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On Tuesday’s Hardball with Chris Matthews, the bombastic host observed what he termed an “evil dishonesty” regarding the debt ceiling negotiations. Here’s the real evil dishonesty here. The same people who are saying […] it doesn’t matter if we go over the debt ceiling, if it was a Republican president would be out there fighting to protect it. The same people. While he made not overt mention of it on the program, Matthews undoubtedly applies the same standard to those in the inverse position – those who were against raising the debt ceiling the last time a president from the...

Culture: Slavery's stain on American history cannot and should not be whitewashed. But neither should it be portrayed as worse than it was to serve a political agenda. And yet this is what Hollywood is doing with its slate of horror films about slavery and its legacy. "The Butler" — which claims to be "based on a true story" — opens with a stomach-turning scene of white cruelty. A boy picking cotton on a Georgia plantation watches his mother dragged off to a shack where she's raped by a white landowner, who not long after the assault coldly walks up...

On this edition of The Conservative Beacon Podcast with Josh Price, Josh illuminates the potential dangers of the anti-Constitutionialists in the media like MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, The New Work Times, The Washington Post, CBS, etc. and their increasingly pro-dictatorial rhetoric. Josh also discusses the importance and benefits of tradition while sharing a few of his own traditions for October and Halloween.

The Daily Beast's editor-in-chief Tina Brown unhinged herself in the middle of the Daily Beast's annual Hero Summit. During an interview with Senator John McCain Brown asked:  "The story of this political crisis is really, you know, the culpability not just of the Republican crazies, but of the Republican non-crazies. I mean, how do we get to the point where Mitch McConnell is Rand Paul's bitch?...Why aren't the moderate Republicans, you know, fighting back? We're always saying why don't, you know, the moderate Muslims fight jihad, but, you know, this is jihad."  

BUSAN – Taiwan may impose a 5% tax on all cinema tickets sold in the island territory. The proceeds will be channeled into a fund to help support the local movie industry. The proposal was put forward Wednesday by the Ministry of Culture at a meeting with local film-makers and industry bodies. The ministry positioned the move as an amendment to the existing Motion Picture Act. It said that the tax would be levied on ticket sales for all films, domestic and foreign. The support fund would provide subsidies for Taiwanese film-makers and screenwriters, and encourage them to make more...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) pleaded with Congressional colleagues “to observe civility in our discourse with one another. Though we may disagree there is no need for us to resort to name calling.” Fresh from this heart-felt plea, Reid labeled House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) “a coward.” The inspiration for this highly personal attack “is Boehner’s inability to break free of the Tea Partiers who are mounting a fundamental assault on the way our government operates. They are challenging the traditional processes and casting the leadership of both Parties in a bad light.” Reid was especially aggrieved that “Boehner...

Truth is, Norway has never won the 'Miss World' crown- while fellow Nordics in Sweden can boast of three winners, as can Iceland. Along with Denmark, Norway has not fared too well at Miss World... so could perhaps Miss Backstrom change that a bit? More at Reaganite Republican...

Shortly after CNN announced it was axing its Hillary Clinton documentary project, NBC has now released a statement saying its planned miniseries on the former First Lady, Senator, and Secretary of State has been called off. NBC has not provided much in the way of explanation (whether this was due to public pressure or failed talks with production studios) save for this brief statement, according to TVNewser. “After reviewing and prioritizing our slate of movie/mini-series development, we’ve decided that we will no longer continue developing the Hillary Clinton mini-series.” NBC had previously hinted they wouldn’t be continuing on with the...

SPOILER ALERT! AMC's Breaking Bad's finale last night vindicated team Walt. While Walt died, the show's premise was always that Walt's days were few. The question was what Walt might accomplish with his remaining life. Certainly not how he anticipated, but Walt did indeed leave money for his family, bring closure to Hank's murder, settle scores with his enemies, and die largely on his own terms. Compared to the moral morass where Hank lived, Walt's dive into crime looks admirable. No doubt Walt's product is highly dangerous and prone to abuse; meth addicts are among the sorriest stories. However, Hank...

What fun I had last night watching Question Time on the BBC. Author Will Self - in the video that you can see by clicking on the link just below this post title - (his name is oddly suited to him, but then everything about the man is weird) is always very entertaining. This time he surpassed himself, by denying that terrorism is a problem - especially, God (or rather Allah) forbid, Islamic terrorism. This pearl of wisdom came in answer to a question from the audience about the risk of a terror attack in Britain after what happened in...

QINGDAO, China – China's Wanda Group has unwrapped an $8.2 billion film investment plan to transform the country's movie industry into the world's biggest within five years, and group chairman Wang Jianlin said the company, which bought the AMC theater chain last year, is just starting to expand globally. Hollywood A-listers turned out in force in searing sunshine in Qingdao, northeastern China, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicole Kidman and Harvey Weinstein there to show moral support for the Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis complex, which is slated to open in 2017 in the eastern Chinese port city. The facility will include a...

@FoxNewsSunday Keep it TRULY fair & balanced. Release the GOP names encouraging you to trash @SenTedCruz. No more anonymous sources.— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) September 22, 2013 As Twitchy reported, Fox News’ Chris Wallace revealed that he was sent unsolicited oppo research on Sen. Ted Cruz. By “top Republicans.”Sarah Palin, who recently told GOP senators to “woman up” and stand firm on Obamacare, continues to have Sen. Cruz’s back.At least someone has a spine. Fight like a girl? You betcha.Will Chris Wallace reveal the names? Stay tuned.Related:‘See your filthy paw prints, Rove’ Who sent oppo research on Ted Cruz to...

Had to turn off tonight's premier episode of Survivor Blood vs Water, even though I'm a long-time fan of the show. There's a male homosexual couple "engaged" to be "married." CBS offered no warning about this material. Won't watch. I've turned it off. Sent an email to CBS.

Miss California, 22-year-old Crystal Lee, was asked about possible U.S. intervention in Syria Sunday night at the Miss America pageant. Obama answered the same question last week. Miss California’s answer to a question about Syria sounded an awful lot like what President Obama said during an address to the nation Tuesday. Both said the United States has an obligation to act. “I believe as one of the most powerful countries in the world, we have an ethical obligation to prevent a leader of a country who is using chemical weapons on his people.” “My fellow Americans, for nearly seven decades,...

CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour flipped out on the AC360 Later Syria panel Thursday night, calling out the “false moral equivalence” of anti-interventionists. She clashed with blogger Andrew Sullivan over the emotion in the case, shouting down her fellow panelists to get a word in edgewise.After Anderson Cooper and Sullivan brought up the need to separate the emotion from the policy, Amanpour sighed and said, “I can barely contain myself at this point.” She proceeded to go on a rant about the “false moral equivalence” in arguing against going in. “How many more times do we have to say...

Any other FReepers 'Burn Notice' fans? What did you think of the finale? One of my Favorite quotes from the show: Michael Westen: [voice-over] Being a spy, you have to get comfortable with the idea of people doing bad things for good reasons; doing good things for bad reasons. You do the best you can.

Twenty years ago tonight, I sat down on the couch in my little apartment in Ogden, KS, and flipped on the TV to watch the debut of a new show. The promotion blitz for the show had been dark and mysterious, and apart from some vague references to UFOs and the FBI, gave little idea as to what the show was actually going to be about. It had piqued my interest, as it was no doubt intended to do, and I figured with much of my life still ahead of me, I could spare an hour to check it...

A new screen biopic of Nelson Mandela does not shy away from the less flattering aspects of his character, according to its British star. "It was important we had both sides, the good and the bad," said Idris Elba. Early scenes in Justin Chadwick's film show Mandela as a womaniser who was violent to his first wife Evelyn. "I didn't want to deface Mr Mandela in any way," the Luther actor continued. "But I didn't want to portray him in a way that wasn't honest." Elba was speaking at the Toronto Film Festival, where Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom had...

This week marks twelve years since the al Qaeda terror attacks on America on September 11, 2001. It also marks the anniversary of a rally held the day after the attacks by anti-American leftist Anthony K. “Van” Jones in Oakland, California that cheered the attacks. CNN has made Jones, who went on to infamy as an Obama administration appointee, a co-host of the reboot of Crossfire that debuts this week.As the country reeled from the sneak attack that murdered nearly 3,000 people through the use of four passenger planes hijacked by terrorists under the orders of Osama bin Laden and...

As Obama et al. shove us into a senseless conflict that could easily escalate into WWIII, let’s give a listen to righteous voices from Tinseltown: “But I am equally against the death penalty or war — anywhere people are sacrificed for some end justifying a means.” — Martin Sheen “I also think that there is a strong streak of racism, and whenever we engage in foreign adventures. Our whole history in regime change has been of people of different color.” — Ed Asner “I think we’re past that point in human evolution where there’s such a thing as winning wars.”...

Even after all these years, President Barack Obama still gives Chris Matthews that special tingle.The liberal MSNBC host, who (in)famously said during the 2008 presidential primary that Obama’s speeches sent a “thrill going up my leg,” admits that he occasionally still gets that peculiar sensation.“Everybody makes fun of me for the ‘thrill up the leg,’” Matthews told The New Yorker magazine for a profile on the state of MSNBC. “I’ve got to tell you something: it still works, once in a while — when [Obama] talks about our country, when he talks about race.”Last year, Matthews expressed irritation over conservative critics dredging...

Sen. John McCain criticized Fox & Friends's Brian Kilmeade on Tuesday after the co-host said he had "a problem with helping out" members of the Syrian opposition who were shouting "Allahu Akbar" as rockets rained down in a government-held district of Homs.

This is a classic war movie, that ranks right up there with "Platoon" and superbly directed by Steven Spielberg. What many people don't know is that the main casting crew (Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Vin Diesel and Matt Damon) underwent "Boot Camp" from a company called Warrior Inc. Warrior Inc is a California based company that specializes in training actors for war movies. Founded by Ret. USMC Capt. D Dye (a Mustang)after his military retirement. (1984) Most of the war movies that was produced from the mid 80's to current, Warrior Inc. has had a hand in it from anything...

Today being the 50 year anniversary of Martin Luther King's famous 'I have a Dream Speech' prompted another Washington DC rally last Saturday and just today Obama giving a speech on it. MSNBC covered the Saturday rally most of that day and today re-playing that entire speech and all day recapping how it all came to be with guest after guest very romantically and nostalgically. "He changed America" So just a few minutes ago I flipped to that channel for a minute and caught Martin Luther chanting 'Let Freedom ring' in that speech and thought how ironic it is. This...

Well, tomorrow on TV will in fact be a "vast wasteland." Nothing but MLK and Obama, the 50th anniversay of the speech, the Black Caucus, and endless blather about "racist" America 24/7. And, oh yeah..lots, lots, lots Trayvon Martin. Maybe it should be a drinking game..have a belt every time someone says "Trayvon." Anyways, the best thing to do is NOT to turn on the TV, especially if you can't stand seeing grown men and women wear hoodies..But if you absolutely must watch the tube, be advised that TCM is having a Shirley Jones festival..

While there are always plenty of progressive liberals that seek to undermine our liberty to highlight as Jerk of the Week, it's a nice change of pace to showcase individuals who stand up to do the right thing. We have multiple people selected to be our Hero of the Week and they are Ike Boutwell and three members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins Our first Hero of the Week is Ike Boutwell, who is a theater owner in Kentucky. Boutwell owns the Movie Palace and Showtime Cinemas and refuses to show The Butler, which was number one at the box...

In his review of the AMC TV show, Low Winter Sun, Time Magazine TV Critic James Poniewozik interjected thoughts about his own childhood growing up in Detroit, where the drama series was filmed. "I was intrigued to see it, though, because I grew up near Detroit, which was not a popular TV location in my childhood the way Chicago or LA were," Poniewozik wrote. The reason Poniewozik doesn't remember Detroit as a popular TV location likely is because the state didn't offer one of the biggest tax incentives in the nation back then to land such shows as Low Winter...

A U.S. reporter appearing on state-run television channel Russia Today on Wednesday to discuss the Bradley Manning verdict used his two minutes of airtime to protest Russia's anti-gay propaganda law and slam President Vladimir Putin. James Kirchik, who was speaking via video link from Stockholm with Russia Today news anchors, wore rainbow-colored suspenders on the air and began his speech by noting that "being silent in the face of evil is something we can't do." "So you know, being here on a Kremlin-funded propaganda network, I'm going to wear my gay pride suspenders and speak out against the horrific anti-gay...

Major cinema operators in Malaysia such as Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC) and TGV Cinemas Sdn Bhd (TGV) have expressed willingness to play the Malaysian national anthem, Negaraku, before the start of a movie in conjunction with the country's 56th Merdeka (Independence) Day celebrations. GSC general manager Irving Chee said it supported the communication and multimedia ministry’s proposal to “promote the patriotic spirit” by extending national day celebrations to the cinemas. “The ministry is meeting up with cinema operators on Wednesday and we will work out the details with them,” he told The Star. Meanwhile, a TGV spokesman said it would...

Russian female athletes Yulia Gushchina and Ksenia Ryzhova denied Western media reports that said that their kiss at the award ceremony of the 2013 Athletics World Championships in Moscow was an action to support sexual minorities. "I did what everyone does on a pedestal," said Gushchina, having learned about the response of Western journalists to the photograph, on which the two athletes are shown kissing on a pedestal at Luzhniki stadium. According to her, the kiss was an expression of joy for the gold medal and nothing more.

As a child in the 1970s, I always enjoyed watching “Land of the Lost” on Saturday morning. As an adult, I like the show even more. This is an intelligent science fiction program that makes you think, and is never dumbed down (except for season 3, which is so horrible that it never should have been made). Here is my favorite episode – “Elsewhen” from season 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDocflFRcSk

LEWISTON, Maine — Don’t judge the sparse turnout at their Monday noon protest or their politeness as a lack of passion and anger over the way Vietnam Veterans have been treated. Steven Spooner, 64, and Dane Tripp, 68, are truly angry that Jane Fonda has a starring role in the newly released movie “The Butler.” “When we were young fellas, we saw these pictures of ‘Hanoi Jane’ sitting all smiles on an anti-aircraft weapon in a North Vietnamese helmet,” Spooner, of Auburn, said. “In our minds and our hearts, then and to this day, those were acts of treason. She...

Progressive liberals can never win in the arena of ideas so they choose to fight in a different battleground, popular culture. Why deal with pesky facts that your ideology has never worked and only led to misery and death for millions of people? To the progressive mind, if you can't beat your enemy, then change the very fabric of his culture. By doing so, you'll lose many a battle, but you'll win the war. This is why progressives have taken over Hollywood and education. Sadly, many people today gain their knowledge through tv, movies, and the internet. True education has...

If Chinese Soccer wants to flourish, it needs to go step by step, following the successful experience of modern soccer and respecting the relevant laws. Applying the useless label "Kung-fu" to soccer will achieve nothing. Recently, talk of "Shaolin Soccer" has been hyped by the mass media. One martial arts coach claimed that Kung-fu could combine successfully with soccer. He suggested that kicks in Kung-fu such as the twelve-routine of snap-kick boxing, Standing Qigong, and other fist positions would help to improve the students' footwork, impact resistance, and physical coordination. He hoped that applying these techniques in regular training would...

This week we'll be looking at "Kung Fu Hero", a Chinese action film starring Tiger Chen and French actor Arman Darbo. Then Rob will sit down with Arman for a jolly chat about his role in the movie.

I have been preaching for 20 years.  Yesterday I did something that I have never done before in a sermon.  I publicly called out false teachers and named them by name.  I said, If you listen to Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyer, if you take what they teach seriously, it will not be good for you.  It will be detrimental to your long-term growth as a follower of Jesus. (You can watch the sermon by clicking here)I used to think that their error was so blatantly obvious that they could just be ignored.  I was wrong.  They are massively growing...

The 15-strong team working on Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents spent a ten day gap between filming partying on the beach and drinking, as well as relaxing in a five star hotel. They had been filming the BBC3 series, which follows teenagers on their first holiday abroad without their parents, who can secretly watch them. But filming was reportedly scrapped when the three boys they were focusing on realised what was happening. With ten days left before filming for the next documentary started, the crew decided to spend their time partying, spending their time on a yacht and in bars....

As is the usual case, there were a number of unworthy contestants for our Jerk of the Week honors. From Obama and his demonstrated weakness to Congress getting Obamacare waivers to property management companies trying to banish the Second Amendment (which has failed), there were quite a few who could have been chose. However, our choice this week truly represents the utter hypocrisy of the progressive liberal. Therefore our Jerk of the Week is Matt Damon. Matt Damon has long been a progressive liberal moonbat, believing that America is a terrible place. He loves the work of noted anti-American author...

Director Ridley Scott will release his new movie The Counselor on October 25, and it tells the story of a respected attorney (an oxymoron?) who becomes involved with the narco world. Of course, it's going to be difficult to suspend disbelief to enjoy the flick. After all, the premise that the legal profession becomes entangled with organized crime is totally absurd. After all, members of the bar are officers of the court for goodness' sake. What's next for Hollywood? Evidence-planting cops? Bribe-taking politicians? Case-fixing judges? It may be a wicked world but surely dirty lawyers aren't part of it. Shame...

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"Well, now we just may know where Google's ad revenue went: Yelp and Facebook. Google (GOOG) missed Wall Street's consensus for reasons attributed to a decrease in the price of mobile ad revenues. A recent Forbes column by Contributor Robert Hof indicated that mobile ads were already 40% less than prices for ads served on desktop computers and his opinion as to why they continue to decline may be that Google is offering more of them, which could be pushing the prices down as a corollary. Conjecture that was not put forward in Mr. Hof's column was that advertisers have...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Chinese trade association may owe over $100 million in unpaid royalties to several of Hollywood’s biggest studios, according to a report. The China Film Group, which handles theatrical film distribution throughout China, has delayed payments for box office receipts on some of the Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters, including “Man of Steel”, “Skyfall”, and “Star Trek Into Darkness”, The Hollywood Reporter reported Tuesday. Studios haven’t been paid since late 2012 allegedly over a 2 percent value-added tax, which the China Film Group – a government-controlled entity that determines which films get released in China – wants the...

Bryan Zuriff, the executive producer of the Showtime drama Ray Donovan, pleaded guilty in a federal court to his role in gambling operations with suspected ties to the Russian Mafia which took sports bets and ran poker tables for the fabulous people in Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY as reported by the Daily News. Earlier this year the feds indicted 34 defendants for their alleged roles in the gambling schemes, and Zuriff is the first to plead guilty. The 44-year-old degenerate gambler agreed to forfeit $500,000, and faces up to five years in prison when sentenced on November...

National Geographic premieres its six-part series Inside The American Mob on Sunday July 28 which is put together with "recently declassified files, first-person accounts by federal officials and the mafioso themselves, and rare archival footage." The series begins with "Stayin' Alive in The '70s" which recounts the so-called Golden Age of the Five Families in New York during a time when the mob operated with virtual impunity, and concludes with "Rise & Fall Of Gotti" whom by 1990 the FBI had declared "public enemy number 1."

News that George Zimmerman helped save a Floridian trapped under an overturned truck just days after being acquitted in the Trayvon Martin murder trial, has been met with an overly healthy dose of skepticism on Twitter. As anyone can easily discover with a simple search of “Zimmerman caused,” hundreds of Twitter users find it suspect that the former defendant just happened upon an “accident” and saved the day. Almost as quickly as the original conspiracy theories began to swirl, conservatives on Twitter hijacked the narrative, using the hashtag #MSNBCTonight to predict how that network will further the “Zimmerman caused” story...

How is it the most wretched dictatorships are  always blessed with such beautiful women? Just don't seem right! Alas, Maryia Vialichka will be representing  'Europe's last dictatorship' Belarus at the Miss World 2013  finals this September in Indonesia... More at Reaganite Republican... _________________________________________ BeautyPageantNews   Missosology   Photobucket   VK.com

Every Pixar movie is connected. I explain how, and possibly why. Several months ago, I watched a fun-filled video on Cracked.com that introduced the idea (at least to me) that all of the Pixar movies actually exist within the same universe. Since then, I’ve obsessed over this concept, working to complete what I call “The Pixar Theory,” a working narrative that ties all of the Pixar movies into one cohesive timeline with a main theme. This theory covers every Pixar production since Toy Story. That includes: • A Bug’s Life • Toy Story 2 • Monsters Inc. • Finding Nemo...

'Miss Lower Saxony 2013' Caroline Noeding went on to win the national pageant in February against 23 other very pretty ladies from all over Germany- she now looks forward to competing in  Miss Europe and Miss World later this year. Born July 26, 1991 (birthday this month!) in Hanover, the brainy mathematics and Spanish language student speaks English, Spanish, Italian and French- that's five languages counting German. Hobbies include dancing (tango), singing, playing piano, languages​​, philosophy, and even handicrafts. Her mother is Colombian, and dad is from Peru, currently employed as chief physician at a hospital in Hanover (the...

Palestinian Authority TV continues to promote Islam-based hate speech and Antisemitism, voiced by little children. In this latest example, two sisters recited a poem that included the following demonization of Jews: (video at link) "You who murdered Allah's pious prophets (i.e., Jews in Islamic tradition) Oh, you who were brought up on spilling blood You have been condemned to humiliation and hardship Oh Sons of Zion, oh most evil among creations Oh barbaric monkeys, wretched pigs."   The poem also taught that Jerusalem is not for Jews, because Jerusalem "vomits" out the Jews who are said to be "filth" and...

Well, the cable news networks are non stop with their coverage of the air crash in San Francisco. Looking at the pictures, it seems a miracle that the number of fatalities is so low. If there is one unintended consequence of this crash..at least we will be spared talk about Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman for the next few days. As the networks are talking aviation and nothing but, I thought it would be a slight diversion to discuss our favorite aviation themed movies.