The White House on Monday promised to work with Turkey and other NATO allies to hold Syria “accountable” for what American officials have described as the deliberate downing of a Turkish military jet, apparently in international airspace. Turkey said it would push
This past weekend there was a fundraising gathering for Mitt Romney in Park City, Utah. There were many Republican luminaries who attended, including VP hopefuls like Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, South Dakota Sen.
Due to a glitch in data hand-off when Bank of America acquired LaSalle Bank, a Detroit man was able to take overdrafts totalling $1.5 million before Bank of America caught the problem just 17 days later. Worse, the man, Ronald Page,
It doesn’t matter anymore how good you are at your job if you live in the failing state of California; if you’re on a lower rung of the ladder in terms of seniority, you’re toast. Michelle Apperson, a teacher at
Yesterday Dylan Ratigan announced he was leaving MSNBC after three years at the network. The news comes as Ratigan’s $1 million a yearcontract was set to expire this month anyway. Ratigan told the NY Timesthat he made the decision himself
In January of 2008, then Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama, talking about his energy plan, told the San Francisco Chronicle, “When I was asked earlier about the issue of coal…under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity
Nothing signals the start of the season more than the smell of a barbeque, the crack of a baseball bat, or a politician touring the Arctic. Yes, just as reliable this time of year as the local grocer putting out
The White House has rejected the idea of appointing a special counsel to investigate a series of intelligence leaks that apparently originate from the “highest levels” of the administration, Yahoo! News is reporting. Democrats and Republicans joined together this week
Last night, while Scott Walker was expanding his 2010 margin of victory, voters in California signaled what may be the death knell for public sector unions and their platinum benefits packages. Voters in San Diego and San Jose overwhelmingly approved
This is a great attention-getting headline, but not to worry, it’s merely a media-created poll and while Springsteen came in first, he only received 22% of the vote, just ahead of Dolly Parton, who nabbed 19%. Of course, Springsteen would be
Facing six felony counts and a possible prison sentence, former North Carolina Senator and presidential candidate John Edwards spent the week squirming in his seat as a North Carolina jury continued to contemplate his fate. Ultimately, the judge was forced
Yesterday, the Associated Press published an article that tried to debunk the notion that President Barack Obama has socialist leanings and paint Republicans who have called him a “socialist” as foolish. The article also insinuated that when Republicans call Obama
Co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream Ben Cohen is launching a new campaign to help his friends in the Occupy movement. No, he isn’t donating his millions of dollars to charity. He’s going to help distribute rubber stamps which
The awful economic policies of the Obama administration and the left in general have finally come home to roost. As has the media refusing to vet a man obviously not ready to be chief executive of a lemonade stand much
As we reported over the weekend, due to lower ratings, the decision has reportedly been made to slash the pay of “American Idol” contestants: There is no question “American Idol” is a cash cow for Hollywood’s Top 1% — the
The pro-embryonic stem cell activist and liberal actor Michael J. Fox is having a change of heart on the controversial bioethics topic. During the 2006 midterm elections, Fox endorsed then-Senate candidate Claire McCaskill of Missouri in a controversial commercial. Fox
Breitbart reported on Friday that two of Elizabeth Warren’s recipe contributions to the 1984 Pow Wow Chow cookbook edited by her cousin included word for word copies of a 1979 article written for the New York Times News Service by
Michael Patrick Leahy detailed yet another twist to Elizabeth “Faux-Cahontis” Warren’s tale of fake American Indian claims. Apparently, in 1984 Warren supplied several “old family recipes” to the “Pow Wow Chow cookbook” edited by her cousin. Turns out these “family
There is only one issue that unites Democrats this election: class warfare. After the “shellacking” of the 2010 elections, Democrats nationwide have decided to follow the lead of New York Sen. Chuck Schumer this time around and run against the
(AP) Stocks, euro drop as deadlock continues in GreeceBy MATTHEW CRAFTAP Business WriterNEW YORKA political stalemate in Greece rattled financial markets worldwide on Monday, driving U.S. stocks lower. The euro sank to a three-month low against the dollar and borrowing
The President today said that he personally supports same-sex marriage, but took a federalist stance on it: The president stressed that this is a personal position, and that he still supports the concept of states’ deciding the issue on their
Typical Barack Obama. He’s personally in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage, but when it comes to this particular principle, he’s suddenly a Federalist: The president stressed that this is a personal position, and that he still supports the concept of
From ABC: “President Obama today announced that he now supports same-sex marriage, reversing his longstanding opposition amid growing pressure from the Democratic base and even his own vice president.” Related: ABC News
In an interview with ABC News, President Obama has announced his support for legalizing same-sex marriage. The President summed up his reasoning for the “evolution” of his position with a summation of his personal experience with monogamous gay couples: I
The Chevy Volt fire denials are getting harder and harder to maintain: Last week, a fire badly damaged the home of a new Fisker Karma owner, and authorities are saying that the electric car was the source of the blaze. According
