“Chick-fil-A’s anti-gay marriage stance has gotten some high-profile support by way of Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Sarah Palin and other conservative lawmakers. But among their longtime customers, it’s a much different story. Polling organization YouGov found that the Atlanta-based chain’s brand approval ratings have plummeted in the wake of Chick-fil-A …
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Olympics Sponsored By Corporations, & Egypt Nike Knockoffs
“Egypt’s Olympic team won’t be wearing Chinese knockoffs at the London Games. Nike said Friday it was donating its gear to the Egyptian athletes. The announcement came two days after the country’s Olympic committee chairman said he had gone with a Chinese distributor because the real thing was just too …
Read More »Climate Change Skeptic Does 180 On Global Warming
“”Humans are almost entirely the cause” of climate change, according to a scientist who once doubted that global warming even existed. Last year, Richard Muller walked back years of climate change skepticism in light of new research. But Sunday’s comments go one step further. Muller wrote in an NYT op-ed …
Read More »Doping Allegations After China’s Ye Shiwen Wins Two Gold Medals
“…Ye Shiwen, a 16-year-old Chinese swimmer, shattered the world record in the 400-m individual medley by more than one second, the equivalent of an eon in an event where victories are usually measured in the briefest of intervals. Her blazing time was five seconds faster than her personal best. Then, …
Read More »‘Kiss My Ass!’ Romney Spokesman At Polish Holy Site
“A Mitt Romney spokesman reprimanded reporters traveling with the candidate on his six-day foreign trip, telling them to “kiss my a**” after they shouted questions from behind a rope line. As Romney left the site of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw and walked toward his motorcade parked …
Read More »Oops: Romney Praises Poland’s Economy But…
“Visiting Poland for the final leg of his gaffe-filled trip abroad, Romney praised how the nation has “lifted the heavy hand of government” to become one of the fastest growing economies in Europe. The problem with Romney’s speech, however, is that the the Polish government plays a larger role in …
Read More »Obama’s ‘License To Kill’ Being Questioned By Congress
“Congress is finally standing up to President Barack Obama on targeted killing. Almost a year after three American citizens were killed in US drone strikes, legislators are pushing the administration to explain why it believes it’s legal to kill American terror suspects overseas. Congress is considering two measures that would …
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