AP photo caption: “U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry heads a soccer ball made in Afghanistan towards Zahra Mahmoodi, captain of Afghanistan’s women’s soccer team, as he meets with Afghan women entrepreneurs at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Tuesday March 26, 2013. Kerry met again Tuesday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a day after they… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Ball
O’Reilly Takes On Bachmann For ‘Lavish White House’ Critique: ‘Playing Small Ball,’ ‘Can’t Back Up Her Criticism’
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann was invited to sit down with Bill O’Reilly tonight to talk about her controversial remarks regarding how American taxpayers are paying for a lavish White House lifestyle, but O’Reilly explained that Bachmann didn’t want to come on. Instead, O’Reilly spent the segment essentially tearing down Bachmann’s assertions and insisting that it’s ridiculous… Read more »
Is the Fed’s crystal ball rose-colored?
On Tuesday, Federal Reserve officials gathered to set the nation’s monetary policy. That probably won’t be the most interesting news to come out of the two-day, meeting, however. On Wednesday afternoon, the leaders of the central bank will release their forecasts for levels of economic growth, unemployment and inflation they expect to see over the… Read more »
MSNBC’s Ball Insists Pope Benedict Bashed Dissident Nuns for Caring for the Poor More Than Opposing Abortion, Gay Marriage
Discussing the legacy of Pope Benedict XVI on the February 11 edition of MSNBC's "The Cycle," co-host Krystal Ball praised the retiring pontiff for being a "real advocate for addressing climate change" and for joining Twitter, but lamented that he was "outspoken in keeping women from being ordained" and "went after the largest group of… Read more »