Andrea Marcovicci Rolls

from Alter-reviews: I saw Andrea Marcovicci perform a show of Cole Porter love songs at the Oak Room in the Algonquin Hotel last week. The woman is a throwback to a better time and place. Marcovicci, has a mature beauty, a fierce intelligence, a hungry mind, and voice that blends in with her carefully chosen material […]

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Alterman Breaksdown the MSNBC Heads

Hey MSNBC-TV guys. You ruined my bagel Monday morning with your full page ad.  I didn’t mind the photos—I don’t love them, but I can live with them,–but why in the world did you guys leave out the captions? Here they are, as public service: Norah O’Donnell, alleged moderate, no politics Pat Buchanan, nice guy, […]

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PAY TO PLAY IN VEGAS

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fourwallers20mar20,0,6835689.story?page=1&coll=la-home-headlinesFrom the Los Angeles Times COLUMN ONE Playing Out of Pocket In a Las Vegas practice known as ‘four-walling,’ entertainers pay to perform. It’s worked for George Wallace. Robert Goulet is another story. By Sam Howe Verhovek Times Staff Writer March 20, 2006 LAS VEGAS — To pitch his product, George Wallace has glad-handed every […]

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Where are the Meapons of Wass Destruction?

What the hell is a “weapons of mass destruction-related program activity?”  And what is its relationship to statements like these:”Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.” –Dick Cheney Speech to VFW National Convention, Aug. 26, 2002 “Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for […]

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