Dear Shadowy Overlords,

I write to humbly (so very, very humbly) request that you reverse your decision respecting this year's election results. My reasons are threefold ( Read more... )

"BAILOUT REALITY OR HYPE?"

I vote for reality.

Twice in my past two trips to Bulldog News have I been confused by CNN headlines on their television.

Day One: The headline at the bottom of the screen declared "Seals at Nuclear Reactor" and I thought to myself how (and why) in the heck did a band of pinnipeds breach what must certainly have been stringent security? After about 30 seconds of ( Read more... )

Dear KOMO ( Read more... )

Methinks this hair's simply too fine to split:

"Under the First Amendment, a system of prior restraint is not presumptively unconstitutional but comes before the court 'bearing a heavy presumption against its constitutional validity'." JJR Inc. v. City of Seattle, 126 Wn.2d 1, 6 n.4 (citation omitted ( Read more... )

It seems you and I have differing definitions of the term "live." For me, if I can go online and find out the result several hours before you air the event on TV, that is not "live," no matter how many times your anchors (or captions) suggest otherwise.

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Watching the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics (or, rather, I have it on an occasionally glance up). Not infrequently, when a country enters, they cut to a camera shot of the nation's leader. When the Iraq delegation entered, who did we see but the Commander-in-Chimp.

I'm unaccustomed to such candor from the media.

I don't mean to alarm anyone and am certainly not *saying* there's any reason to panic , but evidently Starbucks locations ACROSS THE NATION have RUN OUT of java chips for the Java Chip Frappuccino.

The Fourth of July is but a symbol,1 albeit one with different meanings to different individuals. Sure, we wave our miniature American flags2, chant U-S-A, and engage in all manner of xenophobic tendencies, but still, I've always found the symbolism lacking. This year I set out to change all that ( Read more... )