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Age is nothing but a bleepin’ number, according to President Biden. The oldest-ever commander-in-chief, who turned 80 last month, has “vented to allies” about how much the topic is discussed in the media as he sizes up a bid for a second term in 2024, Politico reported Tuesday. “You think I don’t know how #####$$ old I am?” an exasperated Biden — who reportedly has a penchant for profanity — ranted to one of his acquaintances earlier this year, according to the outlet.

On Sunday, Lincoln Center Out of Doors hosted the third of five days of “New York City Honors Pete Seeger,” or Seegerfest, as the events are called. This was the festival’s main event. A concert featured artists singing songs Seeger was associated with, like “The Hammer Song,” “Turn, Turn, Turn,” and, of course, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” The artists included old-time folkies like Judy Collins, who opened the program, Fred Hellerman of The Weavers, the popular children’s singer Dan Zanes, banjo master Tony Trischka, Tom Chapin and the Chapin sisters, and Jay Ungar and Molly Mason. The artists...

He’ll still sit court side at Los Angeles Lakers’ games, but Hollywood legend Jack Nicholson has quietly retired from the movie business, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned. The 76-year-old icon has no plans to appear in films again after a career spanning five decades. “Jack has — without fanfare — retired,” a well-placed Hollywood film insider confirmed to Radar.

Someone else's crying kid can be annoying, but one man in Surfside took the matter into his own hands and now police are looking to get their hands on him. The unidentified man allegedly grabbed, then slapped a 3-year-old girl for crying loudly while they were in a grocery store elevator earlier this month. The grumpy old man then bolted out of the elevator and away from store employees as the mom frantically tried to explain what happened, surveillance video taken just after the incident shows. "He just went and grabbed at her face. And she says that her skin...

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Has Chris Hansen ever been a guest on Dave's show? Just askin. Fresh from calling Sarah Palin a slut and joking about her 14-year old daughter being raped and impregnated in front of a bemused stadium, David Letterman thought it would be hilarious to follow up by calling her a prostitute:

LOS ANGELES - Divorced dad Alec Baldwin, caught yelling at his daughter on a voicemail message, said Wednesday he asked NBC to let him out of his "30 Rock" contract so he can devote his time to the issue of "parental alienation." "If I never acted again I couldn't care less," Baldwin said in a pre-taped appearance for ABC's "The View," scheduled to air Friday. The actor, in a transcript provided to The Associated Press by "The View," said that he also wanted to quit "30 Rock" so the sitcom and the hundreds who work on it wouldn't "be hurt...

DNC Chair Howard Dean: "If Karl Rove had been indicted it would have been for perjury. That does not excuse his real sin which is leaking the name of an intelligence operative during the time of war. He doesn't belong in the White House. If the President valued America more than he valued his connection to Karl Rove then Karl Rove would have been fired a long time ago. So I think this is probably good news for the White House, but its not very good news for America."

BETHEL — While controversy swirls over a substitute teacher who told first-graders that Santa Claus doesn’t exist, a local dairy farmer and church deacon has put the same message in a very public place. By erecting a sign along the eastbound side of I-78, between the Bethel and Grimes exits, Leonard H. Martin has taken it upon himself to shatter the myth of Santa Claus for any youngster able to read the message from the back seat of a car as their parents drive by. It marks the second consecutive year that Martin has posted what he termed a spiritual...

NEW YORK -- Vice President Dick Cheney's feud with Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel was perpetuated Wednesday when the 75-year-old congressman said Cheney "ought to be ashamed of himself" for a remark about his age. Months of verbal attacks from Rangel turned into a back and forth on Monday when the 64-year-old vice president said Rangel is "losing it," later adding that "Charlie is a lot older than I am, and it shows." After an appearance at City Hall on Wednesday, Rangel was asked when the dispute would die. "I think it ends when he apologizes for attacking me as a...

<p>I often hear Rush and other conservatives talk about seminars that liberals can attend to be instructed on how to call conservative talk shows, post on conservative websites, etc. The problem is that I have never seen such a seminar. No other liberal I know seems to know how to find one either. So I am thinking that maybe you are the ones to ask about them.</p>

According to the U.S. Department of Education, in 2001 57 percent of high school seniors had a “below basic” reading proficiency level. Those who have analyzed the data put out by the Department of Education suggest that as many as 100 million adults in America do not possess the literary abilities “to function effectively in society.” In 1988 and 2000, U.S. companies surveyed by the American Management Association said that 32 percent of job applicants lacked the reading skills required for the jobs for which they applied. All applicants interviewed nationally for a position by Motorola failed tests on seventh-grade...

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"I wish you'd tell your viewers that both Pat Robertson and Mel Gibson strike me as wackos."When did he comment on the crucifix in the jar of pee "art"? Being so politically astute, how does he feel about Sen Byrd calling Americans n8ggers? Art of description? Imagine J F-ing Kerry's art of deception, not answering questions from the media. And his art of impression, feeling, like the sentiments conveyed in the Rolling Stone? Christianity is an enormous obstruction to the goals of liberalism, not simply understanding, but believing in the differences between good and bad, allowing people to construct a...

I"m not going to spend $9 just for a few laughs"-Andy Rooney on why he won't see The Passion Of The Christ. Andy Rooney on Imus Thursday morning to deal with controversial statements about Mel Gibson being nuts may have made things worse. When asked by host Don Imus whether he was going to see The Passion Of The Christ, Roonet replied, "I"m not going to spend $9 just for a few laughs. Rooney had already been talking about the hate mail he had recieved for claiming God had talked to him and told him that Pat Robertson and Mel...

Vanity: An Open Message to the Republican Party Cheerleaders on this Forum...

<p>MADISON - The "most trusted man in America," retired CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite, put aside his journalistic impartiality Tuesday night and issued a blistering dissent to President Bush's decision to wage war with Iraq.</p> <p>At a Drew University forum, Cronkite said he feared the war would not go smoothly, ripped the "arrogance" of Bush and his administration and wondered whether the new U.S. doctrine of "pre-emptive war" might lead to unintended, dire consequences.</p>

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Frank Lautenberg, right, points at Republican candidate Douglas Forrester during their debate at News12 New Jersey in Edison, N.J. Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2002. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer)