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Report: Keith Olbermann May Have Left MSNBC To Create His Own “Media Empire”

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As the inevitable blog posts, comments in blogs and news stories come out suggesting that MSNBC's now-departed "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann may have parted ways with his network because COMCAST merged with NBC and has it in for liberals, a new report suggests Olbermann was ready to leave and may have left to create his own media empire. The Wrap: It was Keith … [Read more...] about Report: Keith Olbermann May Have Left MSNBC To Create His Own “Media Empire”

On Keith Olbermann: Flamethrower and Talented

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Since Keith Olbermann was the subject of at least a handful of columns I have posted on TMV, I feel compelled to add my two cents on his departure from MSNBC's Countdown show. Good luck and good night. It was a nightly sign off - he proudly parroted the great Edward R. Murrow during the heyday of television journalism at CBS. Keith Olbermann was not even in the same … [Read more...] about On Keith Olbermann: Flamethrower and Talented

A. Barton Hinkle: Civility is nice; nonviolence is even better

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I recently came across a rather interesting Op/Ed in the Richmond Times-Dispatch written by A. Barton Hinkle. Mr. Hinkle does not explicitly identify himself as a libertarian, but his article does a good job of articulating the non-aggression principle that is at the heart of the libertarian philosophy: The debate over the size and scope of government, then, is an argument … [Read more...] about A. Barton Hinkle: Civility is nice; nonviolence is even better

Keith Olbermann Announces His Show on MSNBC Will Be His Last There

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Keith Olbermann announced Friday night on his "Countdown" show, that this would be his last televised show for MSNBC. UPDATE Saturday January 22, 2011. Word from cable channel pundits and hosts speculate that Mr. Olbermann had been in process of a buyout of his contract... whether jumping or being pushed... perhaps both. There appears to be much talk about him signing what … [Read more...] about Keith Olbermann Announces His Show on MSNBC Will Be His Last There

Racial and Religious Tolerance in America: the Norm?

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EDITOR's NOTE: Due to a technical Glitch, this was up on TMV with the wrong byline for about one minute. We regret the error. Prostitution may be the oldest profession but racial and religious intolerance doing business in America are fellow bed partners. All three seem to merge this past week into a national pissing contest. We see it in the power-grubbing Congressmen … [Read more...] about Racial and Religious Tolerance in America: the Norm?

Right-Wing Blogger Praises Giffords Shooting, Targets Other Politicians

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So you think Jared Lee Loughner is just some crazy dude who acted purely out of his own derangement, and that the right-wing anti-government agenda and culture of violence had nothing at all to do with it? I think that's ridiculous, but, regardless, what's clear is that the right-wing anti-government agenda and culture of violence are very real and very dangerous. And … [Read more...] about Right-Wing Blogger Praises Giffords Shooting, Targets Other Politicians

The Barack Hussein Obama 2011 State of the Union Drinking Game! (Guest Voice)

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The Barack Hussein Obama 2011 State of the Union Drinking Game! Raging Moderate, by Will Durst NEEDED TO PLAY: • Four taxpayers of any sex: One rich, white banker- type wearing dark suit with loosened tie. Two ordinary folks wearing jeans; one in a blue or flannel work shirt, the other in a white shirt, sleeves rolled up. One poor, bedraggled person wearing clothes … [Read more...] about The Barack Hussein Obama 2011 State of the Union Drinking Game! (Guest Voice)

The Kind of Language We Do NOT Need In Our Politics Or on Talk Radio

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Sorry, but there is NO EXCUSE for this. And if some nutjob talk show host on the left made similar comments, that person is equally reprehensible. So spare us the comments about so and so's language. If someone suggests shooting someone, no matter how it is framed, then they do not deserve the audience they most assuredly will get for inflammatory comments such as this. … [Read more...] about The Kind of Language We Do NOT Need In Our Politics Or on Talk Radio

Christie Under Attack for Appointing Muslim Judge

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Yesterday, I mentioned anti-Muslim crusader Steve Emerson in a post about Rep. Steve King's planned congressional investigation of "radicalized Islam" in Muslim-American communities. As part of that mention, I linked to an article on Emerson's website, Investigative Project on Terrorism, in which Emerson accused New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie of having a "strange relationship … [Read more...] about Christie Under Attack for Appointing Muslim Judge

Two Lives of Serving the Public

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Robert Sargent Shriver, a Kennedy by marriage and in spirit, died this week at the age of 95 just as Joseph Lieberman, 68 announces he is leaving the Senate next year, offering a contrast in public figures. Shriver, brother-in-law of JFK and Robert, the first director of the Peace Corps who later led LBJ's "war on poverty," was a modest man. Lieberman, who claims to have … [Read more...] about Two Lives of Serving the Public

Obama at 53% Means Nothing for ‘12 (Guest Voice)

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Obama at 53% Means Nothing for ‘12 by Taylor Marsh Pollsters on “Daily Rundown” today said that it will take another poll to know whether Pres. Obama’s 53% is going to stick. If you’re looking to 2012, I’d caution everyone to understand the NBC/WSJ poll means nothing. The President and his team have real challenges going forward, because the midterms turned states upside … [Read more...] about Obama at 53% Means Nothing for ‘12 (Guest Voice)

The Michelle Obama Meme du Jour

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The First Lady has been accused of many things, but this one deserves a “Memmy.” According to Barbara Harsha, executive director of the Governors' Highway Safety Administration, Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity campaign could be one of the factors to blame for the increase in pedestrian deaths during the first six months of 2010. According to the GHSA, 1,891 pedestrians were … [Read more...] about The Michelle Obama Meme du Jour

America’s Cold Warriors Must Reconsider Outdated Ideology: China Daily, People’s Republic of China

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Are policymakers in the United States so married to a 'zero-sum Cold War mentality,' that they are damaging relations with China? Or is China a genuine threat that manipulates its currency and shamelessly steals American intellectual property? According to this editorial from the state-run China Daily, those who see China as an adversary are shooting themselves - and the world … [Read more...] about America’s Cold Warriors Must Reconsider Outdated Ideology: China Daily, People’s Republic of China

Does This Constitutional Right Exist Or Not?

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Over the course of a third of a century, the United States Supreme Court has been deciding “informational privacy” cases. Not many, just three in those 33 years. But here’s the strange thing. The Supreme Court has never held that a constitutional right to informational privacy exists. Yesterday’s decision in NASA v. Nelson is the latest iteration. Here’s how they have … [Read more...] about Does This Constitutional Right Exist Or Not?