Tag: barbs

22 DEC

‘Your accusations are made up!’ Prickly barbs expose deep rifts during Boris Johnson’s Russia visit

Boris Johnson and Sergey Lavrov were at their most quotable for the first trip by a UK foreign secretary to Moscow in 5 years, but passive-aggressive jabs revealed Britain’s censure and Russia’s reluctance to be cast as a villain. Johnson set the mood when in his opening remarks, traditionally dedicated to reassuring formalities about strong […]

24 MAY

‘Inside the NBA’ segment goes off the rails when Shaq and Charles Barkley threaten to punch and throw chicken wings at each other while trading barbs

NBA on TNT/Twitter TNT’s “Inside the NBA” postgame coverage went off the rails on Tuesday following the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Game 4 over the Boston Celtics as Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley traded barbs. That in itself is not all that rare, but this particular segment got particularly sidetracked when O’Neal claimed Barkley can’t discuss the […]

26 FEB

Trump and DNC leader Tom Perez trade barbs on ‘rigged’ elections

REUTERS/Chris Berry On Saturday, former Labor Secretary Tom Perez narrowly won the election to lead the Democratic National Committee. The election pitted Bernie Sanders’ far-left choice of Rep. Keith Ellison, against Perez, who garnered more establishment support.  Both former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden threw their support behind Perez. The DNC election took […]