Highlights of this day in history: US embassies bombed in E. Africa; Congress OKs powers to expand the Vietnam War; The Battle of Guadalcanal begins; Kon-Tiki ends its journey; Comedy icon Oliver Hardy and news anchor Peter Jennings die. (Aug. 7)
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The solution to our raging unemployment rate is so simple, I'm kicking myself for not thinking of it before.
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A military helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 US troops and seven Afghan commandos. Officials say many of the troops were special operations forces who belonged to the same elite unit that recently killed Osama Bin Laden. (Aug. 6)
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A military helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 US troops and seven Afghan commandos. Officials say many of the troops were special operations forces who belonged to the same elite unit that recently killed Osama Bin Laden. (Aug. 6)
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Deion Sanders joined Marshall Faulk in entering the Pro Football Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. Shannon Sharpe, Richard Dent, Chris Hanburger, Les Richter and Ed Sabol also were enshrined. (August 7)
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It was not a good day for Tiger Woods Saturday at the Bridgestone Invitational. Woods didn’t hit a fairway until the 11th hole, struggled with his putting and was 13 shots behind Adam Scott going into Sunday. (August 7)
Continue reading …Saturday Night Funny Video: Colbert Ridicules Reid Who Mused Over His Pomegranate Trees
August 6, 2011 No Comment
Back in late June I introduced a new series of Saturday night humor postings for NewsBusters drawn from the clips Bret Baier runs at the end of FNC’s Special Report which he selects from video montages picked up from the late night comedy shows. Well, vacations and busy news weekends sidetracked me, but here’s a fresh one, my first in about a month. From Baier’s Wednesday night (August 3) program, a clip from Comedy Central’s Colbert Report making fun of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for musing about missing the pomegranate and fig trees at his home in Nevada. The Reid soundbite, and/or Colbert’s quip about it, certainly amused Baier panelist Stephen Hayes. My previous videos in this new and intermittent series: > Saturday Night Funny Video: Confusing the Weather Woman with Rudolph Hess > Saturday Night Funny Video: ‘ ObamaCare,’ ‘ObamaCare,’ ‘ObamaCare,’ ‘ObamaCare,’ Then Herman Cain…
Continue reading …Saturday Night Funny Video: Colbert Ridicules Reid Who Mused Over His Pomegranate Trees
August 6, 2011 No CommentBack in late June I introduced a new series of Saturday night humor postings for NewsBusters drawn from the clips Bret Baier runs at the end of FNC’s Special Report which he selects from video montages picked up from the late night comedy shows. Well, vacations and busy news weekends sidetracked me, but here’s a fresh one, my first in about a month. From Baier’s Wednesday night (August 3) program, a clip from Comedy Central’s Colbert Report making fun of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for musing about missing the pomegranate and fig trees at his home in Nevada. The Reid soundbite, and/or Colbert’s quip about it, certainly amused Baier panelist Stephen Hayes. My previous videos in this new and intermittent series: > Saturday Night Funny Video: Confusing the Weather Woman with Rudolph Hess > Saturday Night Funny Video: ‘ ObamaCare,’ ‘ObamaCare,’ ‘ObamaCare,’ ‘ObamaCare,’ Then Herman Cain…
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry sent a strong message to the nation’s evangelicals Saturday: he may soon call upon them to help him secure the GOP presidential nomination. Perry hosted what he called a national day of prayer at Houston’s Reliant Arena. (Aug. 6)
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