[icopyright one button toolbar] Hillary Clinton's response to reports that she has violated the Federal Records Act at her recent press conference have been throughly debunked by media fact-checkers. The Canadian Press has also discussed this with Daniel Metcalf. He is described as, "The senior-most freedom-of-information official in the executive branch of the United … [Read more...] about Obama White House & Top Freedom Of Information Official Worried About “The Clinton Way”
Video: Muybridge race horse animated.gif from 1887
It's always fascinating to explore the roots of the magic of film. So let's go back to 1887, in a segment taken from Eadweard Muybridge's Human and Animal Locomotion series, (plate 626, thoroughbred bay mare "Annie G." galloping) published by the University of Pennsylvania: By Photos made by Eadweard Muybridge Animation by User Waugsberg [Public domain], via Wikimedia … [Read more...] about Video: Muybridge race horse animated.gif from 1887
The First Female President
The First Female President By Tina Dupuy This year marks the 20-year anniversary of Hillary Clinton's speech at the Fourth World Conference on Women titled, "Women's Rights Are Human Rights." It was 1995 when then-First Lady Clinton went to Beijing and challenged the world to see women's issues as not separate from the rest of humanity. "The progress of the last 20 years … [Read more...] about The First Female President
Being a creationist conservative in Canada ‘gives your opponents a tremendous amount of ammunition’
Alberta premier Jim Prentice's hand-picked education minister Gordon Dirks told forum attendees last weekend that he was an "Old Earth guy" - a reference to a doctrine of Creationism that generally rejects biological evolution. Mr. Dirks has declined to clarify his views. He's also declined to comment on whether or not he accepts the scientifically accepted… … [Read more...] about Being a creationist conservative in Canada ‘gives your opponents a tremendous amount of ammunition’
Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: The 47 Republican Senators and the Cuban Missile Crisis
The 47 Republican Senators and the Cuban Missile Crisis by Mike Peters OF RELATED INTEREST: --Fallout Seen Worldwide From Republicans' Letter to Iran --The true liability of GOP senators' letter to Iran (Denver Post editorial) --Germany Warns GOP Letter Affects Iran Talks --Jon Stewart Mocks Republican Senators' Open Letter To Iran Mike Peters is recognized as … [Read more...] about Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: The 47 Republican Senators and the Cuban Missile Crisis
The long shadow of racism
WASHINGTON -- See, I keep telling you that old-fashioned racism is alive and well in this country. After the fraternity bus sing-along at the University of Oklahoma, do you hear me now? Frankly, the happy-go-lucky bigotry of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity brothers -- captured on video and shown to the world -- shocked even me. And I was raised in the South, … [Read more...] about The long shadow of racism
Cartoon: Poison Pen Letter
See great cartoons by all the top political cartoonists at http://cagle.com. To license this cartoon for your own site, visit http://politicalcartoons.com … [Read more...] about Cartoon: Poison Pen Letter
Election race tightens in Israel as polls show Netanyahu’s party trailing
JERUSALEM — With less than a week remaining before Israel's elections, the race appears tighter than it has at any time since the start of the campaign, throwing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the defensive. Three public opinion polls published Tuesday and Wednesday show Netanyau's conservative Likud party lagging by margins of three to four parliamentary… … [Read more...] about Election race tightens in Israel as polls show Netanyahu’s party trailing
AP Files Suit Over Clinton Email, Media Fact Checks Clinton, and Al Gore Goes To Iowa
[icopyright one button toolbar] As I discussed previously, one of the more serious aspects of Hillary Clinton violating rules regarding government records is that she used her private server to avoid Freedom of Information Act requests, including requests from the Associated Press. AP is now filing suit: The Associated Press on Wednesday sued the State Department to force … [Read more...] about AP Files Suit Over Clinton Email, Media Fact Checks Clinton, and Al Gore Goes To Iowa
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Review
[icopyright one button toolbar] It's good to be back at TMV -- and I want to thank Joe for inviting me back after such a long absence. I'm still deciding how I want to ease back into this community. So far now, I'll do something a little different for me -- a TV review of Netflix's new series, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The most amazing thing about Unbreakable Kimmy … [Read more...] about Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Review
Cartoon: What Hillary Worry?
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Two Officers Shot Outside Ferguson Police Department
Two Officers Shot Outside Ferguson Police Department Two police officers were shot outside Ferguson police headquarters early Thursday morning amid protests, St. Louis county police chief Jon Belmar announced at a press conference at Barnes Hospital around 2 a.m. Both men are expected to survive. Protesters began to gather outside the police department around 5:30 p.m. after … [Read more...] about Two Officers Shot Outside Ferguson Police Department
The Dalai Lama And A Gaggle Of Chinese Communist Officials Walk Into A Bar . . .
[icopyright one button toolbar] Do you remember that uproarious Monty Python sketch where the Dalai Lama, played by John Cleese, sits cross-legged in saffron robes in a mountaintop cave and declares that he won't have an afterlife, throwing into an uproar the exhausted Chinese Communist Party functionaries who have hiked to the cave? The officials, played by the … [Read more...] about The Dalai Lama And A Gaggle Of Chinese Communist Officials Walk Into A Bar . . .
Kathleen Parker on GOP Letter
[icopyright one button toolbar] Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker offers a sensible take on the GOP Senate letter to Iran in The Washington Post. It must be relatively simple, as one clips along the marble halls of the Russell Senate Office Building, speaking only to those of like mind, to decide that undermining the president is a public service. Hating the … [Read more...] about Kathleen Parker on GOP Letter
America’s Real Traitors
[icopyright one button toolbar] by Walter Brasch The Tea Party wing of the Republican party thinks House speaker John Boehner is a rhino. Not the thick-skinned horned mammal that lives in Africa. This rhino is an R-I-N-O . . . Republican in Name Only. The Tea Party thinks Boehner, by sometimes listening to both sides and occasionally, but rarely, agreeing with … [Read more...] about America’s Real Traitors
The 47 Republican Senators and the Letter to Iran: Knuckleheads, dum-dums, or traitors?
[icopyright one button toolbar] Knuckleheads, dum-dums, or traitors? And anyway, do we know treason when we see it? Call me old-fashioned, but when the advise-and-consent role of the Senate was exchanged for a casual, treacherous intrusion into the rights and duties of the executive branch, the senators involved deserved a chilly overnight in the stocks for their … [Read more...] about The 47 Republican Senators and the Letter to Iran: Knuckleheads, dum-dums, or traitors?
Cartoon: Republican Senators Write An Open Letter to the American People
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Hillary Clinton Stonewalls On Email Scandal
[icopyright one button toolbar] Hillary Clinton held a press conference to discuss the email controversy but wound up stonewalling and creating even more questions. The news conference was basically an expanded version of her tweet, just as misleading and reveling little actual information. Considering the Nixonian feel to this scandal, I was waiting for someone to ask if, … [Read more...] about Hillary Clinton Stonewalls On Email Scandal
Open Letters: First Iran, Now the World (Updates)
[icopyright one button toolbar] Update III (No satire) Testifying today before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Secretary of State John Kerry did not mince words when commenting on the infamous “letter of 47.” He called it an "irresponsible" gambit that breaks with more than two centuries of U.S. foreign policy history, according to a report at the … [Read more...] about Open Letters: First Iran, Now the World (Updates)
The 47 – And The Art of Stepping in Doggie Poo
Rick Wilson, national Republican message and media strategist, had the germ of a good idea for his fellow GOPers in the wake of revelations about Hillary Clinton’s use of personal email to conduct government business. Appearing in Politico Magazine, Wilson authored a piece titled A Message to My Fellow Republicans, and subtitled “Let’s stay out of the way of Hillary Clinton’s … [Read more...] about The 47 – And The Art of Stepping in Doggie Poo