Harry Shearer: Britain's Iraq War Inquiry, Day 2
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Guardian sums up the second day of the official Chilcott inquiry into the origins of the Iraq War. Hm, why can't we have one...
Charlie Rose with Gavan Daws, Otto Schwartz & Richard Gordon; Jim Dwyer, Gretchen Buchenholz & Theresa McGovern; Martin Charnin, Harry Shearer & Lisa Birnnbach (May 24, 1995)
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Guardian sums up the second day of the official Chilcott inquiry into the origins of the Iraq War. Hm, why can't we have one...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The Brits -- backward-looking sort, don't you think? -- have just opened an official inquiry into how that country got into the Iraq War.
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Like a lot of people, my opinion of the holiday season teeters between fondness and revulsion. Bob Dylan's Christmas in the Heart had me positively giddy that Christmas was around the corner. Then I went to Best Buy last week and wished Jesus was never born. Judith Owen and Harry Shearer...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Of course, Republicans defended George W. Bush and blamed state and local officials when independent investigations (here and here) pointed to the US Army Corps...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
With Barney Frank laying down the beat and a gospel chorus singing backup, Harry Shearer has taken over the body of Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner for the music video, "Glimmers of Hope." Singing the inspirational lyrics "A vision that shimmers/Business that simmers/As lively as a couch full of David Schwimmers," Shearer gives us all hope for the latest economic buzzwords....
Eat This! (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
"I'm getting so old, I don't even buy green bananas anymore." - Chi Chi Rodriguez "Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys are more moral than the opponents. But if you're looking for morals in politics you're looking for bananas in the cheese department." - Harry Shearer "Yeah, I like...
Voices of New Orleans (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
I'm never one to pass over a good dig on National Public Radio. Here's a nice one from Harry Shearer: Robert Siegel last night said "I know the people in New Orleans don't regard the damage inflicted by Katrina as an act of God so much as an act of Government negligence...what's their argument?" Nice in-depth work, Robert. Their "argument" might more properly be called the findings...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
When Ruth Seymour announced earlier this week her retirement as general manager of Santa Monica's pioneering public-radio station, KCRW, it really did mark the end...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Okay, now it's official, or as official, at least, as the considered ruling of a Federal district judge can make it. The United States Army...
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Listen back to the Nov. 6 edition of THE FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE SHOW iTunes PODCAST featuring live guests, Rakim, RA The Rugged Man, Scorzayzee, Harry Shearer (The Simpsons and Spinal Tap), Mykil Miers and more! " Rakim joins us for one of his most deep and lengthy interviews of his entire career. This may just be the most intrusive and probing interview that you will ever hear with the man who changed...
Zippidy Doo Da (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Sarah Palin’s book is finally out, if you live in fly-over country she may soon be hawking it at a bookstore near you. Myself, I’m not interested in her happy bullshit, or whatever her ghostwriter has to say. I just want to point out that, 1.25 million dollar advance notwithstanding, it’s common for books by celebutards to be best-sellers and remaindered at the same time. Amazon has...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
"It's scary," says Tom Jackson, a regional levee commissioner and engineer of the admission by the Army Corps of Engineers that a section of lakefront...
OmniFootball (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Is it me or does Philadelphia Union’s soccer jersey looks very similar to the Shrewsbury Town jersey worn by Derek Smalls in the cult classic movie, This Is Spinal Tap? In the 1984 film, there’s a hysterical scene where Harry Shearer who plays the fictional character Derek Smalls tries to get through airport security. In that [...] Related posts: Soccer and the Nation’s Capital I...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Following up Matthew Hoh's resignation letter of a couple weeks ago comes this missive from William Polk who, like Hoh, finds the only prudent course...
Media Decoder (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
"The Daily Show" caught the Fox News Channel and one of its hosts, Sean Hannity, in what appeared to be a blatant example of doctoring a report with inappropriate video to enhance an argument.
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tatelop | 11/11/2009
Voice Cast: Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson; Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson; Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson; Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson; Hank Azaria as Moe; Harry Shearer as Skinner; Pamela Haden as Milhouse