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What do Limbaugh, Palin and the N. Korea regime have in common?
Their favorite “interviewer” is Fox “News” “personality” Greta Van Scientologist.
A most optimistic prediction for 2012
Writing for Foreign Policy, Gordon G. Chang predicts the collapse of the Communist Party in China. Let’s hope he’s right. At a time when crucial challenges mount, the Communist Party is beginning a multi-year political transition and therefore ill-prepared for the problems it faces. There are already visible splits among Party elites, and the leadership’s [...]
We’re discussing the First Amendment here — no reporters allowed!
Actually, it’s worse than that. After Occupy Bellingham protesters were told to leave a public park, the group’s legal advisor insisted that Occupy is “a first-amendment-protected activity” and that city officials are “encroaching on their first-amendment rights.” Meetings about this were held Tuesday afternoon, but… The protesters refused to let a Bellingham Herald reporter in [...]
Hollywood can’t figure out why filmgoers aren’t excited by another ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks’ sequel
It’s been a horrible year for the movie industry, the worst in 16 years. Naturally Hollywood is blaming everything but its largely unwatchable product. The result: projected domestic revenues for the year of $10.15 billion, down 4 percent from 2010′s, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com. Taking higher ticket prices into account, movie attendance is off [...]
The most tasteless promotion ever
I’ve long complained about gays embracing cultural stereotypes but I never thought it would come to this.
Have an NRA Christmas
FBI personal background checks, which are required before an individual can buy guns, hit an all-time high of 129,166 on Black Friday. That figure shattered the previous record of 97,848, set on Black Friday of 2008, by 32 percent. In Georgia, FBI personal background checks recorded during the month of November are at a three-year [...]
