any Side in Any Race
Not Sure What the Herman Cain Cigarette Smoking Campaign Commercial Was Saying, But Think it was Death, Death, Death
Driving through Tennessee in the outback, and there is plenty outback to Tennessee, one sees tiny shotgun shacks with tiny side yards planted in tobacco. Driveways ripped out, if ever existing, all aerable land, no matter how small, planted with sentinels of tobacco, yellow, green, brown, depending on time of year. One sees too that tobacco more or less takes care of itself … [Read more...] about Not Sure What the Herman Cain Cigarette Smoking Campaign Commercial Was Saying, But Think it was Death, Death, Death
A Halloween Ghost: Harry Houdini died on October 31, 1926
this from the South Bend Trib. the only newspaper within a many mile area from my small hometown population 600. Harry Houdini was like a folk hero where I grew up... and every year on Halloween, people waited til near midnight to tell the story, not of his life... but of his life after. You decide. Houdini was never convinced in his lifetime that the dead could contact the … [Read more...] about A Halloween Ghost: Harry Houdini died on October 31, 1926
Bonds Beat Stocks For First Time in 150 Years
So says a Bloomberg report today. It is interesting given that the statistics are gathered over 30 years so that would seem to weed out any short term bull or bear markets. Yet bonds remain the poor cousin to the stock market in the minds of many. Personally I have no money to invest so it's somewhat academic for me, but it is interesting. … [Read more...] about Bonds Beat Stocks For First Time in 150 Years
Fox Plans to Revive “In Living Color”
Fox plans to revive "In Living Color," one of the better SNL descendent shows. But can it make a comeback? Comebacks are not always givens in entertainment since they must match or surpass the originals to survive comparison. GO HERE for a roundup. … [Read more...] about Fox Plans to Revive “In Living Color”
Herman Cain’s Changing Timeline
Former Godfather's Pizza CEO and White House aspirant Herman Cain has not been giving a consistent response on his sexual harrassment allegations. In fact, it seems to be a constantly changing timeline. Look at THIS. What does this mean? It means any editors worth their journalistic salt will keep looking into this story because correctly or not the response of Cain and his … [Read more...] about Herman Cain’s Changing Timeline
Let Herman Be Gone (Guest Voice)
Let Herman Be Gone by Eugene Robinson Washington Post Columnist WASHINGTON -- Responding to his insurgent campaign's first crisis, Herman Cain was upbeat and defiant. "To quote my chief of staff and all the people around this country, 'Let Herman be Herman,'" he said Monday. "And Herman is gonna stay Herman." I was afraid of that. Cain's policy … [Read more...] about Let Herman Be Gone (Guest Voice)
Quick Somebody Write Another Love Song
I had originally planned to write this for Halloween, the day that UNESCO or WHO, or one of them acronyms calculates that the world population will reach seven billion. But though the papers have jumped the gun all week, prisoner of the zeitgeist that I am, I have held on until today. Happy Halloween. (All seven billion of you.) SEVEN BILLION, kiddies: Seven billion … [Read more...] about Quick Somebody Write Another Love Song
Why Syria Is Different Than Libya. Or Is It?
Protesters shout anti-government slogans after Friday prayers at a Damascus mosque. What is happening in Syria would appear to be pretty much a carbon copy of the bloody events in Libya earlier this year: A brutal dictator cracks down on pro-democracy demonstrations and sics his army and their tanks on protesters. A NATO-imposed no-fly zone over Libya turned the tide there … [Read more...] about Why Syria Is Different Than Libya. Or Is It?
A Reformed Financial Felon’s Confessional (In Rhyme)
A few, a very few, of the Wall Street hustlers who made fortunes in various market misdeeds are now coming to the bar of justice. Will they get the punishments they deserve? Or will some of them—as this poem suggests—end up turning their “tribulations” into another hustle? A Reformed Financial Felon's Confessional For many long years I lived in a prison, A prison of … [Read more...] about A Reformed Financial Felon’s Confessional (In Rhyme)
Are We About to See a “New” (National Version) Rick Perry?
Is Texas Gov. Rick Perry about to remake himself on the national stage after a launch that will be studied by political science in recent years as a case study in how to obliterate a well-hyped entrance? Perhaps so. This video is making the rounds in the mainstream media, new media and on You Tube. It shows a relaxed, passionate, likable Rick Perry. If he can appear this way in … [Read more...] about Are We About to See a “New” (National Version) Rick Perry?