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~On our Q&A last Wednesday, I played Debbie Reynolds' lovely record of "Tammy" by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. By coincidence, exactly three-quarters of a century ago - January 1949 - another Livingston & Evans song was the Billboard Number One record in America, and on its way to winning an Oscar a couple of months later. The last chart-topper of 1948 and the first of 1949 was the most successful version of a much recorded item that season - Betty Rhodes, Gene Autry, Betty Garrett, the Dinning Sisters and a bunch of others all took a crack at the...

Senator Elizabeth Warren is embroiled in controversy once again, this time after she admitted to wearing racially offensive "paleface" at a costume party back in her college days.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren delivered her first live pitch to presidential primary voters in Iowa on Friday night with a signature and searing indictment of the powerful interests she blames for corrupting government and decimating the American working class. The trip is an early test for the Massachusetts Democrat's growing political operation, which unveiled a slate of touted hires this week, and a candidate determined to show that her populist economic message can conjure up excitement for her campaign in Iowa's traditional proving grounds. **SNIP** Warren's remarks, which were briefly rendered almost inaudible when her mic lost power, included a call...

December 17, 2015, 06:53 pm Harry Reid: ‘I love to see’ the Redskins lose By Bradford Richardson Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says he takes delight in sitting in front of the TV on Sundays and rooting against the Washington Redskins, a football team he says has a racist name.

We've deluded ourselves into believing in the myth of the noble and peaceful primitive Nicholas Wade's Before The Dawn is one of those books full of eye-catching details. For example, did you know the Inuit have the largest brains of any modern humans? Something to do with the cold climate. Presumably, if this global warming hooey ever takes off, their brains will be shrinking with the ice caps. But the passage that really stopped me short was this: "Both Keeley and LeBlanc believe that for a variety of reasons anthropologists and their fellow archaeologists have seriously underreported the prevalence of...

Ethnic studies — a relatively new field — could be harmed by the plagiarized passages and made-up facts discovered in University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill's work, a panel found. But scholars of ethnic studies, and those who have been closely watching the investigation, have varying opinions on whether there will be a "Churchill effect" on the field. The stinging report that became public last week rejected Churchill's assertion that there are different research standards for ethnic studies scholars. Panel members also found that the tenured professor strayed from the "bedrock principles" of scholarship. The five-member investigative panel arrived at...

MIDI - RUNNING BEAR Harry Reid, a lying weasel...talks of scandal all of the time This man blames the GOPers...saying they're involved in crime Would you find it so suprising...that he's told you lots of lies Jack Abramoff gave him some wampum...but the truth he still defies Harry, what is in your peacepipe...tell us what you've had to smoke Harry, what is in your peacepipe...legislators shouldn't toke Howard Dean, that famous screamer...covered Harry's most worthless butt Are there some who would believe him...Howard is a proven nut Harry's right...there should be charges...let it be if he insists If it...

We did it... We protested churchill. There was a collection of pro-Churchill moonbats that showed up, and we protested them as well.

University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill makes a point during a lecture in Whitewater, Wisconsin March 1, 2005. Churchill spoke at UW Whitewater as part of Native Pride Week. REUTERS/Allen Fredrickson

<p>Churchill did address the issue of his ethnicity, admitting that he is not Native American.</p> <p>"Is he an Indian? Do we really care?" he said, quoting those he called his "white Republican" critics.</p> <p>"Let's cut to the chase; I am not," he said.</p>

MIDI - Ohio State Fight Song (left side under college fight songs) Yes, we are the Fighting Whities Don't you mess with us Yes, we are the Fighting Whities We will bite and kick and cuss, cuss Here's a warning, we'll make you cry As you kiss your rear end good-bye Hail, hail, we're number one Fighting Whities…forever bold Yes, we are the Fighting Whities You will eat our dust Yes, we are the Fighting Whities We will bite and kick and cuss, cuss Here's a warning, we'll make you cry As you kiss your rear end good-bye Hail,...