I might not have mentioned the Wire on here in a long time, probably haven’t thought about it as often as I used to. So it came as a bit of a surprise a week or two ago I got a late night phone call from a friend of mine, who after having just a [...]
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On the grounds between the two brick colleges, the chitchat between the scion of four-star admirals and the son of a prizefighter turns to their academic travels; both colleges sponsor a trip abroad for young officers to network with military and political leaders in a distant corner of the globe. “I’m going to the Middle [...]
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An interesting article in The Nation that follows John McCain’s efforts to keep information concerning POWs that were left behind in Vietnam from reaching the light of day. The information concerns among other issues the fact that the US may have hundreds of POWs behind in Vietnam who were likely eventually executed as both the [...]
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Worth checking out… if only to hear Karl Roves insanity and Bill ‘Papa Bear’ Orielly act like a fool (again). http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/cc_insider/2008/09/jon-stewart-ann.html
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I can’t say I really ever watch any of the cable news channels unless I am prepared with a trash can to catch my vomit. Every now and then I do catch a good clip that breaks the mold of weak journalism that enforces the idea that we don’t really need 24 hour news channels. [...]
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“the best campaign team in the universe ever,” working out of “ ‘The Daily Show’ news-scraper: 117 stories, 73 situation rooms, 26 news tickers,” and promising to bring “you all the news stories — first … before it’s even true.” (Quoting the current ad campaign for the election coverage of the Daily Show) Is Jon [...]
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Last night I went and saw a ‘one night only’ showing via satellite of the This American Life stage show being beamed from a New York auditorium to satellite equipped movie theaters around the country. (see story about the event here) The turn out in Columbus was pretty small – although apparently some locations sold out. The [...]
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This Is Just To Say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold. – William Carlos Williams ‘This is just to say’ is a famous poem by William Carlos Williams that you may have come [...]
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The Spicy Baconator is an action-packed burger, but part of its success has to go to its hip name. It’s even cooler if you say it with an Arnold Schwarzenegger accent. – Drive Through Gourmet, The Houston Chronicle So for those that limit there extracurricular activites to reading In re: I appologize for my absence, [...]
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You probably know about the White House phone call ad that Hillary Clinton put out prior to winning the Ohio and Texas primaries. Many people have been debating the ad (I thought the one on Real Time with Bill Maher was pretty good). Anyway, most people will agree that it is a negative ad (on [...]
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