**UPDATED** THE IRS scandal keeps getting worse, with the IRS official Lois Lerner taking the fifth before Congress, but not before she changed the narrative, if only slightly. Reading a statement, Lois Lerner put into the congressional record “I have not done anything wrongd,” broke no laws and did not provide false testimony to Congress. [...]
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Anthony Weiner Seeks Redemption from New Yorkers
“I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down. But I’ve also learned some tough lessons. I’m running for mayor because I’ve been fighting for the middle class and those struggling to make it my entire life. I hope I get a second chance to work for you.” – [...]
Cannes Film Festival Hit by Second Burglary (…and a wardrobe malfunction)
THE French Riviera has a reality show going on reminiscent of “To Catch a Thief.” Last week the Cannes Film Festival was hit by a millionn dollar jewelry heist. In case you missed it… A million dollars’ worth of jewellery to be worn by celebrities at the Cannes film festival has been stolen, according to [...]
Yahoo Inc. Gobbles Tumblr
Yahoo Inc. has agreed to pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr, a six-year-old company with more than 100 million users but very little revenue, a deal that highlights the shifting balance of power in the technology business. Veterans like Yahoo have shown they have staying power—and they have cash to spend. But companies like Yahoo’s target, [...]
Pat Robertson’s Advice on Infidelity
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. US News | Syria News | More ABC News Videos “Males have a tendency to wander a little bit. And what you want to do is make a home so wonderful he doesn’t want to wander.” – Pat Robertson INFIDELITY is expected of men, according to Pat Robertson. [...]
Terry McAuliffe Opens Slight Lead on Cuccinelli
THE WAR on women could not have a better example than the Virginia governors race between Terry McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli. Quinnipiac’s latest polling shows McAuliffe up 5 points in a race where neither man is seen to have a clear advantage. McAuliffe is as connected a Democratic elite politician can get, tied closely to [...]
Sexual Assault Leader at Fort Hood Arrested
The Army announced Tuesday that a sergeant first class assigned to an assault prevention program at Fort Hood, Texas, is under investigation for sexual assault. [CNN] THE contagion of news about sexual assault in the U.S. military, with the latest news out of Fort Hood, should wake everyone up to a cancer on our Armed [...]
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 [...]
Angelina Jolie’s Preventive Double Mastectomy
THIS is a sobering op-ed written by Angelina Jolie, a thoughtful actor and activist, with an incredibly supportive and loving partner, Brad Pitt. It was written to inform and share personally a choice that is difficult, radical and done in the hopes of ducking a fate of family genealogy. From the New York Times, Ms. [...]
Kermit Gosnell Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
IT was impossible to think of any other verdict for Kermit Gosnell, though as of this morning there was a hung jury on two counts. After being sent back to deliberate further, the jury reached a verdict. ABC News: Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was found guilty today of first degree murder in three of [...]
Black List “Rodham” Biopic Script Snippets
IF YOU haven’t heard, the Hollywood biopic “Rodham,” by South Korean screenwriter Young Il Kim, has raised a lot of interest in movie land. As people look to the potential 2016 candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton, her life as one of the many young lawyers involved in Nixon impeachment is the stuff of presidential biography. [...]
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 [...]
Seth Meyers to NBC “Late Night”
THE NEWS was announced Sunday and it made me giddy. Seth Meyers gets the nod and will follow Jimmy Fallon, who’s going to “The Tonight Show” next February. It’s a knock out line up for NBC. Lorne Michaels is going to be a very busy man. From the New York Times: Mr. Meyers, the longtime [...]
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 [...]
Mothers, Caregivers, and Nurturers
GARDEN season is so much fun. It makes mothers out of us all. That Mother’s Day comes at the height of it seems fitting. Our pond this year is wonderful. The frogs survived winter, I’m happy to report. We’ve already started treating it to ward off mosquitos, but living so close to the Potomac River, [...]
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