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Christopher Hitchens’ long-awaited memoir Hitch-22 is out in June. His brother, Peter, has a memoir of his own set for release tomorrow called The Rage Against God. Imagine being called upon by some publisher with the task of writing the story of the Hitchens brothers – utter doom. What writer could put into words the lives [...] The Grim Reaper's favorite ride, before the Prius. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Audi was gripped with a crisis. It’s car, the Audi-5000, was linked with SAIs – Sudden Acceleration Incidents. The vehicle would allegedly speed off while the helpless driver gripped the wheel in sheer terror while unavailingly mashing one’s foot through [...] Conrad Black doesn’t find American exceptionalism to be all that exceptional. There is no doubt that this is the country’s longstanding self-image, and the American genius for the spectacle, for public relations and advertising, which is as old as the republic, gathered much credence for this version of events, through the polemical [...] Share on Facebook Steve Rattner, the man Barack Obama originally appointed to oversee the auto bailout, needs a bailout of his own. Wall Street financier and former auto czar Steven Rattner is in settlement talks to resolve his role in the “pay to play” investigation at the New York state pension fund, according to people familiar with [...] Fitting, the day the United States sets a record for debt in a month ($220 billion, up 14-percent from last year’s already staggering number) we get news from Greece. The Greek government is run by the Socialist party. The Socialist party spent money until it no longer could, resulting in the collapse of its economy [...] In an effort to further alienate every human being west of the Hudson, the Obama administration has cut off public input from a new federal strategy concerning recreational fishing. From that deranged right-wing outlet known as ESPN: The Obama administration will accept no more public input for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens [...] The latest from Christopher Hitchens touches on a Saudi Arabian legal firm and its efforts to extort several Danish newspapers for reprinting the infamous Muhammed cartoons from several years ago. [I]t is my belief that your newspaper’s fulfillment of the above-mentioned conditions would be perceived as a sign of respect and understanding throughout the [...] Given the supposed fiscal priorities of the new, better-than-ever, GOP, where were they during Jim Bunning’s budget stand last week? Michelle Malkin takes the party to task for its lack of testicular fortitude. And you know that it’s the question that will hang over the Republican Party from now until November as it tries to persuade [...] Mainly when they trash each other. Olbermann was unimpressed with ESPN’s Bill Simmons inference that Tiger Woods comeback was analogous to Muhammed Ali’s, a point I would argue, that was made more for page hits and shock value than as an honest analysis. Olbermann, unsurprisingly, was the first to attack. In the interim I am again left [...] Powered by Podbean.com While Floyd tended to a gout-stricken foot — get well soon, Mr. Turbo — the RF3D team soldiered on, welcoming guest Christian Toto to the fun. Naturally, he shares his Oscars picks and since he was kind enough to stick around for a few extra minutes, we ragged on Hollywood’s obsession with re-makes, [...] Share on Facebook Keep your Lakers and your Celtics, give me high school or college hoops come tourney time. As a struggling sports writer, March was my favorite time of year – minus the 80-hour work weeks. Living in my ultra-competitive nook of Ohio, my area regularly sent several teams to the lower division title games at state [...] I’m not one to espouse the greatness of political action gatherings, be it the recent Tea Party Convention in Tennessee (which adhered to all the contrivance and big-money boosterism actual Tea Partiers loathe), or CPAC, which I’ve never could tell from one year or the other what it is. One thing I know it isn’t is [...] So says Durham-in-Wonderland. Crystal Mangum, who accused Duke lacrosse players of raping her, and as a party with a corrupt Duke police department and prosecutor, nearly imprisoned several innocent college students. WRAL TV in Durham is saying she tried to burn down a house with three children inside. I wonder if Jesse Jackson will finally ask [...] Thus sayeth J.D. Hayworth, in the strangest bit of political pandering I’ve ever read. “Well, gosh, we all had to bring our birth certificates to show we were who we said we were, and we were the age we said we were, to play football and youth sports,” Hayworth said. “Shouldn’t we know exactly [...] February and Ohio coincide with “movie time,” that rare period of the year where one gathers constantly in front of the glowing tubes in one’s family room. Not because of a plethora of quality product descending from Hollywood (maybe in spite of it), but because of the foot and a half of nature’s white depressant [...] Nate Holland is upset at his fellow Olympic snowboarders. Apparently, snowboarders are dressing more “emo” and going with tight pants instead of the baggy look, favored by snowboarders and skateboarders the world over in prior years. This doesn’t sit with Holland because he favors the more “rebellious” look. The problem, according to Holland, isn’t that [...] What is it with the Gray Lady? The New York Times is the purported bible of my profession, often treated as beyond reproach, despite all the recent embarrassments of Judith Miller and Jayson Blair, or what most papers would consider embarrassments. The paper reacted strangely to the Judith Miller debacle, not taking issue so much [...] As collected by the indefatigable Daily Caller. The erstwhile congressman from Rhode Island is calling it quits, coincidentally as his chances for re-election fade. The voters of Rhode Island have indeed been forgiving. First elected to the state’s house of representatives in 1988 at the age of 21, and to the U.S. House six [...] Courtesy of Pejman Yousefzadeh of The New Ledger, via Instapundit. Since this is apparently “Andrew Sullivan Evisceration Day,” Yousefzadeh lets him have it with both barrels. In short–and perhaps, amazingly enough–Andrew Sullivan lacks the necessary expertise and familiarity with pertinent issues to be genuinely, competently anti-Semitic. I don’t know when I’ve ever been [...] From Christian Toto, comes the new trailer for The People vs. George Lucas, another in the infinite series of Star Wars documentaries. The film analyzes the battle between Lucas and his fans over ownership of the franchise – just who does it belong to now? Is it Lucas’ to license and do with as he pleases, [...] Tom Cruise is set to star and produce Mission Impossible: IV, set for release in the summer 2011. J.J. Abrams, creator of Lost and director of the Star Trek re-boot, will also produce. Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec has been hired to write the script. The duo previously worked with Abrams on his ABC drama [...] Jon Stewart is such a master of irony, he stole a joke about shop-lifting. The Daily Caller has the scoop on Stewart, who used this rather flat anecdote last night in regard to Sarah Palin’s palm-written speech notes. “You really need to remind yourself to ‘lift American spirits?’” Stewart asked Palin sarcastically, referring to one [...] Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com
I wondered how long into Monday’s post-Super Bowl coverage it would take for the “Manning choked” meme to spread, and it didn’t take long. On ESPN this afternoon was a full-bore segment on “Manning’s legacy.” Given Manning possibly has five years left in his career – at the least – it may be early to [...] George Soros’ gigantic waste of money, Media Matters, is upset at the National Review and The Daily Caller for not adequately correcting allegations about the hit-and-run incident involving blogger Jim Treacher. Points of contention? Treacher blamed the Secret Service initially (based off an eye-witness account), but it was the diplomatic division of the state department. Not [...] Andrew Breitbart got into an argument with Joseph Farah from Stephanie’s long-lamented World Net Daily over the birther issue, which some crazies continue to try and drag into the tea party movement. From Hotair: “I was talking to her,” said Breitbart. “She was asking me if I thought it was was to bring it up, [...] Gerard Alexander, in a column that will surely lead to his Inbox exploding and his computer to be hacked, takes on liberal condescension in the media and in the body politic. Alexander traces liberal moral and ideological superiority through the 50s to today, citing Paul Krugman and Barack Obama heavily. A great read. What it leads [...] Building a Super Bowl team takes a lot of preparation. The Wall Street Journal published this study on the man hours spent yearly by an NFL franchise – the numbers are stunning. According to an operational study of National Football League teams prepared for The Wall Street Journal by Boston Consulting Group, the typical [...] Share on Facebook That is if you consider the Democratic-controlled State Senate to be tea-baggers. Virginia’s Democratic-controlled state Senate passed measures Monday that would make it illegal to require individuals to purchase health insurance, a direct challenge to the party’s efforts in Washington to reform health care. The bills, a top priority of Virginia’s “tea party” movement, were approved 23 [...] The whole list from Yahoo. Not too many surprises, other than “District 9″ getting a Best Picture and Jeremy Renner for Best Actor. 1. Best Picture: “Avatar,” “The Blind Side,” “District 9,” “An Education,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” “A Serious Man,” “Up,” “Up in the Air.” 2. Actor: [...] I can hear it now – “Is that the guy from ‘Men in Black?’” Rip Torn, veteran actor, was busted attempting to rob a bank in Connecticut. Torn allegedly broke into the Litchfield Bankcorp building Salisbury, Conn., where he lives, at around 9:40 p.m., according a police report posted on the gossip site TMZ. The alarm [...] “Did you see Obama at the Republican retreat?” That was the question from my usually apolitical co-worker – a question that caught me by surprise - as I scurried to my shift last night. Most of my jaunts to work (which is at the editorial department of a newspaper), I’m more likely to have a discussion [...] At one point in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, Brad Pitt (fresh from carving up a Nazi forehead) points his eyes through the camera and at the audience. To paraphrase: “This may be my masterpiece.” Whether or not this is Tarantino’s penultimate directorial moment won’t be determined for a while, at least if the director continues [...] Share on Facebook This week, Keith Olbermann declared pick-up trucks a sign of racism, called Scott Brown every name his Thesaurus could muster, then brought it all into his own visceral perspective with a faux apology to add the world “sexist.” This from a man who once called Michelle Malkin a bag of meat with lipstick. But this [...] |
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