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To Combat Obama, Al-Qaeda Hurls Insults
To Combat Obama, Al-Qaeda Hurls Insults Effort Hints at Group's Consternation By Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, January 25, 2009; A01 Soon after the November election, al-Qaeda's No. 2 leader took stock of America's new president-elect and dismissed him with an insulting epithet. "A house Negro," Ayman al-Zawahiri said.Katie Holmes insulted Victoria Beckham by calling tattoos trashy
It’s been a while since Katie Holmes and Victoria Beckham have been seen out together spending their husbands’ money on overpriced clothing they’ll wear for a fraction of a day. Star offers a potential explanation for their maybe-rift in the form of “insider information” that’s likely to be completely fabricated, but is too good to pass up. Katie is said to have called tattoos “trashy,” and since Victoria Beckham enjoys decorating her twig-like limbs with permanent ink, she is said to have found that comment particularly insulting: It’s arctic between Katie Holmes and her fashion mentor, Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham, and a source tells Star that it’s all because of a tattoo!New insult/slur for pale-skinned people: Offensive or Funny?
I heard of an online poll, and it really sparked my curiosity. It was a poll to vote for a new epithet/ insult/ slur toward pale-skinned people, such as myself. For those of you who know me, I have a bizarre, twisted sense of humor, and I am not easily offended."Home" for the Holidays?
Most of my life I've often wondered why Thanksgiving seemed to be for many families a trigger word for family dysfuction. Why individuals couldn't just let that disagreement with another family member go for one bloody day and enjoy some good food and conversation with more pleasant family members. I have to keep reminding my self that I'm pragmatic by nature and that is apparently unusual. I found an article with some helpful tips. Holidays are meant to be happy, joyous and life-affirming times.My Troubled Relationship-Please Help!
I have a man who for the last year has changed toward me. He is not attracted to my body, he won't touch me during sex if he can help it, meaning sex is almost anonymous, he won't look at me, or touch my body. I'm not overweight, and I take good care of myself .Spiro Agnew must be laughing from his grave.
Agnew speeches sparked move toward soft news Michael Socolow (Bangor Daily News) It remains the most influential indictment of American journalism ever made. Forty years ago today, this famous figure began railing against the corporate media. “A broader spectrum of national opinion should be represented among the commentators of the network news,” he argued, explaining that “men who can articulate other points of view should be brought forward, and the American people should be made aware of the trend toward the monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.” American democracy's perilous dependence on the corporate, capitalist media had previously been detailed.So Now Khalid Sheikh Mohammad Is A 9/11 "Suspect"
So Now Khalid Sheikh Mohammad Is A 9/11 "Suspect" The NY Times has joined the dance being performed by Team Obama, which has decided to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a Manhattan Federal Court - the accused is now a "suspect": Key 9/11 Suspect to Be Tried in New York By CHARLIE SAVAGE WASHINGTON — Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described mastermind of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and four other men accused in the plot will be prosecuted in federal court in New York City, a federal law enforcement official said early Friday. By way of contrast, the WaPo is going with "Accused 9/11 mastermind".Coal Group Misrepresents Veterans
The coal front group American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity has been in hot water lately for employing an astroturf group that forged letters to Congress opposing the House climate bill—and then for possibly lying under oath about their position. Now ACCCE is in trouble again—for misrepresenting the views of two major veterans groups in an email hyping coal's role in energy security. The email, sent in anticipation of Veterans' Day, argues that coal can play a vital role in reducing America's dependence on foreign oil and cites two groups—VoteVets and Operation Free.Sesame Steet Trashes Fox News
I grew up watching Sesame Street in the 70's and I loved it. However, in light of producers decisions to take our children politico I think I would have serious second thoughts about allowing my children (if I had any) to watch if this is the future of Sesame Street programing.
Their audience are pre K through mid elementary.
Rihanna : Brown's Assault, Aftermath 'humiliating'
LOS ANGELES – Rihanna says dealing with the media attention after being assaulted in February by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was humiliating. But she now hopes to speak for young women who are afraid to talk openly about domestic violence.
The 21-year-old pop star told Glamour magazine in an interview posted online Tuesday that the police photo of her bruised face that was leaked to reporters added insult to injury.
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