Celebs Gloat Over Dem Congress Restraining ‘F*cking Moron’ Trump
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Democrats have readied themselves to take their majority in Congress, and their biggest Hollywood fans have started celebrating as if it was their Christmas and New Year’s all rolled into one.
NYT Hails Obama's Best-of-2018 List: ‘Out of Office but Still in Step'
While the front page of Monday’s Arts section of the New York Times showed a crop of the paper’s political reporters mocking Trump supporters as uncultured yahoos and praised a hostile SNL skit about Brett Kavanaugh, the inside pages featured a “news” story by Christina Caron with the exact opposite angle: Praising a former Democratic president’s cultured tastes: “Out of Office but Still in Step…
NYT Exposes Facebook’s ‘Biased,’ ‘Error-Prone’ Hate Speech Guidelines
Facebook’s massive hate speech policies were blasted by The New York Times Thursday. The Times detailed Facebook’s current hate-speech failsafe controls as essentially “a network of workers using a maze of Powerpoint slides spelling out what’s forbidden.”
Hamill Goes to the Dark Side, Says Trump More Evil Than Darth Vader
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Here’s a forced example of stupid for you.. Then again, if you’ve been following Mark Hamill’s Twitter page you’ve probably had enough stupid to fit an entire Jedi tome. The insufferable lefty actor behind legendary Star Wars hero Luke Skywalker just declared that the second most evil baddie in the galaxy, Darth Vader, is actually less evil than Donald Trump.
Hollywood Hate: Celebs Attack ‘Draft Dodger’ Trump’s Iraq Visit
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No matter what President Donald Trump does, Hollywood celebs will always stoop for reasons to ridicule him. Trump’s secret visit to U.S. soldiers in Iraq on Wednesday was met yet again with unrelenting hostility from Hollywood and the news media, because as long as he’s him, and president, they will remain completely deranged.
NYT Reveals Secret to Happiness: Government Programs and High Taxes
A New York Times reporter travels to a small town in Finland billed as the happiest place on earth, and determines that its secret to happiness is . . . multitudinous government programs and high taxes.
'Fashion Critic' or Fan Girl? Givhan Won't Critique Michelle Obama
In her column this week, Washington Post Givhan was very reluctant to criticize the, shall-we-say, controversial fashion choices that Michelle Obama made for her book-tour appearance with Sarah Jessica Parker earlier this week...especially the $3,900 thigh-high boots. If a former Republican First Lady had worn them, Givhan would have scolded her for conspicuous consumption.
‘Slow-Jam’ Obama Appears on ‘Hamilton Song’ Remix
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In the effort to serve up stories about the founding fathers with a modern, liberal, hip hop twist, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has done it again. He has just dropped a new remix of one of his kitschy broadway showtunes that features everyone’s favorite cool guy president, Barack Obama.
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Stephen Colbert Hammers Tucker Carlson as ‘a Little Racist Who Could’
Poor Stephen Colbert. It must be exhausting for the liberal comedian never to get a weeknight off from hammering conservatives and Republicans while hosting The Late Show on CBS. The comic’s target on Wednesday evening was Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson, whom Colbert described as “a little racist who could” after stating last week that America is being forced to “admit the world’s poor ……
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2018 Naughty and Nice List: The Best & Worst of the New TV Season
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As Christmas approaches, we're making a list and checking it twice - find out which network tv shows have been naughty or nice.
Tennis Legend Navratilova Blasts Trans Women in Female Sports
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Female tennis great, feminist, and gay rights activist Martina Navratilova may have just compromised her status as an LGBTQ icon with a Tuesday evening tweet. Navratilova criticized current transgender policies in sports, stating “you can’t just proclaim yourself a female and be able to compete against women.”
(Pop) Culture of Death: HBO Developing Assisted Suicide Comedy
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In a 1995 encyclical, Pope John Paul II famously called modern Western society a “culture of death.” So it was inevitable that we’d end up with a pop culture of death as well.
Oprah Winfrey Helped the Career of Alleged Abuser of ‘300 Women'
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America’s therapist, fairy godmother and progressive fantasy candidate Oprah Winfrey might deserve a round of second looks when it comes to the quality of emotional schlock she has sold and promoted to millions of women. It seems that while she was doing public relations work on behalf of Brazilian “faith healer” “John of God,” he was collecting hundreds of rape accusations.
Time Cites Liberal Reasons for Making ‘Justice’ Word of the Year
As the end of 2018 draws near, several companies and websites that provide dictionaries are using the occasion to declare their choices for “Word of the Year.” When announcing Merriam-Webster’s selection on Monday, Time listed a number of negative events that took place over the past 12 months as why the dictionary company chose “justice” as its pick for 2018.
