Ball point pen on today's newsprint New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning, foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid died Thursday of an asthma attack while on assignment in Syria. A consummate journalist and fluent in Arabic, Shadid often put himself in harms way to get a story. I was riveted last March reading his first hand account of being held captive for six days by forces loyal to Qaddafi. Ball point pen on March 23, 2011 newsprint related post related post ...
Read MoreBall point pen on today's newsprint Hall of fame catcher and all around nice guy Gary Carter lost his battle with brain cancer. He was 57. The 11 time All-Star played 11 years with the Montreal Expos, but will be remembered here for helping the 86 Mets win the World Series. ...
Read MoreBall point pen on today's newsprint The media rolled into the downtrodden, grieving city of Newark, New Jersey to cover the tragic story of Whitney Houston's funeral with the finesse of a thousand clowns, building platforms, buying properties and renting rooftops. Not to cover the good works that Whitney did there but to gain a view of the bereaved celebs expected to attend. Read ...
Read MoreBall point pen on today's newsprint If James Carville were advising the Republicans, he'd probably be chanting the mantra he made famous. Not to keep his candidate (who had a penchant for freestyling) on message, but to save his candidate from a contrived, divisive brand of politics designed to win elections in the seventies. Not even Mr. Conservative, Barry Goldwater could win a primary in today's Republican party. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f27hZXCX-Bs ...
Read MoreBall point pen on today's newsprint Six Grammy awards including song of the year, Rolling in the Deep. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGdfnTREo3g BTW I looked, but didn't see Etta James mentioned in the memorial montage video. I know that Alicia Key's and Bonnie Raitt did a number, but did they forget to put her in the video? ...
Read MoreBall point pen on today's newsprint When investment banks calculated how to monetize mortgages, they meddled with something beyond money, they meddled with where we live, breath, break bread and raise our children. Yesterday our attorney general slapped their wrist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTnVMulDTYA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtaCOc9nIQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1IZ5wVZ-8Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Y3PlmwnRM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgnaavPxSmk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Cjyedio3g ...
Read MoreBall point pen on today's newsprint Many conservatives believe that charities and not tax dollars should provide health care for our poor. But hold on, conservatives also want to deny charitable funds for said poor? WTF Watch and listen to the frank words of Linda. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZwpSwm_4as&context=C306f10cADOEgsToPDskLdpGBeNGFDH891ooGLcYkr ...
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