Monthly Archives: June 2014

Gary Oldman: Conservative

Playboy has a fascinating interview with the uber-talented Gary Oldman, an actor I’ve long admired (Hat tip: Reason.) He comes off as quite self-depracating and humble, and with a touch of burdensome anxiety that has him criticizing himself as much … Continue reading

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Springfield Says ‘Enough is Enough’

The Mayor of the city of Springfield, MA (26.8 percent of the population live below the poverty line) says ‘enough is enough‘: The mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts has asked the federal government for a moratorium on sending refugees to the … Continue reading

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Sessions for President – 2016

Sen. Jeff Sessions, whom I’ve always liked (insofar as one can ‘like’ any member of Congress), has consistently been on the right side of the immigration issue. He’s got an op-ed in Breitbart (“Pro-Amnesty Elites Treat People as ‘Commodities’“): Perhaps … Continue reading

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Gallup: Reading the Tea Leaves

Gallup’s recent survey of public confidence across the spectrum of social institutions is quite interesting, and possibly foreboding. First up: a precipitous decline in public confidence with Congress, something that has real implications for the future of the republic: Next … Continue reading

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Sheldon Adelson’s Op-Ed

In Politico, GOP rainmaker Sheldon Adelson (J-Tribe) has an op-ed titled “Let’s Deal With Reality and Pass Immigration Reform“: Radio show hosts and political pundits are suggesting that the primary election defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor [J-Tribe – … Continue reading

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Anchor Babies: Pt. 2,188,251

From AP: LUKEVILLE, Ariz. (AP) — Federal authorities at the southern Arizona have helped deliver a baby. A 27-year-old woman went into labor Wednesday while trying to enter the country through the Port of Lukeville. A short time later, she … Continue reading

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In Our Midst: Pt. 23,971

A suicide bomber in Syria was from Florida. This is now becoming a phenomenon: American citizens becoming ‘martyrs’ for Islam in their worldwide struggle of jihad. Shit is getting scarier. FORT PIERCE — The young American suicide bomber who last … Continue reading

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L.A. Muralists Paint the Town Wall-to-Wall With Ethnic Pride

Here’s an oldie but a goodie. From a 1997 article in the Christian Science Monitor entitled “L.A. Muralists Paint the Town Wall-to-Wall With Ethnic Pride”: LOS ANGELES — When people think of Los Angeles murals, it’s the Chicano barrio of … Continue reading

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Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz & His Increasing Vocalization of Ethnocentrism

At the recent Don Rickles tribute, Jon Stewart’s cozying up to Rickles — and his increasingly less than subtle ‘wink-wink-nod-nod’, yukking-it-up, solidarity towards every joke invoking Jewish ethnocentrism — was, well, a bit much. We get it, Jonathan, as you … Continue reading

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Reiser & Fall

A blurb from Deadline Hollywood, just a blurb, like a million others on this site. How disproportionate in perspectives are thee? Let me count the ways. Paul Reiser has has been cast in Amazon Studios’ comedy pilot Red Oaks, exec … Continue reading

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