Tête-à-Tête-Tête

I am a former listener and fan of the Live & Local radio show broadcasted on WGOW 102.3 in Chattanooga, TN.
Today, I switched my dial to the Spanish Language radio station nearby to 102.3 on the dial after listening to Mr. Nash make racial slurs directed at Jews. His caller, a woman [...]

Via one of the big guys, I forget which, I saw this simple demonstration of probably the most frustrating (to me) failure of the news press. Laziness on the part of the reporters? Fear of losing the favor of those upon whom they are reporting? Honestly, if they can’t be bothered to [...]

Everyone knows you can’t yell “fire” in a crowded theatre, and you shouldn’t.
Everyone knows you can yell “smoking gun mushroom cloud” on the Tee Vee, but you shouldn’t.
The New England Journal of Medicine examines a somewhat more difficult situation. Can you put Dorothy Hamill on ice skates and sell that drug (one of [...]

…but they couldn’t have done it on their own. They needed a compliant press to pass on their propaganda as news and cheer them on.
That’s from Chapter 1 of the internet broadcast, and a real gem. I’ve only watched part, and so far much more impressed with Chapter 2 than anything besides that [...]

For those of you not following, that was John Kerry and Newt Gingrich… after “debating” global warming. Exploding heads here.
I first heard about this debate on RedState, too. The comments from before the debate, and those from after… well, let’s just say they reflect a different view of Newt, if nothing else.
Ok… So [...]

Atrios:
You know, the wingnutosphere was always populated by lunatic morons, but back in the old days we actually felt obliged to engage them. Now we just mock them.
Not a very nice thing to say, no matter how accurate (in some ways) the characterization of the folks like Hugh Hewitt & Glenn Reynolds. But I’m [...]

The NJDC gives Dennis Prager a much deserved ass-whoopin over this demonstration of the dumb.
While the NJDC sets the history straight & addresses the constitutional “question” quite well, what struck me was this part:
The answer is obvious — Ellison is a Muslim. And whoever decides these matters, not to mention virtually every editorial page in [...]

If you are looking for a way to rid yourself of 2 hours and about thirty bucks, but you are afraid that you might spend that time and money in a way that is entertaining, interesting, or otherwise profitable, a risk free option is The Prestige. Guaranteed to bring malaise, it will leave your [...]

I just watched one of Olbermann’s better rants. It’s a good one because most of it (apart from his comparison between the Administration and terrorism - little that the current administration is doing is terrorist by the standard definition; a better comparison would be between Bush and Putin or the House of Saud - [...]