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Last weekend, “Saturday Night Live” did a skit about a CNN debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Problem was, the only African-American male cast member they had available couldn’t reasonably portray Obama because he has a very different body type and it just wouldn’t have worked. So, do you know what they did? Okay, […]
Those discussing the phrase “natural born citizen” in the debate if McCain qualified to run for president under that phrase haven’t investigated to find what that phrase meant to the founders of the United States.. Law, like theological questions, uses phrases that those without experience may reinterpret literally to bolster their own beliefs or agendas. […]
Well, here is what might be a landmark case for the blogosphere, for the Internet, and for the future of our new media, citizen journalism. The AP has just sent a cease and desist letter to Brian C. Ledbetter telling him to stop using their copyrighted images on his website, snappedshot.com. Snappedshot.com is a site […]
Freeloading Euro Backpacker Upset People Think He’s a Freeloading Euro Backpacker Much of what we do here is serious commentary on the leftist bias in this world, issues that are consequential to the debate between right and left. But, today we can sit back and have a little lighthearted fun with our lefty friends without […]
David confesses everything to Nikki. He asks her for her forgiveness. She says she needs some time to let this all sink in. He asks her what does she want him to do, move out the suite, or quit Jabot. She says she has to think about all of this. She gets up and leaves […]
Henry is sitting in his room reading Gray’s note to Vienna when she comes in. She reminds him that she saw him with that other woman and won’t let him explain about what was going on. She shows him all her shoes and then tells him she just left Gray’s limo where they made love. […]
Cloe comes downstairs and Phillip sarcastically says someone slept in again this morning. She tells Phillip how grateful she is for all he has done to help her so she feels bad asking him for something else. He asks what she needs now. She says this one is big. She says she is running out […]
In 1989 Disney released a little underwater gem of a film that went on to become one of its most popular musicals. Now almost two decades later, composer Alan Menken revisits his hit show, revamping many of the favorites and writing 10 new songs. The result is now a larger-than-life Broadway version of The Little […]
Dear Shri P Chidambaram I gather from the news channels that you have delivered a please-all budget and that agriculture was the highlight of your budget. Out of curiosity I looked up your speech on the Internet, yeah we farmers can manage to access the internet every so often. I understand you have announced a […]
A wave of broken promises and tactless plans vis-à -vis Berlin (and the rest of Europe, so the Germans claim) by French President Nicolas Sarkozy has led many observers here to wonder if Mr. Sarkozy has maybe not accidentally mixed up Germany with the United States of America. “Hello? This is Berlin calling,†said one high-level […]
Married couple and filmmaking duo Hamid Rahmanian and Melissa Hibbard are a well-known team to anyone interested in Iranian film and films dealing with Iranian social issues, including how Iran is perceived by the West, namely in the U.S. Together they’ve made numerous documentaries (two of which are included on the new dvd release The […]
In a recent editorial published in the Washington Post, an unusual call for the USA to stay in Iraq rang out with pleas for the US to commit even more money and resources to help rebuild that war torn nation. Published under the byline of Angelina Jolie, the piece said that, “we have finally reached […]
Earlier this month, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan told The New York Times that the choice that Jewish voters had in the Dem primary was “almost an embarrassment of riches†and that they felt “a certain amount of distress that they have to choose […]
Since when does a dying campaign inspire a sudden cash infusion of 35 million dollars? In a conference call pep talk to contributors, that’s what the sputtering Clinton machine announced Thursday. They claim that in February, they have suddenly received $35 million from 300,000 people, two-thirds of whom were new donors, and that most of […]
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