O'Reilly's Mistake, Gretchen Carlson Tries Twerking, Media's Second Chance

August 29, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Bill O'Reilly Makes Major Mistake Bill O'Reilly got a few things wrong about the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington on Wednesday. Some had wondered why no Republicans appeared to be involved in commemorating the historic day. Though three Democratic presidents spoke at the event marking the moment, no Republicans did, and there were no other GOP officials who participated. Answers were quickly given for this state of affairs. Both presidents Bush had bowed out of the event, citing health issues. Speaker of the House John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor were both invited, but declined to attend. (Cantor had a meeting with oil lobbyists instead, and Boehner spoke at a Congressional event.) Jeb Bush and John McCain also declined. Moreover, every member of Congress was invited. O'Reilly must not have seen all of this information, because he got angry that, in his words, "no Republican or conservative" was invited to the event. They were! Continue reading... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Syria Gives Media A Second Chance After Iraq MAKE IT STOP! Robin Roberts' Big Next Step WATCH: Anderson Cooper Tears Down Pat Robertson Conservative Correspondent Slams Obama's 'Flippant, Arrogant, Contemptuous' Syria Stance Bill O'Reilly Makes Major Mistake WATCH: Anderson Cooper Tears Down Pat Robertson WATCH: Anderson Cooper Tears Down Pat Robertson Bill O'Reilly Makes Major Mistake Robin Roberts' Big Next Step WILLIAM K. BLACK Zero Prosecutions of Elite Banksters Is Too Many Prosecutions for the Wall Street Journal Unintentional self-parody was the result to a coordinated effort by the systemically dangerous institutions' (SDIs) press flacks to gin up outrage that the Department of Justice would have the audacity to sue the SDIs' for their manifold violations of the law. Continue reading... EL GUAPO Syrians, Egyptians Begin Twerking to Get Americans' Attention The turmoil that has engulfed Egypt and Syria in recent weeks is similar, experts argue, to the chaos unleashed on viewers during last week's MTV Video Music awards when former child star Miley Cyrus gyrated, off-rhythm on the crotch of who one can only guess was a lost, off-duty NFL referee. Continue reading... AMB. MARC GINSBERG The Morning After a Syrian Strike -- What's Next? Damascus is eerily calm tonight while Damascenes nervously hunker down for what Washington is billing as a short duration Mediterranean-based cruise missile assault on Syrian military installations. The limited objective: "Punish" Syria for deploying chemical weapons "on a large scale" (Obama's words) against innocent men, women and children AND deter Assad from doing it again. Washington has done just about everything but take out ads in Syrian newspapers: The target is not Assad, nor is the attack directed at shifting any balance of power toward the "secular" Syrian opposition. Although the war drums are beating, the exact timing of the attack, should it come, remains a mystery. Continue reading... ERIC ALTERMAN Think Again: The Mainstream Media and the Slowly Boiling Frog Why does our political system appear incapable not only of taking any significant action to meet this threat, but also appears to be in denial about the facts of the threat itself? There are many possible reasons, but I would posit the following as three of the most important. Continue reading... KRISTEN LAMB Six Easy Tips for Self-Editing Your Fiction There are a lot of hurdles to writing great fiction, which is why it's always important to keep reading and writing. If you can get rid of these common offenders on your own, then good editors can focus on the deeper aspects of your fiction. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003