The Hollywood Reporter says Steven Spielberg is adapting Aldous Huxley‘s novel Brave New World as a scripted series for the NBC. What will Spielberg have wrought? Brave New World was published in 1932, as Stalin’s Russia and Mussolini’s Italy were rivals for a the newest an[...]
Archive for September, 2015
September 19th, 2015 - 9:00 am § in Misc.
Mother and daughter assaulted by anti-gay hooligans who assumed they were a lesbian couple
A mother and daughter having dinner together in New York apparently were mistaken for a lesbian couple by a group of inebriated diners who taunted and assaulted them last weekend. Police said a man and two women cursed, uttered anti-gay slurs, threw objects, and then assaulted the pair. The daughter[...]
September 18th, 2015 - 3:07 pm § in Uncategorized
Minnesota students protest racist school board member
Hundreds of students walked out of a Minnesota high school this week to protest the school board’s refusal to expel a board member who posted racist tweets about Muslims on his Facebook account. The board voted 3-1 in favor of removing Grant Nichols from his elective position, but removing him[...]
September 18th, 2015 - 2:29 pm § in Misc.
They didn’t really think his clock was a bomb.
“I said: It’s sad they thought that kid had a bomb. She said: They didn’t think he had a bomb. I said: Yes, they thought he made a bomb and even called the police. She said: They just wanted to humiliate a little Muslim boy. They didn’t think he had a bomb. I said: Don’[...]
September 18th, 2015 - 2:22 pm § in Misc.
Jeb!’s choice for the $10 bill
Asked in Wednesday’s debate to pick a woman for the $10 bill, Jeb! Bush went with Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s Reagan-era conservative prime minister. What, he couldn’t think of an American? If he’s the GOP nominee, I can already imagine the Democratic attack ads: “Jeb [...]
September 18th, 2015 - 1:58 pm § in Politics
The most succinct newspaper editorial of all time
Last week, the Michigan legislature expelled GOP Rep. Cindy Gamrat for misuse of state resources in connection with her tawdry affair with a fellow Republican legislator. This week, Gamrat filed as a candidate in a special election for her former seat, which Michigan law allows her to do. The Grand [...]
September 18th, 2015 - 1:41 pm § in Politics
Bristol lectures President Obama about clock kid
The president wrote: “Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It’s what makes America great.” Bristol Palin wrote: “This is the kind of stuff Obama needs to STAY out of. This encourages more racial strife t[...]
September 18th, 2015 - 1:33 pm § in Uncategorized
1,135 years of global temperatures
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