Written by L. Brent Bozell III
Ricky Gervais, the perpetually snarky British comedian, set social media on fire after he mocked arrogant Hollywood in his opening monologue when hosting the Golden Globes.
“So if you do win an award tonight, don’t use it as a platform to make a political speech, right?” he said. “You’re in no position to lecture the public — about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Emily Ratajkowski, Farsi, Golden Globes, Greta Thunberg, Kathy Griffin, Michael Moore, Michelle Williams, Patricia Arquette, Qassem Soleimani, Ricky Gervais, Rosie O'Donnell
Media Watch | David E. Smith | January 11, 2020 6:53 AM | Comments Off on Hollywood Gets an Education
U.S. adversaries are exploiting the void
left by withdrawn American leadership
Written by Sebastian & Katharine Gorka
When President Barack Obama took office, Osama bin Laden was in hiding, al-Qaida in Iraq was in retreat, and the governments of the Middle East, while not necessarily exemplars of democracy, were at least stable.
Today, seven-and-a-half years later, as we near the end of his presidential term, al-Qaida is resurgent under the leadership of Ayman al Zawahiri, the Taliban rules half of Afghanistan, and al-Qaida in Iraq, after becoming ISIS, has declared a caliphate with more territory than the United Kingdom and with “fully operational” affiliates in 18 nations around the world and dozens more groups sympathetic to its totalitarian religious ideology of global jihad.… Continue Reading
Tags: al-Qaida, Ayman al Zawahiri, Barack Obama, Cold War, ISIS, Islamic State, Kremlin, Michael Moore, NATO, Noam Chomsky, Osama bin Laden, Taliban, Ukraine
Federal Issues, Islam & Sharia | David E. Smith | September 11, 2016 4:00 AM | Comments Off on America in Retreat