May 21, 2013

Sarah Palin, Conservatives Trash Melissa Harris-Perry Ad (Watch)

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*A new “Lean Forward” ad from MSNBC’s Melissa Harris Perry has irked Sarah Palin and some of her conservative media friends. In the spot, MHP argues that the U.S. should invest more in public education. “We have never invested as much in public education as we should have because we’ve always had kind of a [...]




Jesus Actor Says Obama/Satan Thing is ‘Hilarious’

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*Although producers of History channel’s “The Bible” miniseries raised eyebrows for the controversial casting of a satan who resembled President Obama, the actor who plays Jesus calls the situation “hilarious.” “I don’t think that’s controversial at all, I think that’s so funny,” Diogo Morgado told The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s just funny.” Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni, who [...]




History Channel Responds to ‘Bible’s’ Obama/Satan Resemblance

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*The History Channel released a statement in response to the hubbub surrounding the casting of Satan in its miniseries “The Bible.” As reported, social media blew up during Sunday’s episode with folks believing that the actor, Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni, was cast in the evil role because he resembles President Obama. In an email to EURweb, [...]




History Channel’s ‘Bible’ Casts Obama Look-Alike as Satan

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*The History Channel’s 10-part miniseries “The Bible” is stirring up extra attention for its casting of Satan. Folks are saying it’s no coincidence that the actor who plays the devil, Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni, bears a startling resemblance to President Barack Obama. The resemblance was pointed out on Twitter during the show’s broadcast on Sunday. Glenn [...]




‘Obama in Pee Pee’ – Glenn Beck’s ‘Work of Art’ – Pulled from eBay (Video)

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*Glenn Beck, the right wing, Tea party sicko – who’s obsessed with President Obama – is at it again. Check this out. Beck’s so-called “work of art” known as “Obama in Pee Pee” – something he created by dunking a bobblehead of the president in fake urine – has been pulled from eBay after he [...]




First Lady’s Travel Costs Under Fire; Target Spree Criticized

First lady Michelle Obama, wearing a hat and sunglasses, center, stands in line at a Target Department store in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, after doing some shopping. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

*Press watchdog group Media Matters is firing back at conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch over its recent report of First Lady Michelle Obama’s June trip to South Africa and Botswana, calling it “a nice taxpayer-funded ‘working’ vacation.” According to documents obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests, Judicial Watch claims the trip cost taxpayers $425,000 [...]




Glenn Beck: Is Calling Black People ‘Colored’ Such a ‘Bad Thing?’

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*On his radio show Tuesday, Glenn Beck pontificated on the issue of what to call people of African descent, reports Mediate.com. He wanted to know why it was proper to refer to all black persons as “African American,” particularly when so many black individuals don’t live in the U.S.? Beck notes that, in South Africa, [...]




Media Matters Urges Advertiser Boycott of Fox News

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*Media Matters has put Fox News Channel on the top of its hit list. The progressive watchdog group on Monday launched the website DropFox.com with the specific aim of getting all advertisers on the cable network to pull their spots – beginning with Orbitz Worldwide. Next to the Orbitz logo on DropFox.com was a photo [...]




Fox News Cancels ‘Glenn Beck’

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*Conservative U.S. television host Glenn Beck is leaving his daily television show with cable channel Fox News, amid falling ratings. The controversial 47-year-old radio and television host “intends to transition off of his daily program,” called “Glenn Beck,” later this year, Fox News and Beck’s production company, Mercury Radio Arts, said in a joint statement [...]




Glenn Beck the Anti-Christ

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*A Christian author and national speaker has just released a video in which he flays radio and TV commentator Glenn Beck as a pagan, New Age “anti-Christ” who is deluding many believers away from the Bible’s teachings and leading them toward Eastern mysticism. Brannon Howse of Worldview Weekend in Collierville, Tenn., who was once a defender of Beck, is now [...]




Is the End Near for Glenn Beck?

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*Don’t get too excited yet, but more and more it’s looking like it’s about to be all over for Glenn Beck. Fox News execs are reportedly considering dropping the controversial talk-show host when his contract expires in December, a consideration prompted by a precipitous drop in ratings and fears that his outrageous rants are damaging [...]




We Twisted King’s Dream, So We Live With His Nightmare

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*(Via Color Lines) First, as has become an annual ritual, politicians went to church or some other civic gathering for last year’s King Day celebration, even as they continued to support public policies that he found abhorrent. Whether continuing to prosecute a seemingly endless and most definitely murderous war, or by supporting cuts to vital [...]




Could LeBron James Become Time’s Person of the Year?

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*Man, how times have changed. Up for Time Magazine’s Person of the Year are unlikely candidates: LeBron James and President Barack Obama. The Associated Press reported Monday that the Miami Heat player seemed a bit embarrassed when he learned that he was one of the final 25 names on the list for the award. The [...]




Jokey Joke: Donald Duck Gets a Foreclosure and Glenn Beck

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*This is not a Disney cartoon you’ve never seen.  Donald Duck is getting scared to death by the recession.  He’s lost his job.  His house goes into foreclosure and then he is greeted by what seems to be the three ghosts of historic disasters past. But the strange thing is that Glenn Beck is all three [...]




Beck: Slavery ‘Started with Seemingly Innocent Ideas’

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*On the Oct. 1 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks’ The Glenn Beck Program, the Fox News commentator thought he’d enlighten his audience on the origins of slavery in America, which “started with seemingly innocent ideas,” he declared. And it only became negative when “the government began to regulate things.” Listen below. The “slavery” talk begins [...]