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Gaslighting Another Black Community For Fun & Profit

Scratch beneath any story in Coconut Grove and you’ll discover the issue of race lurking. We’ll get to that eventually, but this true fable — with a twist on the race issue — starts with the approval of a Wawa gas station in the City of Coral Gables. So what? Cities approve gas stations all the time. However, this approval didn’t have any public consultation with the community, nor public hearings, both of which would normally have taken place. And, that’s ...

Another Magical Tee Vee Moment ► Chuck Jones

Dateline September 21, 1912 – Cartoonist extraordinaire Chuck Jones is born in Spokane, Washington. According to Jones, he credits his father, a failed businessman, with his love of drawing. Says ...

Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used To Be ► James A. Westerfield

San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Los Angeles, California Dateline September 20, 1971 – Namesake James Westerfield died from a heart attack at the age of 58. Born in 1913, James A. Westerfield ...

The Fox “News” Spin Cycle ► Episode Seventeen

Bizarro is owned by DC Comics One of the things I learned from my decade working in a tee vee newsroom is something that EVERYONE should understand: It’s not just about what ...

You Made Me So Very Happy ► My Days With David Clayton-Thomas

David Clayton-Thomas by Carl Lender Dateline September 13, 1941 – A baby is born in war time England, Thames, Surrey, UK, and named David Henry Thomsett. He would later grow up ...

The Fox “News” Spin Cycle ► Episode Sixteen

Bizarro is owned by DC Comics With the start of a new week, it’s time to wrap up last week’s Fox “News” Spin Cycle. With the conventions over, and the lull of ...

Happy Birthday ► Two Out Of Three Goons

L to R: Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe, cup & saucer, Peter Sellers September 8th was the birthday to both Harry Secombe, born in 1921, and Peter Sellers, born in 1925. Along ...

The Fox “News” Spin Cycle ► Episode Fifteen

Bizarro is owned by DC Comics Thank goodness the political conventions are over. Due to its desire to either WHITEwash on behalf of Mendacious Mitt and Lyin’ Ryan or to trash President ...

Another Magical Tee Vee Moment ► Philo T. Farnsworth

Dateline September 7, 1927 – On this day Philo Taylor Farnsworth demonstrated his radical new invention: electronic television. Prior to this all televisions (which were still in the experimental stage) ...

The Fox “News” Spin Cycle ► Episode Fourteen

Bizarro is owned by DC Comics Here’s what was learned in this edition of the Fox “News” Spin Cycle: Bully Boy Bolling proved, once again, beyond a shadow of a doubt, ...

Another Magical Tee Vee Moment ► President Clinton Addresses the DNC

Last night William Jefferson Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, officially nominated President Barack Obama for reelection at the Democratic National Convention. It was a barn-burner of a ...

The Fox “News” Spin Cycle ► Episode Lucky Thirteen

Bizarro is owned by DC Comics Here we go again. This edition of the Fox “News” Spin Cycle begins early Tuesday morning and ends after First Lady Michelle Obama delivered her ...

The Fox “News” Spin Cycle ► Episode One Dozen

Bizarro is owned by DC Comics While this isn’t a scientific survey (because I am not at my computer all day), once the Fox “News” Spin Cycle stopped WHITEwashing on behalf ...

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