Just got this in an AP breaking news alert: SAN DIEGO (AP) Ousted USDA employee Shirley Sherrod says she will sue blogger Andrew Breitbart.

Last month John Boehner demanded that Paul McCartney apologize for saying “After the last eight years, it’s great to have a president who knows what a library is.” That quote came at the end of an awards ceremony giving McCartney the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Now in an interview, McCartney has responded to the […]

As the day progresses and people get time to read the decision, I’m sure the spin will really kick into high-RPM mode. For now, here’s the lowdown: But for now, opponents of the law have prevailed: The provisions that angered opponents will not take effect, including sections that required officers to check a person’s immigration […]

Another hit from the asshat Fox News Network: (h/t Cesca) Douchey is going from the report that said 47% of Americans didn’t pay any income tax last year. Of course they didn’t pay income tax because they didn’t make enough money, but they still paid sales tax, home taxes, state and local taxes, etc. But […]

Yesterday I posted about a Washington Post article talking about the police questioning people for taking pictures of federal buildings and landmarks. Now we have another extreme: The ACLU of Maryland is defending Anthony Graber, who potentially faces sixteen years in prison if found guilty of violating state wiretap laws because he recorded video of […]

As a photographer stories like this really get my blood boiling: A few weeks ago, on his way to work, Matt Urick stopped to snap a few pictures of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s headquarters. He thought the building was ugly but might make for an interesting photo. The uniformed officer who […]

Last night WikiLeaks published the largest single disclosure of military documents in U.S. history. The 91,000+ page dump represents a different view of the Afghanistan War than we have been told and represent a timeframe from January 2004 to December 2009, right before President Obama announced the new strategy. Here’s a few various tidbits from […]

Apparently Fred Phelps and his ilk of hate mongering minions don’t like anything, comic books included. That’s why it’s no surprise that they showed up at an annual convention of comic book enthusiasts to protest the event: But the comic fans, or as some may call them “nerds”, didn’t sit down and take it. Instead […]

This is an interesting article from the AP: A brother of U.S. House Republican leader John Boehner (BAY’-nur) would have seen his unemployment benefits dry up if the congressman had succeeded in his push to defeat an extension-of-benefits bill passed this week. Boehner and most fellow Republicans opposed the measure Thursday, but 61-year-old Bob Boehner […]

Jean “full of” Schmidt is creating a legal trust fund: Rep. Jean Schmidt said Wednesday she plans to create a trust to cover legal expenses associated with a defamation lawsuit filed on her behalf in Clermont County Common Pleas Court against a former political opponent, David Krikorian. The trust would be able to accept up […]