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Kevin McGraw: Owner Looks Back @ News Room – Good, Bad, Ugly
Twelve years is not that long a time when I look back,… Twelve is actually an interesting number for me. I’m one of 12 children, there are 12 apostles and then there are the 12 days of Christmas. But enough … Continue reading
Starbeams: New Zoo Bear, The War on Meth, Interstate Blues, The Pope, Craig Glazer & Sporting Who?
It’s official. The Kansas City Zoo will be getting a 23-year-old polar bear from a zoo in Minnesota. The bear’s name is Berlin. Upon hearing the news the city of Leawood started exploring tax incentives to lure the bear to … Continue reading
Hearne: Ding Dong, Prairie Village’s Father Christmas Takes a Bullet
The handwriting was already on the wall… But as of Thanksgiving night it became offical – Prairie Villager Mike Babbick‘s 40-plus year Christmas tradition was dead-on-arrival. “There is no display on Falmouth this year,” Babick sighs. “I’ve been thinking about … Continue reading
Glazer: Scribe Bunkers with Fam & Handicaps Turkey Day Football Follies
We’ve got a small board today for the NFL and college football… The traditional Dallas and Detroit games in the NFL and an added New York Jets/Pats game tonight. Sweet. I’m gonna give you my picks on all of them … Continue reading
Mancow: Send in the Clowns, Bring on the WWE, Nothing’s Real Anymore
I’m turning “heel” and hating on America… How can you love a country full of dumbbells? Bring back Nikolai Volkoff and the Iron Sheik and I will now cheer for them. ******* Mitt Romney didn’t get one single vote in … Continue reading
Mancow: The Dumbing Down of American Society & Michael Moore
What can we expect from a society that had the greatest form of government in history and squandered it? The freedoms we had – notice I’m talking in past tense – were unparalleled. “Freedom from choice”- Devo. We have voluntarily … Continue reading
Hearne: Jimmy C Springs Back to Life with Bad News About Star
Just as everything green is about to die… New York hanging by a thread, the fate of the presidency suspended precipitously and KC Confidential about to get a serious facelift. Hope is fading and more than five months have passed … Continue reading
Starbeams: The Top Five Changes You’ll Notice with a Japanese-Owned Sprint
The Top Five Changes You’ll Notice with a Japanese Sprint: #5. Before you enter the Sprint store, you will be asked to remove your shoes. #4. Special emergency hotline in case a giant lizard attacks your town. #3. When you … Continue reading
Mancow: The Real Reasons Why Obama Lost the Debate…
Why did Obama LOSE the debate? That “Innocence of muslims” video. Why did Obama LOSE the debate? George W. Bush! Why did Obama LOSE the debate? Global warming! Why did Obama LOSE the debate? A vast RIGHT wing conspiracy. Why … Continue reading
Glazer: Scribe Hosts Chris Franjola & Hooks Up With Hottie From Past
Now that the leaves are turning, it’s comedy season again… The fall and winter brings out the bigger names in the biz with less outdoor events to compete against. And this past week, for first time, Chris Franjola stormed the … Continue reading
Mancow: Whatever Happened to the America I Used to Know & Love?
I can’t tell you who is going to win the election… I can’t get a feel for it. There’s just too much propaganda (polls) to be able to really get how the public feels. Using logic, I would normally say … Continue reading
Hearne: The Story Behind the Story on ‘Hot Fuel’ & The Star
Remember the little ditty about not believing everything you read? Check out yesterday’s editorial in the Kansas City Star. The one sticking up for reporter Steve Everly‘s six-year campaign to stamp out hot gas (and maybe win a Pulitzer). “Kansas … Continue reading
Mancow: The China Syndrome & Bombs Away in the Middle East
A car carrying the U.S. ambassador to China was mildly damaged after becoming the target of boisterous anti-Japan demonstrators who were expressing outrage over a territorial dispute and marking the 81st anniversary of Japan’s invasion of China…. The State Department … Continue reading
Starbeams: David Glass to Buy Sprint, Cleaver’s Car Wash, Jerry Mazer, iPhone 5
AEG is putting Kansas City’s Sprint Center up for sale. Unfortunately, the only interested buyer is David Glass. ******* A lawsuit by Bank of America claiming Rep. Emanuel Cleaver‘s car wash company defaulted on a $1.5 million loan will go … Continue reading
Mancow: How to Blow Your Economic Stimulus Check in 5 Easy Steps
Sometime this year, taxpayers are supposed to receive an Economic Stimulus payment… This is indeed a very exciting program, and I’ll explain it by using a Q & A format: Q. What is an Economic Stimulus payment? A. It’s money … Continue reading
Mancow: Democrats Rewrite Reality, Lay Down Distortion Field
Joe Biden was the son of a car salesman… Little known fact that Kurt Russell‘s character in USED CARS, Rudy, was based on Joe Biden’s father. Not really, but the Democrats lie, so I figured I could. Biden said in … Continue reading
Hearne: Ousted KU Athletics Head Lew Perkins’ Quiet Comeback
Long time no Lew Perkins… The fallen former KU athletics director hit the skids and then the road two years back after seven years of shaking down Jayhawk faithful for basketball and football ticket donation dough, a pair of hugely … Continue reading
Hearne: Wall Street Journal Bashes Ex Star Sports Scribe Joe Posnanski
No way this wasn’t going to happen… Sooner or later some of the big boys were bound to take chainsaws to former Kansas City Star sports columnist Joe Posnanski. It was inevitable. People here for the most part, were expecting … Continue reading
Joe Miller: Kansas City Star ‘Journalism’ Flashback
A little more than 10 years ago, when I still bought into the notion of the honorable American newspaper, and there wasn’t yet a lot of talk about its eminent death, I traveled to Omaha for a journalism conference where … Continue reading
Chuck: IOC Bends to Islamic Dress Codes
Shirts or skins? In a fit of increasingly common hubris, Islamic countries participating in the Olympics have pressured the International Olympic Committee into adjusting the criteria for women’s volleyball to allow shorts to the knee and sleeves. The catalyst for … Continue reading