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MEET THE P.S. 22 CHORUS FROM STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, INTERVIEWED BY SWAY ON M.T.V.

The PS22 Chorus is an elementary school chorus from Public School 22 in Graniteville, Staten Island (New York). It is composed of 60-70 fifth-graders, and is directed by Gregg Breinberg. Student

Richard Kigel · Friday, December 17th 2010 · 366 views · 1 comments

BREAKING NEWS??? STUDY FINDS FOX NEWS VIEWERS MOST MISINFORMED, Dec. 17, 2010, Talking Points Memo

To perhaps nobody's surprise, a study released this week finds that Fox News viewers are the most misinformed of any news consumers. The University of Maryland study, called "Misinformation and the

Richard Kigel · Friday, December 17th 2010 · 293 views · 1 comments

WARNING: EXPOSURE TO FOX NEWS LEADS TO “INCREASED MISINFORMATION” SAYS NEW POLL, Dec. 16, 2010, THINK PROGRESS

“THOSE WHO HAD GREATER EXPOSURE TO NEWS SOURCES WERE BETTER INFORMED. HOWEVER, THERE WAS ONE EXCEPTION. THOSE WHO WATCHED FOX NEWS DAILY WERE MORE LIKELY TO BELIEVE IN FALSE INFORMATION.” Las

Richard Kigel · Friday, December 17th 2010 · 232 views · 1 comments

WHAT WORD WAS VOTED THE MOST ANNOYING WORD OR PHRASE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE? Huffington Post Dec. 16. 2010

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Whatever you think about using grating words, at the end of the day it's actually better not to say whatever, if you know what I mean. For the second consecutive year "whatever

Richard Kigel · Thursday, December 16th 2010 · 263 views · 1 comments

FEMALE AND MUSLIM AND HEROIC: ONE SOMALI WOMAN DEFEATS MALE ISLAMIC MILITANTS, N.Y. Times Dec. 16, 2010

THE GREATEST RELIGIOUS BATTLES ARE OFTEN NOT BETWEEN FAITHS BUT WITHIN FAITHS. THE WIDEST GULFS IN RELIGION ARE BETWEEN EXTREMISTS AND PROGRESSIVES WITHIN A SINGLE RELIGION. By NICHOLAS KRI

Richard Kigel · Thursday, December 16th 2010 · 487 views · 1 comments

FINALISTS FOR POLITIFACT’S 2010 “LIE OF THE YEAR” Dec. 2010

Which statement will win the coveted “LIE OF THE YEAR” award? Later this month, politifact.com will announce PolitiFact's “LIE OF THE YEAR” -- the most significant falsehood of 2010, as chosen by

Richard Kigel · Tuesday, December 14th 2010 · 304 views · 1 comments

DARRYL DAWKINS, "CHOCOLATE THUNDER', RIM-BREAKING, JAW DROPPING, HEART STOPPING SLAMDUNKS!

DARRYL DAWKINS: "THE FIRST THING I WAS THINKING WAS...'OH MAN, I GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE! THIS GLASS IS COMIN DOWN! FEETS DON'T FAIL ME NOW!'"

Richard Kigel · Tuesday, December 14th 2010 · 493 views · 1 comments

IN LATEST COMPROMISE WITH G.O.P. OBAMA AGREES HE IS A MUSLIM, by Andy Borowitz, Dec. 7, 2010

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In his latest effort to find common ground with Republicans in Congress, President Barack Obama said today that he was willing to agree that he is a Muslim. Diffe

Richard Kigel · Sunday, December 12th 2010 · 227 views · 1 comments

SAUDI MEDIA FALLS FOR OBAMA MUSLIM JOKE, Dec. 11, 2010

RIYADH - When a US satirist joked that President Barack Obama will admit to Congress that he is Muslim in his latest compromise with Republicans, Saudi media took it seriously. On Friday the online

Richard Kigel · Sunday, December 12th 2010 · 230 views · 1 comments

BREAKING NEWS: INTRUDER IN WHITE HOUSE--CLINTON REFUSES TO LEAVE, by Andy Borowitz, Dec. 11, 2010

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – It seemed like a good idea at the time. But twenty-four hours after former President Bill Clinton appeared at the White House to endorse President Obama's tax pla

Richard Kigel · Saturday, December 11th 2010 · 298 views · 1 comments

SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS FILIBUSTERS, STALLS TAX CUT DEAL IN SENATE, Dec. 10, 2010

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is leading a stalling session resembling a filibuster against Obama's tax proposal on the Senate floor Friday, after earlier promising "to take as long as I can to explain

Richard Kigel · Friday, December 10th 2010 · 856 views · 1 comments

UNTELLABLE TRUTHS: HOW TO FRAME COMPLEX POLICY SO AMERICANS CAN UNDERSTAND, by George Lakoff, Dec. 10, 201020

DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN SO FOCUSED ON DETAILS OF POLICY THEY HAVE SURRENDERED PUBLIC POLITICAL DISCOURSE TO CONSERVATIVES. IT MATTERS HOW AMERICANS UNDERSTAND THESE COMPLEX ISSUES. The differences

Richard Kigel · Friday, December 10th 2010 · 333 views · 1 comments

A LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE FOR OBAMA AND THE DEMS, by Gail Collins, New York Times, Dec. 9, 2010

THE LAME-DUCK SENATE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY NOT PASSING LEGISLATION. VOTES ON TWO DEMOCRATIC PROPOSALS TO EXTEND BUSH TAX CUTS FOR EVERYBODY BUT THE RICH WENT LIKE THIS: 53 TO 37 AND 53 TO 36. SO,

Richard Kigel · Thursday, December 9th 2010 · 226 views · 1 comments

REPUBLICANS BLOCK HEALTH CARE FOR GRAVELY ILL 9/11 RESCUE WORKERS, N.Y. TIMES, Dec. 9, 2010

WASHINGTON — With 42 NO votes to the Democrats’ 57 YES votes, Republican senators blocked legislation to provide medical care to rescue workers and residents of New York City who became ill as a resul

Richard Kigel · Thursday, December 9th 2010 · 227 views · 1 comments

FINALLY GOOD NEWS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA: NEW TAX DEAL WINS PRAISE FROM BILLIONAIRES, by Andy Borowitz

GENEVA (The Borowitz Report) - President Obama’s deal to extend the Bush tax cuts for the rich drew rave reviews today from the wealthiest .0000001% of Americans, who pronounced the deal “a total home

Richard Kigel · Wednesday, December 8th 2010 · 307 views · 1 comments

AN ISLAMIC WORLD BRIMMING WITH INNOVATION AND INVENTION—A NEW EXHIBIT IN QUEENS, New York Times, Dec. 7, 2010

NEW EXHIBIT SHOWS INNOVATIONS IN SURGERY AROUND 1000 A.D. BY AN ARAB PHYSICIAN, NINTH CENTURY ATTEMPTS AT FLIGHT, TENTH CENTURY DISCOVERIES OF HOW VISION WORKS. IN THE WEST, THOSE CENTURIES WERE CON

Richard Kigel · Tuesday, December 7th 2010 · 605 views · 1 comments

OBAMA ON TAX CUT DEAL: “I’D STICK TO MY GUNS IF THERE WAS NOT COLLATERAL DAMAGE.” Dec. 7, 2010

PRESIDENT OBAMA: “BUT I’M NOT WILLING TO LET WORKING FAMILIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY BECOME COLLATERAL DAMAGE FOR POLITICAL WARFARE HERE IN WASHINGTON. THIS ISN’T AN ABSTRACT DEBATE. THIS IS REAL MONEY

Richard Kigel · Tuesday, December 7th 2010 · 423 views · 1 comments

OBAMA REBOUND MAY TURN ON PICKING A FIGHT, by Michael Waldman, BLOOMBERG NEWS, Nov. 29, 2010

These days, everyone has advice for President Barack Obama. Some urge compromise with the Republicans. Others demand he fight back. Actually, both camps are right -- and wrong. To survive, revive

Richard Kigel · Monday, December 6th 2010 · 308 views · 1 comments

S.N.L. TAKES ON WIKILEAKS

This weekend's "Saturday Night Live" continued to nail its politically-minded cold openings this season with a swipe at WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. In a spot-on parody of popular celebrity gossi

Richard Kigel · Monday, December 6th 2010 · 287 views · 1 comments

WIKILEAKS ATTEMPTS TO EXPOSE PALIN'S THOUGHTS, FINDS NOTHING, Dec. 5, 2010

NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) -- WikilLeaks has finally met its match. That's the bombshell from fugitive founder Julian Assange, who said that after months of hacking former Alaska Governor Sarah

Richard Kigel · Sunday, December 5th 2010 · 265 views · 1 comments

ALL THE PRESIDENT’S CAPTORS: SOME SOBERING THOUGHTS FROM AN OBAMA ALLY, Frank Rich, NY Times, Dec. 5, 2010

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS BEEN ABOVE 7 PERCENT ONLY FOUR TIMES IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR—AND THREE OF THE FOUR INCUMBENTS LOST. REAGAN WON IN 1984 BUT THE RATE OF 7.2 PERCENT WAS FALLING FROM A

Richard Kigel · Sunday, December 5th 2010 · 303 views · 1 comments

JOHN McWEASEL TO SICK 9/11 FIRST RESPONDER: “I CAN’T HELP YOU.” ThinkProgress, Dec. 5, 2010

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has indicated that, this coming week, he will bring a 9/11 first responders bill up for a vote. The bill, which has been passed by the House, would provide $7.

Richard Kigel · Sunday, December 5th 2010 · 584 views · 1 comments

THE BIG AMERICAN LEAK: WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THOSE WIKILEAK CABLES? Tom Friedman, NY Times, Dec. 5, 2010

O.K. I admit it. I enjoy reading other people’s mail as much as the next guy, so going through the WikiLeaks cables has made for some fascinating reading. What’s between the lines in those cables, tho

Richard Kigel · Sunday, December 5th 2010 · 460 views · 1 comments

WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. A BLACK MAN NAMED JOHN HANSON? An Historical Inquiry

THE STORY GOES THAT ON NOVEMBER 5, 1781, JOHN HANSON OF MARYLAND, A MAN OF AFRICAN DESCENT, WAS ELECTED AS FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, MAKING HIM T

Richard Kigel · Saturday, November 27th 2010 · 18,724 views · 1 comments

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S THANKSGIVING MESSAGE: "STOP TALKING AT ONE ANOTHER AND START TALKING WITH ONE ANOTHER."

Washington (CNN) -- President Obama wished the nation a happy Thanksgiving on Thursday and also used his weekly address to renew his call for bipartisan cooperation on addressing major issues facing t

Richard Kigel · Thursday, November 25th 2010 · 345 views · 1 comments