Daily Archives: July 7, 2016

NYT: Israelis’ Favorite Thing About Donald Trump? His Style (to Put It Bluntly)

New York Times: JERUSALEM — Donald J. Trump has been called a lot of things by a lot of people around the world. In Israel, where his comments about remaining “neutral” in peace negotiations raised hackles but his condemnation of … Continue reading

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Why the Brits do political satire so well — and Americans can barely do it at all

Michael Hiltzik writes: To serve this end, American producers become obsessed with making their characters lovable. The idea is to give the audiences characters they’re comfortable welcoming into their homes week after week, year after year. So the rough edges … Continue reading

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LAT: Why the second movie is the biggest hurdle to becoming a filmmaker — especially for women and minorities

Elsewhere in the Times: “Outfest Los Angeles embraces the LGBT-friendly mainstream with ‘Ghostbusters’ and more LAT: Politics on parade: How Black Lives Matter halted a gay pride parade in Toronto

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One Solution To The Homeless Problem

Killer Preying on San Diego Homeless Attacks Again: SDPD I suspect Mafia communities do not have big homeless problems. LAT: L.A. will need to create a ‘housing machine’ as part of homeless bond measure, official says

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Obama In Muslim Dress

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