“What’s the life cycle of a reality TV family? Shorter than it used to be. For the Kardashian clan, the Robertsons of Duck Dynasty and the family of beauty pageant contestant Alana Thompson (aka Honey Boo Boo), the limelight is fading. All three shows returned last month with depressed ratings …
Read More »Monthly Archives: July 2014
Cyber? Bankers & Gov Officials Steam Up Revolving Door
“Government and industry action against cyber attacks isn’t moving fast enough for Wall Street. Now banks are proposing a cyber war council to defend against future threats to their data. According to a Bloomberg report, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma) has submitted a proposal for a committee …
Read More »Exploding Drones But You’ve Got To Shoot Them First
“There’s a battle over the skies of Arizona. Sports shooters are hunting down drones. It’s a futuristic way of sports shooting that’s being developed in the valley. “It’s just like nothing you’ve ever shot at before,” said George Ford. “It’s a hard harder than it seems,” said Robert Maurer. It’s …
Read More »Fox News Has Typical Ironic B*tchfest Over Atheist Ad
“The New York Times ran a full page ad last week from the Freedom From Religion Foundation railing against the Supreme Court Hobby Lobby decision. But the ad happened to mention the Supreme Court is majority-Catholic, leading Fox News’ Andrea Tantaros to ask if the Times is “profiting off of …
Read More »ENTIRE Family Of Good Guys Shoots Each Other, Including 11-Year-Old
“An 84-year-old man shoots his son. So what does his grandson do, according to authorities, in his own father’s defense? Shoot — fatally, it turns out — his grandfather. That’s what authorities said happened Monday night in Kittrell, a small North Carolina town of less than 500 people located about …
Read More »Prostitution Used As Weapon Against Senator… By Cuba?
“Sen. Robert Menendez is asking the Justice Department to pursue evidence obtained by U.S. investigators that the Cuban government concocted an elaborate plot to smear him with allegations that he cavorted with underage prostitutes, according to people familiar with the discussions. In a letter sent to Justice Department officials, the …
Read More »Politics Suspected In Choice Of Town For Republican Political Convention
“The CEO of Dallas’s convention bureau says the GOP’s decision to pick Cleveland as its 2016 convention site was all about politics. Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau chief executive Phillip Jones told The Dallas Morning News that his city was told the decision would be all about business. “You look …
Read More »DC Comics Denies Dying Child’s Wish
“Many of us here on ComicBookMovie have a favourite superhero, and maybe it’s because we see virtues of ourselves in these characters, or perhaps it’s because we see something to strive towards. Still, I think that everyone on this site can sympathize with young Jeffrey Baldwin. Young Jeffrey was a …
Read More »Hypersexual Women Studied & The Result Is Wow
“Women who have sex so frequently that it may cause them problems — sometimes referred to as being “hypersexual” — seem to be characterized more by their high rates of masturbation and pornography use, rather than passive forms of sexual behavior, such as having fantasies, as previous studies had suggested, …
Read More »Remote Controlled Birth Control Now Available
“A contraceptive computer chip that can be controlled by remote control has been developed in Massachusetts. The chip is implanted under a woman’s skin, releasing a small dose of levonorgestrel, a hormone. This will happen every day for 16 years, but can be stopped at any time by using a …
Read More »