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Ed Asner defends crude union video, asks to "piss on" Fox News producer

Even Lou Grant never treated newsroom employees this badly. Ed Asner, the 83-year-old, seven-time Emmy Award winner who recently narrated an animated California teachers union video that initially depicted a rich man urinating on common folks, bristled when a Fox…

California teachers union video shows rich man urinating on poor to make taxes case

The California teachers union has a crude idea of “trickle down economics.” An animated video produced by a California teachers union uses the crude imagery of a rich man urinating on common folks to decry what narrator Ed Asner claims…

We are still living in deeply divided times

“We know what the best thing would be. It would be an agreement that sends the signal to our economy, and to the world, that after years of punting on the major fiscal challenges we face, 2013 is going to…

WWRD: What would Reagan do after Obama’s victory?

The Republican Party and the conservative movement in America have been brought to their current appalling state because they are full of people who endlessly praise Ronald Reagan while doing the opposite of what he taught and practiced. In fact,…

In Election Results, Rays Of Hope For Bipartisanship And Moderation

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg had an extremely successful election day, with a majority of the candidates and causes he supported emerging victorious. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) The result from last night’s election is more divided government and no indication…

President Obama overnights on Air Force One

DENVER, Co. — President Obama does a lot of things on Air Force One like get briefings, read news, watch sports and talk to staff, but rarely does he spend the night on it while traveling within the US. Tuesday…

The ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ at 50 — how would Jethro vote in 2012?

Fifty years ago today CBS introduced a new TV series that sharply divided American cultural opinion.Critics and intellectuals hated it, and it became for them a symbol of how far television had fallen since the so-called “golden age” of live,…

Army researchers seek ‘new shield’ for Captain America

How to protect the men and women who protect us? American soldiers are killed or injured every year from an ever-changing array of battlefield threats, which has our nation’s military busy looking for new ways to keep them safe. Now…

Illegal souvenirs that could land you in trouble

During fiscal year 2011, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency says it seized more than 60,000 Kinder Eggs because the small plastic toys inside the chocolate shell could pose a choking hazard for young children. (CBP.gov) U.S. Customs and…

Anchor Brewing makes big beer that tastes small

(Anchor Brewing) In the last couple decades craft brewing has become big business, with craft brewers popping up throughout the country. With all those new brew houses it’d be easy to ignore the brewers who delivered on the promise of…