It’s one thing to be upset over Obama winning last week and immediately go into the “this country sucks” mode, but this lady took the whole thing to a new level: Upset over the result of last week’s presidential election, an Arizona woman ran over her husband with her car, believing him to be directly […]
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 […]
Oh My! How dare this happen (via Fox): Several reporters were caught on an open mike mocking Sarah Palin for delivering a “roller coaster”-type speech after she addressed California State University, Stanislaus on Friday. As the former Alaska governor stepped off stage at the sold-out dinner fundraiser and the sound of applause faded away, voices […]
That’s the meme the wingnuts are trying to spin right now, following the lead of Byron York: Vice President Joe Biden’s favorable rating has fallen to 42 percent in a new Gallup poll, down from a high of 59 percent just after last year’s election. Biden’s unfavorable rating in the new poll is 40 percent, […]
The Republicans and their little followers just can’t seem to comprehend that “Global Warming” actually means climate change: Al Gore is scheduled before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday morning to once again testify on the ‘urgent need’ to combat global warming. But Mother Nature seems ready to freeze the proceedings. A ‘Winter Storm […]
All day we have heard Republicans saying that this election was in no way a mandate and the country is still very much on the right. Andrew Sullivan posts this from a reader: The Democratic presidential nominee has won the popular vote four out of the last five elections. In 2000 Al Gore won the […]
I certainly hope not, but this lawsuit doesn’t look good: A one billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube threatens internet freedom, according to its owner Google. Google’s claim follows Viacom’s move to sue the video sharing service for its inability to keep copyrighted material off its site. Viacom says it has identified 150,000 unauthorised clips on […]
The Politico takes an good look at how the GOP is in an “anemic” state: As the New Year arrives at last in Iowa, the signs are everywhere why Democrats have much more reason than Republicans to welcome 2008. Iowans are voting with their feet. While both parties have wide-open nomination contests, crowds for the […]
One thing I try to emphasis to the blogs I handle the tech work on is keeping page sizes low. The reason for this is because there are so many people in this country that are stuck with dial-up internet. As it turns out the United States has taken a big plunge in internet speed […]
Al Gore is now a Nobel Peace Prize recipient: Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Friday for their efforts to spread awareness of man-made climate change and lay the foundations for counteracting it. “I am deeply honored to receive the Nobel […]