[icopyright one button toolbar] While the media and new and old media class is waiting for the other patent-leather shoe to drop, the case of NBC Anchor Brian Williams and his "misremebering" being shot down in a helicopter seems to get curiouser and curiouser. NYU Journalism professor Jay Rosen, whose website Pressthink.org is required reading for anyone interested in … [Read more...] about Brian Williams Case Gets Curiouser and Curiouser: Was he enabled?
The Death of Kayla Jean Mueller – An Update
[icopyright one button toolbar] More details of the tragic death of American hostage Kayla Jean Mueller are emerging. I will not include them in the initial post announcing her death and containing tributes to her life. Here is a separate update. While the parents of Kayla Mueller did not specify what proof they had received of their daughter’s death, the New York … [Read more...] about The Death of Kayla Jean Mueller – An Update
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker First 2016 Presidential Hopeful to Open Iowa Office
[icopyright one button toolbar] Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker became the first 2016 presidential hopeful to open an Iowa office, the Des Moines Register reports. A political organization created by Walker, the governor of Wisconsin, has leased the space at 2775 86th St. in Urbandale – an office with a storied Republican political history. The strip-mall storefront, … [Read more...] about Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker First 2016 Presidential Hopeful to Open Iowa Office
John Oliver Exposes Pharmaceutical Marketing
[icopyright one button toolbar] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQZ2UeOTO3I&feature=youtu.be John Oliver and Last Week Tonight returned on HBO last weekend with a biting expose of the pharmaceutical industry (video above). Like Jon Stewart, Oliver's comedy version of the news is far more revealing than what is seen on most actual news reports. Last Week Tonight … [Read more...] about John Oliver Exposes Pharmaceutical Marketing
Germany’s Anti-Muslim Movement Spawns Anti-American Offshoot (Barbadillo, Italy)
[icopyright one button toolbar] Members of Germany's anti-Islamization movement Pigeda have just launched a new one: European Patriots Against the Americanization of the West, aka/Pegada. The group, which is growing fast and held it's first demonstration last month, calls the United States a 'terrorist power,' demands an end to U.S. spying and opposes the 'colonialist' … [Read more...] about Germany’s Anti-Muslim Movement Spawns Anti-American Offshoot (Barbadillo, Italy)
Munich Security Conference: U.S. and Germany Clash Over Salmon Canapés (Die Welt, Germany)
[icopyright one button toolbar] U.S. and German leaders may pretend that disagreements over arming Ukraine have done nothing to shake relations between them, but reporting on the behind the scenes maneuvering at the 'gastronomic highlight' of the Munich Security Conference, Die Welt special correspondent Anna von Bayern informs that an icy atmosphere between U.S. Secretary … [Read more...] about Munich Security Conference: U.S. and Germany Clash Over Salmon Canapés (Die Welt, Germany)
Cartoon: Brian Williams Liar
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: Brian Williams Liar
Overreacting to Obama, again (Guest Voice)
Overreacting to Obama, again by Ruth Marcus Washington Post Writers Group Columnist WASHINGTON -- Such is the daggers-drawn state of political discourse in Washington these days that President Obama could go to the National Prayer Breakfast, call the Islamic State a "brutal, vicious death cult" -- and still end up being assailed by conservatives. Obama's … [Read more...] about Overreacting to Obama, again (Guest Voice)
Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Vaccinations and Rand Paul
Vaccinations and Rand Paul by Mike Peters OF RELATED INTEREST: --Rand Paul misses vaccines hearing --Rand Paul on defensive in Iowa after comments about vaccination dangers --Rand Paul on vaccines, thin line between medicine and politics --Rand Paul’s vaccine claims under microscope Mike Peters is recognized as one of our nation’s most prominent cartoon artists … [Read more...] about Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Vaccinations and Rand Paul
‘Better Call Saul’ sparks excitement in Albuquerque
Cast members Michael McKean (L-R), Michael Mando, Rhea Seehorn, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks and Patrick Fabian pose at the premiere of the television series "Better Call Saul" at the Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, California in this file photo from January 29, 2015. [Photo/Agencies] ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - New Mexico's largest city is back… … [Read more...] about ‘Better Call Saul’ sparks excitement in Albuquerque
The Death of Kayla Jean Mueller
[icopyright one button toolbar] Update: Statements by other officials at end of post. ~~ NBC reports that American ISIL hostage Kayla Mueller is dead. Her death has been confirmed by Kayla’s family. The family made the following statement, but did not elaborate on how it had learned of her death or the circumstances surrounding it, according to NBC: We are … [Read more...] about The Death of Kayla Jean Mueller
Democracy Day: Let’s Make the Next Election a National Holiday
[icopyright one button toolbar] I've written about Vermont senator Bernie Sanders before. The will-he won’t-he possible Presidential contender has a lot of great ideas, and whether or not you believe he has a snowball’s chance of winning the presidency, it’s clear that he will, at the very least, continue doing everything he can to steer the national political discussion in … [Read more...] about Democracy Day: Let’s Make the Next Election a National Holiday
Christie’s dream is dying. It’s time to come home, governor (New Jersey Guest Voice)
Pro and con Netanyahu rhetoric heats up
Pro and con Netanyahu rhetoric heats up Compiled by Donald H. Harrison The rhetoric is heating up over the scheduled March 3 speech that Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahyu is scheduled to give to a Joint Session of Congress. Jeremy Ben Ami, execuitve director of J Street, has taken umbrage at Netanyahu saying that he will give his speech “not just as the prime … [Read more...] about Pro and con Netanyahu rhetoric heats up
Cartoon: Brian Williams
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Cartoon: Political Parties
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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Review: The denizens of Bikini Bottom finally succumb to inanity
SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Rating: Director: Nick Powell Writing Credit: Stephen Hillenburg, Paul Tibbitt Cast: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke Rated: PG; mild action and rude humor Genre: Kids Duration: 93 minutes Release date: Feb 06, 2015 Synopsis: SpongeBob's second moving outing. SpongeBob SquarePants is a butter-yellow kitchen sponge with buck teeth and big, … [Read more...] about The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Review: The denizens of Bikini Bottom finally succumb to inanity
Did the Supreme Court just tip its hand on gay marriage?
Did the Supreme Court just tip its hand on how it's long-awaited ruling on gay marriage will come down? It sounds that way, as The Christian Science Monitor notes: The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to issue a stay of a federal judge’s ruling invalidating Alabama’s definition of marriage as a union of one man and one woman, and requiring the state to begin allowing … [Read more...] about Did the Supreme Court just tip its hand on gay marriage?
Obama’s breakfast prayer
WASHINGTON -- Maybe we should just call off the National Prayer Breakfast and stop asking presidents to offer their thoughts about faith and religion. If they go beyond making all present feel good about how religious and upright they are, presidents can get into a lot of trouble. President Obama's speech to the breakfast last Thursday did not seem terribly … [Read more...] about Obama’s breakfast prayer
ISIS’s obscene glorification of terror (Guest Voice)
The barbaric and deviant nature of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), or indeed any other terrorist group spreading destruction and devastation, is clear for all to see. In all the footage of slaughter that members of these groups have posted—whether in Pakistan, Syria, Iraq or Europe—the abnormal, inhumane and un-Islamic mentality of those… … [Read more...] about ISIS’s obscene glorification of terror (Guest Voice)