Its Gotta be Sad When Nobody Wants You to Run
By Chris Baily
Oh Governor Paterson… what a sad state of affairs.
By Chris Baily
Oh Governor Paterson… what a sad state of affairs.
By Peter Brauer
Thank you Mr. Onion for making me laugh for so many years. This fake news is priceless. (Disclaimer: Theodore Barrett, the Former White House Press Secretary is my dear cousin Jay Potter. So my opinion is completely biased.) But you should watch this and draw your own conclusions about its hilarity.
By Peter Brauer
The number one problem facing medical reform is that the mainstream news media has been bought by the insurance and pharmaceutical industries.
Two days ago I was watching supposedly unbiased State of the Union with John King on CNN. I was very annoyed that he had two republicans (Tom Price and John Barrasso) and one democrat (Eddie… Read More
By Jiun Kwon
Actor Jeffrey Wright (one of my faves) has written a beautiful piece for CNN.com regarding the recent arrest of Prof. Henry Louis Gates and President Obama’s response to said incident. Wright, himself, was involved in a dust-up with local police while filming on location in Shreveport, Louisiana. He writes pretty candidly about his experience,… Read More
By Jiun Kwon
President Obama held a press conference Wednesday night to shed some light on his healthcare plan. In the final question from the press, he was asked for his take on the arrest of Prof. Henry Louis Gates, and of course… this is what the focus is… Read More
By Jiun Kwon
The French National Assembly is launching an inquiry into whether the wearing of burkas by Muslim women in France poses a threat to the ‘secular nature of the French constitution’. A day earlier, President Nicolas Sarkozy declared the garment ‘not welcome’ in France:
“The problem of the burka is not a religious problem. This is an… Read More
As if news wasn’t fear-mongering enough, The New York Times brings us an interactive Murder Map for New York City.
Have fun finding out exactly when the last murder happened in your neighborhood! Thanks to this little program, I was just blessed with the knowledge that someone was killed last month on my walk home from work!… Read More
By Peter Brauer
IRAN: A Nation Of Bloggers from ayrakus on Vimeo.
Check out this great little video about why this revolt is different from all recent demonstations in Iran.
By Peter Brauer
The Ayatollah Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad have met the full force of a people empowered by the internet, and they are being seriously shaken. What is happening right now in Iran is fueled by the freedom of speech and organization provided by Twitter. Much of what is being reported to the outside world is provided through this… Read More
By Jiun Kwon
Um… I just about lost the ability to breathe after seeing this, I was laughing so hard. Politics and media have been simpatico since the beginning of time (maybe not that long), as has our voracious consumption of all things publicity, especially when it comes to ourselves. And this really seems to encompass/reflect/exploit/mock/who-cares-what-it’s-doing-it’s-hilarious/indulge the absurdity in ALL of… Read More
Tomorrow marks 100 days since the BP oil spill in the gulf. I know they “successfully” capped it, but as long as that sucker is still leaking, I’m saying there is still an oil spill. But this disaster got me thinking a lot about the good old days of folk – when popular music regularly included anthems… Read More
Unless you have been living under a rock, you are quite familiar with the body (of work) of Isaiah Mustafa. Mustafa is a former wide-receiver in the NFL, and currently has a talent contract with NBC. He might be better known to you as The Old Spice Guy (heretofore known in this post as OSG). But just in… Read More