I find it noteworthy that there hasn't been a thread in this forum on NY State's passage of Marriage Equality. A really really big state pushed through gay marriage and no one had a word to say.
Keith Olbermann's new show started this week on Current TV. It is oddly similar to his Countdown show on MSNBC. Actually, except for a much lower quality production (e.g. lighting, graphics, no HD) it *is* the same show. I am surprised he went this route. I viewed him as somewhat of a liberal media legend since he put MSNBC's political programming on the map and then departing after standing up to corporate management. Figured he would do something bigger/better, trailblaze another medium or format. He's doing the same show but without any sizzle.
Just watched a documentary on HBO about tort reform. The premise was that corporate lobbyists are using the infamous McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit to coax folks into voting for legal reform that basically removes the rights of citizens with legitimate beefs against corporations who wronged them. Check out Hot Coffee. Really interesting.
Fascinating the way Michelle Bachman can climb up the polls in only a few weeks by employing a strategy of not saying really stupid inflammatory things and instead focusing on jobs. Ed Rollins deserves every penny she's paying him. I think she is a quack, BTW.
I had an issue at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport last week. I refused to go through the body scanner opting instead to get felt up for free by a male stranger employed by the TSA. The gentleman grabbed my carry on bag when it came out of the Xray machine and carried it over to me in the feel up area. He explained the groping he would be doing and then he put on rubber gloves. Before he touched me (or anything) with the gloves he tested them and they set off the bomb detector machine. After a few minutes a supervisor came over along with bomb squad personnel. They told me they were going to take me into a private room for a more in depth screening. I refused. I told them that I agreed to the groping and that they should get on with it right here so I don't miss my flight. They told me to stop talking. I said no. They said yes. I said no. They said I needed to go with the bomb squad people because I set off the bomb detector. I said no- I did not. You guys did. To make a long story short. TSA assumed that the first guy with the gloves actually touched me and/or my stuff after he put on the gloves. He never laid a hand on me or my stuff. The gloves in their package set off the bomb bells and whistles. It took a whole lot of arguing before I could get anyone to realize this. We never did go into that private room which would have left me feeling vindicated were it not for the revenge groping they gave me after the scene I made. Barely made my flight. I think the TSA is a joke along with the million dollar machines they waste our time and money buying and using under the guise of keeping us safe.
Keith Olbermann's new show started this week on Current TV. It is oddly similar to his Countdown show on MSNBC. Actually, except for a much lower quality production (e.g. lighting, graphics, no HD) it *is* the same show. I am surprised he went this route. I viewed him as somewhat of a liberal media legend since he put MSNBC's political programming on the map and then departing after standing up to corporate management. Figured he would do something bigger/better, trailblaze another medium or format. He's doing the same show but without any sizzle.
Just watched a documentary on HBO about tort reform. The premise was that corporate lobbyists are using the infamous McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit to coax folks into voting for legal reform that basically removes the rights of citizens with legitimate beefs against corporations who wronged them. Check out Hot Coffee. Really interesting.
Fascinating the way Michelle Bachman can climb up the polls in only a few weeks by employing a strategy of not saying really stupid inflammatory things and instead focusing on jobs. Ed Rollins deserves every penny she's paying him. I think she is a quack, BTW.
I had an issue at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport last week. I refused to go through the body scanner opting instead to get felt up for free by a male stranger employed by the TSA. The gentleman grabbed my carry on bag when it came out of the Xray machine and carried it over to me in the feel up area. He explained the groping he would be doing and then he put on rubber gloves. Before he touched me (or anything) with the gloves he tested them and they set off the bomb detector machine. After a few minutes a supervisor came over along with bomb squad personnel. They told me they were going to take me into a private room for a more in depth screening. I refused. I told them that I agreed to the groping and that they should get on with it right here so I don't miss my flight. They told me to stop talking. I said no. They said yes. I said no. They said I needed to go with the bomb squad people because I set off the bomb detector. I said no- I did not. You guys did. To make a long story short. TSA assumed that the first guy with the gloves actually touched me and/or my stuff after he put on the gloves. He never laid a hand on me or my stuff. The gloves in their package set off the bomb bells and whistles. It took a whole lot of arguing before I could get anyone to realize this. We never did go into that private room which would have left me feeling vindicated were it not for the revenge groping they gave me after the scene I made. Barely made my flight. I think the TSA is a joke along with the million dollar machines they waste our time and money buying and using under the guise of keeping us safe.
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