You can’t live without news, but no one can live with it either. I don’t know how active reporters manage to cope with the news these days. It used to be a job. A hard job, an active and sometimes… Read More ›
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“I AM SAMOAN!” DECLARES GARRY ARMSTRONG
I’m Samoan. You may not believe it, but a whole bevy of racists in the 1970s believed it and it has become an inside joke in local media — or at least the retired members of local media. Maybe you’ve… Read More ›
KEEP TALKING – BY TOM CURLEY
A weird thing happened this week. Other than that last week was “Peak Death Week.” (Sorry, I didn’t get anybody a card). For the first time ever I didn’t immediately mute my TV when the Covidiot-in-chief comes on to do… Read More ›
COMRADE LEADER AND THE BLOGSTERS – Rich Paschall
A SERENDIPITY Fractured Spy Tale, by Rich Paschall It was a long hall with high, vaulted ceilings, elegantly appointed with gold-leaf trim. The walls were appropriately red on the upper two thirds, with an elegant dark cherry wood wainscoting below…. Read More ›
FUN WITH FAKE NEWS — TOM CURLEY
There’s a book out by the person who wrote an anonymous op-ed in the New York Times a few years ago. He or she is still anonymous. In the book he/she states that after Boss Tweet fired James Comey the… Read More ›
FAKE NEWS WOULD MAKE LIFE EASIER – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — News You can’t live without news, but no one can live with it either. I don’t know how currently active reporters manage to cope with the news these days. It used to be a job. A hard… Read More ›
THE ” WAR OF THE WORLDS ” MYTH – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I went to a presentation celebrating the 80th anniversary of Orson Welles’ 1938 radio broadcast of H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds”. The reason this particular broadcast has lived on in history and is still remembered and talked about today… Read More ›
PIZZA WITH PINEAPPLE AND CRISIS ACTORS – Marilyn Armstrong
WEEKLY Word Prompt: Question The answer to most serious questions is another question. Serious things don’t have simple answers. For example, “Does this pizza require a longer time to cook or will it dry up?” There are no quick answers to… Read More ›
POLITICAL CARTOONS OF THE WEEK – Marilyn Armstrong
I collect them. Whenever I see a really good one, I save it for the next time I need something funny where humor is hard to find. This week, I haven’t done anything that warrants political cartoons, but these are… Read More ›
EVERYONE IS A LIAR EXCEPT DONALD TRUMP – Garry Armstrong
“The media always lies,” she said and I cringed. Then, I got angry. Why do people believe a president who has never told the truth about anything while failing to believe the fact-based truth? I’m not talking about “ultimate” truth… Read More ›
TRUTH VS LIES – Garry Armstrong
“The media always lies,” she said and I cringed. Then, I got angry. Why do people believe a president who has never told the truth about anything while failing to believe fact-based truth. I’m not talking about “ultimate” truth or… Read More ›
FUN WITH FAKE NEWS! THE RERUN – BY TOM CURLEY
Tom must have a hint of prescience because since the day this posted, the staff at the White House has been disappearing at a prodigious rate. Given that, I figured this needed an immediate rerun! Just for fun, see: More White… Read More ›
FUN WITH FAKE NEWS! – BY TOM CURLEY
This story just in from AP, UPI, Reuters, CBS, NBC, ABC, the Onion and other major news outlets. Mass Resignations at White House. 2/23/2018 In a stunning development today, the entire White House staff has resigned including all senior and… Read More ›
SEAN MUNGER – SUNN CLASSIC PICTURES: HOW HOLLYWOOD INTRODUCED AMERICA TO FAKE HISTORY
At the end of the 1970s–I was about seven years old–our family was one of the earliest in our area to get cable TV. Cable was quite a luxury in 1979, and it worked very differently than it does today:… Read More ›
NO MORE FAKE NEWS! I AM SAMOAN! – GARRY ARMSTRONG
I’m a Samoan. It’s something of an inside joke in local media. Maybe you’ve heard it before and then again, maybe not. Back in the early 70’s, Boston was grappling with court ordered school desegregation and forced busing. It was… Read More ›
