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Read More »Monthly Archives: December 2012
Barnes & Noble Nook HD+ Review
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Read More »Lohan Takes $100k from Charlie Sheen, Doesn’t Thank Him
“As reports surface of Lindsay Lohan’s money woes, actor Charlie Sheen says he loaned the troubled starlet money but never received so much as a thank you. Sheen told “ET” today that he gave his “Scary Movie 5″ co-star an unspecified amount of money but says it was payment she …
Read More »War on Christmas? Mom Objects to Church Field Trip
“A longtime holiday show, beloved by children, inadvertently sparked a controversy in Little Rock over the separation of church and state. It happened when some teachers at Terry Elementary school sent letters home offering to shuttle first and second graders to see a stage version of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” …
Read More »Walmart Shoplifter Shot Dead By Off Duty Deputy
“A mother of two who was fatally shot by a deputy after she was suspected of shoplifting at Walmart didn’t deserve to die, her family said. Harris County Sheriff’s deputies said Tiasa Andrews, Yolanda Craig, and Shelly Frey were stealing from a Walmart Thursday night. They said the women ran …
Read More »Dick Morris Cashed in on Bogus Election Predictions
“While the 2012 election may have severely damaged Dick Morris’ credibility as a pundit, leading to his temporary benching at Fox News, it appears to have been good for his wallet. The Fox News contributor and columnist at The Hill aggressively fundraised for a super PAC he advised, which then …
Read More »Jamie Foxx SNL Joke Makes Conservatives Cry Racism
“I grew up in Southern California, so many people’s minor problems about race make little sense to me. I understand major problems, like Trayvon Martin, unemployment, pay gaps and high rates of incarceration. Two weeks ago, Jamie Foxx referred to Barack Obama as “Our Lord and Savior” at the Soul …
Read More »Girl Speaks Out on Sexual Assault, Defies Judge
“Remember 17-year-old Savannah Dietrich? She’s the teenager who publicly called out the boys who groped her chest and stuck their fingers in her vagina while she was unconscious — and photographed the sexual assault because they wanted to remember that precious moment in history forever/brag about it to all their …
Read More »Serena Williams Impression – Racist?
“It’s that time of year again: December, which means it’s time for another installment of Caroline Wozniacki imitating Serena Williams. In an exhibition match against Sharapova this past weekend, the Danish tennis star stuffed her bra and skirt with towels to mimic the famously voluptuous Williams. The stunt elicited laughter …
Read More »Scarborough Takes Bin Laden Movie as Proof Torture Works
“On Monday morning’s Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough led a panel discussion of Frank Bruni’s New York Times op-ed piece, “Bin Laden, Torture and Hollywood,” which is about the depiction of torture in the forthcoming hunt-for-bin Laden film Zero Dark Thirty. In textbook Morning Joe fashion, the assembled panel debated …
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