looking back i can see in underestimating the power of lavigne's unpc image i may have internalized the view of many art critics, art historians enwho have over the years dismissed them as fundamentally not serious, inconsequential, irrelevant, marginal, frivolous, immoral, and silly. but it was not until 2002 2004 when the newspaper posted published a disufns cartoon and i describe what happened. mohammed they thought to focus on the power of cartoon as cartoons. after all, from asia to europe, hundreds of thousands of muslims took to the street to protest em sassy were shut down, ambassadors were recalled, and pakistan protests burned danish lands. more than 100 people were killed, another 500 were injured, danish goods were boycotted. the cartoons forced to go in to hiding. suffice to say that the emotional response of millions of muslims as the world over to the danish mohammed in retrospect may be to step that the nation's staff reaction to lavigne's kissinger cartoon had as much to do with the medium as the mess age. i can go on. the point -- that's how i got involved in this. i s

. >>> coming up, a live performance from avril lavigne. but first, your local news. it is 8:26. of the best in the cycling world will ride around the south bay today. the world's top cyclist will compete against the clock in stage six of the amgen tour in california in san jose. bailey avenue and south san jose, ride 20 miles and finish with a difficult climb up metcalf road. it is the time trial stage. pretty cool to see. check on the morning commute with mike. how are we looking? >> we're okay. it's friday. show you the berkeley curve heading away from our camera in emeryville. you see there is slowing approaching, heading to the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll talk about the maps. speaking of 50s, that's really good even for a friday we don't expect that nice of a flow here. 880 north and west 580. those are showing heavier, slower drive for oakland right now. that should start to clear up. the commute on friday tends to last less into the morning, about 9:30 we see good clearing. here on the peninsula slow both directions 101 around 92 unusually slow for northbound direction. w

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. >> adam lavigne coming under fire after his unpatriotic comments.r two contestants were voted off "the voice." >> only one more artist will join together for the top six live show. >> i hate this country. >> ouch. you heard it right there. almost immediately he felt the wrath of angry americans on the twitter page. instead of apologizing he tweeted a series of definition of words like joke and humorless implying he made a remark in the heat of the moment. he later issued a statement saying quote i obviously love my country very much my comments were made purely out of frustration. >> the russian daredevil takes a deep of faith on mt. everest. >> new video just released shows the base jumper setting a new world record. it happened earlier this month. he wore a special wing suit and glided at seeds of 125 miles per hour. the jump 220 meerts above sea level. it was time to mark the 60th anniversary of the first as sent of mount everest. that is your 5@5:30. >> this is crazy. talk about extreme. >> an extreme weather alert. this morning another round of

. >> that column was written by john lavigne of slate. it's why do you put it in my face? said a few things to people who said that. they would say, oh, yeah, i never thought that. there's a huge difference between the de facto assumption of the heterosexual world but what i heard mike say speaks to demographics. he's in his 60s. he's uncomfortable with it. i don't think we should jump down the throats of people who express honestly being uncomfortable with it. the average age of the nba is 26.7. i think that's why we see a lot of nba players saying, don't care about homosexuality but i would support a teammate. >> i think it's more damming to suggest that he talks like this because he's old. than it is the truth -- than to say the truth which is, this is a translation -- a passing off of the language of, i don't like this, into a different thing. you know, the idea that somehow old people -- older people don't keep up with the times, can't accept their grandchildren, et cetera, is just nonsense. he's simply refusing. he's a dinosaur who refuses to evolve. fair enough. >>

adam lavigne.ucky stars for his talent, the money he's made in this country. the only place you can make it in the world is here. he's doing it. do you think he's happy with himself? listen to what he's caught off camera saying. >> only one more artist will join the others for our top six live show. [ cheers and applause ] >> i hate this country. >> okay. when he said that, people said how dare him. he issued a statement and said, i obviously love my country very much. my comments were made purely out of frustration. they were based on my personal dissatisfaction with the results. what do you think about that? >> yeah, call the whaa-mbulance. we cover the twitter feeds of many celebrities because it shows their true colors. at best this celebrity is a poor sore loser. at worst he was saying his true feelings about this country. either way he's a crap weasel. initially the defense was he was being funny. he tweeted, and we have this at twitchy. he tweeted the definition of humorless in response to h