Brad Gregg House Speaker Kris Steele said April 19 that the body would not hear Senate Bill 1433, which would proclaim that embryos have all the same rights as folks not encased in a womb. The bill is dead now that the House Republican Caucus voted to pull out the legislative equivalent of a vacuum […]
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CFN tweet of the week
Brad Gregg —actor Rob Lowe, following the Los Angeles Lakers’ Metta World Peace (the asshole formerly known as Ron Artest) on April 22 smashing an elbow to the head of Thunder player James Harden
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CFN tweet of the week
Brad Gregg —actor Rob Lowe, following the Los Angeles Lakers’ Metta World Peace (the asshole formerly known as Ron Artest) on April 22 smashing an elbow to the head of Thunder player James Harden
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Biting the hand that feeds you
Brad Gregg The Dacoma Republican might have hypoglycemia-induced irritability, at least judging by his recent attempt to evict food-service tenants in the Capitol snack bars, which are among the state and county retail facilities reserved for blind operators. Hickman complained of sub-par service to The Oklahoman and decided to legislate a solution by opening the […]
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Redneck rhapsody
Brad Gregg At a National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis, the “Cat Scratch Fever” crooner railed that if Obama were re-elected in November, Nugent would “either be dead or in jail by this time next year.” The comments came during an interview with NRA news host Cam Edwards, a former reporter and talk-show host […]
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You can’t spell McClendon without ‘lend’
Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon has had a few of those in recent months.On April 18, Reuters reported that over the course of three years, McClendon had taken out around $1.1 billion in personal loans from companies he controlled. Those loans were used to secure a CEO perk in which he must pay for 2.5 […]
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Skip the facts
Brad Gregg Well, it could be heard all over the blogosphere last week when self-billed “obscure local social blog” The Lost Ogle uncovered evidence that ESPN commentator and OKC native Skip Bayless had, at best, exaggerated certain facts about his high school basketball career. At worst, said comments could be described as, um, untruths from […]
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Frack, yeah!
Otherwise known as fracking, the method of natural-gas extraction is hailed by the energy industry (and those the industry has helped elevate to regulatory government positions) while simultaneously drawing fire from critics in the media, Hollywood and environmental groups. Thus far this year, the Environmental Protection Agency pushed back hard on criticism of its report […]
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Slurred speech
Brad Gregg With confounding frankness, the veteran journalist neglected to censor herself as she read from a suspect’s Facebook page and delivered a double whammy in the form of the f-bomb and n-word. Back at the studio, CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield said, “We apologize to our viewers for such profanity being used on our air.” […]
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Swan song
Brad Gregg Perhaps Santorum had a secret weapon that helped get him as far as he did: the First Love Band. Consisting of Tulsa sisters 20-year-old Camille Harris and 18-year-old Haley Harris, the band wrote a song, “Game On,” that not only gave Santorum an endorsement, but a ringing one, at that. When Santorum heard […]