“A Florida man who believes someone placed a Voodoo curse on him a year ago recently reported the alleged magical misdoings to the police, even though he says he’s experienced no consequences from the hex, according to an incident report. The unidentified Fort Pierce man filed an incident report last …
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Dick Cheney Gets Awkward On Fox & Friends Over NSA Spying
“An awkward situation ensued on Fox & Friends Monday morning, after co-host Steve Doocy teed up former Vice President Dick Cheney to take a swing at the Obama administration’s surveillance policies, and got a long silence from the noted proponent of stronger security measures instead. Following a discussion on Obamacare …
Read More »Better To Be White (And Rich) If You Kill Four People? | Affluenza Update
“People are buzzing about Ethan Couch and the “affluenza” defense used by his lawyer and defense-called psychologist Dr. G. Dick Miller. Though Couch killed four and injured many others in a drunk-driving crash last summer, the 16-year-old got probation and a trip to rehab. Anderson Cooper talked to Dr. Miller …
Read More »Iowa vs LSU in the Outback Bowl is worth watching (Three Reasons Why)
Dan Rubenstein explains why Iowa-LSU is one of the more intriguing bowl match ups. Photo Credits: Reese Strickland/USA Today Sports Crystal LoGiudice/USA Today Sports Derick E. Hingle/USA Today Sports Jesse Johnson/USA Today Sports
Read More »Kim Jong Un Executed His Uncle – Why?
“A stooped figure in handcuffs, condemned by a military tribunal, then taken for immediate execution Thursday, Jang Song Thaek is now vilified as “traitor” and “human scum” in North Korea, where until recently he counted as its second-most-powerful figure. The dramatic downfall of Jang, the uncle and apparent mentor of …
Read More »Beyoncé Secret Album Surprises Everybody
“…And then there’s Beyoncé, the self-titled album released in the wee hours of this morning by Beyoncé Knowles. There was absolutely no prior warning about when it would be landing on iTunes; though it was no secret that the singer had something in the works, between her Super Bowl performance …
Read More »Not Happy At Work? Blame The ‘Happiness Engineer’
“Despite the sobering economic shocks of recent years, the Fun at Work movement seems irrepressible. Major companies boast of employing Chief Fun Officers or Happiness Engineers; corporations call upon a burgeoning industry of happiness consultants, who’ll construct a Gross Happiness Index for your workplace, then advise you on ways to …
Read More »Paul Ryan And Marco Rubio Squabble Over Budget – Meow!
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday pushed back on criticism to the budget agreement reached with Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), saying he wants Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to “read the deal and get back to me.” In a post on Breitbart.com on Wednesday, Rubio wrote that the deal would continue …
Read More »Santa Cancels Christmas Over Climate Change
“To hear conservatives tell it, Santa Claus is most definitely white, and his home isn’t melting. At least that’s what Fox News, with its recent barrage of attacks on an ad in which Santa warns about the impact of climate change on his Arctic home, would lead you to believe. …
Read More »Birther Conspiracies Sparked By Hawaii Plane Crash
“A plane crash that killed Hawaii Department Health Director Loretta Fuddy on Wednesday has piqued the interest of conspiracy theorists because of her role in verifying President Barack Obama’s birth certificate. In 2011, Fuddy attempted to end the thoroughly debunked conspiracy theories about President Obama’s citizenship by verifying his Hawaiian …
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