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Uncle Jay Explains the News: Sept. 27, 2009

September 28th, 2009 · No Comments

In this week’s episode of Uncle Jay Explains the News, we learn something about the news word of the week, “DIVULGE” and about how mixing politics with entertainment can produce “very scary” results.  And there’s more. Uncle Jay begins by looking at President Barack Obama’s decision to divulge news about “something very disturbing about Iran.”  [...]

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Texas Congressman Shares Sarah Palin’s Concerns

October 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Sarah Palin highlighted the needs of special needs children during a major public policy speech in Pittsburgh this morning.  Notable during the speech was the fact that she appeared genuinely human and “of the people” as she took to the podium. Probably the most important thing she said during the speech was something that applies [...]

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Twelve ‘Dinosaurs’ Endorse Barack Obama

October 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Editor & Publisher, self-described as “America’s oldest journal covering the newspaper industry,” ran a piece today which highlighted news that 12 newspapers had endorsed Barack Obama today.  A look at some of those endorsements helps explain why, perhaps, the newspaper industry (a.k.a., “the dinosaurs”) is facing some of its worst times ever. I didn’t have [...]

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Joe ‘Gaffe-Machine’ Biden Earns Headlines

September 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Vice presidential nominee Joe “Gaffe-Machine” Biden had “bad days” in the headlines this week and stands at risk of being thrown under the bus by the man atop the Democratic Party ticket, Barack Obama.  A sampling of headlines from the nation’s newspapers appears below: New York Post: Joe Gets Taken To The Woodshed” (Geoff Earle, [...]

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Sooners Beat Tigers, Win Record Fifth Big 12 Title

December 1st, 2007 · No Comments

BOOMER SOONER! The #9 Oklahoma Sooners defeated the top-ranked Missouri Tigers 38-17 to win a record fifth Big 12 Conference title at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The game was tied 14-14 at halftime after the Tigers drove the length of the field and, with only 14 seconds on the clock, scored on a short [...]

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