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Santa wows young and old at parade
Premature arrival aside — and yes, the lack of snow and above-normal temperatures play tricks with the mind sometimes — the one they call Santa Claus made his way though Winnipeg Saturday night.
And even though the big guy in the red suit arrived 39 days ahead of plan — well before his regularly scheduled time to shine — the early returns from an adoring fan base offered little complaint. Santa Claus is Justin Bieber or Justin Timberlake backed up by the Beatles. Or to put it another way, the jolly old fellow is a rock star, as his presence above a standing-room-only crowd proved once again.
Why are you here, Anna Robinson?
"To see Santa Claus," the five-year-old beamed prior to the 104th annual Santa Claus Parade through downtown Winnipeg early Saturday evening. "I want to see Santa."
Rookies take note for next year: Most hoping to catch a glimpse of St. Nick Saturday had obviously done this before. Two hours before the scheduled start people were already setting up lawn chairs and blankets curb-side. "You have to get here early to get a good spot," offered Shirley Janzen, who was joined by her four-year-old son Sam.
So what do you want for Christmas, Sam?
"A Christmas tree," he shouted.
Well, aren't you just adorable?
The warm-up acts — not that the tens of thousands lining Portage Avenue to take in the event needed to be heated up thanks to another November day of above zero temperatures — came and went, with more finding hits than misses.
The radio station dance party looked fun. The Art City robots and "van of speakers" certainly found an audience. The Winnipeg Jets exhibit, complete with organ music and a standard "Go Jets Go" chant preached to the choir, which stood a dozen people deep on the sidewalks.
Even before the almost-100 floats floated along Portage Ave., organizers put a different twist on things. Fourteen little block parties, making up most of the 16-block parade route, started an hour before Santa even climbed into his sleigh. Part of the idea was not only to make the experience for children longer, but to encourage people to find a safe vantage point well in advance of the holiday-season procession.
If those side-stage events didn't work to get people downtown, the free sugar cookies and hot chocolate before the parade did.
And before you knew it, once the supporting cast passed through, it was time for the headliner.
After Mrs. Claus stole the spotlight (surprising more than a few children along the way), Santa arrived on the scene in his traditional mode of transport. He's put a few miles on his old sleigh and its road-worthiness had been put in question in the months leading up to the event, but some quick work by elves, er... students, at Winnipeg Technical College, made it street legal once again.
"There he is," exclaimed a young girl, her face pressed up against the glass inside the MTS Centre atrium. "I see him."
It was a rare and familiar sighting, all in one shot.
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The cottage makes a great base for family holidays, with the Forest trails just over the garden wall and local beaches just 10 minutes drive away, plus some (email: hidden)ractions such as the CocoaBean Chocolate Factory, Cream o'Galloway Ice Cream Factory, Mabie Farm Park and Loch Ken watersports centre, al within easy reach by car.
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19. The Three Musketeers (1993)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The three best of the disbanded Musketeers - Athos, Porthos, and Aramis - join a young hotheaded would-be-Musketeer, D'Artagnan, to stop the Cardinal Richelieu's evil plot: to form an ... See full summary »
Writers: Alexandre Dumas père, David Loughery | Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt
20. Cold Mountain (2003)
R | 154 min | Drama, History, Romance
In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.
Writers: Charles Frazier, Anthony Minghella | Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins
21. Bolt (2008)
PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The canine star of a fictional sci-fi/action show that believes his powers are real embarks on a cross country trek to save his co-star from a threat he believes is just as real.
Writers: Dan Fogelman, Chris Williams, Byron Howard, Jared Stern | Directors: Byron Howard, Chris Williams | Stars: John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman, Mark Walton
22. Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A writer impulsively buys a villa in Tuscany in order to change her life.
Writers: Frances Mayes, Audrey Wells | Director: Audrey Wells | Stars: Diane Lane, Raoul Bova, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan
23. The Producers (2005)
PG-13 | 134 min | Comedy, Musical
After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.
Writers: Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan | Director: Susan Stroman | Stars: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell
24. The Lake House (2006)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
Writers: David Auburn, Eun-Jeong Kim, Ji-na Yeo | Director: Alejandro Agresti | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer, Ebon Moss-Bachrach
25. The Good Shepherd (2006)
R | 167 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.
Writer: Eric Roth | Director: Robert De Niro | Stars: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin
26. On the Waterfront (1954)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama
An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.
Writers: Budd Schulberg, Malcolm Johnson | Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger
27. Just Married (2003)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
A young newlywed couple honeymoon in Europe, where obstacles challenge their ability to sustain the marriage.
Writer: Sam Harper | Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy, Christian Kane, David Moscow
28. The Producers (1967)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Musical
Producers Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom make money by producing a sure-fire flop.
Writer: Mel Brooks | Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars
29. The Kite Runner (2007)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama
After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
Writers: David Benioff, Khaled Hosseini | Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Khalid Abdalla, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Atossa Leoni, Shaun Toub
30. The Nanny Diaries (2007)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
Writers: Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus, Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Donna Murphy
31. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
PG | 120 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
One year after Kevin was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself in New York City, and the same criminals are not far behind.
Writer: John Hughes | Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara
32. Final Destination 3 (2006)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
In this third installment of the Final Destination series, a student's premonition of a deadly rollercoaster ride saves her life and a lucky few, but not from death itself which seeks out those who escaped their fate.
Writers: Glen Morgan, James Wong, Jeffrey Reddick | Director: James Wong | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Kris Lemche, Alexz Johnson
33. The Core (2003)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again.
Writers: Cooper Layne, John Rogers | Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Bruce Greenwood
34. The Secret Garden (1993)
G | 101 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A young British girl born and raised in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's estate. Her uncle is very distant due to the ... See full summary »
Writers: Frances Hodgson Burnett, Caroline Thompson | Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Kate Maberly, Maggie Smith, Heydon Prowse, Andrew Knott
35. Doubt (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Mystery
A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.
Writer: John Patrick Shanley | Director: John Patrick Shanley | Stars: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis
36. Final Destination 2 (2003)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.
Writers: J. Mackye Gruber, Eric Bress, Jeffrey Reddick | Director: David R. Ellis | Stars: A.J. Cook, Ali Larter, Tony Todd, Michael Landes
37. Amour (2012)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Romance
Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Writer: Michael Haneke | Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud
38. The Wicker Man (2006)
PG-13 | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
Writers: Neil LaBute, Anthony Shaffer | Director: Neil LaBute | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Leelee Sobieski, Kate Beahan
39. The Great Race (1965)
Approved | 160 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Comedy about an early 20th century car race across three continents.
Writers: Arthur A. Ross, Blake Edwards | Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk
40. The Legend of Zorro (2005)
PG | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Western
Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Alejandro de la Vega (Banderas) -- and his wife, Elena (Zeta-Jones) -- to take action.
Writers: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Johnston McCulley | Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell, Alberto Reyes
41. Mindhunters (2004)
R | 106 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst.
Writers: Wayne Kramer, Kevin Brodbin | Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Val Kilmer, LL Cool J, Christian Slater, Eion Bailey
42. Touch of Evil (1958)
PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
Writers: Orson Welles, Whit Masterson | Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia
43. The Remains of the Day (1993)
PG | 134 min | Drama, Romance
A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years post World War I realizes too late how misguided his loyalty has been.
Writers: Kazuo Ishiguro, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Director: James Ivory | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, John Haycraft, Christopher Reeve
44. An American Tail (1986)
G | 80 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.
Writers: Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, David Kirschner | Director: Don Bluth | Stars: Dom DeLuise, Christopher Plummer, Erica Yohn, Nehemiah Persoff
45. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama
A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the US Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.
Writers: Sidney Buchman, Lewis R. Foster | Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold
46. Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
R | 139 min | Drama, Romance
Florentino, rejected by the beautiful Fermina at a young age, devotes much of his adult life to carnal affairs as a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart.
Writers: Ronald Harwood, Gabriel García Márquez | Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt, Gina Bernard Forbes
47. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An African American mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Writer: Jim Jarmusch | Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman
48. Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Approved | 112 min | Comedy, Musical
A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.
Writers: Michael Stewart, Irving Brecher | Director: George Sidney | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret, Janet Leigh, Maureen Stapleton
49. *batteries not included (1987)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Apartment block tenants seek the aid of alien mechanical life-forms to save their building from demolition.
Writers: Mick Garris, Brad Bird, Matthew Robbins, Brent Maddock, S.S. Wilson | Director: Matthew Robbins | Stars: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Peña
50. The Wild (2006)
G | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.
Writers: Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Mark Gibson, Philip Halprin, Bill Wolkoff, David Collard, Matt Lopez, Lloyd Taylor, Steve 'Spaz' Williams | Director: Steve 'Spaz' Williams | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, James Belushi, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo


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On Thursday, the hosts of CBS This Morning interrogated former NBC and CNN journalist Campbell Brown and prominent liberal attorney David Boies over their effort to reform the public education system by eliminating a union sacred cow, teacher tenure. Co-host Norah O'Donnell began the segment by proclaiming: "This could be a watershed moment for America's public schools or a misguided effort to punish teachers for problems far beyond the classroom." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Brown explained that tenure "makes it almost impossible to remove a grossly ineffective or incompetent teacher or in some cases even an abusive teacher." In response, O'Donnell toed the union line: "But you both should answer this, what your critics charged. You've focused a lot of time and money and one of the best lawyers in the country on an issue like tenure, when many people say that budget cuts to schools and inadequate funding is really the reason why there's inequality."
Kyle Drennen is a Media Research Center news analyst and serves as a contributing writer to NewsBusters. He joined the MRC in 2007 after graduating from Providence College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science.
On Thursday, the hosts of CBS This Morning interrogated former NBC and CNN journalist Campbell Brown and prominent liberal attorney David Boies over their effort to reform the public education system by eliminating a union sacred cow, teacher tenure. Co-host Norah O'Donnell began the segment by proclaiming: "This could be a watershed moment for America's public schools or a misguided effort to punish teachers for problems far beyond the classroom." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
As NewsBusters reported on Tuesday, CNBC's chief Washington correspondent John Harwood observed on Squawk Box that the world "blowing up" on President Obama's watch would be a "big problem" for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016. Appearing on the show again on Wednesday, Harwood divulged that the Clinton team contacted him about how much attention his comments had generated among "conservative groups." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Host Joe Kernen began the Wednesday segment by declaring: "Harwood, did you see all the press he got yesterday from his appearance on our show yesterday?...He was everywhere. John, you're the man...Big press yesterday." Harwood noted: "You know who I heard about it from? I heard about it from the Hillary Clinton team." Kernen replied: "I'm sure you heard about it. In fact, you won't be getting an interview with them anytime soon."
On Wednesday, NBC's Today devoted a nearly four-minute segment to promoting a fawning interview that Wired magazine conducted with NSA leaker Edward Snowden. Despite introducing the story by labeling Snowden as "the man U.S. officials have called a traitor and a coward," co-host Willie Geist went on to proclaim: "Out from the shadows...in front of the flashbulbs. Appearing at times exhausted, at times defiant..." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
With a musical score playing throughout the segment that made it sound like an action movie, a sound bite ran of Snowden declaring: "My name is Ed Snowden. I used to work for the government and now I work for the public." Wired editor-in-chief Scott Dadich explained the magazine's cover photo showing Snowden draped in an American flag: "He came in actually quite nervous to the shoot. And he said, 'I love my country, I feel like a patriot.' And it was at that moment that we knew that we had the cover."
Appearing on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning, the business network's chief Washington correspondent John Harwood acknowledged that President Obama's failed foreign policy would be an obstacle to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential ambitions: "...her independent credential running for president is that she was President Obama's secretary of state. The world is now blowing up. So that is a big problem for her. And so she's going to be looking for ways to separate herself from the current foreign policy mess." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Harwood's comments were prompted by host Joe Kernen asking about a quote in The Daily Beast in which Obama reportedly dismissed Clinton's recent criticism of his handling of the Middle East as "horsesh**t." In response, Harwood observed: "It wouldn't surprised me if he said that....I'm sure that that's how he feels about the criticism, he's made that pretty clear."
Eager to defend President Obama from criticism of his vacation in Martha's Vineyard amid multiple international crises, both Sunday's ABC Good Morning America and Monday's NBC Today used false spin to downplay the bad optics. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
On GMA, co-host Dan Harris tried to deflect from Obama's time on the golf course by claiming that "George W. Bush played his fair share of golf during the Iraq war as well," an assertion that NewsBusters' Mark Finkelstein promptly disproved.
Of the three network morning shows on Friday, only NBC's Today made any mention of President Obama being criticized over his slow response to the terrorist group ISIS taking over Iraq. Co-host Savannah Guthrie raised the issue to chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd: "Listen to the President last night, his reluctance to get into Iraq is palpable. But on the other hand, he's facing criticism, I think you're reporting from all quarters, that maybe he waited too long to do anything and now we see ISIS in an even more dangerous position." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Todd replied: "For months, some could argue for more than a year, there has been pressure on him from the intelligence community, from military commanders, to say, 'You have to do something about ISIS, they're marching'....he's been dragged into this. He doesn't want to do it."
On Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie noted a restaurant in Minnesota that found "a unique way to offset the added expense" of the state hiking its minimum wage: "The Oasis Café is now including a 'minimum wage fee' on bills. You see it right there on the bill. Totals 35 cents....the cafe's owners say this wage hike is going to cost them $10,000 a year, this is their way of protesting it..." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Guthrie touted: "Now complaints are piling up on the cafe's Facebook page. One man says, 'Look, if you can't afford to pay your employees, then you shouldn't be in business.'" Fill-in co-host Carson Daly chimed in: "I'd rather not know. Hike a cost here or there, get your 35 cents and don't tell me."
In a surprisingly favorable gun rights story on Thursday's NBC Today, correspondent and weekend Today host Erica Hill profiled Dartmouth college student Taylor Woolrich "in Washington D.C. speaking to a group that advocates for legal concealed guns on campus and about her desire to carry one." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Hill began the segment by declaring: "If you mention guns on campus, you're sure to get some attention. This request, though, is not about politics. For Taylor Woolrich, she says, it is a matter of personal safety."
In a report for Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel declared that "Gazans tried to put their lives back together" during a cease-fire with Israel and said of the Palestinian terrorist group that spurred the conflict: "Hamas, after a month of punishment, realized it was nearly without friends in the region. Especially Egypt, its Arab neighbor and former ally." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Engel explained: "This is Gaza's crossing into Egypt. Throughout this war, Hamas's main demand has been to open it, but it's still closed. Hamas has enemies in Israel and in the military-led government in Egypt." Strange that NBC never reported on the isolation of Hamas until after the violence subsided.
After NBC Nightly News completely ignored the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll on Tuesday, political director Chuck Todd appeared on Wednesday's Today to promote the survey but skipped the finding that President Obama's job approval rating sank to 40%, with 54% disapproval. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Todd framed the poll results as evidence of an "exasperated public" being "fed up with Washington," rather than with Obama. The only mention of Obama during the segment came when Todd briefly noted that many Republicans would be willing to hold up a protest sign for a day that read: "Impeach Obama."
On Monday night, only the CBS Evening News covered what anchor Scott Pelley described as an "emerging genocide" in Iraq. In a 48-second news brief, Pelley reported: "The Islamic army known as ISIS has seized vast territory in Syria and Iraq....Now, have a look at what they're doing to the minority Shiite Muslims....In this video, Shiite men are herded together and executed in mass graves. Here, Shiite men are shot in the head one by one and dumped into a river." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Edited footage of men being executed ran on screen, in addition to clips of ISIS blowing up Shiite mosques. Pelley wrapped up the brief segment by noting: "The slaughter is spreading. The Iraqi government is battling ISIS with limited success." No mention was made of the Obama administration's handling of the growing crisis.
On Tuesday's Today, Savannah Guthrie had an exclusive interview with Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice, but rather than grill the controversial administration official on a variety of international crises, the NBC host merely tossed softballs. Meanwhile, about thirty minutes later, Guthrie interrogated former Ohio State University marching band director Jonathan Waters on being fired over the group's hazing practices.
Guthrie began her exchange with Rice by not even asking a question, just making a statement that "U.S. officials seem very, very confident" that the West African ebola outbreak could be contained. In her first real question to Rice, Guthrie simply wondered if the Israel-Hamas cease-fire in Gaza "will hold?" Finally, Guthrie worried that the ebola outbreak would overshadow a White House PR event with African leaders. That was the extent of interview.
All three network morning shows on Monday eagerly touted the Obama administration denouncing Israel after an attack on Hamas targets in Gaza led to civilian deaths. On NBC's Today, correspondent Richard Engel proclaimed: "After another attack on Palestinians taking shelter at a U.N.-run school on Sunday, Washington issued its strongest condemnation yet of its ally. The U.S. State Department said it was 'appalled by the disgraceful shelling.'" [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Engel continued: "U.N. officials were shocked Israel chose to attack where it knew so many civilians would be in danger....The U.N. secretary general called the Israeli strike 'a moral outrage and a criminal act.'"
On Monday's Good Morning America, hosts Dan Harris and Amy Robach seized on Pope Francis advising against proselytization in a Sunday interview with Argentinian magazine Viva. Harris observed: "...he talks a lot about respecting other people's believes and not proselytizing." Robach gushed: "That's fantastic....there's a reason why he's the people's pope." George Stephanopoulos chimed in: "A lot of wisdom." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
The morning show anchors skipped the Pope's full quote, in which he commented on the best method by which to draw people to the Church but didn't abandon the effort to gain converts: "We can inspire others through witness so that one grows together in communicating. But the worst thing of all is religious proselytism, which paralyzes. 'I am talking with you in order to persuade you.' No. The Church grows by attraction, not proselytizing."
Appearing on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports on Friday, NBC chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd made a celebratory declaration: "Look, Democrats, for the first time probably in 18 months, you see them walking with confidence. This White House seems confident again....the Republicans in a 48-hour period gave Democrats something to run on. And you see a pep in the Democratic Party step that we haven't seen since the 2012 election." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
So what was the GOP contribution to the supposed comeback? Todd referred to House Republicans suing the President over abuses of power and not yet passing legislation to address the illegal immigration crisis.
Talking to Megyn Kelly on Thursday's NBC Late Night, host Seth Meyers touted how the Fox News anchor had recently "sort of grilled" former Vice President Dick Cheney and "called him to task for...the things he was wrong about with Iraq." Meyers worried: "...was that terrifying? Is it terrifying to call out Dick Cheney?" [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Kelly dismissed the notion: "Not at all, no....You know, that is what I do for a living." She went on to recall: "...[Dick Cheney], Liz Cheney, and Lynne Cheney went on a Politico round table afterwards and Mike Allen said, 'Oh, you know, Megyn Kelly of Fox News, no enemy to you, called you out in this fashion.' And Mrs. Cheney said, 'Of course she did.' She said that is what journalists are expected to do."
Appearing on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday, former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney asserted that he had been a completely objective reporter for Time magazine before becoming a spin doctor for the Obama administration: "Right after the election in 2008, I was the Washington bureau chief for Time. And I was an old-fashioned journalist, not an advocate, didn't take sides in my job. But I was extremely excited personally about the Obama-Biden victory." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
In 1993, the "old-fashioned" Carney described then-First Lady Hillary Clinton as a "polite but passionate American citizen – strangely mesmerizing because of how she matched the poise and politics of her delivery with the power of her position." In contrast, during the 2000 presidential campaign, he slammed George W. Bush as a "pit bull let loose in a slaughterhouse."
In an interview with Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie noted how "anti-Israel protests around the world" "have taken a disturbing turn and become anti-Semitic in nature," but proceeded to blame Israel for the prejudice: "Do you ask yourselves, 'Okay, we may be winning militarily but are we losing the larger battle, the PR war?' And perhaps, as one headline put it yesterday, minting the next generation of terrorists?" [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
The headline Guthrie cited was from the liberal Daily Beast website, which on Wednesday published an article by Jesse Rosenfeld, who ranted: "It is not Hamas propaganda, the school curriculum or even their parents that make these children see a future where continued resistance is the only option for survival. That was an education taught by the Israeli bombs that flattened their homes and by the bread lines across the street from the school."
In an interview with Hillary Clinton aired Tuesday on his Fusion show America, anchor Jorge Ramos repeatedly pressed the potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate from the left on the ongoing illegal immigration crisis, demanding: "Do you think you have a Latino problem?...I'm saying it because recently you said about the Central American children coming to the United States that we have to send them back." [Watch the video after the jump]
After Clinton argued for only allowing children seeking legitimate asylum to stay, Ramos cited one of her possible 2016 rivals: "But if you deport them, Governor of Maryland Martin O'Malley said that if you send them back, you would send them back to certain death. Do you agree that if we deport some of these children that they're – it's a death sentence for them?"
Not wanting to let a good crisis go to waste, Tuesday's NBC Nightly News exploited California wildfires to push climate change. Correspondent Miguel Almaguer declared: "The fire season not just expensive, but historic. Nationwide so far this year, more than 32,000 wildfires have burned. 1.6 million acres charred, most of them in the west. Feeding the fires, drought crippling 60% of the west....Crews call this the front lines of climate change, a longer more destructive fire season." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Introducing the story, anchor Brian Williams warned: "In the American west tonight, a huge wildfire is burning in Yosemite National Park. One of more than 200 of them firing up in just this last week in California alone as this drought emergency continues to get worse."


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According to a photo of the Xbox 360 box art for Call of Duty: Ghosts it will require a 3GB install on Xbox 360. The shocking part is that it states online multiplayer is 1-12 players, down from Blacklist 2's 1-16.
Xbox One and PS4 versions permit up to 18 players. This'll be quite a knock for current-gen Call of Duty fans, and will force out Ground War mode presumably. PC requires a 40GB install.
This limit to 12 players maximum online will undoubtedly be the same for PS3 as otherwise it would cause a huge storm of 'platform favouritism'. Why has the count lowered?
Infinity Ward pride themselves on achieving 60 frames per second, but with the addition of 'dynamic' level events affecting the maps it seems to have proven too much for Xbox 360 and PS3. Call of Duty is known for smaller-scale and faster-paced maps, unlike Battlefield's more marathon-style tug-of-war - will it make much of a difference?
Call of Duty: Ghosts releases on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 November 5th.
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Multiplying Egg Chairs…
I'm back as promised with:
- an egg chair update (since I just tossed pillows on it but promised to share the rest of the details once we figured out a real seat and all that jazz)
- three new egg chairs that we recently brought home
I guess we should skip right ahead to those huh? Don't worry, our living room doesn't look like an egg chair family reunion. They're of the dollhouse variety (you can read more on Clara's DIY dollhouse here):
When a super sweet reader (thanks Nicole!) told me CB2 had them on clearance for 50 cents each (wahooo!) I couldn't resist. They're actually Christmas ornaments (hence the super sale price so far into the year) and all I needed to do was clip off the string that was meant to hang them from the tree and they became serviceable chairs for a certain small pig family. So that's how three of them somehow ended up in my cart and I just clicked "buy" – and the rest, as they say, is history.
The fun part is that Clara loves putting Olivia and the rest of her family in them since they're a bit more "hold-y" than her other chairs (they don't slip out as much as they do in the smoother and smaller brass chairs that she has in a few other rooms). So that's the dollhouse upgrade that's going on.
But back to the real-person-sized egg chair in the corner of the living room. Remember when we got it from a local thrift store and he looked like this?
And then we painted him and tossed a few already-had-them-around pillows on during the "just for now" phase?
Well, we're finally in the "taa-daa, it's finished" phase thanks to a pretty simple and cheap-o update. Yup, we landed on a permanent seat cushion for the guy. And oh happy day, it doesn't look like a feminine hygiene product anymore.
Although I thought I might end up buying foam and fabric to make a custom seat, we ended up finding a seat cushion on sale for $14 at Pier 1 in a soft blue tone that's pretty much a neutral in our house (it's in nearly every room in some form – like art, pillows, curtains, etc). We weren't sure if it would fit the chair though (it has a pretty unique rounded shape) so we just bought it and hoped for the best. Turns out it totally didn't fit at all:
But then I wondered what would happen if I turned it around so the rounded part that should be the back of the cushion was facing out towards the front. Lo and behold, it sat a lot better and actually looked like it made sense!
So I cut off the ties and the tag which were screaming "this is the back of the cushion" and didn't look back. Oh yes, I'm such a rebel. It actually kind of looked like a custom cushion made just for the chair since it's such an unusual shape and it laid so well on top of the chair. Then it was just back-pillow time and I tossed a few different options on there. Like this blue and white back pillow from HomeGoods a while back:
And this faux fur pillow from Target last year:
And this bunny pillow from HomeGoods a few months back:
I finally landed on this rhino-meets-pig combo (the pig pillow is from a local store called Buford Rd Pharmacy a while back):
So that's the story of our egg chair's quickie new cushion solution with a bonus dollhouse egg chair update tossed in there for good measure. Ten points for anyone eating an egg sandwich while reading this post.
Is anyone else out there buying chair cushions or turning things around to see if they work better backwards than forwards? Any other dollhouse decorating going on?
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Love how you and Clara both have pigs in your chairs!!
Haha – I was just going to comment on the same thing! I actually thought it was a joke in the first picture since you had just shown Clara's pigs in her chairs. Too funny.
for real! that's awesome!
I thought the same thing! :)
Adorable! I still love that pigs live in the dollhouse! :)
Girl you are just too awesome! Great solution and it looks perfect!
LOL about the old cushion looking like a feminine hygiene product. Didn't occur to me before, but yep, that assessment is spot on. (Apologies for the pun there.)
Nice switch up on the pillow – the color is great and it does look like it belongs that way. More importantly, I like how your chair has a little pig in it, just like Clara's! Very fun!
I think you should call it a bacon and egg chair now.
omg! Yay!! You got them!! And you really did shout me out!!! OMG! You guys are the coolest!! LOOOVE THE CHAIRS! And can't believe how similar they are to your very own egg chair!! Waahooo!! :) Looks awesome!
Imagine if someone had a whole blog dedicated to redecorating a doll house. THAT was my first thought when I saw those mini egg chairs. As for your egg chair, props to you for thinking of turning the cushion around. It looks completely custom!
We just had a new couch cover arrive and when we got it in the room and put it on our couch, the light gray turned BLUE. I need a quick fix for that. Stat!
I love that the little chairs in Clara's dollhouse and your big chair both house pigs. Such a subtle, cute tie in!
Need my Burger fix!
What a cute egg, pig story! Love the pillow, I'll have to stop by but never knew they had decor there!
Did anyone else find it odd that there would be egg chairs hanging on a Christmas tree? Great for a dollhouse find, funny hanging on a tree as an ornament!
Your own egg chair looks great with the new cushions…but I keep going back to look at the dollhouse. I want one of my own (I'm 34) to decorate! So fun! So much cheaper than decorating my own house! Those chairs are awesome and so stylish. Am I the only one remembering the Friends episode where Monica brought out her childhood dollhouse and Phoebe made her own with a ghost and a dinosaur? I feel like I would be very much a Monica with my own dollhouse, no dinos allowed. Clara's pigs are great, though :)
What a great find on those CB2 chairs! I *may* be purchasing them right now even though there is currently no dollhouse in our home. I do have dreams of building one for my nieces to love on! Never hurts to be prepared, right?!?
So I have a random question. How is your egg chair different than a small papasan chair? I keep looking at all of the pictures in the different posts and can't see any difference.
Haha! I've been thinking the same thing, but didn't want to ask and come off sounding rude! It's just a mini-papasan chair which makes me wonder why you guys don't make a nice round cushion for it. I'm so clutzy I would be putting my elbows through the holes in the wood all of the time!
Jessica, I couldn't stand it anymore! I had to ask! I swear I have looked at every picture 10 times. LOL. And the whole time I'm thinking "Why doesn't Sherry just buy one of those round papasan cushions?"
The pics of you sitting in it help some. You definitely sit up more in your chair. It looks comfy though, that's for sure!
Although I no longer have my blue apron, I used to work at Pier 1 so I might be able to shed some light on the mini papasan vs. YHL egg chair debate! There are two main differences that I can see:
1. A Pier 1 papasan "bowl" and base are not attached to each other. From the looks of the pictures, the YHL egg chair "bowl" is attached to the base.
2. The YHL egg chair is attached to the small circular end of the base whereas a papasan is meant to sit in the large ciruclar end of the base.
It seems possible that it was a mini papasan that someone MacGyvered into its current egg chair form. A mini papasan cusion might fit (if they even make them anymore) but Sherry, I think your cushion solution looks a whole lot more modern!
Pier 1 used to have a papasan rocker with a bowl that was attached to the base (and rocked!) that was more like a chair to sit in but there wasn't a mini version and the "bowl" was more oval in shape. The original cushion you inherited with your purchase looks like it was meant to fit that type of rocking papasan chair or a rather small double papasan chair, but I digress…
Whenever you want way more information than anyone could possibly ever need about Pier 1 furniture from the late 90s, I'm your gal!
I don't know if you mentioned this before, or someone suggested it and it's not what you're wanting, but you do know they make actual cushions in all colors that fit that sized chair. I worked at Pier 1 Imports back in the day and they sold them all the time. Just an option if you didn't know since it came with the double wide version cushion that didn't go at all :)
Raise your hand if you thought the chairs in the first picture were life sized. Anyone? Anyone? Just me?
Hahah, I totally did, as well. I thought it was a picture out of a magazine used for inspiration, in fact…
Ditto! Thought it was out of Houzz mag or somewhere really swanky:)
Me too! Totally fooled me.
Same here. My first thought was I LOVE THAT ROOM!
I just ate an egg and cheese crossiant like 30 mins before reading this! Whoa…
What is the color of your bricks? Are they blue?
I bought a set of wicker hoop chairs (regular & rocker) a while ago and have been trying to find a cushion that will work on them- Now I'm going to try your "backwards idea"!
I think Clara's chairs need some pillows… maybe you can make some cases for a cotton ball :)
Is it weird that I want to live in Clara's dollhouse?
I'm obsessed with the wallpaper in her living room!
All four look fab! No egg sandwich for me but bizzarely I was eating a long left over creme egg whilst reading! yum…
Your dollhouse furniture is just adorable! Some lucky little girl must be thrilled to peices!
Love the pig pillow- but the rest look great too!
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George Washington as Military Leader
1. Washingtons understanding of military power
The Second Continental Congress named George Washington Commander in Chief of the Continental Army in June 1773. His selection was based largely on his reputation from the French and Indian War twenty years before. Washington was involved in some of the earliest fighting against the French and wrote about his service in a journal that was published in Virginia and London. In 1754, at the age of twenty-two, he wrote to his younger brother after an attack against the French, I heard the bullets whistle and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound. The next year, Washington was with British General Braddock when the army was ambushed and badly defeated on its way to attack Fort Duquesne.
After decades of military service, Washington would become a good field general; however, his understanding of the political and economic issues related to military power was equally important. Washington knew that his armys success in the field was largely dependent on the support of the civilian government. He faced chronic shortages of men, weapons, and other supplies. His troops would go for long periods without pay. He never defied the will of Congress, nor did he ever use his immense popularity to appeal directly to the people. At the same time he faced the challenge of maintaining his troops loyalty not only to him, but also to the civilian authority and the rule of law. In Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington . Richard Brookhiser describes the dilemma Washington faced: The enemy is not the only threat a commander faces, if he fights on behalf of a nation of laws. The army may become a law unto itself, especially if the government is capricious or incompetent (p. 34). During the course of the Revolutionary War, Washington would have to deal with mutinies by his troops, to rebuff the suggestion by one of his officers, Lewis Nicola, that he become king, and to stop his officers at Newburgh who were planning to overthrow or abandon the civilian authorities. Washingtons ability to deal with multiple challenges off the battlefield made the eventual defeat of the British possible.
Washington also had a good understanding of the geographic factors affecting the use of military power. He was careful never to let his troops be bottled up without a way to retreat. He was also aware of his inability to protect specific locations like cities against superior British forces. In fact, even early in the Revolutionary War, Washington thought an effective defensive strategy was to maintain a series of fortifications or posts. He would later decide that a mobile force was less vulnerable and more effective. He also understood the important role of naval power along the Atlantic coast of the thirteen colonies. He was always careful to consider the threat of the British navy and realized the enormous importance of getting the help of the French navy. Several of theses geographic factors would combine in Washingtons decisive victory over Cornwallis at Yorktown.
2. Washingtons use of strategic retreat
Washington knew that for the Revolution to succeed the Americans only had to defend themselves against the British. The British faced the heavier burden of sending troops 3000 miles to quash the rebellion. If the British were unsuccessful and decided to go home, the Americans would have their independence. In order to fight a defensive war, Washington knew that at minimum his army had to survive. As long as he could keep a viable force in the field, there was always the chance that the British would leave or be defeated. So Washington was careful to never allow his army to be trapped where there was no retreat possible and he always recognized when to use strategic retreat in the face of overwhelming odds so his army could survive to fight another day.
Ironically, George Washingtons early military reputation was based on a retreat in the French and Indian War. British troops led by General Edward Braddock marched against Fort Duquesne on July 9, 1755. As the British passed through a clearing in the forest, they were ambushed by Indian allies of the French. Braddock refused Washingtons request to take militia into the woods to engage the Indians. Washington displayed remarkable courage in the fighting. He had two horses shot out from under him, bullets tore his coat, and his hat was shot off. Braddock was wounded and later died. Washington led the remaining British troops in retreat. Americans admired Washingtons courage and gave him credit for his willingness to engage the enemy and for leading the successful retreat. Some Americans believed that divine providence had spared Washington for important future service.
George Washingtons use of strategic retreat in the American Revolutionary War guaranteed the survival of the Continental Army. At the Battle of Long Island in August 1776, the British soundly defeated the Americans and Washingtons troops fled to the safety off a nearby fort. On the foggy night of August 29, Washington led a skillful retreat of thousands of American soldiers by boat from Long Island to Manhattan. A few months later, Washington maintained a fortified position on hills near White Plains, New York. When the British easily captured a nearby hill that was higher, Washington successfully led his troops in retreat to even higher hills near New Castle. In September 1777 at Brandywine Creek near Philadelphia, the British swept around and came up behind the Americans rear defenses. Washington himself led a successful defense of the rear that allowed most of his army to escape.
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