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A Reader Writes: My Boycott of NBC in support of McCain/Palin 08

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

An email just hit my inbox.
Fellow Republicans,
"I am mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore!"  I am boycotting NBC over their biased reporting of the campaign and the SNL skit on Saturday night.  I am also boycotting their sponsors…
It might not seem like much, but I am also giving up [...]

In Memoriam: Bernie Mac

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

CNN.
Bernie Mac, the actor and comedian who teamed up in the casino heist caper “Ocean’s Eleven” and gained a prestigious Peabody Award for his sitcom “The Bernie Mac Show,” died Saturday at age 50.

I was, at first, leery of Bernie’s comedy. But after watching his shows and seeing his stand-up routines on Comedy Central I [...]

In Memoriam: Estelle Getty

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

CNN.
Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV’s “The Golden Girls,” has died. She was 84.

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Senatorial Forum to be Broadcast at 2pm Today on UNC-TV

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

If you missed (as did I) yesterday’s NC Senatorial forum at Atlantic Beach, UNC-TV will be replaying the forum at 2pm this afternoon.

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In Memoriam: Tim Russert

Friday, June 13th, 2008

CNN calls it in the banner. No article yet.
UPDATE: CNN’s article is here.

In Memoriam: Roy Scheider

Monday, February 11th, 2008

ABCNews.
Scheider died Sunday at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock, hospital spokesman David Robinson said. He was 75.

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