Mr. Boehner now has the GOP positioned in sight of a political and policy victory. If his plan or something close to it becomes law, Democrats will have conceded more spending cuts than they thought possible, and without getting the GOP to raise taxes and without being able to blame Republicans for a debt-limit crackup [...]
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’1776′ John Adams: One Useless Man is Called a Disgrace; Two are Called a Law Firm; Three or More Become a Congress
… Lincoln saw an unresolvable tension between the Constitution of a democratic republic and the policies of aggrandizement and intemperate self-interest that lead from the manners of freedom to the slavish love of power. He spoke of the difference between the work of establishing a constitutional republic and the longer task of maintaining it. But [...]
C’est Magnifique
If you love Paris, you’ll fall head over heels for this film. It will eventually take it’s place as one of Woody Allen’s finest. As “Manhattan” was a love letter to New York City, “Midnight in Paris” is to this magical city. The premise of the film is something that’s blown through my mind innumerable [...]
Bachmann Makes Palin Seem Like Old News Now
PELLA, Iowa — Sarah Palin stared a bit uncomfortably at a movie screen Tuesday night watching a montage of Matt Damon, David Letterman, Madonna, Howard Stern, Bill Maher, Louis C.K. and other celebrities malign her, then asked The Hollywood Reporter: “What would make someone be so full of hate?” – The Hollywood Reporter Nothing will [...]
Gafferiffic!
So much for discipline. Michele Bachmann just couldn’t help herself; self-promotion is a presidential candidate’s first reflex. Rep. Michele Bachmann kicked off her presidential campaign on Monday in Waterloo, Iowa, and in one interview surrounding the official event she promised to mimic the spirit of Waterloo’s own John Wayne. The only problem, as one eagle-eyed [...]
Karl Rove & Republicans Take Hit Out on Debbie Wasserman Schultz
… Wasserman Schultz is kind of an easy target. Any “aggressive messenger” is. Extreme and shrill is always far easier to spoof than subtle and nuanced. – Hot Air …and the D.C. political class is sucking it up. Democrats are freaked that Karl Rove is leading the Right, The Hill and other Republican-leaning outfits in [...]
Get Yer Palin Propaganda Before the Emails Drop
**UPDATED** The Alaska Archives of Palin Emails (continually updated) Keeping her fans hopes alive and her options open. …at least until the 24,000 emails drop later today. From the New York Times: Even as Ms. Palin orchestrates much of her messaging through digital media — one moment she tweaks President Obama via Twitter, then she [...]
Activist Sues Sarah Palin for $100,000
… back when Sarah was the Gov. In fact, Thoma claims he proposed state action to solve the problem and even made up signs and fliers to push the issue. But Palin didn’t take kindly to the criticism, says Thoma, and she “undertook a campaign against [Theodore] … to punish, embarrass, discredit and silence” him. [...]
Birtherism, Donald Trump and DeNiro
“I think the Republicans are making a terrible mistake in making this a big issue. We have immigration, we have the deficit, we have the economy. Those are the things that the public cares about. . . . If the Republican party doesn’t start addressing that, they will lose and they deserve to.” – Mayor [...]
Tim Hetherington, ‘Restrepo’ Director, Conflict Photographer, Killed in Libya
Trailer from Hetherington’s movie “Restrepo.” What these valiant war correspondents, conflict photographers and other journalists in dangerous lands do and the dangers they go to when bringing news cannot be overstated. “This is a devastating loss to many of us personally,” said Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, which was examining options [...]
Don’t Negotiate with Hostage Takers
Now the battle moves to the debt ceiling increase and Paul Ryan’s new 2012 budget later this year, and there are lessons from this fight to keep in mind. One is to focus on spending and budget issues, not extraneous policy fights. Republicans have the advantage when they are talking about the overall level of [...]
Julian Schnabel’s ‘Miral’ Premieres in Washington
After reading Judge Richard Goldstone’s remarkable piece in the Washington Post today, it’s a further reminder of just how impossible it is to tell any story of Israelis and Palestinians without chasing narratives that inevitably end up colliding. “Miral” is just such a collision. Based on the autobiographical novel by Rula Jebreal, the Washington, D.C. [...]
Israeli – Palestinian Tensions Rise, as Film Tries to Personalize Conflict
“Is this the face of a terrorist?” asks the American poster for Julian Schnabel’s new film, Miral, about a young Palestinian woman of the same name. Dressed as a schoolgirl, looking ten years younger than her actual age of 26, Freida Pinto stares back, the sullenness in her eyes a residue of shouldering the twin [...]
Can Anyone Replace Charlie Sheen?
“No one connected in any way with Jeremy knows anything about this and that would include Jeremy.” – Perez Hilton Don’t panic, you’ve got the right place. Culture, TV and entertainment used to be a big part of my life, a huge part actually, with movies something I occasionally review when I’m moved to. So, [...]
The Movie Legend, Sexual Force that was Elizabeth Taylor
[...] “My Mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor, and love,” he said. “Though her loss is devastating to those of us who held her so close and so dear, we will always be inspired by her enduring contribution to our world. Her remarkable body of work [...]
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