Month: March 2014

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media, Television2 Comments

Suffering CATS

Allison Hantschel

Oh come ON, CNN: But, oh, CNN was not done. A couple of minutes later, Lemon brought out more tweets in order to say, “Whether it was hijacking or terrorism or mechanical failure or pilot error, but what if it was something fully that we don’t really understand? A lot of people have been asking about that, about black holes and on and on and on and all of these conspiracy theories. Let’s look at this. Noha said, ‘What else can you think? Black hole? Bermuda triangle?’” And then Deji says, ‘Just like the movie ‘Lost.”‘” Okay, Lemmywinks, if you’re … Continue reading Suffering CATS

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media, Television2 Comments

Suffering CATS

Allison Hantschel

Oh come ON, CNN: But, oh, CNN was not done. A couple of minutes later, Lemon brought out more tweets in order to say, “Whether it was hijacking or terrorism or mechanical failure or pilot error, but what if it was something fully that we don’t really understand? A lot of people have been asking about that, about black holes and on and on and on and all of these conspiracy theories. Let’s look at this. Noha said, ‘What else can you think? Black hole? Bermuda triangle?’” And then Deji says, ‘Just like the movie ‘Lost.”‘” Okay, Lemmywinks, if you’re … Continue reading Suffering CATS

Adrastos, Immoral Values, Music, Religion9 Comments

Rot In Hell, Fred

Peter Adrastos Athas

I am usually inclined not to speak ill of the dead or to gleefully await someone’s demise, but there are exceptions to any rule. Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Churchinfamy is an exceptionally egregious exception to that rule. His only claim to fame is being pastor of the homophobic cultish church that protests at people’s funerals. The lowest form of protest imaginable. Contemplating his passing makes me want to dance a jig, piss on his grave, and/or flush his ashes down the terlet. Of course, the latter would pollute the sewer and some poor Ed Norton bastard would have to … Continue reading Rot In Hell, Fred

Adrastos, Immoral Values, Music, Religion9 Comments

Rot In Hell, Fred

Peter Adrastos Athas

I am usually inclined not to speak ill of the dead or to gleefully await someone’s demise, but there are exceptions to any rule. Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Churchinfamy is an exceptionally egregious exception to that rule. His only claim to fame is being pastor of the homophobic cultish church that protests at people’s funerals. The lowest form of protest imaginable. Contemplating his passing makes me want to dance a jig, piss on his grave, and/or flush his ashes down the terlet. Of course, the latter would pollute the sewer and some poor Ed Norton bastard would have to … Continue reading Rot In Hell, Fred

Adrastos, Immoral Values, Music, Religion9 Comments

Rot In Hell, Fred

Peter Adrastos Athas

I am usually inclined not to speak ill of the dead or to gleefully await someone’s demise, but there are exceptions to any rule. Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Churchinfamy is an exceptionally egregious exception to that rule. His only claim to fame is being pastor of the homophobic cultish church that protests at people’s funerals. The lowest form of protest imaginable. Contemplating his passing makes me want to dance a jig, piss on his grave, and/or flush his ashes down the terlet. Of course, the latter would pollute the sewer and some poor Ed Norton bastard would have to … Continue reading Rot In Hell, Fred

Adrastos, Immoral Values, Music, Religion9 Comments

Rot In Hell, Fred

Peter Adrastos Athas

I am usually inclined not to speak ill of the dead or to gleefully await someone’s demise, but there are exceptions to any rule. Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Churchinfamy is an exceptionally egregious exception to that rule. His only claim to fame is being pastor of the homophobic cultish church that protests at people’s funerals. The lowest form of protest imaginable. Contemplating his passing makes me want to dance a jig, piss on his grave, and/or flush his ashes down the terlet. Of course, the latter would pollute the sewer and some poor Ed Norton bastard would have to … Continue reading Rot In Hell, Fred

Adrastos, Immoral Values, Music, Religion9 Comments

Rot In Hell, Fred

Peter Adrastos Athas

I am usually inclined not to speak ill of the dead or to gleefully await someone’s demise, but there are exceptions to any rule. Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Churchinfamy is an exceptionally egregious exception to that rule. His only claim to fame is being pastor of the homophobic cultish church that protests at people’s funerals. The lowest form of protest imaginable. Contemplating his passing makes me want to dance a jig, piss on his grave, and/or flush his ashes down the terlet. Of course, the latter would pollute the sewer and some poor Ed Norton bastard would have to … Continue reading Rot In Hell, Fred

Adrastos, Books

Pulp Fiction Thursday: In The Teeth Of The Evidence

I’ve been offline for 24 hours but the problem has been resolved so h ere I am baby, signed sealed and delivered, I’m yours. Now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, this week’s pulp cover is for a book by one of the founders of crime fiction as a literary genre. Ms. Sayers was decidedly not a pulp writer but if a spicy cover sells books, why the hell not. This is a short story collection with two stories featuring her most famous character, Lord Peter Wimsey: Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: In The Teeth Of The Evidence

Adrastos, Books

Pulp Fiction Thursday: In The Teeth Of The Evidence

Peter Adrastos Athas

I’ve been offline for 24 hours but the problem has been resolved so h ere I am baby, signed sealed and delivered, I’m yours. Now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, this week’s pulp cover is for a book by one of the founders of crime fiction as a literary genre. Ms. Sayers was decidedly not a pulp writer but if a spicy cover sells books, why the hell not. This is a short story collection with two stories featuring her most famous character, Lord Peter Wimsey: Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: In The Teeth Of The Evidence

Adrastos, Art, Books, Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction Thursday: In The Teeth Of The Evidence

Peter Adrastos Athas

I’ve been offline for 24 hours but the problem has been resolved so h ere I am baby, signed sealed and delivered, I’m yours. Now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, this week’s pulp cover is for a book by one of the founders of crime fiction as a literary genre. Ms. Sayers was decidedly not a pulp writer but if a spicy cover sells books, why the hell not. This is a short story collection with two stories featuring her most famous character, Lord Peter Wimsey: Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: In The Teeth Of The Evidence

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media, Television2 Comments

Suffering CATS

Oh come ON, CNN: But, oh, CNN was not done. A couple of minutes later, Lemon brought out more tweets in order to say, “Whether it was hijacking or terrorism or mechanical failure or pilot error, but what if it was something fully that we don’t really understand? A lot of people have been asking about that, about black holes and on and on and on and all of these conspiracy theories. Let’s look at this. Noha said, ‘What else can you think? Black hole? Bermuda triangle?’” And then Deji says, ‘Just like the movie ‘Lost.”‘” Okay, Lemmywinks, if you’re … Continue reading Suffering CATS

Adrastos, Music2 Comments

Album Cover Art Wednesday: Twin Peaks

Peter Adrastos Athas

I did a shout out for suggestions on Facebook and my friend Charlotte answered the call with this spectacular cover. It has bupkis to do with the David Lynch teevee show, but is instead a 1974 live album by Mountain who have been around off and on since they reformed in the 1980’s. I had no idea. I also had no idea that the artist, Gail Collins, was married to original Mountain bassist and Cream producer, Felix Pappalardi. Ms. Collins did a series of covers for Mountain including this LP. She was also a gifted lyricist for both Cream and … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Twin Peaks

Adrastos, Album Cover Art, Art, Music2 Comments

Album Cover Art Wednesday: Twin Peaks

Peter Adrastos Athas

I did a shout out for suggestions on Facebook and my friend Charlotte answered the call with this spectacular cover. It has bupkis to do with the David Lynch teevee show, but is instead a 1974 live album by Mountain who have been around off and on since they reformed in the 1980’s. I had no idea. I also had no idea that the artist, Gail Collins, was married to original Mountain bassist and Cream producer, Felix Pappalardi. Ms. Collins did a series of covers for Mountain including this LP. She was also a gifted lyricist for both Cream and … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Twin Peaks

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media3 Comments

Why Some Shootings Get National Attention & Some … Don’t: Further Studies in the Journalistic Passive Voice

Allison Hantschel

It’s exactly why you’d think: Why, exactly, do mall and school shootings attract such intense media scrutiny? Is it justified? Kelly McBride, an ethicist at the Poynter Institute, believes several factors combine to put the national media spotlight on events like the Columbia shooting. One is that such public shootings tend to occur less frequently than the seemingly routine urban violence throughout the country. Another is that most mall and school shootings get reported in real time, while domestic and drug killings are often over by the time they are reported. And with breaking news involving violence, McBride said, “there’s … Continue reading Why Some Shootings Get National Attention & Some … Don’t: Further Studies in the Journalistic Passive Voice

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media3 Comments

Why Some Shootings Get National Attention & Some … Don’t: Further Studies in the Journalistic Passive Voice

Allison Hantschel

It’s exactly why you’d think: Why, exactly, do mall and school shootings attract such intense media scrutiny? Is it justified? Kelly McBride, an ethicist at the Poynter Institute, believes several factors combine to put the national media spotlight on events like the Columbia shooting. One is that such public shootings tend to occur less frequently than the seemingly routine urban violence throughout the country. Another is that most mall and school shootings get reported in real time, while domestic and drug killings are often over by the time they are reported. And with breaking news involving violence, McBride said, “there’s … Continue reading Why Some Shootings Get National Attention & Some … Don’t: Further Studies in the Journalistic Passive Voice

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media3 Comments

Why Some Shootings Get National Attention & Some … Don’t: Further Studies in the Journalistic Passive Voice

Allison Hantschel

It’s exactly why you’d think: Why, exactly, do mall and school shootings attract such intense media scrutiny? Is it justified? Kelly McBride, an ethicist at the Poynter Institute, believes several factors combine to put the national media spotlight on events like the Columbia shooting. One is that such public shootings tend to occur less frequently than the seemingly routine urban violence throughout the country. Another is that most mall and school shootings get reported in real time, while domestic and drug killings are often over by the time they are reported. And with breaking news involving violence, McBride said, “there’s … Continue reading Why Some Shootings Get National Attention & Some … Don’t: Further Studies in the Journalistic Passive Voice

Michael F5 Comments

But How DID Economic Inequality Get So Skewed?

From Album 5 So, once again we’ve got one of our mighty corporate big shots going all Godwin — funny how our sensitive they can be, considering they’re supposedly forever fighting cutthroat competition — anyway, maybe Ken Langone just doesn’t realize how, well, regimented placed like Home Depot can be. For decades now productivity gains have gone strictly to the top…while strict has become the watchword for the rest of us, strict as in STFU and keep working. I’m very fortunate these days to have a job that I like in a field I like, where I’m treated more or … Continue reading But How DID Economic Inequality Get So Skewed?

Adrastos, Music2 Comments

Album Cover Art Wednesday: Twin Peaks

I did a shout out for suggestions on Facebook and my friend Charlotte answered the call with this spectacular cover. It has bupkis to do with the David Lynch teevee show, but is instead a 1974 live album by Mountain who have been around off and on since they reformed in the 1980’s. I had no idea. I also had no idea that the artist, Gail Collins, was married to original Mountain bassist and Cream producer, Felix Pappalardi. Ms. Collins did a series of covers for Mountain including this LP. She was also a gifted lyricist for both Cream and … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Twin Peaks

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Quick hit: “Gifted and Talented”

hobbular

Because we all know exactly what that means: went to a good school and didn’t throw pencils into the ceiling. Most of the children at this program for “special” children were Asian, Indian or upper-middle class looking whites, which made me wonder if gifted and talented means you can afford a private tutor and science camp. As a kid who was labeled the other kind of special (remedial) and later found to be dyslexic and bright, I’m very suspicious of categories. If I didn’t have knowledgeable parents, I would have spent twelve years in special education programs. So at one … Continue reading Quick hit: “Gifted and Talented”

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Quick hit: “Gifted and Talented”

hobbular

Because we all know exactly what that means: went to a good school and didn’t throw pencils into the ceiling. Most of the children at this program for “special” children were Asian, Indian or upper-middle class looking whites, which made me wonder if gifted and talented means you can afford a private tutor and science camp. As a kid who was labeled the other kind of special (remedial) and later found to be dyslexic and bright, I’m very suspicious of categories. If I didn’t have knowledgeable parents, I would have spent twelve years in special education programs. So at one … Continue reading Quick hit: “Gifted and Talented”

Uncategorized1 Comment

Quick hit: “Gifted and Talented”

hobbular

Because we all know exactly what that means: went to a good school and didn’t throw pencils into the ceiling. Most of the children at this program for “special” children were Asian, Indian or upper-middle class looking whites, which made me wonder if gifted and talented means you can afford a private tutor and science camp. As a kid who was labeled the other kind of special (remedial) and later found to be dyslexic and bright, I’m very suspicious of categories. If I didn’t have knowledgeable parents, I would have spent twelve years in special education programs. So at one … Continue reading Quick hit: “Gifted and Talented”

Uncategorized1 Comment

Quick hit: “Gifted and Talented”

hobbular

Because we all know exactly what that means:went to a good school and didn’t throw pencils into the ceiling. Most of the children at this program for “special” children were Asian, Indian or upper-middle class looking whites, which made me wonder if gifted and talented means you can afford a private tutor and science camp. As a kid who was labeled the other kind of special (remedial) and later found to be dyslexic and bright, I’m very suspicious of categories. If I didn’t have knowledgeable parents, I would have spent twelve years in special education programs. So at one point, … Continue reading Quick hit: “Gifted and Talented”

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media3 Comments

Why Some Shootings Get National Attention & Some … Don’t: Further Studies in the Journalistic Passive Voice

It’s exactly why you’d think: Why, exactly, do mall and school shootings attract such intense media scrutiny? Is it justified? Kelly McBride, an ethicist at the Poynter Institute, believes several factors combine to put the national media spotlight on events like the Columbia shooting. One is that such public shootings tend to occur less frequently than the seemingly routine urban violence throughout the country. Another is that most mall and school shootings get reported in real time, while domestic and drug killings are often over by the time they are reported. And with breaking news involving violence, McBride said, “there’s … Continue reading Why Some Shootings Get National Attention & Some … Don’t: Further Studies in the Journalistic Passive Voice

Uncategorized1 Comment

Quick hit: “Gifted and Talented”

Because we all know exactly what that means: went to a good school and didn’t throw pencils into the ceiling. Most of the children at this program for “special” children were Asian, Indian or upper-middle class looking whites, which made me wonder if gifted and talented means you can afford a private tutor and science camp. As a kid who was labeled the other kind of special (remedial) and later found to be dyslexic and bright, I’m very suspicious of categories. If I didn’t have knowledgeable parents, I would have spent twelve years in special education programs. So at one … Continue reading Quick hit: “Gifted and Talented”

Athenae, Kids Today, So Called Liberal Media

Positive Stories

Allison Hantschel

CHRIST, this just keeps getting worse: While school officials are within the law to exercise prior restraint on student publications created as part of a student course, they should not. If the descriptive words used in Kumar’s story are at the heart of this issue, then it’s better that the district address the use of those words, not employ a policy that allows censorship of topics some might find disagreeable. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Jr., in Texas v. Johnson (1989), wrote: “If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit … Continue reading Positive Stories

Athenae, Kids Today, So Called Liberal Media3 Comments

Positive Stories

Allison Hantschel

CHRIST, this just keeps getting worse: While school officials are within the law to exercise prior restraint on student publications created as part of a student course, they should not. If the descriptive words used in Kumar’s story are at the heart of this issue, then it’s better that the district address the use of those words, not employ a policy that allows censorship of topics some might find disagreeable. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Jr., in Texas v. Johnson (1989), wrote: “If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit … Continue reading Positive Stories

Athenae, Kids Today, So Called Liberal Media3 Comments

Positive Stories

Allison Hantschel

CHRIST, this just keeps getting worse: While school officials are within the law to exercise prior restraint on student publications created as part of a student course, they should not. If the descriptive words used in Kumar’s story are at the heart of this issue, then it’s better that the district address the use of those words, not employ a policy that allows censorship of topics some might find disagreeable. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Jr., in Texas v. Johnson (1989), wrote: “If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit … Continue reading Positive Stories

Athenae, Kids Today, So Called Liberal Media3 Comments

Positive Stories

Allison Hantschel

CHRIST, this just keeps getting worse: While school officials are within the law to exercise prior restraint on student publications created as part of a student course, they should not. If the descriptive words used in Kumar’s story are at the heart of this issue, then it’s better that the district address the use of those words, not employ a policy that allows censorship of topics some might find disagreeable. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Jr., in Texas v. Johnson (1989), wrote: “If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit … Continue reading Positive Stories

Athenae, Kids Today, So Called Liberal Media3 Comments

Positive Stories

Allison Hantschel

CHRIST, this just keeps getting worse: While school officials are within the law to exercise prior restraint on student publications created as part of a student course, they should not. If the descriptive words used in Kumar’s story are at the heart of this issue, then it’s better that the district address the use of those words, not employ a policy that allows censorship of topics some might find disagreeable. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Jr., in Texas v. Johnson (1989), wrote: “If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit … Continue reading Positive Stories

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media1 Comment

Blogger Ethics Panel Part the Ten Thousandth

Allison Hantschel

This is in no way a threat to our republic, unlike those unwashed people in their pajamas saying whatever they want on the Internet: To illustrate the threat outsourcing agreements pose, Free Press released on Wednesday an updated version of its report Cease to Resist: How the FCC’s Failure to Enforce Its Rules Created a New Wave of Media Consolidation. The study examines the current wave of consolidation sweeping across the broadcast industry. The report documents the increased use of outsourcing agreements by Gannett Company, Nexstar Broadcast Group, Raycom Media, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Tribune Company and other broadcasters. Through these … Continue reading Blogger Ethics Panel Part the Ten Thousandth