Our political Quote of the Day comes from Cher on Twitter, commenting on Donald Trump: "Donald Trump is a Pompous A--hole! Saw him in Aspen with one Dcup chick after another," she tweeted. "Everyone up there thought he was a complete idiot." And if that weren't biting enough, the "Believe" songstress went on in a second tweet posted shortly after. "Donald Trump (mr … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day Part I: Cher on Twitter on Donald Trump
Obama Talks About Birtherism on Oprah (VIDEO)
Barack Obama decided again to talk to an audience that may not feel whatever passes from Sean Hannity's or Rush Limbaugh's lips is The Word so he visited Oprah -- and talk about birtherism and his birther certificate's release. Here's the key excerpt from the episode that will air on May 2: … [Read more...] about Obama Talks About Birtherism on Oprah (VIDEO)
GPS Maker Sorry For Selling Customer Data
Yikes! Navigation device maker TomTom has apologized for supplying driving data collected from customers to police to use in catching speeding motorists. The data, including historical speed, has been sold to local and regional governments in the Netherlands to help police set speed traps, Dutch newspaper AD reported here, with a Google translation here. As more smartphones … [Read more...] about GPS Maker Sorry For Selling Customer Data
The Week That Never Should Have Been
We do not have time for this kind of silliness. ~ BARACK OBAMA America is slouching toward the end of what has to be the strangest -- as well as saddest -- week in memory. It was a week in which President Obama, responding to the short-form birthers who have nipped at his heals for three years, was compelled to belabor the obvious by producing his long-firm birth … [Read more...] about The Week That Never Should Have Been
Trump’s Racist Schtick from a Christian Perspective
Here. I hope that my fellow Christians will see (and name) Donald Trump's racist, ungodly demagoguery for what it is. We need to speak up. … [Read more...] about Trump’s Racist Schtick from a Christian Perspective
A Voice from America’s Future – Empire or Indispensible Nation?
Imagining being on one’s death bed can help greatly to improve decision-making: focusing on all that remains of one’s decisions in the long-run – one’s life’s legacy, if you will – can help one attend to what really matters. And what is true for men is true for empires. I was born in a country that was once a great empire. I was born just a couple of generations after it … [Read more...] about A Voice from America’s Future – Empire or Indispensible Nation?
Last Word
Lawrence O"Donnell doesn't just take down Donald Trump but NBC as well. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy No further comments necessary and yes birther=racist!!! … [Read more...] about Last Word
Birthers: Racist (Part II)
We earlier ran this post by TMV coblogger Dalitso Njolinjo about his anger, rage, dismay and hurt as an African-British man in seeing President Barack Obama have to show his birth certificate -- and Trump's and some GOPers' responses. Now here is what in effect is Part II: The Onion's Baratunde Thurston's You Tube about the birther issue, Obama's producing the birth … [Read more...] about Birthers: Racist (Part II)
Key Birther Orly Taitz Won’t Address Birth Certificate Issue: MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Ends Interview
If there's a clip that can be shown now to indicate why birthers deserve this theme song, it's Orly Taitz's appearance on the MSNBC show of Lawrence O'Donnell, who always has one of the more compelling hours on that liberal-skewed network (he reportedly is getting a young demographic in his viewership these days). O'Donnell's teaser was that he was going to have relentless … [Read more...] about Key Birther Orly Taitz Won’t Address Birth Certificate Issue: MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Ends Interview
Birther or Bust (Cartoon)
This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to run on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Birther or Bust (Cartoon)
The Atlantic: Trump’s Birther Jihad May Be Hurting “Celebrity Apprentice’s” Ratings
Is Donald Trump firing himself and his show in terms of ratings? Exlusive research by The Atlantic finds that his ratings are going down fast -- perhaps not unsurprising since his show's audience is among the most liberal skewered. Joshua Green writes: He may have gotten President Obama's attention, but Donald Trump's presidential candidacy is presumed by most people … [Read more...] about The Atlantic: Trump’s Birther Jihad May Be Hurting “Celebrity Apprentice’s” Ratings
Keeping Up with the Kardashians – and America’s Wars
As the publisher of Watching America, the website that translates foreign news and views about the USA, I spend a lot of time thinking about the systemic inadequacies of the media in communicating events on the ground to the American public. Indeed, one of the core theses of a book that I have recently finished writing is that media content reflects prevailing paradigms … [Read more...] about Keeping Up with the Kardashians – and America’s Wars
Conspiracy Theories
Over at Balloon Juice E.D. Kain has a theory on the birthers and Donald Trump that seems a lot more plausible than the actual birther theories. In 2008, Obama met with Donald Trump in a secret closed-doors beer summit. There, they hatched a scheme. Knowing that there is a large segment of the American people that is still deeply racist, and that said racism would not emerge … [Read more...] about Conspiracy Theories
Forget Obama Birth, Check Romney Rebirth
Those who want to protect America from a Commander-in-Chief of questionable citizenship got ahead of themselves by putting all their energy into proving that Barack Hussein Obama was foreign-born and should not be reelected. In primaries before next November, they will first have to head off Mitt (another odd name) Romney who may not be a secret Muslim but is a professed … [Read more...] about Forget Obama Birth, Check Romney Rebirth
Will Trump Now Release His Tax Returns?
Now that President Obama has released his long form birth certificate, will Donald Trump release his tax returns as he promised to do when Obama provided the additional birth certificate into? Here's a trip in the (not to distant) time machine: … [Read more...] about Will Trump Now Release His Tax Returns?
Will the GOP Drive Itself (and the U.S.) Over a Cliff?
NOTE: This column was posted on www.cagle.com yesterday but due to the reaction of Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh and some Republican politicians' reactions such as THIS and THIS to Barack Obama's release of his long form birth certificate not to mention the reaction of birthers -- it's clear the conspiracy theories, allegations and demonization will continue -- it is as timely as … [Read more...] about Will the GOP Drive Itself (and the U.S.) Over a Cliff?
An End to Divide and Conquer?
You can't have a viable Palestinian state with the two major Palestinian political factions at each other's throats. So my initial reaction to this is that it's good news: … [Read more...] about An End to Divide and Conquer?
But Wasn’t It Proven that Obama’s Birth Certificate Was A Fraud?
But wait! Wasn't it proven that Barack Obama's birth certificate was a fraud. Some insisted it WAS. But in the end, it wasn't. … [Read more...] about But Wasn’t It Proven that Obama’s Birth Certificate Was A Fraud?
Birtherism: Racism
This is probably the most difficult article I have ever written for The Moderate Voice. The issue of whether Obama was a natural born citizen of the US has been around since the primary elections of 2008. In fact, if I’m not mistaken, this issue started to gain traction after Rev. Wright affair when Obama’s oppositions (I must say, spearheaded by Hillary Clinton) started … [Read more...] about Birtherism: Racism
Quote of the Day: On the Donald Trump and Republican Branding
Our political Quote of the Day comes from MSNBC's First Read which asks when Republicans will distance themselves from Donald Trump, a question more relevant than other now that Trump has started suggesting that Barack Obama was an affirmative action student in college and, today, all but broke his arm patting himself on the back when Obama released his long form birth … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: On the Donald Trump and Republican Branding