Archive for April 20, 2009
Thrice Divorced, Cheater, Friend of Gays (Gasp!) Rudy Giuliani – Reborn Hater of All of the Above – Wants to Be the GOP Gov of NY?
“So Rudy is trying to position himself for a disastrous gubernatorial run, or something. Meanwhile his old gay roommates are going to get gay married?”
Hilarious. The guy’s a chameleon. From Gawker.
President Obama’s Handshake Encounter With Hugo Chavez = 8 Seconds
Look at this video of the handshake between President Barack Obama and President Hugo Chavez:
With my trusty old watch in hand, I calculated that from the moment Chavez appeared on-screen to the moment he disappeared, the time elapsed was 8 seconds.
8 SECONDS, AND THE CORPORATE MEDIA AND THE WINGERS HAVE THEIR HEADS ON FIRE FOR FOUR DAYS AND COUNTING?
A Mind-Bender for Those of Us Who Cherish Free Speech
This is a tough one, to say the least.
Hugo Chavez’ People Love Him
If the wingers want you to hate some one or some thing, you might want to stop and ask yourself why. It’s probably because that some one or some thing is pro-working folk, instead of pro-corporations and the rich. Think “card check” or Hugo Chavez for example. The people of Venezuela love him. As a matter of fact, even in the U.S., Venezuela itself is more popular than, ah, Republicans. Heehee. Gotta love it.
Fox Business Network – Ratings Still Down the Toilet
The Hollywood Reporter posted an article last week about the how the financial/business news networks are scrambling to snare new viewers in light of the attention being paid to the financial crisis.
In the article, “Everybody’s Business,” they report that the Fox Business Network (FBN),
…has a lot of catching up to do given that it only launched a year and a half ago, reaches fewer homes and is on digital cable tiers. While Nielsen doesn’t officially track FBN or Bloomberg, figures obtained by THR show FBN was up 155% in March over the year-ago period, averaging nearly 40,000 viewers.
Ouch!
(In contrast, CNBC (which stands for Consumer News & Business Channel), averaged 281,000 viewers.)
In January of last year, three months after FBN debuted in October, 2007, its viewership was thought to be 6,300 (on an average day).
In April, ’08, MediaBistro reported that Dave Ramsey’s FBN show – one show – was rating in the 40,000′s and 50,000′s.
So, though FBN may have been “up 155% in March over the year-ago period,” the take-away from that stat is that something like 500 people were watching last March.
No wonder News Corp. doesn’t want to release FBN’s numbers – though immediately after FNB’s launch they said they would begin doing so within six to nine months. Guess not, which can only mean that they are stunningly bad (as confirmed by the Hollywood Reporter). If they were good, Fox would make damn sure we knew it.
The GOP Puts Hoof In Mouth Again
Ah yes, the GOP continues to add thoughtful and constructive dialogue to discussions about our most pressing problems.
Columbine – 10 Years On
And lo, the issues that we still don’t talk about…
