Slower, Lower, Weaker
The world is puzzling over how such a thing could happen: Four womens’ badminton duos, including China’s world champion pair, disqualified for intentionally losing. (AP Photo/file) The world is puzzling over how such a thing could happen: Four womens’ badminton duos, including China’s world champion pair, disqualified for intentionally losing. >>Video: Players try to throw […]14 years ago
Kiss my BLEEP?
Mitt Romney’s foreign policy tour has finally wrapped up which has to be a relief to everybody involved. (AP) Mitt Romney’s foreign policy tour has finally wrapped up which has to be a relief to everybody involved. Reporters managed to find something to criticize at every stop, and after the Q&A in London where Romney […]14 years ago
Second Amendment rocket launchers?
Justice Antonin Scalia was talking gun rights on Fox News – specifically whether the Constitution permits regulating how much firepower one individual could have. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com The cinema shooter in Aurora, as we know, had four weapons and thousands of rounds, all of it legal. So here comes Justice Scalia, who […]14 years ago
Debauchery in the Olympic Village
Another reason to envy Olympic athletes - we probably assumed it before, but now it's been thrust in our face - in addition to having god-like bodies, the athletes, living as they do in a village populated exclusively by people with god-like bodies, apparently engage in sexual activity.14 years ago
Are we ready America?
Are you ready for the Summer Olympics? (AP Photo) I think it’s to our credit that it took an American to get cynical Londoners enthusiastic about their Olympics again. “I hear there’s a guy called Mitt Romney, he wants to know whether we’re ready? Are we ready?” London Mayor Boris Johnson said to cheers from […]14 years ago
The power of forgiveness
Best friends Allie Young, left, 19 and Stephanie Davies, 21, tell reporters about the shooting in Colorado. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Mark Boster, Pool) The paradox of terrifying events like the Colorado shooting spree is that they can also spotlight how heroic and just plain good ordinary people can be. Young men protecting their girlfriends, […]14 years ago
Unconnected dots
A poster on the wall is seen inside the apartment where accused killer James Homes lived, Tuesday, July 24, 2012 in Aurora, Colo. (AP) I admit that after outrages like the theater massacre last Friday, I’m one of those who try to find warning signs. Some flicker which if you read it correctly might at […]14 years ago
All completely legal!
James Holmes – the accused movie theater shooter – provided one of the spookier court appearances we’ve seen. (AP Photo/file) James Holmes, the accused movie theater shooter, provided one of the spookier court appearances we’ve seen, with orange hair and a bug-eyed stare. To think he was legally armed, that he broke no firearm law […]14 years ago
Uh Oh… Dave’s Reviews Are In
It’s the scariest part of performing — all those Tom Tangney wannabes picking you to pieces… …Dave Ross (KIRO-FM), fast-talking, lightfooted, quickwitted and devious as the Lord Chancellor, is as always a delight to hear and watch. Alyce Rogers brings excellent comic timing and dramatic skills to her role as the Fairy Queen. Rachel Brinn […]14 years ago
Down with the Golden Calf!
Laura Lovins, a Penn State University sophomore from State College, Pa., , center, reacts while listening to a television in the HUB on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa., as the NCAA sanctions against the Penn State University football program are announced Monday, July 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) >>>Penn […]14 years ago
The snuggler
"The Snuggler" sounds like a Batman villain. But it's actually Jacqueline Samuel, age 29, who is now pushing the boundaries of the massage industry by providing full-body snuggles.14 years ago
It’s happened before; it will probably happen again
A woman cries outside Gateway High School where witness were brought for questioning after a gunman opened fire at a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises Batman movie Friday, July 20, 2012 in Aurora, Colo. A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into the crowded movie theater killing […]14 years ago
Understanding God’s plan
What George Zimmerman told Sean Hannity closely matches what he told police the day after he shot Trayvon Martin. He doesn’t seem to be a racist; he seems like a nice guy. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com What intrigued me was this: “I feel that it was all God’s plan, and for me to […]14 years ago
I don’t think the Democrats ever want to see Romney’s tax returns
I don’t think the Democrats ever want to see those tax returns. Mitt Romney is sticking to his promise to release two years of tax returns, and that’s it. Next question. And Democrats are pretending to be outraged. But are they really? Listen to their latest Romney hit piece: Every voice on it is a […]14 years ago
The Democrats embrace Grover Norquist
Lobbyist Grover Norquist calls the tune when it comes to taxes. (AP Photo/file) Lobbyist Grover Norquist calls the tune when it comes to taxes. Most Republicans in Congress have signed his pledge to oppose any effort to increase tax rates. “Our job is to say no to tax increases and watch that pile of cash […]14 years ago
Is Mitt Romney hiding something embarrassing?
The issue on the weekend talk shows was Mitt Romney’s tax returns. (AP Photo/file) The issue on the weekend talk shows was Mitt Romney’s tax returns. He released his 2010 return, showing he earned 21 million, and he’s promised to release 2011, but that’s it. The Obama people seem to think he has something to […]14 years ago
Twilight of the Elites
Chris Hayes, author of Twilight of the Elites, says that we are all losing the American Dream. (Mynorthwest.com/File) We see America as a place where you can start out poor and die rich. “The notion of the American Dream is that you can end up in that small circle of winners,” says author Chris Hayes. […]14 years ago
When coaches become as gods
The Penn State report didn’t just reveal the audacity of Jerry Sandusky’s crime. It also destroyed the reputation of Coach Joe Paterno because there is strong evidence that he knew what was going on, knew it for years, and did nothing. Former FBI director Louis Freeh said everybody, right down to the janitors who saw […]14 years ago
When booing doesn’t hurt
We’ve all heard that Mitt Romney got booed when he mentioned Obamacare in front of the NAACP in Houston yesterday. But he didn’t seem shocked. In fact, he smiled. Maybe because he knows it gives him more conservative street cred… but he also had to know that at a time when we’re all sick of […]14 years ago
Raccoons and Welfare
The Bloodthirsty Raccoon story had me saying on today's show that I don't mind people giving animals a handout; it's when the animals get arrogant and start expecting it that I draw the line.
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Get the bathtub ready!
Grover Norquist is the anti-tax lobbyist famous for saying his goal was to “get government down to the size where you could drown it in the bathtub.” He was referring to the Federal government, which is still afloat for now, but in the meantime, we’re getting a taste of what a little water in the […]14 years ago
The kids are bored!
It’s official! America’s school children want to work harder! “You might think that the nation’s teenagers are drowning in school work, but our report found the opposite,” said Ulrich Boser, at the Center for American Progress, who analyzed federal surveys of students. “We found 37 percent of 4th graders say that their math work is […]14 years ago
We must take tax fairness into our own hands
The president is 100 percent committed to extending the tax cuts only for Americans making under $250,000, which means allowing taxes for those making more than that to go up. Other Democrats want to extend the cuts to people making under a million, but in any case, Republicans say that punishes success. And it’s true: […]14 years ago
Me the People
Polls show millions of young people get their news from the Daily Show on Comedy Central, so its only fitting that a writer for the Daily Show should take it upon himself to rewrite the Constitution. This is what Kevin Bleyer has done with a book called Me The People.14 years ago
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