Stories like this are becoming all too common in our society today and we really need a large national discussion on how what is causing it and how to fix it: Sladjana Vidovic’s body lay in an open casket, dressed in the sparkly pink dress she had planned to wear to the prom. Days earlier, […]
Do we really need this? Anyone driving the twists of Highway 1 between San Francisco and Los Angeles recently may have glimpsed a Toyota Prius with a curious funnel-like cylinder on the roof. Harder to notice was that the person at the wheel was not actually driving. The car is a project of Google, which […]
We hear it from Republicans all the time; “if a company has more money then they will hire”. It’s the basic premise they use to sell their plans for tax cuts. But the problem is that Republicans are dead wrong, and that is shown in this article: For months, companies have been sitting on the […]
The award for the most stupid headline of the day has to go to the AP for this: Fla. Senate candidates critical of each other And what candidate isn’t critical of their opponent? Maybe they should do some real zinger headlines like: Candidates Talk Politics! In a Shocker, Candidates Try to Sell Themselves to the […]
As technology rules more of our lives, stories like this will become much more common place: An electronic monitoring system tracking sex offenders, parolees and others shut down, leaving authorities in 49 states blind to offenders’ movements for about 12 hours, authorities said Wednesday. A system operated by Boulder, Colo.-based BI Incorporated unexpectedly hit its […]
The fundies of this country are trying to out-crazy themselves now: A Southern Baptist leader who is calling for Christians to avoid yoga and its spiritual attachments is getting plenty of pushback from enthusiasts who defend the ancient practice. Southern Baptist Seminary President Albert Mohler says the stretching and meditative discipline derived from Eastern religions […]
Just wow: The head of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles has been arrested after soliciting an undercover officer in a restroom downtown. Andrew J. Miller, 40, of Carmel, was arrested Wednesday afternoon at Claypool Court, connected to Circle Centre Mall near Washington and Illinois streets, on a preliminary charge of public indecency and indecent […]
Rand Paul claims to be this “small government’” Libertarian, the kind of person almost synonymous with “Tea Party”, but when it comes to Medicare, that’s a different story. It turns out Paul is now framing himself as the savior of Medicare and Social Security in a new ad: Imagine that – a doctor who relies […]
There’s been a lot of talk about the South Fulton, Tennessee fire department standing around while Gene Cranick’s house burned to the ground all because Cranick didn’t pay a $75 subscription fee to the fire department, but I think there is one key point being missed here; what’s to come. First off, as a former […]
The wingnuts are in a laughing mood this morning over this “joke” photo posted at GOP2112. I never knew domestic violence could be so damn funny. I guess making jokes about a very serious problem that often leads to death and broken families is a key to their platform of “family values”. Maybe next we […]