Slattsnews (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Debbie Schlussel finds a celebrity mag that is prepared to bag celebrities for their eco-hypocrisy. Us Magazine points out the average American produces 24 tons of carbon dioxide annually compared with the average celeb’s output of 170 tonnes. John Travolta, Sting and “Grey’s Anatomy” actress Kate Walsh come under fire.
Debbie Schlussel (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
By Debbie Schlussel I am scheduled to be on Al-Jazeera English, the international English language version of Al-Jazeera (viewed in 120 million homes), live on Saturday Night at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time. I will be on the channel's global news program, and ironically, I won't be discussing Middle Eastern issues. I'll be on with Susan Burgess, a Democratic party activist and superdelegate,...
Debbie Schlussel (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Debbie Schlussel Also sent by reader Ari, this trailer for a scary, but really funny, new, um, movie is hilarious:
Debbie Schlussel (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Debbie Schlussel I did not screen " The X-Files: I Want to Believe ," yet, because the studio did not offer a full critic advanced screening, a sure sign it's not good. Plus they made both stars available for even the tiniest radio station's interviews--again, not a good sign. I will see it later this afternoon and add a review, later today. * " Step Brothers ": I'm embarrassed to...
Debbie Schlussel (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Debbie Schlussel Today is the 100th birthday of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) . But there's nothing to celebrate, and that's probably why there's not a lot of fanfare. The FBI is the most over-rated law enforcement agency on the planet. With a giant PR budget and a ton of TV shows that make these G-Men actually know what they're doing, the agency is actually a bloated...
Debbie Schlussel (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Debbie Schlussel And to think that I complained that the movie, " Stuck ," portrayed the Black woman who did a hit-and-run of a homeless man as a White woman. Now, life imitates art, and we have a real-life White woman--Robert Novak--hitting a homeless man and trying to flee the accident scene. Pro-HAMAS, Pan-Islamist, faux-conservative Robert Novak hit an 86-year-old man with his...
Debbie Schlussel (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Debbie Schlussel Remember Benjamin Baines, Jr. ? He's the 22-year-old man, who in February, was caught trying to smuggle a box-cutter--concealed inside a book--onto a plane at the Tampa International Airport, along with his Koran, several Islamic books, and rap lyrics he wrote. Well, here's more evidence we simply aren't serious about enforcing the law. Baines was sentenced to a year...
Debbie Schlussel (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Debbie Schlussel Yesterday, I cited the "Dark Knight" Joker terrorist action figure for kids as an example of "The Dark Knight" movie engaging in the marketing of terrorism and gratuitous violence as sexy for kids. Even Batman, himself--actor Christian Bale--told "Entertainment Tonight" that his young daughter's favorite character is The Joker. Sick. What I didn't realize is that...
Debbie Schlussel (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Debbie Schlussel Several months ago, I told readers about " The Last Lecture ," the book Dr. Randy Pausch wrote with my friend, Jeff Zaslow of the Wall Street Journal. Pausch was the professor who found out he was dying of pancreatic cancer, which took my father's life, last year. He gave an hour lecture to his former college students and others at Carnegie Mellon University. In his...
Debbie Schlussel (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Debbie Schlussel While I support our troops in Iraq and John McCain's position on our presence there, one figure makes it very clear that all the Republican cheerleaders out there who proclaim that everything's going well there, are full of it. Yes, I supported the surge. But surge or no surge, the U.S. just launched an expanded immigration program that provides 5,000 more visas each...
Debbie Schlussel (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
By Debbie Schlussel . . . Barack Obama . Of course. Had you any doubt?
Debbie Schlussel (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
By Debbie Schlussel One of Oprah's fave authors, Oprah Book Club authoress Billie Letts, has a "charming" new book out . . . pimping child porn and molestation. And she even has the chutzpah to title it, "Made in the U.S.A." Yup, this is the kinda crap Oprah is easily convincing America's women to read : Do not judge Letts' new Made in the U.S.A. (Grand Central, 355 pp., $24.99) by its...
Debbie Schlussel (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
By Debbie Schlussel When I reviewed " The Dark Knight " and was asked about it last week, I told people that while I loved the new Batman movie, I was dismayed at the gratuitous violence (by the bad guy--the Joker) in a movie aimed at and marketed to young kids. People challenged me for examples (even though it's obvious that little kids will want to see anything that's Batman--it's...
Debbie Schlussel (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
By Debbie Schlussel On the heels of John McCain's strong statement to Israel and the Jews that he would "not allow a second Holocaust" to happen, Barack Hussein Obama was asked whether he'd prevent a second Holocaust by reporters during his trip to Israel. The setting for the question is notable. It was just before he made a photo op visit to "Yad VaShem," the Holocaust museum in Israel....
YID With LID (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Debbie Schlussel: Tom Campbell: Will Republicans Stop a Pan-Jihadist from Becoming California's Next Governor? By Debbie Schlussel Republicans always claim the mantle of the anti-Jihadists. And for the most part, they are. But when a supporter of jihad and terrorism comes to the midst of the G.O.P., that anti-jihadist/counterterrorist mantle comes crashing down. The Republican...
