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OJ Simpson, the former NFL running back, actor, and commercial spokesperson who was arrested for the murder of his ex-wife and an acquaintance but later acquitted of those charges, has died at the age of 76 due to cancer. www.nbcnews.com/...
by 728huey
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on Thu Apr 11, 2024 at 08:30 AM PDT
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Leave it to Fox News to throw out a conspiracy, on live air, that is so beyond belief that it makes you question how someone could say it out loud without bursting into laughter. In a set of segments on Fox News, the network has begun to pose the...
by Christopher Reeves
181 comments
on Wed Jan 10, 2024 at 09:39 AM PST
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"There is something about her voice — a quality — that you really can't put into words. It's a magical quality." — Sting, after Eva Cassidy had recorded a version of his song "Fields of Gold" in 1996, the year she died. Going Against the Grain Almost a...
by JekyllnHyde
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on Wed Dec 27, 2023 at 05:31 PM PST
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During the days leading up to the victory of “El Loco” Javier Milei in Argentina’s presidential election, I heard many Massa supporters in Buenos Aires saying that there was simply no way Milei could win. “He’s too far out,” they would say. “Too many...
by thirdworldman
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on Mon Nov 20, 2023 at 02:16 PM PST
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Since 54 year-old actor Matthew Perry died in his hot tub last Saturday, the medical examiner in charge has not yet released a specific cause of death. As usual, however, that has not stopped online commenters from coming up with their own theories,...
by MessagingMatters
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on Tue Oct 31, 2023 at 10:10 AM PDT
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C’mon, play along! Which US representative going to win the coveted $25 million a year Fox News gig? This weeks contestants are: Nancy Mace! New “liberal media” it girl! Sure, she doesn't pass any legislation that will help Americans but look at my...
by Roadie63
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on Wed Oct 11, 2023 at 10:17 AM PDT
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Howard Hesseman, better known to his fans of a certain age as Doctor Johnny Fever, of WKRP in Cincinnati, has passed on to the great beyond. www.cnn.com/… (CNN)Actor Howard Hesseman, best known as the hard-rocking disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on the...
by ColoTim
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on Sun Jan 30, 2022 at 11:50 PM PST
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If it seems like Republicans have been very quick to criticize Democrats for worshipping at the altars of celebrities for years, it’s because they have. Indeed, the GOP’s presidential; nominee in 2008 — the late Senator John McCain (R-AZ) --...
by JunglelandDan
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on Fri Feb 26, 2021 at 03:12 PM PST
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This is a brief diary and a bit of a rant about our celebrity culture run amok, yet again. Tiger Woods is an exceptional, celebrated, ground-breaking golfer of extraordinary talent and is beloved by many. I’m very sorry to hear that he was...
by Liberal in a Red State
541 comments
on Tue Feb 23, 2021 at 04:14 PM PST
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From the earliest days of COVID-19 response, Americans have worried about how certain industries would fare amid shutdowns and economy dips. Unless you’ve been lucky enough to work from home the entire time, it’s likely your industry has been affected...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Tue Dec 01, 2020 at 10:21 AM PST
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Yeah — there’s a slightly sardonic intention — but with a point here. Think about it — if you had Tom Hanks on the ballot next to both Joe Biden and Donald Trump, how do you think that vote split would go? Yeah — you’d likely get the standard 23%...
by Ryan in FL
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on Wed Nov 04, 2020 at 03:59 AM PST
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For Gen Z and Millennials, in particular, this is a really big deal that Harry Styles, the huge breakout star of the British group, One Direction, has in a simple tweet, just endorsed Joe Biden. I know a lot of people either sneer or shrug at celebrity...
by Liberal in a Red State
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on Tue Oct 27, 2020 at 01:46 PM PDT
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I think I first started hearing the words “I am a fan of…” in regard to politicians in 2008, when Barack Obama was running. Granted, I had probably heard it most of my life, but I’d ...
by Mark E Andersen
58 comments
on Sun Apr 21, 2019 at 06:15 PM PDT
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One of the issues facing the current administration, filled with billionaires, millionaires, and all-around terrible people, is that its members have spent a considerable amount of their lives being allowed to skate across and around some of the most...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Jan 25, 2019 at 08:18 AM PST
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It happened again last week, this time in a Steakhouse outside Cedar City, UT: A man came to my table and nervously asked, “Excuse me, Sir, but my daughter wanted to know if you’re...”
“Yes!”, I replied, interrupting him not out of rudeness or...
by cracktactor
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on Sat Feb 09, 2019 at 07:06 AM PST
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A few days ago, photos went around the internets showing actor Geoffrey Owens working at a Trader Joe’s in New Jersey. Fox News and the Daily Mail ran articles about how surprising it was to see the former Cosby Show actor bagging groceries. The...
by Walter Einenkel
173 comments
on Tue Sep 04, 2018 at 01:05 PM PDT
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Although there are far more important topics up for discussion I thought that I would put up something light as it has been a rough day. i had been in the ER for about 7 hours just getting home a bit ago.
I found this topic on the evil place...
by BFSkinner
140 comments
on Tue Aug 28, 2018 at 08:40 PM PDT
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Steve Levitan is the co-creator and producer of the hit television series Modern Family, which runs on ABC but is produced by 21st Century Fox. Levitan joins other celebrities unable to stomach the recent Fox News coverage of the humanitarian crisis...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue Jun 19, 2018 at 03:27 PM PDT
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“The language used by Samantha Bee last night is vile and vicious. The collective silence by the left and its media allies is appalling,” Sanders told TheWrap...“Her disgusting comments and show are not fit for broadcast, and executives at Time Warner...
by commander ogg
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on Thu May 31, 2018 at 07:09 PM PDT
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I am a racist.
Okay, let’s back up.
Roseanne Barr tweeted this afternoon, “ I’m not a racist, I never was & I never will be.”
I replied, “No racist ever thinks they’re racist.”
Or as @ErynnBrook tweeted last week,
My own reply...
by Nathan Empsall
7 comments
on Wed May 30, 2018 at 04:42 PM PDT
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