Budweiser rebrands as ‘America’ in lead-up to US election Beer cans and bottles will be renamed ‘America’ until November, with lyrics to Woody Guthrie’s This Land is Your Land also appearing THEGUARDIAN.COM|BY SAM THIELMAN[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Media’
May 2nd, 2016 - 1:50 am § in Misc.
FAUX: Email Scandal Poofs
Clinton Email Scandal Falls Apart State Dept. Says There Was No Policy Against Private Email sand there weren’t any classified leaks in the emails .. until the GOP got ahold of them. On CNN’s New Day, State Department spokesman John Kirby said, “We have said in the past, Chris tha[...]
April 25th, 2016 - 9:07 am § in Misc.
The US Declares War on Spain
April 25, 1898: As the Fox and the Repugnant Party calls for War War, Read More at The Nation[...]
March 2nd, 2016 - 11:50 am § in Misc.
The F.C.C. Gets Ready to Unlock the Cable Box
Any PC can outdo any cable box. All that is needed is a very inexpensive device with the equivalent of a SIM card and it seems as if many people are just discovering this as they’re looking for various cable tv alternatives. Even better, a cheap device in your TV or linked to a any […][...]
March 2nd, 2016 - 10:54 am § in Misc.
WTF: why is MSNBC wasting its screen space on a hairdo?
MSNBC has been an experiment. Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, Larry O’Donnell, Chris Mathews are all impressive . .. though rather redundant. Their shows recycle new content. MSNBC needs more diversity .. not just in skin color but personality. Sharpton was a different personality but he was [...]
February 29th, 2016 - 9:42 am § in Misc.
SUPER TUESDAY: Trumpets blow while Rubio makes penis joke.
Rubio Makes Small Penis Joke About Trump Kristinn Taylor Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio made a small penis joke about GOP rival Donald Trump on Sunday–and thought so highly of it he put video of himself telling the penis joke on YouTube. Rubio was talking to a crowd in Roanoke, Vi[...]
February 28th, 2016 - 9:04 am § in Misc.
The Oscars: Rebirth of “The Birth of a Nation”
Fox Searchlight pays $17.5m for slavery drama The Birth of a Nation Just in time for t this year’s Oscar list free of Blacks, Fox and actor/director Nate Parker are bringing a redo of “Birth of a Nation” to your local multiplex. READMORE Review at The Guardian.[...]
Opera
David Brewster This fascinating report on changing times for opera — getting smaller, taking more risks, cheaper tickets, more contemporary fare — is illustrative of the changes going on in performing arts. Pay particular attention to Opera Philadelphia, which is in the big-budget league[...]