Bird Poops in Reporter’s Face

A reporter delivered a story on the infestation of birds in the Detroit metro area. The birds delivered a little Hitchcockian rebuttle on live television.

Edwards Bows Out

Former Sen. John Edwards ends his bid for the Democratic nomination for presidency. He has asked Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both to make poverty a top issue, according to one of his aides. Edwards will hold back an endorsement for now. But his supporters’ votes are clearly up for grabs. And Florida is likely [...]

Haiti’s Poor Eat Mud As Food Becomes Unaffordable

Cookies made of mud, salt, and shortening become a last resort food source for impoverished Haitians. At a market in the La Saline slum, 60 cents buys two cups of rice. That’s a 50% increase in price over the last year. Beans, condensed milk and fruit are staples being priced out of family budgets. Dirt [...]

The Romney Whisperer

Apparently, it’s okay not to have to think on your feet. There’s been no serious scrutiny of GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney getting a prompt during the debate. That’s cheating if he’s getting fed answers to look good on TV. So, there’s plenty of blogosphere buzz on the miraculous “he raised taxes” voice between Tim [...]

Boys Freeze Tongues on Flagpole

Two Indiana boys tempt Mother Nature and lose. Gavin Dempsey and James Alexander, both fourth-graders, froze their tongues to their school flagpole. They happened to be pulling flagpole duty when they came up with the idea of mimicking the scene from the movie “A Christmas Story.” Both were skeptical as they decided to see if [...]

Scratch and Sniff Presidential Ballot

Diebold presents the new electronic, scratch and sniff ballot! Click “Scratch n Sniff Ballot” for your ballot. Vote as many times as you like. polls – Scratch n Sniff Ballot surveys – Scratch n Sniff Ballot surveys – Scratch n Sniff Ballot surveys – Scratch n Sniff Ballot surveys – Scratch n Sniff Ballot polls [...]

SOTU: I Spy a Buttload of Lies

Bush went through his State of the Union address like a 7th grader goes through the last day of school before the summer vacation.  And oh the tangled web… Thinkprogress has been providing the actual facts after SOTU’s for years now.  It’s a great service to the public.  Here’s a just one of the Bush [...]

Telecom Immunity Stalls FISA

For now, senators shutdown immunity to telecom companies that acquiesced to illegal spying on Americans. Without debate or amendments, Republicans called for a cloture vote which would have ended the negotiations on the reauthorization of the “Protect America Act” which expires Friday, February 1, 2008. The cloture was defeated with 60 senators unattainable. An extension [...]

State of the Union: Up Shit Creek

Oh yeah, him. President George W. Bush delivers a buzzkill tonight to those savoring the thrill of the primaries and the the thought of electing a new leader to the executive branch. This may be Bush’s last State of the Union (Thank God!) and the only way to draw attention to the administration at this [...]

Clintons’ GOP Approach to Winning

Lee Stranahan put this video together on the heels of Bill Clinton saying Obama=Jesse Jackson. (That’s the inference.) Some other Democrats who won the South Carolina primary, whom Bill Clinton curiously didn’t mention: John Edwards, beating John Kerry, in 2004. Al Gore, beating Bill Bradley, in 2000. Bill Clinton, beating Paul Tsongas, in 1992.