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Derik Schneider
- The Final 24: Nicole Brown Simpson
- CBS News: ‘President Trump Has Fired National Security Adviser John Bolton’
- Biographics: Hunter S. Thompson- ‘Gonzo Extraordinaire’
- New York Magazine: Opinion- Ed Kilgore: ‘George McGovern Didn’t Lose in 1972 by Going Too Far Left. Neither Will 2020 Democrats’
- Buffalo Wing Media Bias: Adam Carolla- ‘On Hypocrites From The Hollywood Left’
- 20th Century Fox: Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid 1969- Paul Newman & Robert Redford Are Butch & Sundance
- The Politics of Writing: ‘The Failures of Masculinity’: Do Radical Feminists, Really Hate Straight Men?
- People’s World: Rosana Cameron- ‘Call Me a Communist’
- LA Progressive: Opinion- Ted Rall: ‘The Difference Between Liberals and Leftists’
- The Art of Sarcastic Humor
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Ederik Schneider
- Storm: Dallas- Barbara Eden Guess-Stars: Michelle’s Sweet Revenge
- The Atlantic: Opinion- Olgan Khazan: ‘ Why It Was Easier to Be Skinny in the 1980s’
- Big Think: Penn Jillette- ‘On Libertarianism, Taxes, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Weed’
- Tom Woods: ‘Ep. 1470 Vince Vaughn on Hollywood, Libertarianism, and American Politics’
- MGM: The Big Knife 1955- Starring Jack Palance & Ida Lupino
- The Atlantic: Amanda Mull- ‘The Rise of Coffee Shaming’: About Damn Time!
- Liberty Pen: Brendan O’Neill- ‘Political Correct Bigotry’
- Ayn Rand Institute: ‘Ayn Rand – Her Philosophy in Two Minutes’: Why Leftists & Rightists Hate Ayn Rand
- Last Week Tonight: Ayn Rand- ‘How Is This Still A Thing?’
- Reason: Katherine Mangu-Ward- Interviewing Dave Barry: ‘Dave Barry Is Running for President (Again)’
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Fred Schneider
- Classic Film & TV Cafe: The 10th Victim 1965- ‘Clip with Ursula Andress and Marcello Mastroianni’
- Last Week Tonight: John Oliver- The Filibuster
- The Film Archives: Politics & Prose- Daniel Oppenheimer: ‘Exit Right: The People Who Left the Left and Reshaped the American Century’
- The Film Archives: Douglas Charles; J. Edgar Hoover’s War on Gays
- Charisma on Command: ‘How To Have Fun Without Drinking’
- Real Time With Bill Maher: ‘Government By Mad Leftists’
- Warner Brothers: The Getaway 1972- Starring Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw
- Mr. Manifesto: Teddy Roosevelt- ‘Saved The U.S. From a Communist Revolution’
- CSM: Stephen Humphries- ‘How To Save Politically Mixed Marriages in The Donald Trump Era’
- Alfred Hitchcock: Strangers On a Train 1951- Featuring Ruth Roman
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Kire Schneider
- Jason Galavo: George Carlin- ‘Pissing Off The Feminists’
- TED Talks: Mara Pavula- ‘ If You Think Politics is a Circus, Think Again’
- David Hoffman: ‘1960s Conservative Describes An America Many See Today’
- TED: Joseph G. Levitt- ‘How Craving Attention Makes You Less Creative’
- HBO: George Carlin- Death Penalty
- The Beacon: Ben Wilterdink- ‘How to Talk to Millennials About Socialism’
- Politics and Prose: Ece Temelkuran- ‘How to Lose a Country’
- CNBC: Squawk Box- Maya MacGuineas- ‘The Debt Limit Deal is The Worst Budget in History’
- Murray Rothbeard: Ross Perot- ‘Was The Original Donald Trump’
- Vanity Fair: Opinion- T.A. Frank: ‘What Ross Perot Got Right About America’
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Rik Schneider
- Andy Snowslayer: Magnum Force 1973- ‘Excuse Me Captain: Can You Fly’: Clint Eastwood Stars
- Carlos Esnaola: Thunderball 1965- ‘Official Trailer’: Starring James Bond and Claudine Auger
- Dan Mitchell: ‘Bernie Sanders Humor’
- Dan Mitchell: ‘Communism Humor’
- Dan Mitchell: ‘Socialism Humor’
- KrisAnne Hall: ‘From Socialist To Constitutionalist – My Story’
- Dan Mitchell: ‘Reckless and Irresponsible- President Trump: Is Making Big Government Even Bigger’: The Death of Fiscal Conservatism?
- Coordination Problem: Peter Boettke- ‘Liberalism Misunderstood’
- Bill Whittle: Scott Hahn- Why Donald Trump: ‘Told ‘The Squad’ of 4 U.S. Lawmakers to Go Back Where They Came From’
- Out Of The Past: Raquel Stecher- ‘Madame X (1966)’: Starring Lana Turner
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Erik Schneider
- Skeptic Magazine: Michael Shermer- Interviewing Anthony Kronman: ‘The Assault on American Excellence’
- Classic Film & TV Cafe: The Notorious Landlady 1962- ‘Scene with Jack Lemmon and Kim Novak’
- Skeptic Magazine: Michael Shermer- Interviewing Dr. Donald Hoffman: ‘The Case Against Reality’
- ATHENAISM: ‘Why Is John F. Kennedy so Popular?’
- Evan Carmichael: ‘John F. Kennedy’s Top 10 Rules For Success’
- Foreign Affairs: Sebastian Mallaby- ‘How Should a Liberal Be?’
- The Onion: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi- ‘Concerned Outspoken Leftist Faction of Party Could Harm Democrats Reputation As Ineffectual Cowards’
- ACLU: Sam Walker- ‘Conscientious Objectors’
- The Onion: Paul Ryan- ‘Lauded For Inspiring Millions Of Young Gutless Fucking Cowards To Take On Leadership Roles’
- Skeptic Magazine: Michael Shermer- Interviewing Andrew Seidel: ‘Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American’
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Recent Posts: The Daily Review
The Rubin Report: Dave Rubin- Interviewing Nick Di Paolo: ‘On Offensive Comedy and Political Correctness’
Source:The Daily Review “Nick Di Paolo (stand up comedian) joins Dave to discuss his comedy career, his problem with political correctness and so many stand up comics today, why he believes comedians should be at the forefront of speech and free expression, and more.” From The Rubin Report I think the great comedian Mel Brooks had […]
Amelia Nell & Vocalocity: Rita Hayworth as Gilda- Best Moments
Source:The Daily Review “The exquisitely beautiful Rita Hayworth was divine in her most famous role as Gilda (1946).” From Amelia Nell Gilda, is a very good if not great movie that is sort of a great soap opera or dramatic comedy that has everything from mystery, to crime drama, to comedy even. But if you take […]
Politico Magazine: Derek Robertson- ‘How Howard Schultz Created a Personality Cult at Starbucks’
Source:The Daily Review I’m not interested in Howard Schultz’s so-called potential independent presidential run at least for this piece, but more interested in what he created not just with Starbucks, but the broader pop culture in America. Starbucks, really since the late 1990s or so is not just just a coffee house, but it’s a […]
AZ Quotes: Bill Parcells- ‘This Is Why You Lift All Them Weights, This is Why You Do All That’
Source:The Daily Review “Pro Football Hall of Fame head coach & front office executive Bill Parcells comes in at #7 on the list of Top 10 Mic’d Up Guys of All Time.” From NFL Films As someone who grew up just outside Washington in Bethesda, Maryland and still live there, I grew up a Redskins fan […]
Politics and Prose: Dr. Eric Motley- Interviewing Elaine Pagels: ‘Why Religion’
Source:The Daily Review “Elaine Pagels discusses her book, “Why Religion?”, at Politics and Prose on 11/30/18. When Pagels, author of groundbreaking studies of the Gnostic Gospels, was asked, “Why religion?” she found that her own life illuminates both why she’s made a career of studying religious texts as well as why religion itself still exists […]
The Atlantic: Nora Johnson- ‘Sex and The 1960s College Girl’
Source:The Daily Review “Men…admit that what really irritates them about modern women is that they can’t, or won’t, give themselves completely to men,” Nora Johnson wrote in her 1959 Atlantic article, “Sex and the College Girl.” “This is undoubtedly true … And this, God knows, is a good thing.” In the article, which is excerpted […]
Lana Turner Online: MGM Presents Lana Turner- 1948
Source:The Daily Review “MGM presents Lana Turner – 1948. Lana Turner Online” From Lana Turner Online When think of Hollywood Babydoll Lana Turner, ( which is exactly what she was ) I think of the Queen of the Hollywood Soap Stars. Meaning, her only real experience in soap operas, was being on Falcon Crest in the 1980s, […]
Newsweek: Katie Couric- Sarah Palin’s: Five Biggest Gaffes
Source:The Daily Review Similar to Michele Bachmann who said things like America should be less socialist like China, ( an actual Michele Bachmann quote ) it’s hard to pick the five biggest gaffes that Sarah Palin has ever given. To use a sports analogy, she really is the classic case of not ready for prime […]
Sony Pictures Entertainment: The Frontrunner 2018- Hugh Jackman as Senator Gary Hart
Source:The Daily Review I saw The Frontrunner not this Saturday, but the previous Saturday in Silver Spring, Maryland because I wanted to see it obviously, ( no, I was kidnapped and forced to watch it ) but because of the subject matter. I was 11 years old and in the 5th grade in Bethesda, Maryland […]
Claudia Christian: On Making It In Hollywood
Source:The Daily Review “Who is Claudia Christian? An American actress, writer, singer, musician, and director, best known for her role as Commander Susan Ivanova on the science fiction television series Babylon 5.” From Quote Tank Not all actors and actresses, but a lot of them and apparently Claudia Christian is a perfect example of this, but […]
Tag Archives: Filibuster
Last Week Tonight: John Oliver- The Filibuster
Source:The New Democrat “John Oliver explains why filibusters exist, why they shouldn’t, and why it’s stupid to drink coffee like a cat.” From Last Week Tonight I guess my question for John Oliver would be: does he want to end the … Continue reading
The Ripon Society: The Ripon Forum- Gregory Koger: Preserve The Filibuster- Protect People From Political Parties
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Before I get into the Republican hypocrisy about the Senate filibuster which is as loud as Metallica heavy metal concert unclose with no earplugs and as obvious as the Grand … Continue reading
Roll Call: David Hawkings – Whiteboard: What is a Filibuster?
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat David Hawkings is right about what an actual filibuster is. Its generally one Senator or a group of Senator’s who take to the Senate floor and talk forever basically, or … Continue reading
Brookings Institution: Governance Studies- Molly Reynolds: Limitations of The Senate Filibuster
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Warning! This article is only for truly hard-core political and Congressional junkies and people who haven’t slept in days and need to fall asleep real quick. Great bedtime reading for … Continue reading
Discerning History: History of the Filibuster- The Right for Senators to Make Assholes Out of Themselves
This post was originally posted at The New Democrat You want to know why there’s so much hot air in Washington? For one its in an area that gets about five months of summer. Sometimes more, hot humid endless summers … Continue reading
The Daily Beast: Congress: Ben Jacobs: Harry Reid Goes Nuclear on Filibusters
The Daily Beast: Congress: Harry Reid Goes Nuclear on Filibusters This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Just to be perfectly clear, the Senate filibuster on executive and lower judicial nominations, meaning non-Supreme Court appointments to … Continue reading
The Daily Beast: Video: U.S. Senator Ted Cruz Filibuster: Ted Cruz Cruising to be King of Hot Air
. This post was originally posted at FRS FreeStates on WordPress Senator Ted Cruz is one of the biggest sore losers in Congress both physically and personally. Not to know that he doesn’t have the votes to get what he … Continue reading
