Published by New York Daily NewsPainful lessons are the hardest ones to forget, and 2021 delivered many indelible teachings. We learned that when angry people are fed a steady diet of vicious falsehoods that their nation is being stolen from under their very noses, when they are told that the definition of heroism is rising to overturn the results of a free and fair election, … [Read more...] about Editorial: What we learned: 2021 filled with hard lessons
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Brings Out the Best
This review originally appeared on Salt Lake Film Review Spider-Man: No Way Home picks up immediately after the climactic events of Far From Home, in which Peter Parker's identity as Spider-Man is revealed to the world as part of Mysterio's plan to ruin and expose the teenage web-slinger. Reeling with this dramatic turn, and having to adjust to life in a world where … [Read more...] about ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Brings Out the Best
TRUMP BOOSTERS (CARTOON, COLUMN AND VIDEO)
While on tour with Bill O’Reilly (yes, that’s an actual thing), Donald Trump said he got a booster shot. He got booed…by his own cult. It was like he admitted he ate a salad. Trump didn’t volunteer this information. O’Reilly nudged him to admit it. Now keep in mind, Donald Trump didn’t want anyone to know he got his first vaccine shot. While Presidents Biden, Obama, Bush, … [Read more...] about TRUMP BOOSTERS (CARTOON, COLUMN AND VIDEO)
A REMINDER OF WHAT WE’VE GAINED, AND COULD YET LOSE
by John L. Micek WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — An appropriately picturesque walking bridge connects the Visitors’ Center at Colonial Williamsburg to the meticulously recreated historic site about a mile away. And every step along it is a step backward into our tangled, jumbled, and often painful history as a nation. At regularly spaced intervals, plaques set into the concrete … [Read more...] about A REMINDER OF WHAT WE’VE GAINED, AND COULD YET LOSE
Manchin takes aim at Build Back Better, but his real focus is on West Virginia
Putting his sights on Build Back Better? Manchin for West Virginia/YouTube Samuel Workman, West Virginia University Joe Manchin isn’t averse to taking a shotgun to policy he dislikes. In 2018, the senator starred in a political ad in which he explains how a lawsuit to repeal the Affordable Care Act – something his opponent, state attorney general … [Read more...] about Manchin takes aim at Build Back Better, but his real focus is on West Virginia
‘Spider-Man’ surpasses $1 bn globally, holds N.America box office top spot
Published by AFPLos Angeles (AFP) - The hit new "Spider-Man" became the first billion-dollar-grossing film of the pandemic era over the Christmas weekend, reaching the milestone while holding firmly to the North American box office top spot, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. "Spider-Man: No Way Home," British star Tom Holland's third solo outing in the wildly … [Read more...] about ‘Spider-Man’ surpasses $1 bn globally, holds N.America box office top spot
Want more Christmas? Well, you can have it.
If you dislike Christmas being over with, then here is good news for you. Christmas isn't over yet. You can have Christmas on January 7th, which is when the oldest non-Jewish branch of the universal Church celebrates the birth of Messiah Jesus. From Time and Date AS: "Orthodox Christians in central and eastern Europe and other parts of the world celebrate Christmas on … [Read more...] about Want more Christmas? Well, you can have it.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
On Santa tracking call, Biden is told ‘Let’s go Brandon’ – and says he agrees
Published by ReutersBy Merdie Nzanga (Reuters) - A vulgar anti-Biden slogan made for an awkward moment on Friday during President Joe Biden's phone calls with children tracking Santa's flight when a father said, "Let's Go Brandon." The refrain, a sanitized version of "Fuck Joe Biden," has been an internet sensation since a television journalist told race car driver Brandon … [Read more...] about On Santa tracking call, Biden is told ‘Let’s go Brandon’ – and says he agrees
GRINCH STEALS CHRISTMAS (CARTOON)
THE 2021 COUP D’ETAT TRIVIA QUIZ!
Has this been a great year or what? Don’t answer. Thanks to the work of the House’s Jan. 6 committee, and thanks to our still-free and independent press, we’ve been showered with fresh information about the insurrectionist attack on our democracy – the planning, execution, and aftermath. Have you kept up with the dirty details? Here are 10 brain-teasers to test your … [Read more...] about THE 2021 COUP D’ETAT TRIVIA QUIZ!
YOU’RE A MEAN ONE (Cartoon)
CNN, FOX NEWS, AND THE UNRAVELING OF JOURNALISM ETHICS
by Carl Golden For years, it’s been black letter law in journalistic ethics: Never use your position, insight or knowledge to aid or advise public figures – particularly politicians – in return for something of value. It was a bright line to be crossed at significant personal and professional peril. Over the years the line had been blurred by some in the media who … [Read more...] about CNN, FOX NEWS, AND THE UNRAVELING OF JOURNALISM ETHICS
Millions travel across US as airlines cancel flights over Covid
Published by AFPWashington (AFP) - Millions of Americans are traveling before Christmas even as national Omicron Covid-19 infections surpass Delta's peak and hospitals run out of space for patients. Several thousand travelers face a grim Christmas Eve as airlines United, Delta and Alaska said Thursday they were canceling December 24 flights due to Covid. United Airlines said it … [Read more...] about Millions travel across US as airlines cancel flights over Covid
If we can’t kill all the lawyers, then can we at least slap a few of them?
Defense lawyers are necessary to defend the innocent, but when they defend the guilty, the lawyers can appear more corrupt than the guilty. It is not their legal defense of the guilty that makes certain defense lawyers appear to be corrupt. It is how the lawyers go about defending the guilty that makes the lawyers appear to be corrupt. Here is an infamous example from the … [Read more...] about If we can’t kill all the lawyers, then can we at least slap a few of them?
No country can boost its way out of the pandemic, says WHO pushing for next generation vaccines.
The coming year 2022 could start an the end to the COVID-19 pandemic but only if all governments show more solidarity to fight the virus instead of focusing on booster shots while people in poorer countries have nothing. “No country can boost its way out of the pandemic. And boosters cannot be seen as a ticket to go ahead with planned celebrations, without the need for … [Read more...] about No country can boost its way out of the pandemic, says WHO pushing for next generation vaccines.
UN Security Council legalizes aid deliveries to Afghanistan despite Taliban rule
The US took the extraordinary step of pushing a unanimous resolution through the UN Security Council to exempt humanitarian aid deliveries to Afghanistan from earlier sanctions against designated terrorists now serving in the Taliban regime in Kabul. “This humanitarian exception will allow organizations to implement the work we have planned,” UN humanitarian affairs chief … [Read more...] about UN Security Council legalizes aid deliveries to Afghanistan despite Taliban rule
BOO-HOOS MATTER
Is this a trend now? Any time one of these goons shoots a black person or people at a Black Lives Matter protest, you’ll get off if you cry in court? White tears can be very powerful with white jurors and white judges…even if there aren’t any actual tears. Kim Potter, a Brooklyn Center, Minnesota cop (since resigned), killed Daunte Wright, an unarmed black man, with her … [Read more...] about BOO-HOOS MATTER
Hell Hath No Fury Like the Donald Scorned (Updated)
UPDATE: The fallout of Trump’s gross and graceless statements about Benjamin Netanyahu continues. A week ago, a senior evangelical leader and former Trump adviser, Mike Evans, was “horrified” by Trump’s reported comments and wrote in a letter to Trump, “Please, I beg of you, don’t put us in the position to choose between you and Bible land...There is no possibility you … [Read more...] about Hell Hath No Fury Like the Donald Scorned (Updated)
Why Putin has such a hard time accepting Ukrainian sovereignty
Vladimir Putin at a concert in March 2021 marking the seventh anniversary of its annexation of Crimea. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Image Jacob Lassin, Arizona State University and Emily Channell-Justice, Harvard University Ukraine is again looking warily over its eastern border as Russia threatens its territorial integrity. In recent weeks, a buildup of … [Read more...] about Why Putin has such a hard time accepting Ukrainian sovereignty