So whoever leaked the inaccurate information earlier this month did so in a way that made it appear that the White House – specifically Rhodes – was more interested in the State Department’s concerns, and more focused on the talking points, than the e-mail actually stated. – Jake Tapper WHOEVER leaked the summary of the [...]
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A Brit’s View: Women Squeezed Out as Beeb ‘Moves On’
As the BBC continues its attempt to right the ship following the (Sir) Jimmy Saville fallout a further victim has emerged from the child abuse scandal wreckage, that of women in the boardroom. It’s an unusual thing for the Beeb to get ‘wrong’ in the modern era, especially considering the organization’s reputation for being full of “Communist [...]
Unprecedented Justice Dragnet on the Associated Press
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The government would not say why it sought the records. Officials have previously said in public testimony that the U.S. attorney in Washington is conducting a criminal investigation into who may have provided information contained in a May 7, 2012, AP story about [...]
CIA Agent Intercepted in Moscow [Video]
JUST when you thought President Obama’s situation couldn’t get any worse, from Moscow comes news of FSB, Federal Security Service, detaining an alleged American spy trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer. The scandal erupts just before the upcoming international conference on Syria. “It clearly will have an effect on the talks. I don’t think [...]
Barbara Walters to Make it Official
IT WILL be made official today on “The View.” Barbara Walters, the first female anchorman in the television business, is retiring after 37 years, calling it a career. For Barbara Walters, it certainly has been quite a career. Over the next year she’ll be on the show she created, do prime-time news programs, as well [...]
Greg Hicks Gets Scrutiny, as Diplomats Evacuated from Libya
Growing concerns over protests roiling Libya prompted the State Department to begin evacuating some diplomats from Tripoli, as the Pentagon put troops stationed at nearby European bases on high alert. [Washington Post] YOU READ that correctly, amid the furor over the testimony of Greg Hicks, the Washington Post is reporting we’re evacuating some diplomats from [...]
The Furor Over the Benghazi Talking Points Rewrite
**UPDATED** IT’S the obsessions of the week, the rewrites of the Benghazi talking points. It won’t keep another Benghazi style attack from happening again or keep our embassy personnel safer. It’s politics, just like when George W. Bush marketed his Iraq war campaign prior to the 2002 election. In a development that happened this afternoon, [...]
Prince Harry Sober and Clothed, Shock Horror
I caught part of the TV news this morning. That was a mistake. I hate the news, especially commercial TV news. Give me the BBC or PBS any day. Unfortunately it was CNN this morning, which was covering Prince Harry’s jaunt to America. I use the word jaunt as it seems to fit with the [...]
Dr. Katz and America’s “Fat” Week
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “If you’re not obsessed with food and, for that matter, sex, you’re not really normal. Because food and sex are about survival and obsession with them is hard-wired into us. Food is about surviving in our own lifetime. Sex is about surviving as [...]
The RNC Benghazi Ad Romney Didn’t Run
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. US News | Syria News | More ABC News Videos IT’S an exclusive from ABC News, the RNC Benghazi ad that Mitt Romney wouldn’t let them run. Why? Because it might distract people from his pitch on the economy. Let’s think about that for one second. The only [...]
Stewart Slams Republicans, They Target Hillary
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook Is this an impeachable offense? No. Will Hillary Clinton’s evident involvement in the revision of the administration’s line on Benghazi harm her presidential chances in 2016? No. Will this be of great political utility to Republicans? No. Will [...]
Rolling Stone Names “Gatsby” a “Skip”
THOSE awful trailers that keep landing on my television tease that the “Gatsby” remake may be way too loud to be worth it. Two reviews come to different conclusions. Peter Travers in Rolling Stone labels it a “skip.” The Great Gatsby In Theaters: May 10 All the hard-sell – the Leo star power, the sets, [...]
Castro: “I am a Sexual Predator. I Need Help.”
The court ordered him held on $6 million bond. [...] The report, obtained by Cleveland TV station WKYC, sketches the outlines of the victims’ descent into hell. It is rife with details of beatings, chained confinement, starvation and death threats. It alleges that Castro impregnated Knight five times, forced her to starve for weeks at [...]
Pickering on Benghazi “Cover Up”: “Pulitzer Prize-Winning Fiction”
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “We met with Hillary Clinton. We did so before the report was finalized. … We believed and we still believe the decision making was made quite well below her level. It was reviewed below her level.” – Thomas Pickering THE REAL loser today [...]
Benghazi Hearings, The 2016 Preemptive Strike
The express purpose now is to protect Hillary Clinton, to make sure none of this touches her. – Rush Limbaugh [Liberals Will Protect Hillary at All Costs] THE BENGHAZI hearings today are trained on Hillary Clinton, which became clear if you’ve been listening to Republicans or Rush on right wing radio. The hyper partisan House [...]
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