There was sad news with the death of one of my favorite authors. E. L. Doctorow has passed away at the age of 84. No one was better at writing great fiction to reveal essential realities of life. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/books/el-doctorow-author-of-historical-fiction-dies-at-84.html?_r=0
Many of his books were made into film, and even as wonderful as some of them were, people almost always said, “The book was better”. He regularly mined the past to shine a bright light on the present. The clip above is from the stage musical based on Ragtime. Every one of the issues mentioned in the opening number set in 1904 are still part of today’s political confrontations.
RIP Mr. Doctorow. You will be missed.
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New York Times Adds A 64-Word Correction To Its Clinton Email Story
ByCATHERINE THOMPSON
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/nyt-correction-hillary-clinton-emails
NYT’s just shameful!! Of course they got the click bait off their earlier phony story.. So much for the Liberial media bais were always told exists..
but they didn’t take back that inflammatory headline which will no doubt show up in the goper ads and which live on in google/bing searches.
wonder who is behind this and why
“The Republican Party’s image has grown more negative over the first half of this year. Currently, 32% have a favorable impression of the Republican Party, while 60% have an unfavorable view. Favorable views of the GOP have fallen nine percentage points since January. The Democratic Party continues to have mixed ratings (48% favorable, 47% unfavorable).”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/24/republican-party-image-decline_n_7864092.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
Ya pays your money and ya takes your chances – and ya get what ya pay (or in this case vote) for.
from http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-mcdonalds-iran-20150724-story.html
Since the July 14 announcement of the deal, the question of McDonald’s return to Iran — a possible byproduct of the anticipated lifting of Western economic sanctions — has stirred a storm on social media and in dueling reformist and hard-line newspapers.
Many young Iranians are excited by the prospect of a quarter pounder and supersized fries. Others express despair that a preeminent symbol of American culture may not return soon enough — or possibly ever.
“Goodbye falafel – hello McDonalds!”
in the spirit maybe the mcd will have falafel..most franchises have some nod to local food culure
in maine macd’s serve lobster rolls
from http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ted-cruz-to-gop-leader-you-lied/2015/07/24/6a967690-3225-11e5-97ae-30a30cca95d7_story.html?hpid=z3
Firebrand Republican senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz did something surprising in the Senate Friday: He accused the head of his party, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, of lying to his colleagues.
“We know now that when the majority leader looks us in the eyes and makes an explicit commitment, that he is willing to say things that he knows are false,” Cruz (Tex.) said. “That has consequences for how this body operates.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-mitch-mcconnell-ndaa_55b26f47e4b0074ba5a461c0?mazzd7vi
McConnell has thrown his own jabs at the presidential hopeful, joking earlier this year about Cruz’s threats to throw himself in front of a train to stop Obamacare.
“That idea has some merit to it,” McConnell said at a dinner in January.
Jeb Bush is flirting with disaster: Why his latest anti-Medicare fearmongering could sink his campaign
Bush has begun insisting that Medicare needs to be “phased out.” Not only is that wrong, it’s also toxic VIDEO
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON
http://www.salon.com/2015/07/24/jeb_bush_is_flirting_with_disaster_why_his_latest_anti_medicare_fearmongering_could_sink_his_campaign/
Paul Krugman kneecaps Jeb Bush and Paul Ryan, devastates Koch Brothers and bankrupt “voucher” ideology
“Who could have imagined conservatives would keep proposing exact same policy despite evidence that they’re wrong?”
SALON STAFF
http://www.salon.com/2015/07/24/paul_krugman_kneecaps_jeb_bush_and_paul_ryan_devastates_koch_brothers_and_bankrupt_voucher_ideology/
I would just like the debates to begin.
Oh me too :0)
2015
August 6, 2015 – 9pm ET
Fox News Republican Debate
Aired On: Fox News Channel
Location: Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH
Sponsors: Fox News, facebook
Moderators: Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace
Rules: Top 10 candidates in an average of 5 national polls
Candidates: To be determined
Notes: Fox News has added a candidate forum at 1pm ET the same day for candidates who don’t make the debate cut
Read more at http://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/2016-debate-schedule/2016-republican-primary-debate-schedule/#GvRjVBp1Vttq0HVC.99
You have to wonder if the 11 and lower will show up for the kid’s table.
New post for the weekend.