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After much promotional pomp and circumstance‚ the collaborative series featuring Gayle King and Charles Barkley‚ titled with the clever eponym “King Charles”‚ finally launched as a “limited series”. Does the show live up to the hype or is it more of the same performative wokery in a different package for CNN viewers? In a nutshell‚ it’s more of the same.  The show kicks off with a bold promise in its intro: “We won’t waste your time”. Some uncomfortable early banter in-studio is highlighted by Barkley needing to clarify that “King Charles” is not self-puffery but a play on both hosts’ names: Gayle King‚ Charles Barkley. That right there is an indication that the show is doomed to fail because of you’re having to explain the show’s title within the first two minutes‚ you’re definitely losing. The show offers a call-in number where people can leave their voice mails. Not quite the Larry King callback‚ but there you go. The show kicks off with a segment on George Santos’ potential expulsion from Congress‚ featuring Laura Coates and Van Lathan to do all the analytical heavy lifting. King moderates and keeps the conversation moving‚ Sir Charles offers analyses on Santos that amount to little more than variations on “that’s turrible”.  Next‚ Fat Joe joins Coates and King for a segment on the Young Thug trial in Atlanta. “Martin Scorsese should be in jail for 10 million years” was Fat Joe’s contribution to this segment‚ as the rest of the panel weaved in and around RICO‚ implications for Donald Trump (the case is being brought by the same prosecutor‚ Fani Willis)‚ and whether art can be held against artists in criminal proceedings.  Steve Kerr came on to talk about Israel-Gaza‚ and managed to find a way to weave gun control advocacy into the discussion on what’s happening in Gaza and terrorism: STEVE KERR: Every time I hear about someone dying from gun violence‚ I think about my own experience and the shock and pain that goes with it‚ and that's one of the reasons I've really taken on‚ you know‚ the gun violence prevention issue as kind of a pet project‚ something that I really devote a lot of time to.  CHARLES BARKLEY: Yeah. I was going to say‚ Steve‚ number one‚ I want to thank you personally. I want to thank Gregg Popovich. We got a lot of other great coaches‚ you know‚ talking about George Floyd. You spoke brilliant about that‚ you and coach Popovich‚ about police brutality. But to piggy back on your point about the gun violence‚ what do you think really needs to be done? Because we seem to be having these conversations every week‚ every month‚ every year.  KERR: Right.  BARKLEY: What do we really need to do to address gun violence?  KERR: Well‚ unfortunately‚ our democracy's not working right now‚ Charles. Because if you look at the data‚ 80% of Americans -- 80% to 90% of Americans want universal background checks‚ regardless if you're a Republican or Democrat. 70% of Americans think that weapons of military background -- AR-15s‚ semiautomatic rifles -- 70% of us don't believe American citizens should have their hands on weapons like those. But our policy don't reflect that. Our policies that the government has the power to put in place don't reflect the people's wishes. And so it's yet another issue in American society that's tied up in politics and money and power. Frankly what we actually need is some Republican candidates to be able to run on a policy of gun violence prevention and not be kicked out of their party. If they can actually run and win elections with the idea of protecting American families‚ now our democracy will work. But we’re too tied up in political turmoil for that to actually happen right now. It’s all there: the George Floyd tie-in and segue into a ramble on gun control‚ which of course‚ went unchecked and uncontested because this show is magenta-themed cotton candy for CNN’s audience. No one was there to tell Kerr that our Constitution wasn’t amended with a Bill of Wishes. And good luck confiscating semiautomatics. That segment was followed by an interview with journalists whose respective beats cover Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. Suppress your feelings of empathy for me for watching this idiocy so you don’t have to. As Hyman Roth said to Don Michael Corleone‚ this is the business we’ve chosen. The show ends with its first voice mail- a prank voice mail from Shaquille O’Neal to Barkley. One might reasonably be led to believe that every other voice mail was critical of the programming.  If this maiden broadcast is any indication‚ “King Charles” failed to live up to its promise. You all did waste our time.     

Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley joined Thursday’s installment of CBS Mornings to discuss the death of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and his “duality.” On one hand‚ Brinkley panned Kissinger as someone who “had a bad‚ anti-democratic record‚” but on the other‚ he praised Kissinger for being the guy who set in motion Israeli-Egyptian peace and tried to argue that is what is needed today with Israel and Gaza‚ ignoring key differences between the two. Host Tony Dokoupil inquired‚ “I want to get to how Kissinger continues to influence both the terms and the strategy of American foreign policy‚ right now up to this minute‚ but also‚ first‚ address this dual legacy‚ hated by some‚ celebrated by others‚ and sometimes for the very same action around the same instant. Could you explain these two sides to Henry Kissinger's legacy?”     Brinkley began his response by sending his condolences to Kissinger’s family before noting‚ “Look‚ Henry Kissinger‚ he has more enemies than you can count. It comes out of the academic left. Many people blamed him for the continuation of the war in Vietnam and the expanding of the war into Cambodia and Laos. The anti-war campuses were filled with anti-Kissinger rhetoric. Add to that the fact that Kissinger had a bad‚ anti-democratic record in dealing with countries like Chile. Writers like Christopher Hitchens would‚ you know‚ put Kissinger on trial.” At the same time‚ “you can't study diplomacy in the United States without grappling with Henry Kissinger. He invented the really—the modern concept of realism‚ or with a hyper-pragmatism if you'd like in foreign affairs‚ realpolitik as it was called. He was a believer in superpowers‚ that the United States had to be the most powerful country in the world.” Brinkley also tried to claim Kissinger’s legacy on other matters‚ “And he invented terms we just use‚ like shuttle diplomacy‚ like we need somebody now to do diplomacy in what’s going on in Israel and Gaza. It's Henry Kissinger who really orchestrated the biggest breakthrough imaginable‚ going to China with Nixon in 1972 and opening up relations between the two countries and‚ you know‚ the Yom Kippur War‚ you know‚ Kissinger is the one really getting a peace settlement out of it. He won a Nobel prize. So‚ it’s a duality to Henry Kissinger.” To compare the current situation with Israel and Hamas to the Yom Kippur War is to try to put a square peg in a round hole. Kissinger knew Egypt’s Anwar Sadat would be willing to deal and change his orientation from Soviet-aligned to American-aligned. The Palestinians‚ whether that be Hamas or the Palestinian Authority‚ are prepared to no such things meaning a ceasefire now would be like all the pre-1973 ceasefires. Here is a transcript for the November 30 show: CBS Mornings 11/30/2023 8:11 AM ET TONY DOKOUPIL: I want to get to how Kissinger continues to influence both the terms and the strategy of American foreign policy‚ right now up to this minute‚ but also‚ first‚ address this dual legacy‚ hated by some‚ celebrated by others‚ and sometimes for the very same action around the same instant. Could you explain these two sides to Henry Kissinger's legacy?  DOUGLAS BRINKLEY: Well‚ absolutely and we all want to send our condolences to his wife‚ Nancy‚ and his two children. You know‚ they're obviously mourning. Look‚ Henry Kissinger‚ he has more enemies than you can count. It comes out of the academic left. Many people blamed him for the continuation of the war in Vietnam and the expanding of the war into Cambodia and Laos. The anti-war campuses were filled with anti-Kissinger rhetoric. Add to that the fact that Kissinger had a bad‚ anti-democratic record in dealing with countries like Chile.  Writers like Christopher Hitchens would‚ you know‚ put Kissinger on trial. On the other hand‚ you can't study diplomacy in the United States without grappling with Henry Kissinger. He invented the really—the modern concept of realism‚ or with a hyper-pragmatism if you'd like in foreign affairs‚ realpolitik as it was called. He was a believer in superpowers‚ that the United States had to be the most powerful country in the world.  And he invented terms we just use‚ like shuttle diplomacy‚ like we need somebody now to do diplomacy in what’s going on in Israel and Gaza. It's Henry Kissinger who really orchestrated the biggest breakthrough imaginable‚ going to China with Nixon in 1972 and opening up relations between the two countries and‚ you know‚ the Yom Kippur War‚ you know‚ Kissinger is the one really getting a peace settlement out of it. He won a Nobel prize. So‚ it’s a duality to Henry Kissinger.  

The father of Holden Armenta — the 9-year-old boy accused by Deadspin writer Carron J. Phillips of wearing blackface to a Kansas City Chiefs game over the weekend — told Fox News' Jesse Watters that he's "mad" and "upset" about the toll the rather dubious controversy has taken on his son."He's pretty devastated‚" Holden's dad Bubba said of his son‚ adding that it was his "dream to get on the Jumbotron" for the game.What's the background?Phillips used a photo for his Deadspin piece showing only half of Holden's face‚ which was black. — (@) As most of us know by now‚ the other half of Holden's face was red — one of the Chiefs' team colors. — (@) Blaze News writer Carlos Garcia pointed out that Phillips‚ in his effort to double down against numerous critics railing against him‚ used a non-sequitur that accused them of hating Mexicans."For the idiots in my mentions who are treating this as some harmless act because the other side of his face was painted red‚ I could make the argument that it makes it even worse‚" Phillips wrote in an X post‚ which now appears to have been deleted. "Y’all are the ones who hate Mexicans but wear sombreros on Cinco."What's more‚ Holden's mother — Shannon Armenta — stated on her Facebook page that her son actually is Native American.Fox News said the Armenta family noted they are part of the Chumash tribe of California and used to live on a reservation.Dubiously‚ Phillips wrote in his Deadspin piece that Holden "found a way to hate Black people and the Native Americans at the same time."In addition‚ a recent update to his Deadspin article notes that the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians released a statement "condemning" the "wearing regalia as part of a costume or participating in any other type of cultural appropriation." Strangely‚ the full statement from the tribe‚ which is included in the update‚ does not use the word "condemn" — rather that the tribe "does not endorse" the aforementioned activities.What else did Holden and his dad have to say?Holden's dad told Watters that "we never in any way‚ shape‚ or form meant to disrespect any Native Americans or any tribes. The tribe we're from doesn't even wear that type of headdress. This specific headdress is a novelty piece. It's a costume piece. That's exactly what we had purchased it for and wore it for — not in any disrespect toward any Native Americans at all."Holden's father also acknowledged that he's seen a "whirlwind of comments" about his son's headdress and that some tribal members "think it's OK‚ some think it's not OK" but that ultimately "it's a 9-year-old boy supporting his team."In addition‚ Holden's dad told Watters that it’s "a little too late" for an apology from Phillips because the "damage is already done." "It's‚ you know‚ worldwide. Now‚ there's comments all over. There's‚ you know‚ disrespect toward Native Americans and toward my family‚" Bubba said.As for Holden‚ he told Watters that the reaction so far is "OK because a lot of kids at school are getting excited‚ but it's starting to get me a little nervous because if they go a little bit overboard it's a little scary."On the positive side‚ Holden added to Watters that it feels "really good" to know that Chiefs fans apparently are planning to wear black and red face paint at the next game to support him. Young Kansas City Chiefs fan smeared as racist speaks out: ‘It’s a little scary’ youtu.be Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

An explosion at an auto shop in Ohio killed three with a massive blast that could be felt blocks away‚ witnesses said.Jimbo's Auto in Hillsboro‚ Ohio‚ approximately 50 miles east of Cincinnati‚ was the scene of the disaster. A total of eight fire departments responded to the fire.Fox News reported that there was an "explosion and a fire‚" according to first responders from Paint Creek Joint EMS/Fire District."It definitely did rock and shake the area‚" Fire Chief David Manning told local outlets. The blaze required a 45-person firefighting crew and took hours to suppress‚ Manning explained. In total‚ the smoldering flames took over 10 hours to finally be extinguished."The fire extended into the building immediately adjacent to the auto shop‚ and there was debris all over the road‚" Chief Manning said‚ according to NBC News.Three people were killed as a result of the incident‚ while another individual was rescued by first responders and was taken to a hospital.Video of the fire was captured by nearby security cameras as well as citizens who arrived at the scene.Watch the latest video at foxnews.comThere was no structural damage to surrounding buildings from the explosion‚ but the smoke could be seen for miles‚ and witnesses in the neighborhood said the blast could be felt five or six blocks away."When I heard about the explosion‚ I told my wife‚ she said it rocked our house something awful‚ and I hurried on home because I know just about everyone who lives here‚" a neighbor named Richard Brown told WLWT 5. "Jimbo‚ who owns the place‚ is a really stand-up guy‚ first-rate mechanic‚ he worked with people. His mother works here at the business with him."According to reporter Danielle Dindak‚ the fire marshal stated that all three of the deceased individuals were believed to work for the auto shop. The cause of the explosion is reportedly still being investigated."Thank you to all surrounding agencies‚ our community‚ and local businesses for their support and assistance with our fire this afternoon‚" Paint Creek Joint EMS &; Fire District said in a statement. "Your kindness and generosity are greatly appreciated."Hillsboro Mayor Justin Harsha also gave a statement and said that "the Hillsboro community has always proven that it will stand united‚ be strong and support one another in times of need." A massive explosion killed three people at Jimbo's Auto Repair in Hillsboro.\n\n12 hours later the building is still smoldering.\n\nThe fire marshal is investigating the cause. \n\n@wlwt is working to get more details. — (@) Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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