“When flight attendants first rode aboard Turkish Airlines in the late 1940s they wore cotton blouses under blue suits tailored to accentuate “the contours of the body,” as a fashion history of the airline puts it. In the ’60s and ’70s the trend continued with fashions straight off the Paris …
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Woman Lets Internet Name Her Baby
“Meet Natasha Hill. She’s a 26-year-old teacher who’s about to have a baby. She just “won” $5,000 in a contest from BabyNames.net to let the internet pick her unborn child’s name. What could go wrong? Voting runs March 18-22 on a ballot that will include names that are currently #trending …
Read More »Media Hypocrisy – What Do We Deserve to Know from Bush/Obama?
“Tonight Bill O’Reilly took on former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs’ admission he was told to lie about the drone strike program by the White House. O’Reilly said that the American people should at least expect a certain level of honesty by the White House, bringing on Bob Beckel …
Read More »Lawmaker Tells Teen He Has ‘A Snake’ For Her
“Connecticut state Rep. Ernest Hewett told a 17-year-old girl, “If you’re bashful I got a snake sitting under my desk here.” In public. On the record. At a legislative hearing. While she was testifying about a program to overcome social anxiety of the very sort you might develop if a …
Read More »Pew Poll: GOP ‘Out of Touch’ & ‘Extreme’
“A majority of Americans believe that Republicans are “out of touch” with the mainstream of the country and “too extreme,” according to a new Pew Research Center poll released Tuesday.”* A recent Pew Poll found that Americans feel Republicans are too extreme and out of touch. What does it mean …
Read More »Michelle Bachmann is Always Right?
“Tea Party Rep. Michele Bachmann has been laying low since last November’s election when she came dangerously close to losing her House seat, possibly in preparation for a bid against Minnesota Sen. Al Franken in 2014. But Bachmann, being Bachmann, couldn’t stay quiet forever — or even very long. And …
Read More »Why ‘Moderates’ Are Protecting The Banks
“Multi-trillion dollar financial institutions continue to get richer, exerting more and more control over both America’s economy and its political system. The top 20 largest banks’ assets are nearly equal to the nation’s gross domestic product. Now, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), along with unlikely ally Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), is …
Read More »Sheriff Joe Takes a Fall
“Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was released from the hospital on Saturday after injuring his shoulder earlier in the week. Arpaio tweeted from his account ( @RealSheriffJoe ), “I was released from the hospital late today. Thank you for all of your kind wishes.”* Sheriff Joe Arpaio from Maricopa County …
Read More »Matt Stonie vs 10lb Bag of Potatoes
Please Thumbs up & Subscribe! =] So many ask what was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. At the time, this was thee most PAINFUL thing I’d done to date, and would rank up there now as well. I would be interested in see how I’d fair at the challenge …
Read More »Potato Parties Get Kids Kicked Out
“Ever wonder what $250 worth of McDonald’s french fries looks like? Great news. Thanks to a bunch of kids in South Korea, you can stop wondering. A sale on fries at the fast food chain inspired a group of kids to order a ridiculous amount of them, according to the …
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