Having nationalized a large number of domestic and international businesses, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has moved on to nationalizing Christmas. The socialist government of Venezuela released an official Youtube Christmas carol this week urging businesses to lower the prices of
President Obama stood in the Rose Garden and promised a “tech surge” to fix healthcare.gov. In reality, the surge was a tiny influx of “about a half-dozen people.” In a multi-page story on the effort to rebuild the troubled website,
Argentine-born Pope Francis wrote the newly released Evangelii Gadium (“The Joy of the Gospel”) in his native Spanish, which may help to answer some thorny questions being raised about the English translation of the pontiff’s first solo official document (the recent
The Hollywood Reporter reports that left-wing journalist and talk show host Katie Couric’s career flop is now complete. Her association with ABC News is ending a year early and her ABC daytime talk show is almost certain to be canceled
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – 13-Year-old Payton Moody spent hours constructing her candy-covered volcano for her eighth grade science class. Kara Moody, Payton’s mother, told GoodMorningAmerica.com that her daughter “had chocolate as the mountain and used Twizzlers for lava coming out, with blue
Hugo Chavez’s successor has essentially abolished his nation’s legislative process. Nicolás Maduro, a former bus driver turned senior official appointed to succeed the late Chavez, has called for expansive governing powers to combat the countries impending economic breakdown, finally collecting enough
Last week, I wrote about a gay N.J. waitress, Dayna Morales, who, instead of a tip, received an insulting note on a receipt, reading: ‘I’m sorry but I cannot tip because I do not agree with your lifestyle and how you
In my last post, “Washington & Wall Street: So Why Can’t We Prosecute the Banksters?,” we started to get into some of the historical antecedents of financial regulation. In this post let’s take the analysis a bit further and start
(AP) Rodriguez walks out of own grievance hearingBy RONALD BLUMAP Sports WriterNEW YORKAlex Rodriguez walked out of his grievance hearing Wednesday after arbitrator Fredric Horowitz refused to order baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to testify. Horowitz was in the midst of
A 100-yd flag was ripped during the singing of the National Anthem at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo during windy conditions before the Buffalo Bills game on Sunday against the New York Jets. Photo Credit: Deadspin
All it took was a political train wreck of gargantuan proportions for liberal comedians to turn on President Barack Obama. For five years most comedians treated Obama with care, avoiding punitive comedy memes, focusing on the GOP whenever possible and,
Another day, another news story about a waitress being left an angry, bigoted note instead of a tip. Back in September, an African-American waitress at a Red Lobster in Tennessee claimed she received a receipt with the word “none” scribbled
On Wednesday, CNBC’s Laurence Delevigne argued that the business community would put the final nail in the coffin of the tea party. “The recent elections underlined a growing tension in political money circles,” Delevigne wrote. “Business people are increasingly fed
“Nearly everyone who gets a lucrative offer will leave. The era of the lifelong Timesman — or lifelong Timeswoman — is over.” That’s what an anonymous former New York Times journalist told HuffPo’s Michael Calderone when asked about the alarming
Walmart’s President and CEO Bill Simon wrote in an op-ed for Yahoo Finance that U.S. military veterans are having trouble finding work when they return home, and that his company would be happy to help them find jobs at Walmart. “As more than
Last week, the artist currently known as Lady Gaga hinted at plans to perform in space. Over the weekend, she unveiled a contraption that signals more than just a waning interest in aviation: the world’s first flying dress. Sunday, the
It’s not looking too good for the big November 30 ObamaCare relaunch. There are still assurances that the deadline will be met, but with only a few weeks to go, they’re starting to sound rather… strained. Yesterday there was news
Many of the nearly 4 million ObamaCare victims who had their insurance plans cancelled will need to re-enroll through the ObamaCare website in order to avoid finding themselves without insurance at the end of the year. These folks have until
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Tuesday, Wes Benedict, co-founder and President of the Libertarian Booster PAC that spent $11,454 to circulate petitions necessary to get Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Robert Sarvis on the ballot in Virginia said “[w]e
Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt ripped into the NSA after reports surfaced that the NSA was spying on Google’s data center. “It’s really outrageous that the National Security Agency was looking between the Google data centers, if that’s true. The steps
The Middle East has changed dramatically over the past several years–and yet it has not changed at all. In all the drama over the Arab Spring, the Iranian “détente,” the Syrian civil war, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and all the
(AP) Reports: John Fox needs heart operationBy ARNIE STAPLETONAP Pro Football WriterDENVERBroncos coach John Fox needs heart surgery and will miss several weeks, team spokesman Patrick Smyth confirmed Saturday night. Fox will undergo aortic valve replacement surgery early next week
The Washington Post’s piece regarding the Obama administration’s failure to properly roll out the health care exchanges includes a nugget at the end of the piece that illustrates how desperate the situation became one month before the launch of healthcare.gov:
On Friday, sworn affidavits from two people revealed clues about why Florida Atlantic coach Carl Pelini and defensive coordinator Pete Rekstis resigned on Wednesday. Both coaches were allegedly caught using marijuana and cocaine. FAU assistant coach Matt Edwards told officials that
On Friday, Watchdog reported that Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidateTerry McAuliffe was involved in a previously unknown Chinese investment that turned sour. This represents a second failed China venture promoted by McAuliffe since 2010, in addition to the stalled GreenTech Automotive automobile
On Friday, General Motors reported its monthly sales figures for October. Overall the auto company said it sold 33,000 more cars this October, compared to the month last year. Overall sales increased just over 15%, beating Wall Street expectations. Tucked
(AP) Delany says power conferences hope to stay in DIBy NANCY ARMOURAP National WriterROSEMONT, Ill.Giving the power conferences more autonomy in a restructured NCAA could help address the “existential threats” that plague college sports at their highest level, Big Ten
In sad news from the land of McCain, “Raising McCain” host and McCain family scion Meghan McCain said in an interview with ABC and Yahoo News that her father, Senator John McCain (R-AZ), was “frustrated” and “depressed” by the Tea
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 10/28: Durbin removes erroneous Facebook post about Obama insult; govt health agency is interested in your social media; ID thieves troll Facebook; archive collects Zuckerberg statements on privacy; doctors: limit
What’s it like to be a young, healthy, middle class American (aka the specific type of person Obama needs to sign up for health insurance in great numbers in order to pay for the expanded subsidies) who chooses not to
Peter Schweizer argued that Washington’s political establishment creates threatening bills to scare wealthy interests into making big campaign donations and to hire favored lobbyists, similar to the mafia’s tactic of requiring “protection money” on Friday. Schweizer, President of the Government Accountability
A new video featuring John Cusack, Maggie Gyllenhaal and director Oliver Stone warns against massive overreach by the NSA’s domestic spying program. The clip features repeated images of President Richard M. Nixon, for many the face of government corruption. The
(AP) Yahoo plucks influential tech writer from NY TimesSUNNYVALE, Calif.New York Times technology columnist and gadget reviewer David Pogue is leaving the newspaper to cover similar topics for Yahoo. The hiring announced Monday is the latest step in Yahoo CEO
(AP) Yahoo again tops Google in US Web visitors in SeptNEW YORKFor the third month in a row, more Americans visited Yahoo’s websites than Google’s, according to comScore Inc.’s Internet traffic data for September. The research firm said Monday that
While Christians and Jews have been assembling in houses of worship during weekends, enjoying the benefits of coffee and donut socials, fundraising bazaars, and church picnics, atheists apparently have felt left out. But, not any more because fresh from the
Democrats have been crowing all year that they can’t wait to run on ObamaCare in 2014. In fact, they believed the law was deliberately structured to use as an issue in the 2014 election. That’s what House Assistant Minority Leader
OMG! I guess it had to happen. Comedy Central reported that although seventeen years had transpired without any tardiness, the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, failed to hit their episode deadline. The new episode, “Goth Kids
Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID), a former member of the House immigration “Gang of Eight” and a supporter of immigration reform, said on Wednesday that given how President Barack Obama has handled himself during the recent fiscal debate, House Republicans should
As gay marriage advocates work to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot in Oregon to expand marriage to include homosexuals, the Portland Trail Blazers have announced their support for the effort. “The Portland Trail Blazers are in support of
Though Alaska’s Sen. Mark Begich (D) promised an “aggressive strategy” to assure the success of ObamaCare in his state, not one Alaskan has been able to sign up for his state’s exchange. In June, Senate Democrats who voted to approve
