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Kathy Shaidle's blog. Est. 2000

Limbaugh: Media will go along with FCC plan to ‘monitor’ them

February 20, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

WND: The media, Limbaugh said, might very well cooperate with the “monitoring” program as a way to “get even closer to Obama” and “impress” him: “Remember, Obama’s the king. They all serve the guy. … [Read more...]

Good news: DJ’s behind ‘gay dads birthday party’ hoax suspended

February 17, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Raising awareness!!!!     … [Read more...]

Enlightened, liberal Europeans ran ‘human zoos’ well into the 20th century

February 17, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

...even after America stopped: The Brussels 1958 World’s Fair kept a Congolese village on display. Even as late as April 1994, an Ivory Coast village was kept … [Read more...]

Springsteen compounds ‘Highway To Hell’ abomination with addition of… Eddie Vedder

February 17, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

That song already has a melody, Bruce. No need to invent a new one...   … [Read more...]

‘Here’s Why Jews Are Our Own Worst Enemy’

February 17, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Laura Rosen Cohen writes about Abe Foxman's latest stupendous idiocy: These Jews are a danger to the Jewish people. Their denial is so thick and so amoral that it is difficult sometimes … [Read more...]

Dear gays: This is why people don’t like you.

February 17, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

You're welcome! Then my second thought was: how long before we find out that this entire story is a hoax? I told my wife it would be two weeks. I was … [Read more...]

Two new books, two conflicting takes on Kitty Genovese story

February 17, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

NYPost: The people of Kew Gardens — before that, a relatively crime-free neighborhood where few bothered locking their doors — were referred to in the press as … [Read more...]

‘You Wouldn’t Believe What I Saw in the Dachau Gift Shop’

February 17, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Before I go any further, a confession: This photograph would get me fired by the Associated Press, which has strict rules about manipulating imagery. I manipulated this image by moving the Philip Roth biography to the spot … [Read more...]

‘For women, it’s more culturally acceptable to be introverted, although it’s getting harder and harder’

February 17, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Dr. Helen writes: It seems to me that our society emphasizes women who are extroverts as the ideal, at least to feminists, hence slogans like “well-behaved women seldom make history.” Also it seems to depend on how and what … [Read more...]

Jim Goad: Diary of an Expatriate Ice Person

February 17, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Jim Goad writes: My continental ancestry renders me a member of what Professor Leonard Jeffries would categorize as “Ice People.” According to Jeffries, Ice People are the blue-eyed devils of the … [Read more...]

How did we survive before ‘studies’? Best comedians are neurotic, aggressive men

February 17, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Duh: Look at the stable of writers Tina Fey hired for “30 Rock”: a huge majority of them were men (eight of her top 10 most-used scribes were guys, according to imdb.com). … [Read more...]

Hard to believe: ‘Get Carter’ (1971) bombed

February 17, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

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