State of Affairs (Nick?)
State of Affairs airs Mondays on NBC.In the latest episode, the president is basically forced into agreeing to an interview that could turn very humiliating for her.David, her chief of staff, brings up...
View ArticleWhy is The Progressive still publishing?
Like a lot of left outlets, The Progressive went nuts in 2008 and stayed that way -- charter member in The Cult of St. Barack.But what concerns me even more today is why does the rag continue to...
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How To Get Away With Murder
Tonight's episode of ABC's How To Get Away With Murder felt like a season two opener.Sadly, it felt like a bad season two opener.Everything about the episode failed.Let me be clear on subplots:...
View ArticleWhere is How To Get Away With Murder's audience going?
Let me start by noting some TV.Rebecca and I cover NBC's State of Affairs (Monday night -- and do not miss it this morning -- Nick has to call in an air strike and may be killed in the process) and...
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Bob Dylan cannot sing but he can whine
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts"The Nightly News Fill In" is hlarious Friday, Bob Dylan won a lifetime award -- for wheezing through more years.In his speech he noted:Some of the music critics...
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State of Affairs zooms towards the season finale
NBC airs State of Affairs each Monday night.Well, has.This Monday is the season finale.And we lost Nick this week.I really do think he is dead.I would love to be wrong.He gave his life to take out the...
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The shameful
Joseph Kishore (WSWS) notes of President Barack Obama's request for further war on Iraq:There are no geographical limits to the military action sanctioned by the resolution. Making clear the global...
View ArticleThe worthless Progressive magazine
So on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama asked for an authorization of his war.And where is The Progressive?Reporting on a protest . . . of a movie.Read C.I.'s snapshot (in full below) and you will...
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In the age of Tweeting, How To Get Away With Murder slows to a crawl
Can Connor please drop his pants?Maybe that would create some spark and life for ABC's How To Get Away With Murder.The show that used to zip along has now gotten to the point where nothing happens and...
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I am old
Isaiah noted in today's The World Today Just Nuts, "No Friend To Sunnis."Today was a day driving home how old I am.Leslie Gore has died.I was in college when she became a pop star. And now she has...
View ArticleState of Affairs' season finale
I never trusted the Chief of Staff on NBC's State of Affairs.For good reason, it turns out.In the end, he sold the president out and went to work for her Senate menace, a John McCain type...
View ArticleI owe Ruth Conniff something of an apology
Ruth Conniff is ruining The Progressive magazine.She needs to be held accountable for that.I was mistaken, however, when I assumed because of Matthew Rothschild's former work against the Iraq War that,...
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How To Get Away With Murder -- insulting
Annalise is confined to her bed, in sorrow over her boyfriend being arrested for the murder of her husband (Annalise knows her students did the murder).So that leaves the blond to handle a big case in...
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Debbie's downfall
If you missed it, Debbie Wasserman Schultz has stepped in it again.Stepped in it, scraped it off her shoe, and smeared it in her own greasy hair yet again.She tried to work a backdoor deal/bribe to...
View ArticleKayla Mueller
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts"Trashing Gary Webb Was So Much Easier For David Corn."Now let me turn to the Islamic State which murdered, among other people, Kayla Mueller.Her family has been...
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A CNN story that matters
Check this out:Jake Tapper @jaketapper 9h9 hours agoIraq vet w PTSD freezes to death in Iowa http://cnn.it/1FpZrlP - #TheLeadView photo0 replies37 retweets13 favorites Reply Retweet37...
View ArticleThe Oil Workers Strike
Please check out the WSWS photo essay on the US oil workers strike.Trina's been covering this, most recently with "The oil workers strike is too hot for The Progressive to cover," and it's an important...
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Lois cannot run and she cannot hide
Poor inept Lois Lerner -- and possibly criminal Lois Lerner.The I.R.S. official hoped she had walked away from charges when (a) she twice took the Fifth Amendment before the Congress refusing to answer...
View ArticleThere has been no recovery
Andre Damon (WSWS) reports:The US Commerce Department said Friday that Gross Domestic Product, the broadest measure of economic output, grew by only 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, down...
View ArticleOh, Hillary, you are such a masochist
The Hillary of 2008 is about as fresh as a lesiure suit.That was six years ago.Her time since has not been about encouraging her supporters.We saw her go to work in Barack Obama's White House and did...
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