“An interview on Fox News was abruptly cut short on Friday after a guest’s bizarre answers apparently raised fears he was pulling a hoax. Anthony Esolen was appearing on Fox & Friends to discuss his book on parenting when he launched into a sarcastic monologue about the need to keep …
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Deadly Drone Strikes – Amorphous, Free-Reigning Policy
” Facing the possibility that President Obama might not win a second term, his administration accelerated work in the weeks before the election to develop explicit rules for the targeted killing of terrorists by unmanned drones, so that a new president would inherit clear standards and procedures, according to two …
Read More »Author Slams Fox News on Fox News
“Despite warning a producer beforehand, Foreign Policy blogger Tom Ricks went on Fox News and called out network for its coverage of the September 11 attacks in Benghazi. The controversy was “hyped — by this network especially,” Ricks said, before being booted off the air. And that was him being …
Read More »7-Year Old Treated with Medical Marijuana
“A 7-year-old girl suffering from leukemia is one of Oregon’s youngest medical marijuana patients. Her mother says she gives her daughter marijuana pills to combat the effects of chemotherapy, but her father, who lives in North Dakota, worries about the effects of the drug on her brain development. Mykayla Comstock …
Read More »Panthers vs Eagles 2012: Cam Newton Registers Four TDs in Victorious Monday Night Football Debut
The Carolina Panthers improve to 3-8 with a 30-22 win on Monday Night Football over the Philadelphia Eagles. Cam Newton scores four touchdowns in his Monday Night Football debut — two through the air, and two on the ground — and in the process quells any major concerns about the …
Read More »Morgan Freeman’s Marriage Equality Ad
“Every now and again Morgan Freeman lends his incredibly sultry voice to a greater cause. He did it for Barack Obama, when he narrated a pro-Obama ad that inspired and emotionally resonated in only the way the voice of a 75-year-old man with a melodious baritone is able to do. …
Read More »Wealthy CEOs Want Tax Breaks, Cuts to Poor and Elderly
“The corporate CEOs who have made a high-profile foray into deficit negotiations have themselves been substantially responsible for the size of the deficit they now want closed. The companies represented by executives working with the Campaign To Fix The Debt have received trillions in federal war contracts, subsidies and bailouts, …
Read More »Nets vs Knicks 2012: Brooklyn Wins First City Showdown with New York, Moves into 1st with OT Win
In their first encounter since moving to Brooklyn, the Nets emerged victorious over New York on Monday night to stake claim to first place in the Atlantic Division. Deron Williams, Brook Lopez and Gerald Wallace joined forces to provide just enough offense and defense to take down the Knicks, who …
Read More »Gangnam Style is Biggest YouTube Hit Ever
“This Saturday came a good news for the South Korean Pop star (Maybe now a Superstar!) PSY, for his video Gangnam style collected 822 Million total views becoming YouTube’s most watched video of all time. Gangnam style pushed Justin Bieber’s Music Video “Baby” to become #1 on YouTube. Bieber’s video …
Read More »Chris Brown’s Nasty Twitter Attack
“Chris Brown deleted his Twitter account on Sunday after engaging in a vulgar exchange with female comedian Jenny Johnson. The singer, who has suspended his online activity a number of times after posting controversial remarks, has fled the twittersphere following a bizarre back and forth with Johnson, a TV producer …
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