THE FULL video of the interview is online. It’s really tough to listen to President Obama’s defense of the FISA Court rubber stamp process as saying it is transparent. In fact, it’s unconscionably disrespectful of the many Americans following this that know better and find his statement wholly unbelievable. Buzzfeed has posted a partial transcript, [...]
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Women’s Magazines aren’t the Problem
TNR ASKS whether women’s magazines can do serious journalism today. It comes after last week’s kerfuffle over the cover and headline above, which featured a white male photo-palooza. Last week, the feminist Internet exploded with censure for the British quarterly Port Magazine. The magazine’s transgression? Publishing a cover story about “A New Golden Age” of [...]
Scandal Mania Takes Bite Out of Obama
SCANDAL MANIA has torpedoed President Obama’s approval rating, which is at its lowest in the last year and one-half. It has been a rough start to President Obama’s second term, with CNN reporting the numbers today, which begin with the President’s trustworthiness taking a big hit. Obama’s down to 45% approval, with over 6 in [...]
Photo Shock Over Food TV Star Nigella Lawson
FOOD TV chef Nigella Lawson was seen in a series of photos over the weekend that freaked out her loved ones as well as fans. Known for her up beat Food TV show in the U.S., the photos of what looked like her husband choking her set off a storm over the weekend. UK Sunday [...]
Sexist Attacks Bombard Austrialia’s Julia Gillard
SHOCK JOCKS on radio, no matter the country, will do anything to get attention, which was proved in an interview with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard this past week. Howard Stettler verbally assaulted Julia Gillard with questions about whether her live-in partner was gay, because he’s a hairdresser. This sorry audio spectacle came at the [...]
Strong 2016 Message Subtly Sent at CGI
“When women participate in politics, the effects ripple out across society.” – Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaking at CGI HILLARY CLINTON spoke at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) as “a private citizen,” offering that she’s “still jetlagged” from her secretary of state globetrotting. “After visiting 112 nations, for four years — I’m still jetlagged.” – Hillary [...]
CBS Confirms Sharyl Attkisson Victim of Cyber Spying
CBS NEWS hinted last month that Sharyl Attkisson’s computer had been compromised, but didn’t give definitive details or proof. Now an investigation has been completed, with more information to collaborate the initial suspicious that Sharyl Attkisson was a victim of cyber snooping, though who did it is unknown. Well, it may be unprovable, but it’s [...]
Australia’s David Morrison Shames McCaskill and Levin
“I will be ruthless in ridding the Army of people who cannot live up to its values.” – Australia’s Chief of Army Lieutenant General David Morrison [h/t Gawker] CARL LEVIN should be forced to watch Australia’s David Morrison. Senator Levin is not fit to wash his boots, and neither is Senator Claire McCaskill, who voted [...]
Obama: Syria has Crossed Red Line
SENATOR MCCAIN announced on the Senate floor that Syria has indeed crossed the red line and used chemical weapons, with intelligence agencies having a “high confidence” of this fact. A memo circulating on Capitol Hill revealed that the “intelligence community assesses that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale against the [...]
American Public Disagrees with Peter King
“I’m neither traitor nor hero. I’m an American,” Snowden told the South China Post, an English-language newspaper in Hong Kong, in an interview published on Wednesday. [Reuters] CHARACTERIZATIONS of Edward Snowden are running wild across the media, which exploded when Rep. Peter King called him a traitor, then doubled his idiocy by saying Glenn Greenwald [...]
Bill Clinton: “Lame” to Watch Polls on Syria
DURING A discussion at the McCain Institute for International Leadership in New York City Tuesday night, former President Bill Clinton bluntly stated he was in agreement with Senator McCain on Syria, that action needed to be taken to aid the rebels. Former President Clinton went on to say that you can’t blame inaction on “there [...]
Schmoozer in Chief, the JFK Model
TAKING A page out of the JFK play book is never a bad idea, which is what President Obama did on Monday, surprising reporters with an appearance and an off-the-record chat. Media outlets reportedly were not told Obama would be in the schmooze session. Reporters who attended Monday’s session with the president were loathe to [...]
ACLU Sues Over Secret Surveillance Dragnet
The American Civil Liberties Union [A.C.L.U.] on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its “dragnet” collection of logs of domestic phone calls, contending that the once-secret program — whose existence was exposed by a former National Security Agency contractor last week — is illegal and asking a judge to both stop it [...]
Clashes in Turkey Continue [Livestream]
**Bumped** Watch live streaming video from revoltistanbul at livestream.com ERDOGAN, police and the protesters continue to clash violently in Turkey. The above live-streaming is from Occupy Turkey. Another live stream, though not embeddable, comes from a journalist in Instanbul. Journalist Tim Pool is streaming live from Istanbul today where antigovernment protests have been ongoing since [...]
Senators Move to Declassify Secret FISA Rulings
In 1973, CIA Director James Schlesinger told Senate Armed Services Chairman John Stennis that he wished to brief him on a major upcoming operation. “No, no my boy,” responded Senator Stennis. “Don’t tell me. Just go ahead and do it, but I don’t want to know.” [Church Committee Created] LONG OVERDUE and today both Republican [...]
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