Obama, Politics of Oppression, New Normal

Is this the new normal? Obama's politics of oppression and ...

Fox News
As pundits and politicians dissect the carnage of ObamaCare, a serious question demands an honest answer: At what point did the president know his plan to ...

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Obama's New Normal McJobs

The Only Jobs Obama is Creating Are Low Paying McJobs
FrontPage Magazine
The headline numbers for the May jobs report are about what you would expect for a New Normaleconomy stuck in 2% growth mode: 175,000 net new jobs last month, the unemployment rate ticking up to 7.6%. No broad signs of acceleration; just the ...

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Brennan pick a sign of Obama's frightening new normal

Amy Goodman: Brennan pick a sign of Obama's frightening new normal
Capital Times
His promotion of Brennan and his prosecution of Kiriakou demonstrate how the recent excesses of U.S. presidential power are not transient aberrations, but the creation of a frightening new normal, where drone strikes, warrantless surveillance ...

Maybe Long-Term Unemployment Isn't the New Normal
CNBC.com
Maybe Long-Term Unemployment Isn't the New Normal. Text Size. Published: Friday, 8 Feb 2013 Long-term unemployment may not be the stubborn problem we thought it was. Some economists say ...

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Gay Christians Coming Out is the New Normal
Opposing Views
Yesterday evening I received the letter below. I wanted to share it (with of course permission from its author, Emma Turner) because I think it so perfectly speaks to the way that today the relationship between Christianity and homosexuality [man, that ...

Opposing Views

Don Cayo: Uncertainty is the new normal, and the cost is high
Vancouver Sun
If you keep even a loose eye on the TSX and other fast-changing indicators of the health of the Canadian economy, the findings of a new Fraser Institute study won't come as a surprise. It's that policy uncertainty elsewhere — particularly the U.S. and ...

Bad Economy Is New Normal, More Americans Say
Huffington Post
More Americans believe today than they did two years ago that their country will never fully recover from the Great Recession. Fifty-six percent of Americans surveyed by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University in ...

The 'new normal' in America is something to be worried about
Athens NEWS
With regard to our nation's economy, I presume we are now experiencing the new "normal." How many years have we had unemployment 7.9 percent or higher (we all know the true number is much higher)? Who among our government leaders, especially ...

Are Higher Interest Rates the New Normal? - Yahoo! Finance
From Yahoo! Finance: Yields on both 10-year and 30-year U.S. Treasuries are spiking higher. Is it a temporary phenomenon or part of longer-term secular trend ...
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Voters accept the “New Normal”

Voters accept the “New Normal”
Human Events
On Sunday, CNN released a poll in which 51 percent of the respondents “say things are going pretty badly or very badly.” The numbers are better than they were during the election, so President Obama enjoys a bit of inaugural fresh-start New Years' ...

DN Editorial: THE NEW NORMAL
Philadelphia Daily News
DURING HIS first campaign for president in 2008, Barack Obama rarely mentioned Martin Luther King by name, referring instead to a "young preacher from Georgia." But Obama regularly acknowledges the debt he owes to the civil-rights heroes of the 1960s ...

Bond links: The end of Pimco's new normal?
MarketWatch
David Waring is the co-founder of bond investing education web site Learn Bonds and market commentary site Bond Moves. If you've watched a You Tube video on technical analysis or forex trading, you have probably seen one of the over 100 videos that he ...

Only Their Timing (the New-Not-Normal Davos)
Businessweek
That removes us, in subtle shades, away from a grim New Normal. The good Haves descending on Davos are not normal. (The U.S. contingent enjoys its 0.9 percent Medical tax surcharge, as one example.) They, and these World Economic Forum meetings, ...

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Romney and Obama both stock-market killers

Romney, Obama both stock-market killers
MarketWatch
Yes, America is sinking into this toxic New, New Normal hell with more and “more political dysfunction and greater sluggishness in economic growth, unacceptably high youth unemployment and long-term joblessness, redoubled debt and deficit concerns,...

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The New Normal and a Return to Old-School Comedy
Seattle Post Intelligencer
The New Normal is American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy's first attempt at a sitcom - but not just any sitcom, a "gay sitcom" (at least according to all the various media outlets that label the series as "gay TV," "NBC's gay comedy," etc.). But ...

'Gaycism' and The New Normal: The 'Hot' Trend on TV Is Bigotry
Huffington Post
In recent months, there's been a lot of chatter on the interwebs about this thing called "gaycism" on the TV. As defined by Lauren Bans of GQ, gaycism is "the wrongheaded idea that having gay characters gives you carte blanche to cut PC corners elsewhere.

Tell Us Why You're Watching The New Normal
BuzzSugar.com (blog)
We're in the midst of welcoming new TV shows into the fold, including Ryan Murphy's comedy TheNew Normal, about a gay couple using a surrogate to have a baby. Even though I wasn't completely sold on it from the pilot, I was pretty charmed by lead ...

NeNe's The New Normal
WCSH-TV
(NBC) - NBC's new Tuesday comedy "The New Normal" includes some veteran acting talent including Emmy winner Ellen Barkin, but also in the cast is a relative newcomer to acting: Reality TV star NeNe Leakes. Leakes first made a name for herself on "The...

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On tap tonight: New shows include 'New Girl,' 'New Normal'
New Philadelphia Times Reporter
Stuck on the couch tonight? TimesReporter.com features editor Rex Huffman offers some of his top picks for television viewing in his daily series: • “Raising Hope” returns to Fox tonight at 8 p.m. for a third season. It airs on WJW-TV Channel 8 ...

Hail Ryan Murphy, King of TV! Glee and New Normal Creator Inks Deals for Two ...
Broadway.com
Ryan Murphy is like the new Aaron Spelling, just a lot more twisted. Murphy will soon add two new series to his impressive resume alongside his three current shows Glee, American Horror Story and The New Normal, according to Deadline.com. Murphy's ...

Where is the black 'New Normal' in primetime?
The Grio
Actors Justin Bartha, Andrew Rannells, Bebe Wood (foreground), Georgia King and NeNe Leakes attend The Paley Center for Media's 2012 PaleyFest: Fall TV Preview Party for NBC at The Paley Center for Media on September 5, 2012 in Beverly Hills, ...

The Grio

Ryan Murphy Sells Two New Series; CBS Gives Script Orders on New Faith ...
Collider.com
If you're not a fan of Ryan Murphy, avoiding him just got a little bit harder. The ubiquitous show creator, whose current projects include Glee, American Horror Story and The New Normal has recently sold two new series, to Fox (a thriller) and NBC (a...

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Critic's Notebook: The year of the kid
Los Angeles Times
A recent episode of NBC's "The New Normal" included a story line about young Shania's (Bebe Wood) fascination with the documentary, which led her to don an Edie-esque head scarf and sashay around dropping lines from the film. Narratively, this served ...

TV Roundup: Miley Cyrus to Get Her Outlaw On in 'Bonnie & Clyde' Miniseries
Zimbio
Plus, Once Upon a Time returns to magical ratings, Sesame Street spoofs Boardwalk Empire, and Nicole Richie is heading to The New Normal. Keep reading for all the latest small screen news. Miley Cyrus: Outlaw Miley Cyrus is headed back to the small ...

Zimbio

O's weak positives
New York Post
In pundit circles, the hot talking point of the past couple of months is that President Obama may be spared defeat because things have been bad for so long that Americans may view the country's parlous condition as “the new normal.” This is an honest ...

New York Post

Consolidated Credit Counseling Services of Canada and others Comment on ...
Bankruptcy Canada Trustees Talk
Last week I posted my comments on the survey my firm, Hoyes, Michalos & Associates Inc. hired polling organization Harris/Decima to do for us, in my post on In Canada, High Debt is the New Normal. The survey generated lots of discussion, including a ...

Video: Junior Hockey Player Celebrates Goal by Accidentally Jumping Through ...
Opposing Views
Weird celebrations at sporting events are the new normal. That said, there is still a line that you don't cross. Recently, at an Atlantic Junior Hockey League game between the New Jersey Junior Titans and the New Jersey Rockets, Taylor Cox found a way ...

PREVIEW: PARENTHOOD ("The Talk")
We Love Soaps
PARENTHOOD continues its fourth season on Tuesday, October 2 at 1001 p.m. ET/PT on NBC following a new episode of THE NEW NORMAL. In the episode titled "The Talk," Jasmine (Joy Bryant) and Crosby (Dax Shepard) work as a parenting unit to teach ...

We Love Soaps

PFLAG National To Fete NBC's THE NEW NORMAL At Third Annual Southern ...
PR Web (press release)
THE NEW NORMAL elevates the stories of our LGBT loved ones so that everyone will know that what some people refer to as 'the new normal' is just 'family' to us at PFLAG National. Quote end. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 02, 2012. PFLAG National ...

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With Pagano's illness, the Colts face the "interim coach" trap
Bloguin (blog)
These cells are described as "nonfunctional" because they do not work like normal cells. They also crowd out the normal cells in the marrow, causing a decrease in the number of new normal cells made in the marrow. The lack of normal white cells impairs ...

Bloguin (blog)

Takei To Appear On NBC Comedy
Trek Today
Star Trek's George Takei and Nicole Richie will guest star on NBC's The New Normal. Set in L.A., The New Normal is about a gay couple and the waitress who becomes a surrogate for the pair who want to have a baby. “Proud to announce Nicole Richie and ...

Who'll feel the pain of a slower China?
Business Spectator
But there is little disagreement that the 'new normal' for China is significantly slower than the 10 per cent-plus growth of the past decade and that there needs to be a rebalancing over time, reducing the role of investment in driving growth. How will ...

BILL GROSS: Uncle Sam Is A Budgetary Crystal Meth Addict, And I'm Afraid For ...
Business Insider
In last month's Investment Outlook I promised to write about damage of a financial kind – the potential debt peril – the long-term fiscal cliff that waits in the shadows of a New Normal U.S. economy which many claim is not doing that badly. After all ...

Business Insider

SURVIVING BREAST CANCER IS FIRST STEP ON ROAD TO RECOVERY
U-T San Diego
Family, friends and colleagues might expect a survivor to “go back to normal,” while surviving cancer often brings a new normal that can be difficult for others to understand. It's important for women to acknowledge that relationships may change after ...

The World's Best Post-Crisis Nations & Sectors
Forbes
The new normal is sub par growth in the core economies, to stabilization within the emerging ones, which, until 2007, were growing like gangbusters. Times have changed. In China, investors can't look forward to double digit GDP growth anymore. In ...

Forbes

After One Week, Which TV Shows Look Good and Which Seem Doomed?
Vulture
Based on overnights, NBC's The New Normal looked as if it had lost almost 25 percent of its Go On lead-in. But when you compared the L+3 numbers for both shows, it turns out Normal declined a much more, well, normal 15 percent. That's because Normal ...

Showtime offering new episodes of Dexter, Homeland for free on YouTube
Afterdawn.com
NBC followed suit this year with their shows "The New Normal" and "Revolution." So far, the Dexter episode has 55,000 views, certainly a success for the company if it took users who may have otherwise pirated away from doing so with a legal offering.

Canada's young face shifting social landscape
Updated News
“We want communities to recognize that this is 'the new normal.'” Some of the key challenges for youth identified in the report include: Heavy debt loads and poor employment prospects: Graduating students carry debt loads that average between $20,000 ...

Updated News

Ryan Murphy To Produce Thriller Drama For Fox And Comedy For NBC
Deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: With Ryan Murphy juggling three series as co-creator/executive producer — Fox's Glee, FX's American Horror Story and NBC's The New Normal — his company, Ryan Murphy Television, is focusing on developing projects with other writers this ...

Deadline.com

New Report Finds Almost Half of Family Caregivers Perform Medical and ...
Healthcare Global (press release)
Medication Management, Wound Care Part of New Normal for Caregivers WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, AARP Public Policy Institute (PPI) and the United Hospital Fund (UHF) released a new report that finds 46 percent of ...

TEXT-S&P, JD Power auto industry conference Oct 15
Reuters
Agenda highlights include: -- Global Economic Outlook--Driving in Low Gear--Beth Ann Bovino, Standard & Poor's Deputy Chief Economist -- Is Chaos the New Normal for Autos? An Outlook for Global Light Vehicles--Jeff Schuster, Senior Vice President, LMC ...

TV on Tap: A "Two and a Half Men" Threesome, Joss Whedon's "SHIELD ...
AfterElton.com
NeNe Leakes's already a talk show fixture for The Real Housewives of Atlanta, now that she's got a sitcom it means she's giving The New Normal a lot of promotion, including today's chat with Wendy. The Ricki Lake Show (syndicated) check local listings ...

AfterElton.com

Tim Cahill: Why My Life is Better Without Cable
GoLocal Worcester
There are new series being introduced the past two weeks such as "The New Normal" and "Revolution," that break new ground on network television. Imagine a show where the plot lines revolve around two gay men in a committed relationship trying to have ...

GoLocal Worcester

Finding talents is a tall order for any organisation
The Star Online
Still recuperating from the recession in 2008, the global economy is finding equilibrium in the “new normal”; an environment which calls for “smart growth” the ability to grow the top and bottom line of a business in an extremely challenging business ...

Tuesday TV preview: new episodes of 'NCIS,' 'Sons of Anarchy,' 'Raising Hope'
Examiner.com
NBC has “The Voice,” followed by new episodes of “Go On”and “The New Normal,” both of which declined last week. A new “Parenthood” closes the night. On FOX, the season premiere of “Raising Hope” leads off the night, followed by “Ben and Kate,” “New ...

Examiner.com

Record gasoline prices: a glimpse of the future?
Houston Chronicle (blog)
This wasn't supposed to happen. By September, pump prices were supposed to begin their typical decline as the summer driving season ends. This year has been anything but typical, although it may be the new normal. Crude prices have been high for much...

Houston Chronicle (blog)

Election Monitor: The Most Important Week of the Campaign
Huffington Post
Yes, there is something to be said about people acclimating to the "new normal" of stagnation but they still want something done to improve the situation. Voters are starting to believe that the president is performing better on the economy because ...

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Zimbio
He has also appeared on Van Wilder, Scream 3, and Teachers, a short-lived NBC sitcom that co-starred Justin Bartha (The Hangover, The New Normal). More From Zimbio even more specials » · The Best Celebrity Halloween Costumes · 'Once Upon a Time' ...

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'New Girl' gets big DVR boost: Does it matter?
Entertainment Weekly (blog)
Among the Tuesday sitcoms: NBC's New Normal (+38 percent) got a bigger DVR boost than Fox's Mindy Project (+22 percent), but didn't change the fact that Mindy was on top. Things do shift with New Girl vs. NBC's Go On. They were tied in the morning ...

Have we finally accepted these outrageous gas prices as the new ...
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Have we finally accepted these outrageous gas prices as the new normal? Login to post comments. 2 replies [Last post] ... Have we all become complacent and accepted this robbery as the new normal? What do we have to do to get this ...
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Chalk White Arrow: a "new" normal
By Sara Charlesworth
DSC_0298 copy · DSC_0331-2 copy we are all moved in . . yay! i can't wait to share with you our new home. come to think of it, i can't wait until our new home looks like a new home, rather looks like a home at all. things are hectic over at the ...
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Dancing With Cancer: Living With Mets, The New Normal: October ...
By Jill
Dancing With Cancer: Living With Mets, The New Normal. I first got breast cancer in 1999 at age 39. It came back in 2002 and has metastasized (spread) to my bones, liver and brain. My life is about dancing with cancer.
Dancing With Cancer: Living With...

Ryan Murphy Adds to His Workload With New NBC Comedy, Fox ...
By Chuck Ross
Both Murphy and his company's president, Dante di Loreto, are executive producing. Murphy's on-air shows are "Glee," "American Horror Story" and "The New Normal." Previous Don Johnson's Payout in 'Nash Bridges' Lawsuit Slashed by ...
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The New Normal Review: "Obama Mama" (Episode 1.04) :: TV ...
The New Normal is a deceptive show, one that touts itself as open to all kinds of people, yet on the inside, openly mocks people who are actually different. This is ...
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The New Normal: Online quiz helps man discover his Asperger's - Msn
Video on NBCNews.com: Married couple Kristen and David Finch describe the moment they ...
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What Does 'New Normal' Star Georgia King Think of Co-Star NeNe ...
NBC's new sitcom from Ryan Murphy “The New Normal” airs another half hour of hilarity tonight at 9:30/8:30c. Georgia King, who plays surrogate mom Goldie, ...
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Obama's new normal

Obama's new normal
Rutland Herald
Last winter, I had lunch with a junior White House official who works on economic issues. The unemployment rate had just dipped to 8.3 percent, and I asked if he was encouraged by the figure, and hopeful that it might be down another point by Election Day.

LETTER: 'New normal' syndrome in country
Kingston Daily Freeman
For obvious reasons, the national media has dropped reporting on the "new normal" syndrome. Nonetheless, "new normal" factors enable one to review some of the administration's performance. The Economist, Fortune and government data provided many ...

Debating the New Normal
Town Hall
Driving through the battleground of Virginia on my way south provided a moment of clarity not usually found when surrounded by the Washington Establishment. It is abundantly clear that for all the handwringing about the state of the presidential race ...

'The New Normal' 1.05 photos and spoilers: The mother-in-law
Examiner.com
"The New Normal" will air its next episode on Channel 12 in Tempe on Tuesday night, and now fans are being given a glimpse at the next episode, "The New Normal" episode 1.04 titled "Nanagasm." On Friday, September 28, Spoiler TV shared the photos ...

How fat has become the new normal
Globe and Mail
Peter Nieman, a well-known pediatrician based at Calgary's Pediatric Weight Clinic, says that more often than not, when he sits down with parents of children who are overweight or obese, they don't even realize there's a problem. Then, Nieman shows ...

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Medication management, wound care part of new normal for caregivers
News-Medical.net
Today, AARP Public Policy Institute (PPI) and the United Hospital Fund (UHF) released a new report that finds 46 percent of family caregivers perform medical and nursing tasks for care recipients with multiple chronic physical and cognitive conditions.

What Affluent Investors Fear
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Julie Steinberg. Welcome to the “new normal.” Nearly half of Americans with more than $250,000 in assets believe the prolonged economic uncertainty is a new reality they have to adjust to, and 94% of them believe they're better prepared today to ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Morgan Sindall to close north east office
Construction News
New construction MD for north and Wales Dave Smith told CN it was about adapting to the “new normal” of lower construction volumes after the firm reported a rise in profits but a drop in volumes. The company has now confirmed that the restructure in ...

Change Can Ensure You Survive and Thrive in Today's New Normal
RisMedia.com (press release)
Replacing bricks and mortar with virtual space is no longer a new concept. It's a tactic born during the recent downturn because it simply made economic sense. But it's a strategy today that is gaining favor for a variety of reasons – not the least of ...

RisMedia.com (press release)

Back from the brink, again
Philadelphia Inquirer
The heart patient and now cancer survivor will chronicle his return to everyday life in a new blog on Philly.com's health channel, "Living With the New Normal." "My head is in a good place because I had to go through all of this," he said. "It has made ...

Philadelphia Inquirer

Correspondent banking under Dodd-Frank, Section 1073: the new normal
The Banker (registration)
The Dodd-Frank Act, Section 1073 is going to alter the practice of retail cross-border payments services – not just for US-based financial institutions but also for their correspondent banking relationships abroad. The deadline is near, but a practical ...

A pause in export-led growth?
FT Alphaville (blog)
Some China economists have welcomed the official PMI coming within a whisker of 50, but we don't see a lot to be excited about — it seems indicate little, apart from support for a “new normal” in Chinese growth. The components of the main figure all ...

TV on Tap: "Downton Abbey" Is Getting a Prequel, NBC Is Adapting "About a Boy ...
AfterElton.com
Last week's episode of The New Normal echoed the fifth episode of Maude, where Maude tries to find African-American friends to invite to a party, only to end up inviting her maid. If liberal hypocrisy ends up a theme for the series, it'll improve The ...

AfterElton.com

TV best bets with returns of '30 Rock,' 'Raising Hope,' 'Jersey Shore'
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Then again, relatively speaking, its sitcom “Go On” is holding up well after three episodes while three other sitcoms (”Animal Practice,” “Guys With Kids” and “The New Normal”) have more to worry about. ABC's new drama “Last Resort” did okay in its ...

Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

The Multi-Track Ph.D.
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Instead we're confronting a new normal, and we have to adjust accordingly. The most recent sign of collective awakening is a white paper titled "The Future of the Humanities Ph.D. at Stanford." Written by Russell Berman, a professor of German studies ...

Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)

Photo Flash: First Look at Robert Hager, Kristine Fraelich and More in Arden ...
Broadway World
Twitter Watch: Ryan Murphy-'Nicole Richie and the Legendary George Takei are Joining THE NEW NORMAL Family' · David Mirvish Writes Letter Addressing New Toronto Complex and Loss of the Princess of Wales Theatre · BWW TV EXCLUSIVE: Linda ...

Comedy production back on the rise in Los Angeles
Columbus Dispatch
In fact, 16 new network comedies are making their debut in Los Angeles this fall and at midseason, including The New Normal (NBC), Ben and Kate (Fox) and The Neighbors (ABC), according to FilmL.A. “For Los Angeles, comedies are the last piece of the ...

Columbus Dispatch

Fall TV: Single women arrive in force
Cape Cod Times (subscription)
Ali Adler, co-creator of “The New Normal,” says that women, particularly single moms, are experiencing a “what can I be when I grow up?” point in their lives. “The New Normal” showcases King as Goldie, a single mom from the Midwest who wants to give ...

RHOA's NeNe Leakes Plays Coy About Staying On Reality Television
Reality Tea (blog)
NeNe is now commuting between Atlanta and Los Angeles where she is filming the NBC sitcom The New Normal. She's no longer screaming in Kim Zolciak's face. Instead she's trading jokes with The Ellen Barkin. So, it begs the question…will NeNe be a ...

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Why Obama Is Winning

Why Obama Is Winning
New York Times
It turns out that dreadfully slow growth isn't nearly as politically damaging as decline, because voters can adapt to stagnation, and approach it as a kind of grim “new normal” rather than a disaster requiring an immediate response. Over the last two ...

New York Times

Valium's Contribution to Our New Normal
New York Times
IT wasn't funny, really, but everybody laughed at the scene in the 1979 film “Starting Over” when Burt Reynolds's character had a panic attack in the furniture department of Bloomingdale's (something to do with terror at the prospect of buying a couch).

New York Times

Nicole Richie & George Takei To Guest Star On New Normal!
PerezHilton.com
We've just learned that Nicole Richie and George Takei will both guest-star on his new series — The New Normal!! Ryan tweeted the news and said: Proud to announce Nicole Richie and the legendary George Takei are joining The New Normal family.

PerezHilton.com

The new normal?
Corning Leader
Some days, Tom Morrell has to play it straight down the middle - even down to donning his custom-made shirt, that is divided equally with a shade of red on one side and blue on the other. But don't mistake Morrell for a coveted undecided swing-state ...

Macomb Twp. Native Jayson Blair Lands Role on NBC Comedy, The New Normal
Patch.com
“The New Normal” follows a gay couple who try to start a family with the help of a surrogate, played by Georgia King. Clay Clemmons is the surrogate's deadbeat, dimwitted husband. Although a somewhat high-profile role, this is not Blair's first acting gig.

George Hatza: Gay rights explored on 'New Normal'
Reading Eagle
Ryan Murphy, the TV screenwriter, director and producer, is the man behind such shows as "Nip/Tuck," "Glee" and "American Horror Story." Clearly this is a guy with a range of interests, be it medicine, sex, music or horror. And he exhibits a quality ...

George Takei, Nicole Richie to guest on 'The New Normal'
Digital Spy
Ryan Murphy has revealed that George Takei and Nicole Richie are set to guest star on The New Normal. The hit comedy stars Justin Bartha and Andrew Rannells as a gay couple who enlist the help of a surrogate with an overbearing conservative mother, ...

Weekend Meme: Rupert Everett Keeps Talking, George Takei Heads To "The ...
AfterElton.com
Weekend Meme: Rupert Everett Keeps Talking, George Takei Heads To "The New Normal" and Conan O'Brien Impresses Jake Gyllenhaal. Posted by. Ed Kennedy. on September 30, 2012. Tweet...

Change the channel
Vallejo Times-Herald
20) that "NBC is using public airwaves to continue to subject families to the decay of morals and values, and the sanctity of marriage in attempting to redefine marriage," referring to NBC's "The New Normal" which shows a gay couple attempting to have ...

Call the Midwife is far from Downton
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Another birth is surely coming on the NBC series The New Normal, about a male couple and their mother-for-hire, and the first lady appears to be pregnant on ABC's Scandal. Often on American shows the young'uns arrive amid much screaming and trauma, ...

TheChronicleHerald.ca

Trust forecasters for truth of climate change
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)
11 front-page article, “Extreme Iowa weather could be new normal.” It was a thorough and sobering account of understanding that what Iowa has experienced in the last few years is not something over and done with. It is something that farmers and others ...

:: Sunny Side Egg branding
Communication Arts
Working with The New Normal we embraced the egg by giving it a unique, consumer-friendly personality that stood out from the rest of competitors in the market." Scott Thares, designer/illustrator. Richard Boynton/Scott Thares, creative directors. Julie ...

3 great Erie region walks to nourish mind, body
GoErie.com
I longed to know more, but had resigned myself to accepting a new normal. That is, until I stumbled upon the key to unlocking my family members' mouths -- walking. I have our new puppy, Sam, to thank for this discovery. He needed to be walked and, ...

Job tax litigation harmed Jefferson County; workers saved $4 a week
al.com (blog)
Hours-long waits for car tags and vehicle registration are the new normal. "At this point there are no winners, not even those benefiting from the reduction of their taxes," said Chriss Doss, a county commissioner from 1975 until 1987. "Jefferson ...

Bill Feehan: Job growth solves budget problems
La Crosse Tribune
They have said economic growth has halted and that we must get used to a new normal that isn't as prosperous as the past. These suggestions have been proven wrong in the past, and they'll be proven wrong again. How is the economy in Wisconsin poised ...

What Arctic ice scarcity means for walruses of Alaska
Alaska Dispatch
“Basically, in the last six years, there's been a new pattern, or a new normal for them,” Oakley said, “where the sea ice has completely melted away from the Chukchi Sea shelf, and what we've seen is that they don't stay with the ice when it goes way ...

Alaska Dispatch

State offers help for crime victims
Tulsa World
"I make sure they walk away with what they think they need so they can try to get on with life and have a new normal. Victims typically have a new normal." The Department of Corrections is among several agencies that provide services to victims of crimes.

'Elementary' and 'Revolution' among ratings winners in new TV season
Examiner.com
... New York? Which new shows did you get behind? Did anything completely win you over? Hit the comments and let us know. For previews of the 2012 Fall TV season you can click on the below: New Series: "Go On" · "Animal Practice" · "The New Normal"...

Examiner.com

Finding a path in the new American Dream
The Coloradoan
But it may very well be a central tenet to the fuzzily-defined “new normal” we hear so much about. I dislike dwelling on the dismal. To help find a better way, a recent Brookings Institution report identifies key achievements as to why some children ...

What happens when the view is gone?
The Coloradoan
As for Maxwell, he said he'll wait a while before he decides if he wants to remain on the mountain amid the new normal. “There's no question the fire will have some impact on the value of property within the fire zone, more than beetle kill,” said ...

Nicole Richie And George Takei Tapped For The New Normal
The New Normal showrunner Ryan Murphy revealed some casting news for the NBC comedy's upcoming episodes via Twitter yesterday. A couple of well-known people will be showing up on the series, one a former socialite and daughter of ...
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Is this 'The New Normal'? | The-Dispatch.com
"The New Normal" is the highly controversial new television series that debuted on NBC on Tuesday that's gaining publicity. The show's creator, Ryan Murphy, ...
www.the-dispatch.com/article/20120920/Teen/309209992

The New Normal: Being a father, husband with Asperger's - Video ...
Video on NBCNews.com: David Finch discovered he had Asperger's when he was 31 years ...
video.msnbc.msn.com/rock-center/49202531

Richie, Takei joining 'New Normal'
USA TODAY
Apparently, there's room for more than one reality star on Ryan Murphy's new NBC sitcom The New Normal. The multi-tasking Murphy, who also helms Glee and American Horror Story, revealed Friday that Nicole Richie will be joining the cast of Normal, ...

Pop & Politics Report: Obama Wakes Up with Samuel L. Jackson, New Normal ...
E! Online
That's TBD when the thumbs up of approval comes via Ellen Barkin's radical Republican Jane, who threw her full support behind the candidate on The New Normal this week. Saturday Night Live, Skit, Ann Romney NBC. And that's not the only primetime ...

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'The New Normal' Exclusive: Executive Producer Ali Adler On Pushing The ...
Ology
"A single mother's life as she becomes a surrogate for a gay couple." Listed as the description for the new NBC series, that's basically all you need to know about TheNew Normal. That, and the fact Ellen Barkin is hilarious to watch. The New Normal...

Ology

'New Normal' adds George Takei and Nicole Richie
Zap2it.com (blog)
new-normal-george-takei-nicole-richie.jpg "The New Normal" is the new comedy on NBC from "Glee" and "American Horror Story" creator Ryan Murphy. And since Murphy has just recent joined Twitter, he enjoys breaking news about his shows on the social...

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'New Normal': George Takei and Nicole Richie to Appear
Hollywood Reporter
Executive producer Ryan Murphy took to Twitter on Friday afternoon to announce that Star Trek alum George Takei and reality television personality/fashion designer Nicole Richie have joined the NBC comedy. "Proud to announce Nicole Richie and the ...

'The New Normal': Nicole Richie And George Takei Are Joining And More ...
Huffington Post
Proud to announce Nicole Richie and the legendary George Takei are joining The New Normalfamily. September 28, 2012 7:48 pm via web Reply Retweet Favorite. Best known for his role in "Star Trek," Takei has most recently appeared on "Community" and ...

Ryan Murphy announces George Takei and Nicole Richie joining 'New Normal'
Entertainment Weekly
New Normal creator Ryan Murphy has just tweeted that George Takei and Nicole Richie will both be joining the show. “Proud to announce Nicole Richie and the legendary George Takei are joining TheNew Normal family,” Murphy wrote, presumably referring ...

Is 'New Normal' Trying to Be the New 'Maude'?
ChicagoPride.com
Themaudetitlecard.jpg I finally got around to watching this week's episode of The New Normal last night, and my immediate thought was, "Hey - didn't Bea Arthur do this on Maude 40 years ago?" I quickly checked Wikipedia, and holy shit - I was right ...

For walruses of Alaska's Arctic, scarce ice means a 'new normal'
Alaska Dispatch
As they have for the past few years in what's become a fall tradition in Northwest Alaska, walrus have begun moving toward shore near the community of Point Lay. Though no more than a small number have arrived so far, if this haul-out resembles others ...

Alaska Dispatch

'Real Housewives of Atlanta': NeNe Leakes discusses future on Bravo reality show
Examiner.com
The star has a role on the new show from Ryan Murphy, "The New Normal." There is no doubt that the fans are looking forward to seeing Leakes' continued success. The viewers have been watching Leakes on shows like "Glee," and "Celebrity Apprentice,"...

Examiner.com

Victory over Stanford is proof of Huskies' defensive improvement
The Seattle Times
New defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox was happy with his team's effort in Huskies' victory over Stanford; now he wants that performance to be the new normal. By Bob Condotta. Seattle Times staff reporter. PREV of NEXT. Justin Wilcox likes what he ...

The Seattle Times

Weekend TV; 'Fringe,' 'Homeland,' 'Good Wife'
USA TODAY
This story is part of the series CriticsCorner. Weekend TV; 'Fringe,' 'Homeland,' 'Good Wife' · Critic's Corner Thursday: 'Big Bang,' 'Grey's Anatomy' · Critic's Corner Tuesday: Civil War film, 'New Normal'...

Survey Conveyed by Merrill Lynch Reveals That Families are Regaining Control ...
LoanSafe
Adjusting to the “new normal” – Forty-four percent of affluent Americans view today's economic uncertainty as a new reality, and many are taking steps to gain greater control of their financial lives in this environment, including reining in spending ...

TV Buzz: 'Franklin & Bash' Renewed for Season 3; 'Downton Abbey' Creator ...
Celebuzz
The New Normal is getting some celebrity guest stars. Nicole Richie and George Takei will join the hit new NBC show as themselves according to show creator Ryan Murphy. No additional information is available regarding their plot lines. [EW]. What would ...

Finding the New Normal After Cancer: Jill Johnson, Nurse Practitioner ...
Newswise (press release)
Finding the New Normal After Cancer: Jill Johnson, Nurse Practitioner, Available for Comment. Released: 9/28/2012 2:00 PM EDT Source: ProMedica. Expert Available. Newswise — About 1.6 million Americans are expected to be diagnosed with cancer this ...

Disturbing TV trends should be flushed
Columbus Dispatch
First was Ellen Burstyn in the A&E miniseries Coma, who gave a good but disturbingly unhinged performance as the woman in charge of a sinister medical institution for comatose patients. Next came Ellen Barkin in the NBC comedy The New Normal, on...

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The 'new normal' excuse

The 'new normal' excuse - New York Post
Even a talker as talented as President Obama can't do the impossible: Persuade Americans that the three-year-old economic “recovery” is anything other than ...
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Coming Home From Deployment: The New “Normal”
2. The months of separation are over. The need to perform your combat duties has ended, and the need for your loved ones to maintain your family's welfare has ...
www.redcross.org/.../m4240149_SAFComingHomeBrochure....

'RHOA' star NeNe Leakes to move far away from Atlanta?
Examiner.com
“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star NeNe Leakes loves living in Atlanta, but she spends much of her time in Los Angeles because of her various filming duties, including “Glee” and “The New Normal.” According to a new “Wetpaint Entertainment” report ...

Examiner.com

NBC Presents Fall Season with Preview Special
World Screen
The special highlights new shows such as Guys with Kids, Revolution, Chicago Fire, The New Normal, Go On and Animal Practice. Produced by NBC Custom Content Marketing, it is being broadcast from August 18 through September 30. The NBC Primetime ...

Don Stammer
The Australian
And in the past couple of weeks, Pimco's Bill Goss has argued that "the cult of equities is dying" because the "new normal" for advanced economies is sluggish economic growth and disinflation. Pimco is the world's largest bond fund. To be fair, Goss ...

50 Reasons We Can't Wait For Fall TV: Kate Hudson, Creepy Nuns and Ass ...
E! Online
New Normal's Andrew Rannells: Watching The New Normal every week will be like watching an Emmy-winning star being born again and again. He is perfection. 48. Kate Hudson on Glee: After How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days, you'd be hard pressed to find ...

E! Online

New Government Figures Confirm Huge Gaps in Access to Paid Leave
Huffington Post
Given the 'new normal' of families in the U.S. today, where only three in ten households with children had a parent home full time and two-thirds of women are either primary or co-primary breadwinners, these numbers make clear how badly our workplace ...

Achieving transformational efficiency for a leaner future
The Asset
Extreme and rapid change in the funds industry is no longer a passing trend but the new normal. Investment in operational change must therefore deliver an operating model enabling the business to remain competitive, whatever the market conditions.

The Asset

Republican Convention Monday Schedule Released
Brevard Times
TAMPA, Florida - Asserting that "Republicans reject the notion that America's 'new normal' consists of 42 months of deep unemployment and greater debt," Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus today announced that the theme of the ...

Gabby goes back to Iowa and hangs out with Oprah
Daily Press
After less than 48 hours relaxing with her family in Virginia Beach, her life got back to her new normal. The Olympic gymnastics champion returned to Iowa, where she has trained for the past two years. She met with Oprah Winfrey to tape an interview ...

Corn Is Us: 6 Steps to Drought-Proofing Your Diet
CSRwire.com (press release) (blog)
As drought becomes the “new normal,” our diets will have to adapt to become healthier for humans and the planet. Submitted by: Wendy Gordon. Posted: Aug 20, 2012 – 12:55 PM EST. Tags: food, usda, corn, drought, economy, waste, sustainability, healthy ...

For the Nationals-Braves series, skip the long lines at Nationals Park and eat ...
Washington Post (blog)
And with the team zeroing in on its first-ever playoff appearance, that is the new normal. Does it really make sense to spend a full inning or two for Shake Shack? This is pennant race baseball now, people; the days of waiting in line through innings ...

Criticizing the Ritalin Generation
New York Times (blog)
If “accelerated” has become the new normal, there's no choice but to diagnose the kids developing at a normal rate with a disorder. Instead of leveling the playing field for kids who really do suffer from a deficit, we're ratcheting up the level of ...

Why It's Nearly Certain That Market Volatility Will Continue
Minyanville.com
Today we illustrate some of our findings in relation to the market's (SPX – S&P 500 Index) new normal and volatility; explicitly the standard deviation. Click to enlarge. Illustrated in the weekly chart of the SPX above is the 2003 – 2007 cyclical bull ...

Sending Your Child to Kindergarten: A Test in Courage
Patch.com
I had no idea that this was my new normal. As a result of my new weepy existence, sending my daughter off for her first day of kindergarten was an emotional event I dreaded for months. When the day was just a couple of weeks away, I started to get a ...

Bloodshed persists in Syria on Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr
Los Angeles Times
Activists reported more than 150 people killed, a death toll that has become the new normal as the conflict has reached every part of the country. "What Eid? There is no Eid today," said Abu Sufyan, with the Aleppo Military Council, which is ...

BOTH SIDES: Reagan and Matalin Debate Ryan Rollout and Voter ID Laws and ...
Huffington Post
We listen to his well-received opening talk in Norfolk, Va., in which he says our rights come from "God and nature" and condemns "the new normal" of 8-percent unemployment. Mary is personally thrilled with Romney's selection, citing Ryan's intellectual ...

Land woes 'harming mental health'
Timaru Herald
"Then ... people start to progress, work through the issues, move into the period of new normal and develop a pathway forward." Most people could mentally recover on their own, Chambers said, but about 15 per cent needed more help. "There is a group of ...

Carlisle Pike tract is representive of economy's effect on central Pennsylvania
Patriot-News
By the time the “new normal” sets in, even savvy businesspeople are still feeling for a bottom. No one wants to buy while prices are plummeting. In business, they call that catching a falling knife. Everyone is afraid of being cut. So properties sit ...

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CBS' 'Super' Man Set for Season Kickoff
Broadcasting & Cable
Achieving Operational Freedom in Digital Media Workflows · The New Normal for Promoting Tune-in · Infrastructure Design for High Volume Video Workflows · Multi Format Encoding for Efficient Content Repurposing · The CIOs Guide to Videoconferencing ...

20 Years Later: The Children Of Hurricane Andrew
CBS Local
There would be a new normal for Hurricane Andrew. “In my opinion, the aftermath is much more difficult, much more traumatic than the event itself,” said Dante Diaz. “Seeing the damage every day, smelling it, and then having to rebuild your life. The ...

CBS Local

The tough as iron road to recovery
Providence Eyewitness News
His new normal started after a second stint in prison only months after that first arrest. “Sitting in a jail cell, you're whole life goes on and you're not in it,” he said. Marr remembers that exact date, January 5, 2007. It is a birth date of sorts ...

That's the Ticket
Wall Street Journal
We're going to talk about reviving America and rejecting this 'new normal' idea." And I think that is going to have broad appeal beyond conservatives. Gigot: What are you hearing, Joe, from your sources? Is there a lot of anxiety among Republicans, or ...

Instapundit » Blog Archive » THE “NEW NORMAL?” James - PJ Media
By Glenn Reynolds
But the president's a recent convert to this religion of low expectations. He certainly didn't buy it when he took office. Back then, he predicted aquick and powerful economic rebound — if only lawmakers implemented his policies, such as the ...
Instapundit

Public sector procurement - moving on from the new normal
By Ian Burdon
The purpose of public service is to serve the public. You may consider that a crude tautology and you could be right, yet it is something that I think is worth repeating. Frequently.
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Assessing the Ritalin Generation - NYTimes.com
By By KJ DELL'ANTONIA
If “accelerated” has become the new normal, there's no choice but to diagnose the kids developing at a normal rate with a disorder. Instead of leveling the playing field for kids who really do suffer from a deficit, we're ratcheting up the level of ...
Motherlode

HOLLYWOOD SPY: HOLLYWOOD SPY SPOTLIGHT ON FALL 2012 ...
By DEZMOND
HOLLYWOOD SPY SPOTLIGHT ON FALL 2012 NEW SITCOMS: MATTHEW PERRY'S "GO ON", JESSE BRADFORD'S "GUYS WITH KIDS" & JUSTIN BARTHA'S "THE NEW NORMAL". It's been a very slow period in movie news world, people, ...

HOLLYWOOD SPY

Romanticizing the past in higher and distance education - Blog
By opendistanceteachingandlearning
Romanticizing the past stands in stark contrast to most of what I currently read which indicates that we are entering a phase in higher education, and distance education in particular, where flux and change will be the new normal. This flux and ...
opendistanceteachingandlearning

No, Partisan Polarization Is NOT The New Normal | Presidential Power
By now you should know why the survey evidence Balz and Cohen cite does not, in fact, prove that “polarization is the new normal”. I have made this argument ...
blogs.middlebury.edu/.../no-partisan-polarization-is-not-the-ne...

Fall arts 2012: Non-profit theaters face 'new normal'
Fall arts 2012: Non-profit theaters face 'new normal', Three years after the Great Recession officially ended, the buzz in the non-profit theater world is all about ...
www.azcentral.com/.../20120815fall-arts-2012-non-profit-the...

Paranormal hopes to be the new normal | wcsh6.com
Prospect, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- Things that go bump in the night or creatures from other worlds are normal topics of conversation at Fort Knox's Paranormal ...
www.wcsh6.com/.../Paranormal-hopes-to-be-the-new-normal?...

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