Russell Brand brings 'consciousness' (and comedy) to 'Brand X'

Source: Los Angeles Times

Russell Brand — movie star, provocateur, former addict, ex-pop-star husband and MTV awards show lightning rod — is seeking a higher purpose. He wants to be a consciousness-raiser. But Brand said there's also a ...
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A Mark Russell retrospective

Source: Buffalo News

When piano-playing political humorist Mark Russell sat down with producers at WNED-TV to work on a one-hour retrospective of his work, the task of boiling down three decades of material — more than 100 hourlong TV specials — was daunting. The production ...
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Comment on Anonymous Fox spokesperson bravely talks trash about school behind news habits survey by Anonymous

Source: Poynter (Romensko)

“Considering FDU’s undergraduate school is ranked as one of the worst in the country,” said the FNC spokesperson, “we suggest the school invest in improving its weak academic program instead of spending money on frivolous polling – their student body ...
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Source: Belleville News-Democrat

Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores: 1."The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson," by Robert A. Caro (Knopf: $35) LBJ's sudden presidency, the Civil Rights Act and ...
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Rod Walton: Graduates, get ready to be hit hard with advice

Source: Tulsa World

It's contradictory commencement advice, but that's the best I can do. Maybe that's why I'm still waiting for my alma maters to call about keynote speaking engagements. May is the time for flowers, festivals and graduations. Reality sets ...
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Sherpa: Readers Rush to judge comment about comedians

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As promised last week, I am going to spend today's time and space to respond to those who objected to a portion of a recent column. On May 6, I wrote the following political comment: "It irks me when people parrot things they hear from Rush Limbau ...
Full article at: St. Louis Post-Dispatch  More like this  13 hours ago

Sunday Talk: Born-again stupidity

Source: Daily Kos

Absent some sort of dramatic undertaking by the Ron Paul revolutionaries, Mitt Romney is expected to win the upcoming Texas primary, and in doing so, officially lock up the GOP nomination for president. Meet the Press: Maryland Gov. Martin O'Ma ...
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Is there a more polished way to message the New Democratic Creed: "Vote for me 'cause, um, heh-heh-heh"?

Source: Down With Tyranny!

In their recall-election debate last night, Wisconsin Governorissimo Scott Walker says to his Democratic challenger, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett: "I worship at the toes of billionaires and am a sniveling crook besides, a ...
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Supply side economics lives in today's politics

Source: The Eastern Echo

It’s finally dawning on American voters that our political views have become every bit as “faith-based” as our religious beliefs. The old-fashioned idea that partisan disputes should still be settled by the facts ...
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