Fishbowl America Round-Up #10

July 9, 2008 in Alabama, Humor, International, LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture, Religion, Science & Technology, Sports, Style, Video
Tags: Access, advertising, band, Barack, blogs, boys, Brea, Bush, Carol, Democrat, denver, drilling, durbin, dvd, family, Gay, GLBT, Grant, hall, Heroes, heterosexual, Hollywood, Illinois, in, interview, Kreck, lesbian, LGBT, librarian, Malia, marketing, McCain, Menounos, Michelle, movie, NBC, Obama, offshore, oil, Sasha, Television, the, town

Fishbowl America Round-Up for July 9th:

• John McCain Kicks Librarian Out of Town Hall Event – From Tuesday’s Denver McCain town hall meeting, where a 60-year-old librarian was fined and kicked out for holding a sign that said “McCain=Bush.”
• Top Democrat May Back New Offshore Drilling – A top U.S. Democratic senator said in a newspaper interview published Wednesday that he would consider supporting opening up new areas for offshore oil and gas drilling.
• Meet The Obamas – The Obama Family sits down for their first television interview.
• LGBT Adults Read, Respond To More Blogs Than Heterosexuals – According to a recent national survey conducted by Harris Interactive®, gay and lesbian adults online are reading more blogs than their heterosexual counterparts.
• Milestone Gay Film “The Boys in the Band” To Be Released On DVD November 11 – One of the most iconic (and impossible-to-find) films of gay cinema will finally be released on DVD November 11th. The Boys in the Band was released in 1970, and over the years has been both reviled and revered by gay viewers.
• Brea Grant Moves Quickly On “Heroes” – As if Heroes wasn’t already one of the most inspired shows on TV: The producers of the hit series have announced that they’re adding the gorgeous Brea Grant to the cast for next season. Grant, who you may recognize from her guest spots on Friday Night

Fishbowl America Round-Up #9

July 9, 2008 in Alabama, Humor, International, LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture, Religion, Science & Technology, Sports, Style, Video
Tags: Barack, Clinton, Coleman, East, Ehud, fired, Franken, Guard, Hossein, Iran, Israel, market, McCain, Middle, Minnesota, missle, Obama, oil, Olmert, prices, Revolutionary, Salami, Saudi, Senate, terrorism, trigger, U.S., Ventura, War

Fishbowl America Round-Up for July 9th:

• Ventura denies he’s running for Senate – Former Gov. Jesse Ventura today quickly dismissed news reports that he’s going to run for the U.S. Senate, saying that he won’t decide until next week.
• Crescenzi: Obama Win Could Cut $40 Off Oil – CNBC Guest Blog – CNBC.com – If Barack Obama wins the presidency, the price of oil could fall by $40 per barrel. The financial markets will discount the possibility before hand, at least partially.
• Iran Gen.: Our Finger Is Always On The Trigger – Iran test-fired a long-range missile on Wednesday in response to what it says are threats from Israel and the United States, Iranian officials said.

Fishbowl America Round-Up #4

July 7, 2008 in Alabama, Humor, International, LGBT, News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Pop Culture, Religion, Science & Technology, Sports, Style, Video
Tags: Abdullah, Administration, Al, Al-Maliki, al-Shehhi, and, Arab, balanced, Barack, Bin, budget, Bush, Capitalism, Channel, China, cilantro, debt, Democrats, Discovery, Dmitry, Drug, Dubai, Emirates, FDA, Food, Ibrahim, illness, International, interview, Iraq, jalapeno, jalapenos, John, Khalifa, Koppel, McCain, Medvedev, meet, Moscow, Nahyan, Nouri, Obama, of, oil, outbreak, People's, peppers, Politics & Government, polling, Polls, pork, president, Putin, Republic, Republicans, Russia, salmonella, salsa, Security, Shiekh, Social, spending, Ted, terrorism, tomato, tomatoes, UAE, United, Veepstakes, vice, Vladmir, VP, War, Zayed

Fishbowl America Round-Up for July 7th:

• Changes In China: Koppel Investigates – The image of Ted Koppel interviewing world leaders is so ingrained that it feels odd to see him wearing a hardhat for a nervous trip into a Chinese coal mine, or sitting in a Chongqing karaoke bar where teenage girls are hired to “entertain” male customer
• Bush To Meet Russia’s Medvedev – US President George W. Bush on Monday holds his first face-to-face talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, a chance to weigh up Vladimir Putin’s heir and tackle outstanding disputes.
• McCain Promises To Balance Budget – Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) plans to promise on Monday that he will balance the federal budget by the end of his first term by curbing wasteful spending and overhauling entitlement programs, including Social Security, his advisers told Politico.
• McCain Struggles to Regain Footing – John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement. The GOP presidential candidate trails Democrat Barack Obama in polls, organization and money while trying to succeed a deeply unpopular fellow Republican in a year that favors Democrats
• FDA Reports More Cases Of Salmonella Illnesses – The government on Saturday increased the number of people reported being sickened in a record salmonella outbreak in which tomatoes are the leading suspect although investigators are testing other types of fresh produce.
• UAE To Cancel Iraq’s $7 billion Debt – Dubai has forgiven the nearly $7 billion Baghdad owes it, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced Sunday.

John McCain Doesn’t Know Much About The Economy, Or How To Pay His Bills

June 28, 2008 in News & Opinion, Politics & Government, Science & Technology
Tags: advisor, California, credit card debt, economy, foreclosures, gas, Gramm, houses, John McCain, La Jolla, McCain, oil, Phil Gramm, prices, subprime

This is downright crazy. Walnuts McCain, who owns ten houses, and whose wife is worth millions… is carrying a six-figure credit card debt. Not to mention he neglected to pay property taxes on his California home for 4 YEARS! Or that his economic advisor was a key player in the subprime mortgage meltdown. And don’t even think about asking him what the price of gasoline is, or why it matters. (Hat tip to Mooncat at leftinalabama.com)

Japan Invents Water Powered Car

June 20, 2008 in International, Science & Technology, Video
Tags: car, climate change, electric, environment, global warming, Japan, oil, runs, Science & Technology, technology, water

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McCain Debates Himself On Oil Drilling

June 18, 2008 in Elections, Humor, International, McCain, Obama, Politics, Veepstakes, Video
Tags: Alaska, ANWAR, Bush, drilling, Florida, gas, Iran, Iraq, Israel, McCain, Middle East, Obama, off-shore, oil, prices, terrorism, War

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Fox News Ambushes Bill Moyers

June 8, 2008 in Elections, International, Obama, Politics, Religion, Video
Tags: Bill Moyers, Bill O'Reilly, Fox, Fox News, Iran, Iraq, Israel, oil, terrorism, War

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