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About kireschneider

I’m primarily a current affairs blogger focusing on center-right Republican conservatism and progressivism. But current affairs, public policy, and history, are not my only subjects as a blogger. Which is one reason why I’ve also written for The Daily Review USA Blog. I’m also interested in Classic Hollywood, especially actresses and actors, but films and TV as well, as well as humor and lifestyle

TCM: The Last of Sheila (1973)

Posted on February 18, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:TCM– the cast from The Last of Sheila. “An eccentric movie producer-gamester invites six film industry friends to his yacht to play out one of his games, the goal of which is to reveal which of them killed his beloved, … Continue reading →

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Paul Woods: CFL American Expansion 1995: CFL Commissioner Larry Smith

Posted on February 17, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  Canadian Football League expansion, or CFL expansion in America, was a great idea because the CFL, lets face it, was a 9-team league back in the early 1990s, before they expanded inside the United States. From a … Continue reading →

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PBS: NewsHour: Shields & Brooks on the Debt Limit Drama & Health Care Reform

Posted on February 16, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  The whole debt limit debate in Congress was really about the 2014 mid-term congressional elections for House and Senate Republicans who want to add to their House majority and win back the Senate and not see another … Continue reading →

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PBS NewsHour: Closing the Gap: Senator Tim Scott on Expanding Educational Opportunities

Posted on February 15, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  If Senator Tim Scott is talking about expanding educational choice in the public school systems including charter schools, then I’m all for that as long as the Federal Government is not mandating this without the funds to … Continue reading →

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The Fiscal Times: Mark Thoma: How Keynes Would Handle an Abnormally Slow Recovery

Posted on February 15, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  I’m all in favor of trying to boost economic and job growth when the economy is weak with something like a new national infrastructure plan, a National Infrastructure Bank. But when you have a national debt as … Continue reading →

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ESPN: 30 For 30: Muhammad and Larry

Posted on February 9, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  I just lost some respect for the great boxing trainer Angelo Dundee when he said that he’s been asked, “why didn’t you tell Muhammad Ali that your time is over and you should stop fighting, or at … Continue reading →

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The O’Reilly Factor: ‘Representative Michele Bachmann’s Stupidity Baffles Bill O’Reilly’

Posted on February 8, 2014 by kireschneider

. The New Democrat Forget about what the guy with the big mouth doing the commentary in the video. The O’Reilly-Bachmann exchange represents exactly what is wrong with the Republican Party right now. And Bill gave Representative Michelle Bachmann all … Continue reading →

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Andrew Sullivan: ‘Why is Liberal a Dirty Word?’

Posted on February 7, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  The reason why in the past the word Liberal has almost been seen as bad as a cuss word or someone would call someone a Liberal like they would call someone a jerk or a bastard or … Continue reading →

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The Young Turks: Jimmy Dore & Ben Mankiewicz- ‘Simple Weed Question Destroys Deputy Drug Czar’

Posted on February 5, 2014 by kireschneider

. Source:The New Democrat This video is the perfect example of why the U.S. Government whoever is in charge since the creation of the so-called War on Drugs, why they have lost credibility. And no longer have much credibility on … Continue reading →

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Richard Eskow: The Populist Moment

Posted on February 4, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  It is hard to describe America from an ideological standpoint as a whole. Because we are such a huge and vast country and then you throw in all of our political diversity. We are a country by … Continue reading →

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