Yesterday I quoted Jeff Jarvis that AP is the enemy of newspapers. The story that's making the rounds today proves his point. Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch: Here is another great moment in A.P. history. In its quest to become the RIAA of the newspaper industry, the A.P.’s executives and lawyers are beginning to match their counterparts in the music industry for cluelessness. … [Read more...] about AP Exec Threatens Affiliate For Embedding AP YouTube Video
Obama: A Humble Leader Worthy of His Great Nation: Al-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Was it a bow or just good manners? The blogosphere is bursting with debate over whether President Obama diminished his stature by appearing to bow to the King of Saudi Arabia at the G20 summit. As for the Saudis, the act was just another reflection of President Obama's well-earned respect. According to this op-ed article from Saudi Arabia's Al-Riyadh newspaper, Obama's act … [Read more...] about Obama: A Humble Leader Worthy of His Great Nation: Al-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Great Performers: The Musical Stylings Of Mrs. Miller
From a brief period in the 1960s, American was blessed with the musical stylings of one Mrs. Miller -- a real grandmother, who sang rock songs SERIOUSLY in her own, unmistakable...er...style. Younger TMV readers will now be in for a TREAT. Click on the video below and you will hear music as you've never heard it before: … [Read more...] about The Great Performers: The Musical Stylings Of Mrs. Miller
Seven Days of Obama: ‘Saviors Do Not Exist’ – NRC Handelsblad, The Netherlands
TITLE SAYS: 'A CHECK OF $1.1 TRILLION FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY' OBAMA SAYS: 'SHALL I SIGN HERE?' … MERKEL SAYS: … 'ON THE BACKS OF OUR CHILDREN' The postmortems on President Obama's trip through Europe continue to stream in, and true to their usual style, the Dutch are cold-eyed and practical about their conclusions. This editorial by the NRC Handelsblad, the nation's … [Read more...] about Seven Days of Obama: ‘Saviors Do Not Exist’ – NRC Handelsblad, The Netherlands
North Korean Moon
Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to appear on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about North Korean Moon
Say Goodnight, Norm
I have to agree with Ramesh Ponnuru; it's time for Norm Coleman to give up his fight for the Senate seat here in Minnesota. Now, I'm not a fan of Coleman, but I did vote for him because he was and is a better candidate than Al Franken. Franken comes accross as mean-spirited and while Coleman has been faulted with doing what the political winds told him to do, he was at … [Read more...] about Say Goodnight, Norm
‘Tis Creative Time For Tax Exemptions
Next Wednesday, April 15, is the deadline to file our income tax returns. 'Tis the season for creative lawyers and taxpayers to take advantage of weird deductions in the more than 20,000 pages of rules and regulations established by the Internal Revenue Service. Yes, 20,000 pages. That's equivalent of reading a 400-page book by Ernest Hemingway 50 times. And, nowhere near as … [Read more...] about ‘Tis Creative Time For Tax Exemptions
A Turkish News Anchor “Welcomes” Barack Obama
But something REALLY got lost in translation.... … [Read more...] about A Turkish News Anchor “Welcomes” Barack Obama
TMV at the International Auto Show
This week, your faithful TMV reporter is in Manhattan to check out the 2009 New York International Auto Show and we'll be talking to some folks involved in the auto industry about the future of Detroit, environmental concerns and progress on the fuel efficiency front and related topics so it can be reported back to you here first hand. (Aren't we nice?) Shown to the left if one … [Read more...] about TMV at the International Auto Show
Israel must stop building settlements
That is certainly the conventional wisdom. Elliott Abrams dissents. For him, anti-settlement advocacy is a distraction. Abrams writes that the expansion of the Israeli settler population basically entails population growth in existing settlements, which will become part of Israel under the expected terms of any two-state deal. What Abrams is against is taking new land for … [Read more...] about Israel must stop building settlements
Medicare-for-All Goes Mainstream
The health care reform that dares not speak its name edged out of the shadows yesterday with a New York Times editorial suggesting: "A new public plan--to offer consumers greater choice, keep the private plans honest and, one can hope, restrain the relentless growth in health care premiums and underlying medical costs--seems worth trying. "Any new public plan would … [Read more...] about Medicare-for-All Goes Mainstream
Bill O’Reilly Demonizes Yet Another Newspaper But Gets Answered Back
It's truly a pity what has happened to Fox News' Bill O'Reilly. Of course, the "pity" has made him incredibly rich, with huge ratings and the head of a empire. Once upon a time O'Reilly was a highly talented and skilled newsman, both on network news and later when he went on to host the highly popular syndicated show Inside Edition. He conducted excellent interviews and … [Read more...] about Bill O’Reilly Demonizes Yet Another Newspaper But Gets Answered Back
London G20 ‘Street Attacks’ May Presage Worse for U.S.: Folha, Brazil
Is the United States about to confront a wave a civil protest worse than London did days ago at the G20? Writing for Folha of Brazil, columnist Fernando Canzian writes of the United States: "There is no small chance that new protests will erupt there, particularly because the general situation in the U.S. is much worse than in the rest of the developed world. ... Unlike … [Read more...] about London G20 ‘Street Attacks’ May Presage Worse for U.S.: Folha, Brazil
Repugnant Warmongering
Let's start with Thomas Donnelly and Gary Schmitt's vile op-ed at War Is Good for Business -- aka the Wall Street Journal (emphasis mine): … [Read more...] about Repugnant Warmongering
Wait, Obama Is Worse On Civil Liberty Legalisms Than Bush?
So sayeth Keith Olbermann via Glenn Greenwald. While of course it's impossible to know how Obama personally feels, I am tempted to think that the Fineman commentary is most accurate: it's protection of internal bureaucracy rather than personal policy preference. Long before he was a serious candidate, I thought that Obama had a great personal grip on policy and direction, … [Read more...] about Wait, Obama Is Worse On Civil Liberty Legalisms Than Bush?
Obama’s Europe Tour: A Dutch View
We have read, heard and seen plenty of reactions---from the left, from the right, from the middle, and from the independents---on President Obama's seven-day European tour, including his unexpected stop in Iraq. If interested, here is some reaction from an European source, the Netherlands' NRC Handelsblad. In an editorial, "Obama's seven days in Europe," we read: The … [Read more...] about Obama’s Europe Tour: A Dutch View
Remembering Fair-Minded Republicans
In recent weeks, we have seen several states make strides towards equality for gay and lesbian Americans. Jeff Cook, a former staff person at the national office of Log Cabin and currently working with the New York state chapter of Log Cabin Republicans, has done a good job of letting people know of the brave Republicans that stood up for civil rights. You can read his posts … [Read more...] about Remembering Fair-Minded Republicans
The Joys Of Piracy
Even in these tough times, wonderful money-making opportunities appear for guys with guts and a flair for the dramatic. A perfect example of this fact is seen in the growth of the Somali pirating industry. These entrepreneurs have hijacked scores of ships in recent months, and just today pirated a huge Danish vessel with a crew of 20 Americans. A good piece of ransom business … [Read more...] about The Joys Of Piracy
Newspapers Can’t Get to the Future by Clinging to the Past
Peter Kafka at All Things Digital got some of what AP is thinking from Jim Kennedy VP/director of strategic planning. It boils down to: ...AP’s ire is indeed aimed at Google, and that the drum-beating has a purpose. The search engine has a deal with the AP that expires at the end of this year, and the AP is setting the table for upcoming negotiations. ... The AP’s “stick” … [Read more...] about Newspapers Can’t Get to the Future by Clinging to the Past
Quote Of The Day: Michael J. Fox On Rush Limbaugh
Wasn't it just a scream when talk show host Rush Limbaugh made fun of the way Michael J. Fox talked and the actor's involuntary body movements -- and claimed it was all just a show to get support for stem cell research? Many of Limbaugh's fans thought it was. Limbaugh was doing what he usually does: trying to discredit or stereotype someone with whom he disagrees. (Some media … [Read more...] about Quote Of The Day: Michael J. Fox On Rush Limbaugh