Sarah Palin: “America’s Enduring Strength” from Sarah Palin on Vimeo. Sarah Palin, who had been silent for days about her “cross-hair” remarks being linked to the horrible tragedy in Tucson, tried to denounce her critics on Wednesday in a video statement that accused pundits of “blood libel” for their rush to blame her gun-toting political…
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Tucson Shooting a Warning to Tone Down Violent Political Rhetoric
by Mike Hall AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says that Saturday’s Tucson, Arizona assassination attempt against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat, and the murder of six of her constituents, serves as a terrible reminder to all of our political and civic leaders about the need to end the use of appeals to violence in our political…
Is Facebook Bad For You?
The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson After a two year experiment with the social networking Web software Facebook, and after a few harried days of dealing with the fallout from dingbats and amateurs who have no business trying to run the news links business, I sort of feel like my old friend Tommy Stevenson at…
A Carolina Chickadee in the First Snow of 2011
Glynn Wilson A Carolina chickadee [poecile carolinensis], one of the usual suspects, is not shy about letting me know when the bird feeder is empty. Like Norman Maclean’s brother said in A River Runs Through It, “I only need three more years before I can think like a fish,” maybe in three more years I…
Without Angry Rhetoric, Fox News Warns, It Will Only Have 24 Hours to Fill
Guest Humor by Andy Borowitz The Borowitz Report NEW YORK — Calls for a reduction in violent political rhetoric have plunged the Fox News Channel into chaos, with a Fox spokesperson warning today that such a move “would leave us with 24 hours to fill.” “Let’s not underestimate the giant hole this would create,” spokesperson…
The President Speaks on the Shootings in Tucson
The White House Blog
First Snow 2011: By Dog It’s Snowing Now
Glynn Wilson The first snow feature photo of 2011. Some of the weather talking heads fear an ice storm, but they almost never get it right anyway. Monday The National Weather Service forecast is still calling for freezing rain OR sleet and maybe snow likely in the morning, then a chance of light freezing rain…
Two to Five Inches of Snow Expected to Cover Central Alabama Overnight
The forecast for Sunday calls for cloudy skies in Central Alabama with a slight chance of snow early in the afternoon, increasing to “likely” in late afternoon, with a 100 percent chance of snow overnight and an expected accumulation of two to five inches. Temperature will remain steady in the upper 20s, with winds out…
Reverend Fred Phelps Thanks God for Arizona Shootings
On January 8, 2011, shooter Jared Lee Laughner opened fire at Tucson, Arizona grocery store at political rally. He shot 18, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords; killing 6, including federal Judge John M. Roll. The right-wing racist bigot religious nut the Rev. Fred Phelps of Kansas and his sick band of funeral picketers thank God for…
Special Commentary: Violence Has No Place in a Democracy
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Keith Olbermann’s Comments on the Arizona Shootings on MSNBC
Six Killed in Tucson Shooting: Giffords to Recover, Child and Federal Judge Perish
by Glynn Wilson THE BUNKER – U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat from Arizona, was shot in the head by a gunman who opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with voters, killing a federal judge and five others in a rampage that rattled the country and left Americans questioning whether divisive politics…
Comedian Kathleen Madigan on Sarah Palin
Just caught this American Irish Catholic comedian last night on cable. She’s funny. This sample video, “Sarah Palin…Really?” is from a performance at the Comedy and Magic Club, July 2009. Check her out…
Chance of Snow Sunday Near 100 Percent in Middle Alabamaland
Like the Zen Master said, “We’ll See…” There is a 50 percent chance of snow in the afternoon on Sunday in Birmingham and central Alabama, and a near 100 percent chance of snow Sunday night, with moderate accumulations expected, according to the national Weather Service. Glynn Wilson This little brown-headed nuthatch [sitta pusilla] is my…
Contradictions About Facebook Make Good Humor
The Anti-Social Network? The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Daily Show on Facebook Mark Zuckerberg’s immense success is founded on mining personal data, but he doesn’t want to be transparent?
Rally for the Working Poor and Middle Class in Birmingham
Mark your calendars today. There will be a rally at Kelly Ingram Park in downtown Birmingham Saturday, Feb. 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you know someone who is struggling economically and wants to get involved to do something about it, tell them to get up off the couch — or off their…
House Republicans Show Whose Side They Are Own
The new Republican House majority was just sworn in Thursday, but it didn’t take long to find out whose side they’re on. “They’re showing us from Day One that it’s politics as usual — they’re on the side of the insurance companies and other big businesses that spent gobs of money to elect them,” says…
Goldman Sachs Financial Deal With Facebook Raises Questions
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Since this story was aired, there is this on the wires: Facebook to Disclose Financials, or Go Public?
New South Books: Censoring Mark Twain?
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Does removing the n-word make Huckleberry Finn more palatable for school kids? Or is it censorship?
Alabama Democratic Party Chair Joe Turnham to Step Down
Glynn Wilson Joe Turnham Alabama Democratic Party Chair Joe Turnham will be stepping down effective January 29 after his party suffered a bruising defeat in the election of 2010. While the Republicans on the national level took control of the House, Alabama’s GOP captured both houses of the state Legislature for the first time in…
Health Care Group Calls GOP Claims About the Deficit Double Talk
While the new Republican majority in Congress seems hell-bent on rejecting the Congressional Budget Office announcement that the Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act would add $230 billion to the federal budget deficit over 10 years, $1.2 trillion in the second decade, a national grassroots coalition of more than 1,000 organizations in 46…
