
Jim Messina, head of Barack Obama’s Organizing For Action (OFA) grass-roots campaign operation, wrote a fundraising memo in which he revealed OFA’s plans to vilify global-warming doubters as crazy. The memo read like this: Friend ?– Notice the question mark. You have
by William Bigelow10 May 2013, 5:31 AM PST0

Remember the hippo dancing in Disney’s Fantasia and how cute it was? Don’t believe it for a second; as guide Paul Templer relates to the UK Guardian, hippos can be monstrously violent and even swallow you up. Templer knows because it happened to him. Templer
by William Bigelow10 May 2013, 5:21 AM PST0

The U.S. State Department states that Richard Falk of the U.N. Human Rights Council, cannot be fired even though he has made virulently anti-American and anti-Israel statements. Falk has said that the Boston Marathon bombings were connected to the “American
by William Bigelow10 May 2013, 1:39 AM PST0

Israel’s civil administration has okayed a plan to build 296 new homes in the city of Beit-El. This comes as a result of 30 families being told to vacate their homes in the Ulpana section of Beit-El by the Israeli
by William Bigelow10 May 2013, 1:17 AM PST0

There is new evidence that Adolph Hitler was gay. Doctors who treated Hitler were interviewed by the U.S. Army after World War II, and the notes from those interviews have now been made public. Army interrogator Herman Merl, who was
by William Bigelow9 May 2013, 6:24 PM PST0

A new deadly “sex superbug” has been found in two individuals in Hawaii, after surfacing in Japan in 2011. H041, a form of gonorrhea that is resistant to all antibiotics presently available, is considered as deadly as AIDS, and is
by William Bigelow9 May 2013, 6:24 PM PST0

Stephen Colbert revealed himself to be a hypocrite of the highest order, whining after his sister Elizabeth Colbert Busch’s loss to Mark Sanford in the special congressional election in South Carolina: This scares me to my core. I’m shaken. This
by William Bigelow9 May 2013, 3:28 PM PST0

On Monday, California Gov. Jerry Brown said climate change has made the state more susceptible than ever to fires that could devastate the state. Speaking at Cal Fire’s aviation facility, Brown claimed, “Our climate is changing. The weather is becoming more
by William Bigelow9 May 2013, 6:22 AM PST0

The Palestinian Authority (PA), as opposed to Hamas, is widely considered the moderate force in any Palestinian Arab dealings with Israel are willfully blind. However, in two separate incidents, the desire of at least some PA officials to attack Israel and
by William Bigelow9 May 2013, 5:51 AM PST0

According to testimony offered at Wednesday’s hearing regarding the Benghazi terrorist attack, the State Department’s Accountability Review Board (ARB) was negligent in its failure to deal with the lack of communication between the State Department’s upper levels. In addition, ARB
by William Bigelow9 May 2013, 5:09 AM PST0

Vice President Joe Biden, speaking at the 43rd Annual Washington Conference on the Americas on Wednesday, decided to use a word closely associated with him when he discussed why immigration reform was so dear to him. And the word was…dignity. Joe “They’re
by William Bigelow9 May 2013, 5:05 AM PST0

Organizing For Action, Barack Obama’s political action group and permanent campaign apparatus, has decided that if conservatives don’t believe in global warming, they believe in unicorns. Ivan Frishberg, the “Climate Campaign Manager” for Organizing for Action, wrote, If I said
by William Bigelow9 May 2013, 5:00 AM PST0

BART, the Bay Area Rapid Transit System that serves the San Francisco Bay area, has finally come clean. Starting this past Monday, those who defecate, urinate, masturbate, sell drugs, assault others, or write graffiti won’t be welcome on their trains.
by William Bigelow8 May 2013, 10:09 PM PST0

The Pentagon is slowly acknowledging that China is not our friend. In its annual report on China, the Defense Department has finally admitted that Beijing’s government and military have been making computer-based attacks on the U.S. government in order to
by William Bigelow8 May 2013, 3:59 AM PST0

The U.S. Postal Service doesn’t have an official motto, but on the James Farley post office in New York City, there’s an inscription paraphrasing the Greek historian Herodotus stating, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays
by William Bigelow7 May 2013, 1:50 PM PST0

Barack Obama, who has not been shy about sparring with Texas Governor Rick Perry in the past, apparently suddenly realized that Perry knows how to create jobs. In an attempt to show he is serious about job creation after his
by William Bigelow7 May 2013, 9:37 AM PST0

Frederick Mayer, 92, a World War II hero and the subject of the History Channel’s The Real Inglorious Bastards, finally received ten medals for his service during the war, presented by Senator Jay Rockefeller, on May 3rd. Mayer’s story is emblematic
by William Bigelow7 May 2013, 8:44 AM PST0

According to NFL player Brendon Ayanbadejo, a self-described “ally” of gays and lesbians, there are two more frontiers for the gay movement to cross before they reach their goals: sports and religious organizations. Asked by Bob Schieffer, host of CBS’s
by William Bigelow7 May 2013, 8:06 AM PST0

Democrat Sen. John Sampson, 47, the New York State Senate leader and former leader of the Democratic caucus, has been indicted on charges of embezzlement, obstruction of justice, and making false statements to the FBI. Sampson has been accused of
by William Bigelow6 May 2013, 4:06 PM PST0

Allies of Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA) now say that his plan to solve the state prison overcrowding issue will be “ugly.” After years of building no new prisons, Brown says that he will release certain prisoners earlier and shift responsibility
by William Bigelow5 May 2013, 2:48 PM PST0

In Virginia’s hotly-contested gubernatorial race between former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Cucinnelli has now jumped to a 10 point lead among likely voters. The Washington Post tried to downplay the significance of the
by William Bigelow5 May 2013, 12:43 PM PST0

For those who are trying to avoid red meat and stick to poultry, there’s a new problem. According to a lab analysis by Consumer Reports, more than half of the raw ground turkey packages and patties tested positive for fecal bacteria.
by William Bigelow5 May 2013, 4:01 AM PST0

Middle-school California kids, now you can be as sexually profligate as you want to be–and your parents don’t even have to know about it! The California Condom Access Project, run by the California Health Council, which is making condoms available
by William Bigelow4 May 2013, 3:13 PM PST0

An Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood fatwa prohibiting Muslims from wishing Christians a “Happy Easter” has revealed the insidious underbelly of the Muslim Brotherhood’s plan for assimilating Egyptians into accepting sharia. The Brotherhood has offered a vague delineation of what sharia means
by William Bigelow4 May 2013, 5:28 AM PST0

The Head Start program, a favorite of President Barack Obama, had an interesting solution for the problems caused by sequestration: low-income children in the program were sent home ten days early. At the same time, 2,800 Head Start leaders spent
by William Bigelow3 May 2013, 4:20 PM PST0