On Monday, Government Services Administration chief Martha Johnson resigned as news of a lavish 2010 Las Vegas conference came to light. The event, held at the M Resort Spa Casino on October 25-29, cost taxpayers $820,000 and included “theatrical talent,”
The Democratic Party, which comfortably assumes that it has the Jewish vote in their pocket, doesn’t think much of Jews. The latest incident pulling the veil off their contempt? Facebook photos of the Democratic National Committee’s Jewish outreach liason, Dani
President Obama’s favorite word, as we’ve learned repeatedly, is “I.” He uses it on a constant basis. He uses it to claim credit and to assign blame. He uses it to cajole and to threaten. He uses it to plead
On Monday, yet another Department of Energy funded solar energy company -the world’s largest solar power plant–filed for bankruptcy. Reuters reports: Solar Trust of America LLC, which holds the development rights for the world’s largest solar power project, on Monday filed
PARIS (Reuters) – A majority of French expatriates support centre-right President Nicolas Sarkozy’s bid to be re-elected in coming weeks, but the conservative lead is narrower than in recent years, according to an opinion poll published on Monday. Around half
USHUAIA, Argentina (Reuters) – Argentine President Cristina Fernandez marked the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war on Monday with sharp criticism of Britain for maintaining “colonial enclaves” and a renewed call for sovereignty talks. Fernandez has intensified pressure on London
Last year, I expressed skepticism that the White House was serious about reducing the corporate tax rate. And, sure enough, when the Obama Administration produced a plan earlier this year, it was a disappointing mix of a few good provisions and several unpalatable
On Friday, Democratic campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee, 59, pleaded guilty to fraud charges involving the embezzlement of $20 million in Democratic campaign contributions in a case one prosecutor likened to that of Bernie Madoff. “It’s the largest embezzlement scheme of
In a private meeting of GOP lawmakers, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) proposed overturning the House and Senate ban on earmarks in order to push past legislative logjams: I just got up … and did it because I was mad because
What is it about New York politicians that makes them desperate to show ustheir underwear? Sunday, New York State Senator Greg Ball tweeted a pants-less picof himself. Here’s the tweet and the photo: Greg Ball has a long history of
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Representative Paul Ryan, a leader in Republican efforts to slash government spending, endorsed presidential candidate Mitt Romney, calling him the party’s best chance to beat Democratic President Barack Obama.
A good faith search of the various wire services, including the AP and Reuters, reveals that, apparently, it wasn’t until director/activist Spike Lee apologized yesterday for re-tweeting the wrong address, that the same AP currently obsessing over the Trayvon Martin case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A lawyer discovered how far the U.S. Supreme Court will go to close itself off from the public when it hears a case, no matter how many people on Twitter may be interested. Casey Mattox went to
TMZ: DJ Deadmau5 was clearly watching when Madge took the stage at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami this weekend and shouted to the crowd, “How many people in this crowd have seen molly?” (check out video below at :45
PARIS (Reuters) – Video footage filmed by the French gunman Mohamed Merah during his bloody shooting spree has been sent to the Al Jazeera television network in Paris, a police source said on Monday. Al Jazeera received a computer memory
President Obama called for a diplomatic solution to resolve Iran’s nuclear standoff with the West, but warns that ”time is short.”
Over the course of the past three years, President Obama has done his steady best to appease the Taliban into submission. A small synopsis of what he’s done includes the meekness he projected via his U.S. apology tour to the
(Reuters) – The producers of the new TV musical drama series “Smash” were honored by gay and lesbian watchdog group GLAAD at a gala on Saturday that highlighted gay marriage and bullying. Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, film and television
The amount of media malpractice in the Trayvon Martin case is astounding and will make it nearly impossible to obtain justice. Reuters doesn’t help with their latest on the story, wherein they cannot decide how to racially compartmentalize George Zimmerman:
(Reuters) – A psychologist warned Penn State University police in 1998 that football coach Jerry Sandusky’s behavior was that of a pedophile after he had showered naked with an 11-year-old boy, NBC News reported on Saturday. Dr. Alycia Chambers said
(Reuters) – James Murdoch has severed all ties with News Corp’s British newspaper business, which is at the centre of multiple investigations over phone and computer hacking and bribery, according to regulatory filings. Murdoch is under scrutiny for his role
While en route to Mexico and Cuba on Friday, Pope Benedict XVI commented, about Communist Cuba, “Today it is evident that Marxist ideology in the way it was conceived no longer corresponds to reality. In this way, we can no longer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood trade paper Variety, one of the oldest and most respected sources of information for the entertainment industry, is being put up for sale, owners Reed Business Information said on Friday.
LEON, MEXICO (Reuters) – Pope Benedict said on Friday that communism had failed in Cuba and offered the Church’s help in creating a new economic model, drawing a reserved response from the Cuban government ahead of his visit to the
