A 51-year-old man shot a red-bellied woodpecker that was eating plums from trees that his mother had given him. The man was sorry, he said, but he was very attached to those plums. After setting out to collect 67 million walleye eggs this spring, the state of South Dakota announced it was only able to collect 60 million walleye eggs, leaving South Dakota 7 million walleye eggs short of its “walleye egg-collection goal.” Scientists […]
Students and teachers link arms around Chicago City Hall. (Credit: Sarah-Ji ) E-mail questions, tips or proposals to [email protected] . For earlier dispatches, check out posts from January 18 , February 1 , February 15 , March 1 , March 15 , April 2 , April 15 , April 26 and May 10 . 1. Chicago Students Stage Citywide Boycott to Protest School Closings On Monday, May 20, the Chicago Students Organizing to Save […]
Arguing that Michigan women should be forced to buy separate insurance coverage for abortion services, even in the cases of rape or incest, a prominent anti-choice leader in the state claimed that paying extra money to terminate a pregnancy resulting from rape is the same thing as paying extra money for car insurance . Right to Life of Michigan is currently pushing to prohibit the state’s insurance providers from covering elective abortion services, which would force women to pay additional money to purchase a separate insurance rider to terminate a pregnancy. If the group collects enough signatures, the issue will appear on the 2014 state ballot. This week, when reporters asked Right to Life president Barbara Listing why the proposed insurance ban doesn’t include an exception for rape or incest, she compared those sexual crimes to car accidents and floods. […]
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) remembered the one Latino in his administration on Thursday, one day after ThinkProgress highlighted an exchange in which he said “we do not have any staff members ” who are Latino. The remarks, filmed last week during a roundtable discussion hosted by ALDÍA NewsMedia , also captured Corbett joking that Latino people don’t live in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. On Thursday, Corbett’s staff identified Maria Montero, the Director of the Governor’s […]
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Laurie Kilmartin talks comedy. Meteorologist Mark Thompson talks tornadoes. Plus Paul Dooley, Janie Haddad Tompkins, Jeremy S. Kramer and Hal Lublin. Portions of today’s show are written by Hal Lublin, Will Dixon and David Feldman. Plus new music from Will Ryan And The Cactus County Cowboys. Laurie Kilmartin is an American comedienne and writer best known for being a finalist on Last Comic Standing season 8, and is currently a staff writer for the Conan O’Brien show. Kilmartin performed stand-up on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Showtime, the USO Tour Cuba, performing for troops in Iraq, Shorties Watchin’ Shorties, Verdict with Dan Abrams, Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, and The World Stands Up. She has been featured at comedy festivals in Aspen, Edinburgh, and Montreal.
Laurie Kilmartin also appeared on VH1 Best Week Ever, the Today Show, White Boyz in Da Hood, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The Rachel Maddow Show, Fox & Friends and The Oprah Winfrey Show. She has writing credits on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn on which she was also a frequent panelist. She grew up in Northern California and went to UCLA where she was a competitive swimmer.
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Apple’s tax dodge, Plan B, the NRA, Profiles in cowardice plus David’s son wants to visit Cuba so David threatens to turn him into Homeland Security. Comedy Writers Laura House and Guy Nicolucci along with Will Ryan discuss Feldman’s parenting problems. Plus Michael Snyder talks movies. By popular demand we replay our Great Gatsby sketch featuring Paul Dooley, Jeremy S. Kramer, Janie Haddad Tompkins and Hal Lublin. Portions of today’s show were written by Bill Dixon, David Weiss, Hal Lublin and David Feldman.
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