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I Listened to Air America and All I Got Was This Lousy Senator

1/23/10 •

‘Nuff said.  Re the Air America demise, sometimes one headline + graphic is worth a thousand word piece.

LK Called Brown V. Chokeley, and Told Us Why

1/19/10 •

editors note: the following was posted by LK on 1/14, before Brown’s weekend surge, and his subsequent victory.  Additionally, going far beyond the simple outcome, LK gave us a clear picture of the psycho-dynamics of why it would happen, in a way found nowhere else in the old or new media.   Here’s the post, [...]

LK TWIST: Jay, Conan, and Haiti

1/17/10 •

editors note: check the Twitter (Tweet) section for details on the new LK TWIST format.

I was asked this morning why I hadn’t posted on the NBC late night debacle.  My response was that 8500 other “media experts” had already done so, and I don’t watch late night anyway.
I read instead.  Nasty habit I can’t seem [...]

Brown Wins “Kennedy Seat”

1/14/10 •

Don’t be surprised if you wake up next Wednesday morning to find the above headline gracing the Boston Globe, the NY Times, and the Wall St. Journal.
It’s been acknowledged by both parties that Coakley (D) was inept and Brown (R) in command during their recent debate.
What hasn’t been widely discussed is the possibility, which [...]

Breaking Iceland’s Kneecaps

1/06/10 •

According to this morning’s NY Times, “Iceland’s Leader Vetoes Bill to Repay 2 Lenders“ $5 billion owed to the British and Dutch governments.
Iceland, a nation of around 320,000 people as of 1/1/09, played fast and loose by borrowing low and lending higher (known as the “carry trade”) until it, like most American mortgage lenders, got [...]

The Nigerian, DayQuil, and Freedom

12/28/09 •

I’m flying today.  Domestic.  Tampa to NYC.  The more time that passes, the more serious the attempt to bring down a jumbo jet over a major US city is sounding.  It went from a vague report of firecrackers on Xmas day to a full blown terrorist incident by Sunday morning.
I’m not ingesting much if any [...]