A Bloomberg.com reporter who looked over the tax returns for Carnegie Hall has some surprising news about how to make big money in the entertainment industry.
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I started taking down the garden
I spent the afternoon taking down my heirloom tomato garden, which is in containers on our front yard. The garden is in containers because it would have been very expensive to landscape an in-ground garden and the soil isn’t good because when this house was built, it was the practice to scrape off the topsoil, …
Shelter in a storm, your willow when the sun is out
You can listen to a YouTube of the recorded version of Joan Armatrading singing “Willow” here, but it does not permit embedding. However, it does include the link to Ms. Armatrading’s Web site and a link to buy the song on iTunes. Willow by Joan Armatrading I may not be your best But you know …
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NY Times to cut 100 newsroom jobs
New York, New York, Oct. 19 — The New York Times announced today that it will cut 100 jobs from its newsroom staff by the end of 2009 thanks to efficiencies resulting from publishing only stories dictated or approved by the Obama administration. “With advertising revenues plummeting because we can’t figure out how to compete …
'9/12 Mom's Network' launches today
Carol of No Sheeples Here asked me if I would like to promote the launch of a new Web site today called the 9/12 Mom’s Network. She has a lovely video entitled, “America Is Me,” to inspire people about this venture. The link there goes to a squeeze page where you have to sign up …
Obama's new two-part plan for Afghanistan
Prof. Jacobson at Legal Insurrection has some pointed questions for Obama about his plans for the war in Afghanistan: And what about the Obama administration’s new strategy announced last March: “Today, I am announcing a comprehensive, new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. And this marks the conclusion of a careful policy review, led by Bruce …
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Happy Dipavali — Festival of Lights, the Day of Mahalakshmi
UPDATED — Rachel Maddow springs to the defense of ACORN
Because election fraud doesn’t just commit itself: Rachel Maddow is joined by Occidental College politics professor Peter Dreier, who authored a study on how myths about ACORN were manufactured and how easily the mainstream media–not just the right wing media –was led into reporting falsehoods. (I can’t get the video to embed properly here — …
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Like Reagan said, boys: you haven't left the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left you
My heart goes out to the dear young gay men in Chicago at HillBuzz as they watch in horror the transformation of the Democratic Party: What does it mean to be a Democrat today? This is a question we’re asking ourselves more and more lately, upon witnessing the utter travesty that’s taking place in Washington …
UPDATED — Kathy Shaidle, Boyzone's Stephen Gately may have died of obstructive sleep apnea
I respect Kathy Shaidle’s war against creeping Sharia and Islamofascism and her war in support of free speech. However, I’m not a fan of her war against homosexual equality, which she prosecutes by stigmatizing homosexuals at every possible opportunity. She is very much against punishing thought crimes and speech crimes, but has no qualm about …