Big Government has learned of a shocking new dimension to the emerging Fisker Karma scandal: not only is the U.S. taxpayer-backed car manufactured overseas, but it is far less fuel-efficient than its main American competitor, the Chevrolet Volt. ABC News … Continue reading
From the bastion of right wing reporting known as Democracy Now: New figures show President Obama continues to pull in huge donations from the financial sector, with more money from Wall Street this year than all other Republican presidential candidates … Continue reading
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AP is reporting NPR host/Occupy protest leader Lisa Simeone has been fired: “A freelance broadcaster who works for music and documentary programs has been fired from a job after NPR questioned her involvement in a Washington protest.” Lisa Simeone said … Continue reading
Someone affiliated with the Department of Energy has been going back to make changes to press releases posted on the Internet weeks and months ago, CNBC has found. The changes occurred in two press releases from the Department of Energy’s … Continue reading
The first professional survey data about the protesters is out, and the information is pretty interesting. The thing that really jumped out at me, though, was the news that half of the protesters believe the big bank bailouts were necessary. … Continue reading
National Public Radio host Lisa Simeone appears to be breaking the taxpayer-subsidized network’s ethics rules by acting as a spokeswoman for Occupy D.C. group “October 2011,” which is currently “occupying” Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. Simeone hosts NPR’s nationally syndicated … Continue reading
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“Everybody’s entitled to an opinion,” Vicki’s husband Gene Knox told CBS, citing his wife’s freedom of speech. “They can persecute her, but they can’t prosecute her.” “Homosexuality is a perverted spirit……..I know sin and it breeds like cancer!” Knox posted … Continue reading
Hamas quickly called for its members to capture more Israeli soldiers in order to free the remaining 5,000 or so Palestinian prisoners in Israel. Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority, a Hamas rival, also spoke of the vital … Continue reading
One way to find your IP address is to search for [my ip] using Google and click the top search result. Now it’s no longer necessary to go to the first result because Google answers your questions and shows your … Continue reading
Junk science has exploded thanks to the Internet. It’s easier than ever to strike fear in the hearts of consumers by using words like “toxic” or worse, “cancer” in association with a given product. Some of you may remember the … Continue reading
The obsession over abusive executive power has mysteriously vanished. And we were worried about waterboarding? Now that the Obama administration has upped the ante in the war on terror, the Bush-era policies of detention and so-called “torture” look downright tame … Continue reading
There is absolutely no difference from what you’re about to read below and those who defended the Motion Picture Production Code. These people are prigs, censors, and humorless moralists of the highest order: To me, the series premiere of ABC’s … Continue reading
I’ve always had a problem with the term “jailbreaking” when it comes to Apple’s mobile devices. The term “jail” came into usage long before iOS in reference to isolated user-space instances, but that old meaning seems to have been obscured … Continue reading
A Northern California woman is suing Pipedream Products, which manufactures sex toys, claiming her experience with her dildo was anything but pleasurable. According to the claim filed in Yreka, April Bonjour and her boyfriend were getting frisky and decided to … Continue reading
President Barack Obama is sending about 100 U.S. troops to Africa to help hunt down the leaders of the notoriously violent Lord’s Resistance Army in and around Uganda. “I have authorized a small number of combat-equipped U.S. forces to deploy … Continue reading
when i found out that jamey rodemeyer killed himself – i felt deeply troubled. but when i found out that jamey rodemeyer had made an it gets better video only months before taking his own life – i felt indescribable … Continue reading
How did a failing California solar company, buffeted by short sellers and shareholder lawsuits, receive a $1.2 billion federal loan guarantee for a photovoltaic electricity ranch project—three weeks after it announced it was building new manufacturing plant in Mexicali, Mexico, … Continue reading
Scrolling through The Daily News’ live blog of the Occupy Wall Street protest in Times Square yesterday, this photo and caption jumped out at me: Student loan debt a hot topic among Times Sq. crowd. “Student loans screwed up my credit!” … Continue reading