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One Direction
Zayn Malik is leaving the band One Direction.One Direction is a boy band.I'm sure many people are distraught -- mainly young females and males.I don't mean that as an attack or slur.I was sad when I...
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I got a few e-mails on "One Direction" and a lot of people shared their experiences with this or that boy band. I enjoyed those.But an e-mail from a 14-year-old who apparently was sincere had me...
View ArticleThe Slap (Rosie)
There is one more episode left in the NBC mini-series The Slap (which airs on Thursdays).In the most recent one, "Rosie," there were a number of things going on.The most dramatic was Rosie getting put...
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The depressed electorate
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Uncle Joe's Looking Better and Better" is above and I've been voting for presidents since Jimmy Carter so let me point out that I have never seen a less excited...
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The never-ending Iraq War
We wrote this editorial Sunday at Third:Editorial: What's the cost, what's the exit strategy?Last Thursday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on the Islamic State and Iraq (see "Iraq...
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MSNBC?
POLITICO notes:In both daytime and prime time, MSNBC endured its lowest quarterly demo numbers in a decade, and its total viewership since the final quarter of 2007. Prime-time viewership was down 45...
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There is no deal
Keith Jones (WSWS) notes:Iran and the P-6—the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany—announced Thursday that they have finalized the “parameters” for an agreement to...
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The Slap (finale) and salsa
First salsa.Spring is here, summer around the corner. Fresh fruits and vegetables.That last part is why I tried to make salsa myself in 1980 for the first time.My friend Mayra made her own and she gave...
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Oh, Leo
That's Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts"The Deal" which went up Sunday and so did Kat's "Kat's Korner: What The Bedroom Tapes reveal" and "Kat's Korner: Ringo's Postcards are not be missed."I hope...
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heroes (rebecca)
rebecca here filling in for trina. i'm covering 'community' at my site. it's a show i usually cover (it's now airing on yahoo).shows covered by me include 'brothers &...
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Yazidis released
Los Angeles Times@latimes4h4 hours ago200 abducted Yazidis released by Islamic State in northern Iraqhttp://lat.ms/1a6VkB3 View summary16 retweets15 favorites I think we're all trying to note an Iraq...
View ArticleJohn Oliver, slinging it for The Man
I think there are about 30 truest-of-the-week nominees in Thomas Gaist's latest piece for WSWS. John Oliver attempted to turn Ed Snowden into a joke on his latest program.Gaist opens with:Comedy host...
View ArticleFood and kids
I sometimes forget how long I've been around online.2006.And an e-mail reminds me both of how long I've been around and how I'm lucky to also gain new readers.A woman e-mailed regarding her child and...
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The kill list
Barack's kill list. With so much going on, it's easy to forget he has a kill list.Even crooked Richard Nixon only had an enemies list.Andre Damon (WSWS) reports: A lead article in Monday’s New York...
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Tax day
Hunkered over the calculator with some variation of the 1040 while sitting at the kitchen table.Who hasn't been there?People who pay to have their taxes done.That's not me.The first time I had to pay...
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Salads in the Kitchen
Carrie e-mailed, "Let me open a bottle of my whine in response to the woman who's having trouble getting her kid to eat vegetables. I've got the opposite problem of late. Somewhere around Christmas...
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What a friend we have in Barack
As always, count on Kate Randall (WSWS) to report what's really happening:US President Barack Obama signed into law on Thursday the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, marking a new...
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Michelle's Let's Move recipes
A reader asked why I haven't highlighted Michelle Obama's Let's Move recipes?Because I didn't know about it.I'm honestly not impressed.This is what you see:myrecipes.com Found on myrecipes.com Carrots...
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Oh, it's proof, is it?
Kate Randall (WSWS) reports:The US Justice Department and FBI have formally acknowledged that over a more than two-decade period before 2000, nearly every FBI examiner gave flawed forensic hair...
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Where are the grown ups?
Ellen Nakashima (Washington Post) reports:The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration is stepping down in mid-May, following revelations about "sex parties" involving prostitutes overseas and other...
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