Category Archives: television

Breaking news!

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

Ah, yes. This is what 24-hour news channels have come down to: (From The Onion)  

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House of Nerds

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

The beauty of this Kevin Spacey video shows that Democrats, Republicans and the Washington elite can work together to get things done. If it’s irrelevant. Related articles Here’s the Nerd Prom ‘House of Cards’ Spoof Everyone is Talking About (theatlanticwire.com) … Continue reading →

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Out of the blue of the western sky comes …

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

Does anyone remember “Sky King,” the flying cowboy? Or, “Penny, warm up the Songbird.” This was one of the shows I religiously watched as a kid growing up in Brooklyn. Which is about as far as you could get from … Continue reading →

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Death from the sky

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

One of the technologically fascinating but morally disturbing aspects of modern warfare is that the means of attack have taken on the character of a videogame. Here’s a clip of an aerial attack on a group of hostile insurgents in … Continue reading →

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And this is why Fox News is racist

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

Roger Ailes, the head of Fox News, said this in a Vanity Fair interview: “Obama’s the one who never worked a day in his life. He never earned a penny that wasn’t public money. How many fund-raisers does he attend … Continue reading →

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Puppy Bowl: behind the scenes

Posted on February 2, 2013 by

I read they used catnip to get the cats worked up for the Puppy Bowl. Isn’t that a performance enhancing drug? Will the cats be banned from the sport for life? It begins Sunday at 3 p.m., coinciding with the … Continue reading →

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Stupid is as stupid does: a gun nut tribute to MLK

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

Sometimes, people tell me about something they heard on the news that sounds like they’ve been taken in by a parody. So I kind of listen, nod and completely erase it from memory the minute they leave. And then I … Continue reading →

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Fox News asks: “What’s your porn name?”

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

Fox News provides a guide to porn names: Yeah, the segment went on longer than necessary, not to mention the guy is kind of creepy. (His unrestrained glee proves he catalogs the box of porn he has stashed in the … Continue reading →

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The greatest country in the world

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

Or not

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Homer Simpson buys a gun

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

    This is supposed to be satire, but it sounds too familiar.  

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