Michael Hastings, the 33-year-old journalist who died in a one-person car accident in Los Angeles this week, was probably most famous for his 2010 Rolling Stone feature The Runaway General which resulted in Afghanistan commanding general Stanley McChrystal being fired. According
According to WikiLeaks’ Twitter account, BuzzFeed reporter Michael Hastings reached out to them just hours before dying in an automobile accident in Los Angeles earlier this week. Michael Hastings contacted WikiLeaks lawyer Jennifer Robinson just a few hours before he
(AP) Serena Williams sorry after rape case commentsBy The Associated PressSerena Williams says she’s reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying “she
By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJERAssociated PressLOS ANGELESAward-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said. Hastings, who was 33, was described by many of his colleagues as an
(AP) MINNEAPOLIS–Twenty-two years after breaking up, The Replacements are reuniting for at least three shows. The celebrated 1980s alt-rockers say they’ll play at Riot Fest in Toronto, Chicago and Denver. Exact dates haven’t been announced, but Riot Fest runs Aug.
Frank VanderSloot was one of 16 million-dollar Romney donors identified by Rolling Stone, and now Nate Silver writes that the fact that there is no statistical evidence that the IRS audit of VanderSloot indicates he was targeted. At first glance there
On May 14 after news broke that President Obama had once again attacked talk radio host Rush Limbaugh by name, El Rusbo joked that he was “living rent-free in Obama’s head.” It’s hard to fault Limbaugh’s logic on this. After
In an interview carried this month in Rolling Stone magazine, Vice President Joe Biden said four Senators who voted ‘no’ on gun control have called him to say he was right and they were wrong, and they’d like another chance
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Wall Street stock market continues dangerous parabolic bubble Libor banker fraud may be eclipsed by the ISDAfix fraud Orthodox Jewish woman sues Lancome over makeup failure Wall Street stock market continues dangerous parabolic bubble
When Americans think of Jackie Robinson, we think of a man who broke a real barrier, a man who endured slurs, taunting, physical abuse, and death threats because of the color of his skin. In Jackie Robinson, we have a
Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi said that NBA player Jason Collins “is” simply Jackie Robinson in a Tuesday tweet from his verified account. Collins came out on Monday, and he became the first male openly gay athlete in major professional
In response to How Google celebrates Easter: I can’t get too worked up over Google’s selection of Cesar Chavez for their Easter Sunday Doodle. They’re a private multinational corporation, after all, and Christians aren’t their only customers. I’m sure they
Last week, Rolling Stone published their “50 Funniest People Now” list and featured only 12 women out of 52 comics. I have a number of problems with the article, not limited to but including the fact that a) For a
Last week, Rolling Stone published their “50 Funniest People Now” list and featured only 12 women out of 52 comics. I have a number of problems with the article, not limited to but including the fact that a) For a
Al Gore took time away from counting the cash in his bank account from selling Current TV to Al-Jazeera to compliment Barack Obama on the remarks in his inaugural speech regarding climate change. Gore had ripped Obama in the past
Most comedians would kill to create a character which impacted not just his or her own career but the national conversation. Others, like Tina Fey, would rather not be reminded of their creation – assuming said creation is former Gov.
Today, the Department of Justice is to produce the first of four monthly batches totaling 12,000 emails to and from the “secondary” email account of President Obama’s EPA administrator, Lisa Jackson. Rolling Stone hailed Jackson as “the most progressive” EPA
Jimmy Kimmel, upset over ratings that are a fraction of Jay Leno’s, has taken up the club against the old lion of comedy. In an interview in Rolling Stone, Kimmel lashed out at Leno. His grudge against Leno apparently goes
The official Occupy website has published an article titled “Hurricane Sandy, From Prison,” bylined by Jeremy Hammond. Mr. Hammond (aka Anarchaos) is a radical, highly political member of Anonymous who was arrested this year in connection with the hacking of Stratfor. The
A few weeks back Rolling Stone magazine all but begged Bob Dylan to vocally support President Barack Obama. The folk rock legend politely refused. Last night, Dylan appeared to change his mind during a concert appearance. Dylan says he thinks President Barack Obama is
This week installment of The Military Channel’s “Black-OPS” focused on the hunt for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and the relentless assault on al-Qaeda In Iraq (AQI) under the command of General Stanley McChrystal. The show highlights how the United States lost
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, President Obama had the following to say about novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand: Ayn Rand is one of those things that a lot of us, when we were 17 or 18 and feeling
On CNN anchor Carol Costello quoted from a Rolling Stone interview with president Obama and said the word “bullshit”
During CNN’s “Situation Room,” Gloria Borger defended President Obama’s use of the word “bullshitter” to describe Mitt Romney in a just-published Rolling Stone interview. “We want our presidents to be more candid,” she said. “And then when they are we
Politico reported on Thursday that President Obama recently displayed his idea of “the new civility” in an interview with historian Douglas Brinkley for Rolling Stone: FIRST LOOK – Rolling Stone cover, “Obama and the Road Ahead: The Rolling Stone Interview,”
