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Why Is ABC Letting Claire Shipman Shill For Agribusiness?

This Thursday, an outfit called U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance is hosting The Food Dialogues, “a town hall-style discussion to address Americans’ questions about how their food is grown and raised and the long-term impact of the food they are … Continue reading

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All The News That’s Fit To Print – Two Weeks Later

The New York Times has finally caught up with Michael Bloomberg’s religion ban at the Ground Zero memorial ceremony on Sunday. From today’s front page piece: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has come under attack by some religious and political leaders for not including … Continue reading

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Michelle Obama’s Extreme Television Adventure

This isn’t exactly breaking news (People scooped it back in July), but First Lady Michelle Obama has gone all reality show, “[traveling] to Fayetteville, N.C., to help expand a community resource center for homeless female vets located just outside of Ft. Bragg.” … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Ron Paul Edition)

Libertarian loon Ron Paul (R-Gold Standard) is all-in on his presidential run, having announced he’ll surrender his Texas congressional seat in a futile attempt to nab the GOP presidential nod (that last part not actually his). BUT . . . … Continue reading

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Bachmann-Wallace Overdrive

First Fox News Channel anchor Chris Wallace asked Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-I Meant John Wayne Gacy) if she’s a flake. Then Wallace apologized. Then Bachmann didn’t accept Wallace’s apology. Then she did. And . . . There is American politics … Continue reading

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White House Suppresses The Press – Again

The White House press corps is all lathered up over restricted access to Pres. Obama’s Afghanistan speech Wednesday night. From Politico: Another presidential speech, another fight over press access to it. Some member of the White House press corps were … Continue reading

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For No Trump

Turns out he was just toying with us. Donald Trump has announced that he is not running for president of the United States (interestingly, he didn’t rule out France, seeing as how wide open that race now seems to be). … Continue reading

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Un-Setti-ling: Newton Mayor Warren Apparently Unmoored From Reality

ABC’s webcast “Top Line” featured an interview on Friday with Newton mayor and Scott Brown challenger Setti Warren. The political newcomer, who “had been urged not to run by some Democratic power-brokers who wanted a more seasoned candidate to take … Continue reading

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Comcast On Demand Just Got More Demanding

The Global Worldwide Headquarters was all abuzz when the hardworking staff learned that Comcast had expanded its On Demand roster to include ABC’s Castle along with Fox’s Bones and The Chicago Code (and maybe even more – check with the … Continue reading

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Dead Blogging ‘Osama Bin Laden Is Dead’

After the hardworking staff (and the Missus) watched Sunday night’s episode of AMC’s excellent series The Killing, we switched over to the 11 O’Clock News only to find this: Osama Bin Laden Is Dead. So, in the interest of keeping … Continue reading

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