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Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 03:50 PM

Murdoch journalist says phone hacking of private phones "a perfectly acceptable tool."

If you want to know how low journalism sank at the British tabloids owned by Rupert Murdoch just read the following evidence given today by John McMullen, one of Murdoch's top tabloid reporters at the News of the World.

The key sentence he uses is " I think phone hacking is a perfectly acceptable tool."

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 07:28 AM

Newt Gingrich is simply unelectable as president -- But do the Republican right care?

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Friday, November 18, 2011 at 06:05 PM

Anti-Catholic insults rife in 'A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas'----lesbian nuns, topless angels, playboy Jesus all add insult to injury

I'm not one to scream anti-Catholic too often but the new movie "A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas" screams insult at every turn.

It is unfortunately on your screens now.

Worse, the main actor Kal Penn, who plays a stoner, is a former senior official in the Obama administration -- I kid you not. Penn was associate director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.

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Friday, November 18, 2011 at 02:42 PM

Regis Philbin is a proud son of Ireland, Notre Dame and a Bing Crosby devotee

So farewell to Regis Philbin from morning television but here's hoping he sticks around for a very long time.

I met Regis Philbin on several occasions. The last was at a Notre Dame game last year where he was chatting with Commissioner Ray Kelly in the press area.

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Friday, November 11, 2011 at 02:34 AM

Watch for the Newt Gingrich surge after Perry brain freeze and Cain mutiny

Poor Rick Perry.

When you are thrust in the national spotlight you better know your stuff.

Perry had already raised questions about his competency when he endured a lengthy brain fart at a Michigan debate and could not remember which department he was supposed to cut.

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Saturday, November 05, 2011 at 08:47 AM

Nov 5th is Guy Fawkes day, killed trying to restore a Catholic to British throne

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Wednesday, November 02, 2011 at 12:13 AM

'Glee' show with leprechaun Damian McGinty a disgrace - Creator Ryan Murphy owes fellow Irish an apology

I've had it with 'Glee' and the leprechaun.

The Fox TV top rated series 'jumped the shark' last night when Heather, the cheerleader, really thought that new Irish exchange student Damian McGinty was a leprechaun.