“The world’s largest oil companies — ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, BP, and ConocoPhillips — will begin to announce their third-quarter profits for 2012. In the first half of 2012, these companies — all ranked in the top 10 of Fortune 500 Global — earned over $60 billion. The oil industry reinvests …
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Song Parody: ’50 Ways to Hate Obama’
It seems a lot of vitriol toward Obama is nonsensical, partisan and sometimes, appears to be based on racial prejudice. Would Obama received the same amount of hate if he weren’t black? What if he were a Republican? Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Ben Mankiewicz (Host, Turner Classic Movies) discuss …
Read More »Uncle Toms? Log Cabin Republicans Endorse Romney
“The Log Cabin Republicans announced Tuesday that they have endorsed Mitt Romney for president, a significant departure from 2008, when the group ran ads hitting Romney for his shift from moderation to severe conservativism and highlighted him as an example of what is wrong with the Republican Party. The organization, …
Read More »Man Slid Under Theater Seats, Stole $30K+/Week
“Anthony Johnson was convicted in Hartford, Connecticut of slithering on floors of movie theaters and robbing people while they watched movies. Johnson reportedly spent his weekends of crawling across movie theater floors, stealing from purses and running up $30,000 bills on other people’s credit cards, reports greenwichtime.com. Johnson would then …
Read More »4 Killed in Salon Shooting – Gun Control and Race
“Police in Wisconsin searched Sunday for a man suspected of killing three people and wounding four others in a shooting at a spa in suburban Milwaukee. After the shooting, police said an improvised explosive device was found at the spa and a bomb squad is investigating, but they did not …
Read More »Romney Cast as ‘Economic Traitor’ in New Ad
“With the ‘throw the kitchen sink’ phase of the presidential campaign now in high gear, two progressive groups are launching some of the sharpest attacks yet on Mitt Romney’s private equity days. The ad, titled “Economic Traitor,” was paid for by Workers’ Voice, the super PAC arm of the AFL-CIO, …
Read More »Man Exposes Testicles to Cops to Avoid Masturbation Arrest
“A man in Port St. Lucie, Florida, exposed his testicles to police officers in order to avoid being arrested for public lewdness. According to Gawker, the incident occurred after police were dispatched to the parking lot of a CVS store, after they received a call about a man masturbating while …
Read More »Corporations Love Deficits – Links Between Profit and Recession
“You’ve probably seen this famous chart of Corporate Profits as a share of GDP. It’s a pretty rough approximation of corporate profit margins, and it shows that margins are very close to an all-time high. Not only are they at an all-time high, but they’re way out of line with …
Read More »13″ MacBook Pro Retina Performance Review / Speed Test (Benchmarks vs. 15″ MacBook Pro Retina)
GIVEAWAY LATER TODAY – http://youtu.be/0p_VgWWNDi4 TWITTER – http://twitter.com/unboxtherapy INSTAGRAM – unboxtherapy This is a speed test featuring the newly released 13 inch MacBook Pro Retina. The 13″ MacBook Pro Retina features an Intel Core i5 processor with 2 cores @ 2.5GHz, 8GB of RAM, 128GB SSD & an incredible 2560-by-1600 …
Read More »Claptrap Halloween Costume!
Happy Halloween Everyone! It’s been my tradition to make a homemade Halloween costume out of a cardboard box! This year in celebration of Borderlands 2 I decided to go with Clap Trap! Order The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook here: http://www.nerdynummiescookbook.com CONNECT WITH RO: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rosannapansino Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/RosannaPansino Tumblr: http://www.rosannapansino.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/rosannapansino …
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