I thought Sharon Angle was crazy, but this really takes the cake: One Nevada gubernatorial hopeful sees a speedy fix to Nevada’s budget crisis. Nonpartisan candidate Eugene “Gino” DiSimone believes people would pay for the privilege to drive up to 90 mph on designated highways—and fill the state’s depleted coffers. DiSimone calls his idea the […]
From Cincinnati’s channel 5: A woman accused of using a dietary supplement to drug the children in her care has been found guilty of child endangering. During the trial Wednesday, parents who took their babies to the Covenant Church Day Care in Springfield Township last year took the stand to say they noticed something wasn’t […]
A Tea Party favorite for the U.S. Senate in Ohio has just been indicted by a grand jury for unlawful conduct with a minor: A New Lebanon man, running for a U.S. Senate seat in Ohio, has been indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury on sex charges. Eric Deaton was indicted on one count […]
Now there are reports of shots being fired at the Murfreesboro Islamic Center in Tennessee (via The Political Carnival): Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a complaint about shots being fired this afternoon near the construction site of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro on Veals Road off Bradyville Pike. The report came just hours after […]
Given all the hate-baiting that has taken place over the Park 51 site in New York, it was only a matter of time until we started seeing stories like this: ATF and FBI agents are investigating a Saturday morning fire that damaged four pieces of equipment and could halt construction at the site of the […]
Looks like South Carolina’s unknown Democratic Senate nominee is in some more trouble: COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) US Senate nominee Alvin Greene indicted on felony charge of showing porn to SC college student. For background on these charges, check out this article on Mother Jones.
Via an AP breaking news alert: JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) A family spokesman tells the AP that ex-Sen. Stevens was killed in a plane crash in Alaska.
The sage of Target dumping money into political races has been interesting, if not short-lived. Let’s a quick timeline: July 25th – it was revealed that the Target Corp. funneled $150,000 to a right-wing homophobic PAC. July 27th – Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel defends the donations, saying “Target’s political donations are intended to support business […]
Ruh-Roh: The Ivy League daughter of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani was busted Wednesday for shoplifting at an upper East Side beauty store, cops said. Harvard senior Caroline Giuliani was caught at about 3:30 p.m stealing $150 worth of cosmetics from Sephora on E. 86th St. and Lexington Ave., sources said. “She was caught red-handed. She […]