Trek Movie Report (Free subscription) | yesterday
There has been much written connecting President Barack Obama to Star Trek, spurred on by Obama’s own references to the franchise. In a new feature article today, the AP draws a specific comparison between the President and Star Trek’s Mr. Spock. The article also has comments from the original Spock, Leonard Nimoy, and Star Trek [...]
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Have Associated Press's Seth Borenstein and Chris Matthews had a Vulcan mind-meld? Two weeks ago, you may recall, the MSNBC "Hardball" hosts wondered if the president was just "too darned intellectual." Today, AP's Borenstein wondered, "Is Obama another Mr. Spock?": WASHINGTON -- He shows a fascination with science, an all-too deliberate decision-making demeanor, an adherence...
TV Spoilers (Free subscription) | yesterday
DR. WALTER BISHOP’S BRAININESS TAKES ON NEW MEANING AND WILLIAM BELL RETURNS ON AN ALL-NEW “FRINGE” THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, ON FOX A Fringe investigation is triggered when a patient at a mental institution undergoes an impromptu brain surgery that unexpectedly leaves his brain exposed. Despite the unthinkable circumstances, the patient’s condition and sanity miraculously improves...
Living The Grand Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
Althouse sums up the story from Politico: 7 templates. He thinks he’s playing with Monopoly money... Too much Leonard Nimoy... That’s the Chicago Way... He’s a pushover... President Pelosi... He’s in love with the man in the mirror... He sees America as another pleasant country on the U.N. roll call, somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe... I liked this from her comment section:...
"I Saw the Right" (Free subscription) | yesterday
NOW IT'S THE STAR TREK PRESIDENCY From All Propaganda (the AP ): He shows a fascination with science, an all-too deliberate decision-making demeanor, an adherence to logic and some pretty, ahem, prominent ears. They all add up to a quite logical conclusion, at least for "Star Trek" fans: Barack Obama is Washington's Mr. Spock, the chief science officer for the ship of state. "I guess...
Seaspook's Rants (Free subscription) | yesterday
POLITICO : 7 stories Barack Obama doesn't want told 1. He thinks he’s playing with Monopoly money 2. Too much Leonard Nimoy 3. That’s the Chicago Way 4. He’s a pushover 5. He sees America as another pleasant country on the U.N. roll call, somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe 6. President Pelosi 7. He’s in love with the man in the mirror Apparently this story struck a nerve...
Bark Bark Woof Woof (Free subscription) | yesterday
As pundit assessments go, John F. Harris's take-down on President Obama in Politico is somewhat predictable -- he's a pushover, he's not an American exceptionalist, he's arrogant, etc. etc. -- and there are a few nuggets of truth in there. But where he goes off the track is when he gets into psychological analysis and merges with popular culture. Too much Leonard Nimoy People used to make fun of Bill...
Whatever It Is, I’m Against It (Free subscription) | yesterday
Note to Politico’s John F. Harris : There is no such thing as “too much Leonard Nimoy”. Just no... such... thing.
NASA Watch (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Leonard Nimoy to Headline Space Foundation Space Technology Hall of Fame Dinner April 15, Space Foundation "Since 1988, the Space Technology Hall of Fame, in cooperation with NASA, has honored those who transform technology originally developed for space exploration into...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
From Politico's John Harris, here's what they are thinking inside the beltway: A year into his presidency, however, Obama’s gift for controlling his image shows signs of faltering. As Washington returns to work from the Thanksgiving holiday, there are several anti-Obama storylines gaining momentum. ... Here are seven storylines Obama needs to worry about: In order, quoting from Harris: He thinks...
Library Grape (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
We truly are not a serious country : Too much Leonard Nimoy [.....] But his intellectuality has contributed to a growing critique that decisions are detached from rock-bottom principles. Both Maureen Dowd in The New York Times and Joel Achenbach of The Washington Post have likened him to Star Trek’s Mr. Spock. The Spock imagery has been especially strong during the extended review Obama has...
FREEDOM EDEN (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
John F. Harris, Politico , shares the "7 stories Barack Obama doesn't want told." The premise of his article is that Obama's image is taking hits because he's no longer controlling the storytelling. During the 2008 campaign, the Obama camp managed to dupe many Americans into believing its narrative. Of course, some of us never bought into that. The days of viewing Obama as the "mystically...
The Snooper Report (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
John F. Harris / The Politico: 7 stories Obama doesn't want told Presidential politics is about storytelling. Presented with a vivid storyline, voters naturally tend to fit every new event or piece of information into a picture that is already neatly framed in their minds. No one understands this better than Barack Obama and his team, who won the 2008 election in part because they were better storytellers...
Zandar Versus The Stupid (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Steve at NMMNB flags this Politico story of the seven big GOP talking points against Obama. What Steve notes however is what the Politico story is missing : I'm struck by what's not on the list, which includes many of the old favorites: "He thinks he’s playing with Monopoly money"; "Too much Leonard Nimoy"; "That’s the Chicago Way"; "He’s a pushover";...
xtnyoda (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
picture courtesy taco werewolf Politico has given seven very damaging points about the perception in America about the current administration. It seems like Politico is begging the White House to alter the obvious perceptions... in spite of the fact that their seven "stories" are exactly who actually sits in the White House. In other words, if I could speak directly to Politico, I would say,...
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