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Quick thoughts~ For the past couple of days, O'Reilly has been making the rounds on Fox giving his reasons why the whole Jackson tape was not released. According to him, he was not trying to "destroy" Jackson by reporting the whole incident. So why tease the public by mentioning there were more tasteless comments in the first place? On top of that, the transcript and tape were property of Fox, yet he blames ...More

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This is why the "war against homelesness" is nothing more than a popular shadow boxing match. Most homeless have city-funded home C.W. Nevius sfgate.com A long overdue civil grand jury report released Wednesday says that the city should be proud of getting over 4,000 homeless people into housing since 2004 but distressed at the scene on the streets. Panhandling, public drunkenness and street loitering are still an unpleasant reality downtown. The mayor and others are now ...More

"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set," he said. "We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded." Barack Obama, 7/2/08 F.Y.I. I checked an unedited copy of the video from the Obama campaign against an edited version put out by some non-Obama supporters just to make sure ...More

The Progressive Review Sam Smith It is against the journalist's code of ethics to say so, but the presidential campaign has become incredibly dull. Over the past few weeks, the candidates have become becalmed, drifting in the electoral ocean, sails flapping lazily, awaiting for nature and history to cause something to happen. Actually it has. We're on the verge of war with Iran and the banking system is collapsing, but neither candidate has ...More

Disney's 'subservient' black princess animates film critics By Arifa Akbar, Arts Correspondent independent.co.uk When Disney announced it was casting its first black princess for its latest animation film, the African-American heroine was hailed as a positive role model for little girls and an ambitious marketing ploy, not to mention an attempt to ward off the allegations of racism that have lurked since the heyday of Walt Disney Productions in the 1940s and 1950s. But ...More