The first major debate of the 2012 Republican Presidential primaries took place last night and the big news came from Michele Bachmann: Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, an outspoken Republican with close ties to the tea party, announced Monday that she is running for president, a candidacy that could further shake up a volatile fight for […]
The Washington Times has this “end of transparency” headline up right now: White House to cut access to half of federal websites Which starts with: As part of the Obama administration’s campaign to promote transparency, the White House announced today it intends to eliminate the public’s access to half of the federal government’s websites within […]
Here’s Drudge’s latest outrage: And the article it links to:: A few weeks before announcing his re-election campaign, President Obama convened two dozen Wall Street executives, many of them longtime donors, in the White House’s Blue Room. The guests were asked for their thoughts on how to speed the economic recovery, then the president opened […]
Eric Cantor has already called on Anthony Weiner to resign amid the photo scandal, but now he is calling on Nancy Pelosi to strip Anthony Weiner of his committee assignments: Majority Leader Eric Cantor escalated the GOP’s war of words over Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D-NY) online indiscretions on Monday, calling on Democrats to remove him […]
Sean Hannity decided to have disgraced former representative, Mark Foley, on his show to discuss the Anthony Weiner non-sex “scandal”. Foley, who was forced to resign after sending sexually explicit messages to underage congressional pages, told Hannity that it should not be illegal to send such messages to minors (via Think Progress): This is really […]
The problem with electric cars has been the low life cycle of a battery charge and the time take to re-charge. It makes for really bad longer trips. Well those headaches could be a thing of the past, thanks to MIT: A new battery design developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could […]
Things are really looking bad for ole’ Newt the adulterous Gingrich: Newt Gingrich’s campaign manager and numerous other key aides have resigned together, a strong blow to his hopes for the Republican presidential nomination. Gingrich press spokesman Rick Tyler told The Associated Press that he’s resigned along with campaign manager Rob Johnson, senior strategists and […]
We’re already fighting wars in Iraq, Afghanistan/Pakistan and Syria, but now it appears the U.S. has entered a fourth theater: The Obama administration has intensified the American covert war in Yemen, exploiting a growing power vacuum in the country to strike at militant suspects with armed drones and fighter jets, according to American officials. The […]
Since taking control of Ohio in January, the Republicans, lead by Governor John Kasich, have been on a rampage of right wing ideological legislation. Now the Ohio Assembly is set to take up another slice of that agenda: Abortions in Ohio would be banned at most publicly funded hospitals, clinics and other facilities under a […]
As you have most likely heard by now Anthony Weiner has admitted to sending the lewd photos of himself over the internet, including the now infamous bulge shot. I can’t begin to explain how frustrating this is. It’s not for the main subject of this story, his bulge and internet habits, but rather for his […]