Dazed and Confused

Those idiots at the Ford India ad agency are seriously f’ed up.  I mean, as India fights its elongated history of men’s brutality on...

On Sandy, ConEdison and New Yorkers

Since Sunday, tropical storm Sandy has proved to be the man in charge in New York City. Sandy’s reign came as ConEdison once again...

Obama to Snowden: Come Back Home Boy -Daddy Got Sober

If what Politico just reported is true, then Obama will go to see Putin, and Snowden is free to come home, and our British...

The “I Killed Osama” badge. Who wouldn’t want one?

Surely enough, Obama holds that badge. For now. But that's just not fair, says "a group of former U.S. intelligence and Special Forces operatives" (Reuters). They say...

I Went to a Riot and a Palestinian Peace Rally Broke Out. Or. The...

After the fiasco of last year's Gaza flotilla, in which nine Turkish activists were killed when IDF commandos boarded the Mavi Marmara as it...

Religious Spectatorship: Harold Camping and the Coming of the Apocalypse

There is something appealing about Armageddon.  The notion of the end-of-it-all pervades our social consciousness.  It is manifest in our books and movies, our...

More Brown matter from the NYPD

Occupy Wall Street is to celebrate its first aniversary, on Monday, with the blessing of the NYPD spokespman, Paul Brown, who said: "We accommodate...

True Educational Grit

Marquel, TPVs NYTimes True Grit Section correspondent, was grinding his teeth when he read Should Schools Teach Personality?  Traits like “grit,” more associated with personality...

New York Courts Meet Elusive Goal: From Arrest to Arraignmen​t in Under 24 Hours....

The NY Times beat us again - New York Courts Meet Elusive Goal: From Arrest to Arraignment in Under 24 Hours. But, again, only Marquel,...

Coffee May Cut Melanoma Risk but Drinking It May Cause Insomnia

Coffee May Cut Melanoma Risk. Drinking coffee is associated with a reduced risk for skin cancer, a new study says, and adds that four cups...

Breaking News – TPV Has Just Joined Hillary’s Circle of Friendly Friends. You Should...

For those of you who think TPV does not like Hillary, here's to you, TPV Has Just Joined Hillary's Circle of Friendly Friends. You...

Lessig Was More and then None

Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Area 51 Section correspondent was hungry and he decided to read about Lawrence Lessig Ends His Long-Shot Presidential Bid.  Marquel read the...

Gitlin on Trump’s War – A Sport and a Pastime

First published http://www.cjr.org/covering_trump/syria-bombs-tv-news.php WAR IS THE BLOOD SPORT of television. Devastation on the ground—someplace the viewer doesn’t live but where other human beings do, and gasp,...

The US Republicans’ New Fable – The Arsonist Burned Down the House

Today is a day of humility. The US House Republicans forced the French people to come, yet again, to our republican rescue. We are not...
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