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[Video] Forest Hills State of Mind- Pseudo Jay Z’s Tribute to a Middle Class Jewish Nabe
[Video] Scrabble in Jackson Heights
If you like your game night to come with a box of Scrabble, the board game that requires you to actually spell words (gasp)... »
[Video] Gothic Cats, Goats Being Pushed Off The Mountains By Eagle & Space Worms
I never thought I would have to re-emphasize the fact that there are a bunch of crazies out there. So let me back up and... »
[Video] An Ode To A Newscast
You know you are one of those people–settled comfortably on your couch, with a beverage in hand, complaining about what’s on TV. You yammer... »
[Video] Anthony Bourdain in Astoria: Reviews Kabab Cafe and The Right Way to Handle Balls
No one comes close to Anthony Bourdain when it comes to calling a spade a spade. Here he is, on a jaunt across Astoria... »
Commentary
3000 Days Later
We have now been at war in Afghanistan for 3000 days. That is all. »
Haagen Dazs Outlet in India Shoos Away Indian Customers – “Uhmm, Didn’t You Read The Sign Outside?”
Oh India! When Mahatma Gandhi was annoyed with the racsim in South Africa and the signs that said "No dogs and Indians allowed," he pottered back to India and single handedly ( or with the help of millions of Indians, whichever way you look at it) - brought down the Empire in India! Imagine... »
Why I Hate Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman made news this week by helping ruin healthcare. This deeply distressed and depressed some of the Democratic faithful, but not me. No, I've loathed the man for so long that his antics only make me mad at his enablers, in this case Obama and Reid. The man who said during the 2006... »
Tiger Woods: The Last Post
Ok, so we have been preoccupied with Tiger Woods' several torrid trysts with ladies of all sorts. So, we have decided this is the last post, because latest news says Woods is taking a temporary break from Golf. Good. »
Lessons from Glenn Beck: How to be a bigot 101
There is no doubt that Fox News anchor Glenn Beck has to be the biggest wart on the face of the Universe. It's bad enough that one has to endure his nonsensical rants about liberal values, but one has to live through his mug on the best-seller list and a clip that has made... »
Obama in Oslo: War and Peace
He did it! After committing 30,000 more troop to Afghanistan, President Obama became the first war time president to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. At Oslo, President Obama acknowledged he still struggled with "difficult questions about the relationship between war and peace." »
Tiger in The Woods – Should Sports Journalists Care?
“Sometimes I wish I was Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods. Sometimes I wish I was Tiger Woods.” -Dan Bern, “Tiger Woods” Sports fans don’t care about athletes’ personal lives. Especially golf players’ personal lives. Recently, people have been questioning why it took so long for the public (or for that matter, his wife) so... »
Obama’s Nobel Intentions – If Only They Worked!
Oct 6th marked the 8th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan. On Oct 8th, 17 people were killed in a car bomb attack outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul. On Oct 10th, 5 sweet men in Norway decided President Obama must be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, not so much for his... »
Obama Peace Prize – Dubious Honor, Critics Say
Two more days to go before President Obama swings by Oslo, Norway to pick up his "premature" Nobel Peace Prize. Critics say the award is "too much, too soon." But Obama supporters contend the prize is handed out for not what has been done, indeed it is an aspirational award - for what... »
Obama’s Afghan Troop Surge: Five Flawed Assumptions
Tony Karon's new Time Magazine defiantly denounces President Obama's call for a troop escalation. Its title, Five Flawed Assumptions of Obama's Afghan Surge, says it all, and the piece itself summarizes concisely points that this site and many others have been arguing for months: Expanding the ground war against the Taliban will in no way... »
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