Angelenos who donated to the Clay Aiken For Congress campaign feel taken advantage of after hearing that the former American Idol star landed a docu-series with Esquire after he lost his bid for congress. According to Karen Ocamb from FrontiersLA, a Sept.
Dan Henninger at the Wall Street Journal thinks Obama’s weaksauce economy cooked Democrat geese during the midterm elections: “Low economic growth in the modern U.S. economy is a total, across-the-board, top-to-bottom political loser.” Normally “economic growth” is an economist’s term
The Republican wave election of 2014 was the result of voter dissatisfaction on a variety of fronts. As in 2006, when voters elected Democrats on the strength of frustration with the Iraq War, foreign policy was a major part of
Groucho Marx famously said: “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.” The quote sums up the depressing realization for Tinseltown’s progressives this morning that a conservative Republican wave
The latest video to have caught the attention of the ranks of the constantly offended is one in which a young woman is filmed walking through areas of Manhattan. The video, filmed over a ten hour period includes various examples
Jon Lovett, Hollywood screenwriter and former speechwriter for President Obama, has teamed up with Showtime for a new political drama titled Anthem revolving around the nation’s flawed political system. The contemporary series paints a picture of a country spiraling out of
One in seven young adults in Britain has “warm feelings” towards the Islamic State terror group, a new survey has revealed. According to a poll by Populus, 14 percent of under-25s in Britain view the group in a positive light,
With less than a week until the midterm elections, Republicans maintain pole-position in enough races to gain control of the Senate. They hold slim leads in a number of high-profile governor races and are within striking distance of capturing the
Memo to “The View”: America is just not that into you. ABC’s news division is taking over the failing daytime program, which is tanking in the ratings after hiring the boring, cautious, and technocratic Nicolle Wallace (does she even have
Michael Bay has his sights set on directing Paramount Pictures’ 13 Hours, which is based on Mitchell Zuckoff’s book Thirteen Hours: A Firsthand Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi. The book recounts the tragedies on Sept. 11, 2012, in which Islamic militants
A team of researchers led by Harvard University Professor James J. Collins has revealed a revolutionary way to test for Ebola using blotting paper that can freeze-dry living material for use in a diagnostic, requiring only $20 worth of material.
Actor Woody Harrelson has lent his voice for climate change in a brand new advertisement titled “Our Fight” that calls out global warming skeptics and urges those concerned about environmental issues to head to the polls on Nov. 4. According
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) reportedly beheaded a famous female Kurdish freedom fighter known only as “Rehana.” The Women Protection Units (YPG) soldier fought against the terrorist group in Kobane, a strategically important border town in Syria near Turkey. A picture of Rehana
Stand-up comedian Andrew Lawrence has launched an attack on “political” comics who are “cracking cheap and easy gags” against UKIP. He took to Facebook to claim comedians on BBC shows like ‘Mock The Week’ were smug and overpaid. The ‘Live
The California Republican Taxpayers Association (CRTA), a group exposed by John Hrabe of the Flash Report for its campaign mail irregularities, has struck again–this time sending a mailer to Los Angeles-area voters that includes a Republican candidate who is not
Supporters of the GamerGate movement have been working tirelessly to hunt down those who would use their banner to cause personal harm–all while the media continues to claim that GamerGate members are either participating in or indifferent to the harassment
WALLER, Texas — Joint Base San Antonio is hosting a variety of military units that are training to fight Ebola, both at home and in Africa. The effort involves units of both the Air Force, Navy, Marines and the Army.
Immediately following the attack on Canada’s Parliament many media pundits began referring to the terrorist attacker as “misguided.” Some pondered whether the convert to radical Islam, Michael Sehaf-Bibeau, was somehow a “madman,” a “lunatic” or a “nut job.” What this
Transgender military personnel from a number of American allied countries met in Washington, D.C. this week to discuss what they say are the benefits of allowing open transgenders in active military service. Organized by the American Civil Liberties Union, the conference
Corruption is like “bad breath,” says Pope Francis, “it is hard for the one who has it to realize it; others realize it and have to tell him.” In an address to a delegation of the International Association of Penal
The California Department of Public Health has established an Ebola hotline to calm panicked residents, as two Sacramento-area residents are being monitored for possible symbols of the deadly hemmorhagic fever. In a statement Tuesday, state public health director Dr. Ron Chapman
The BBC’s use of “draconian” surveillance laws to pursue non-payers of the licence fee is to be reviewed by a top lawyer, after the Culture Secretary raised concerns that too many people are being prosecuted for failing to pay. The
MEPs today approved the new Juncker Commission in Strasbourg by 423 votes in favour, 209 against and 67 abstentions. The 28 men and women will take up their posts on 1st November, subject to approval by the Heads of States
Teen Yazidi sex slaves under control of the Islamic State; North Korea’s torture camps for “re-education” of political dissidents; electric shock torture in the prisons of Uzbekistan— the world is teeming with a wide variety of human rights violations. But this
The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG) launched a free app on Monday called “ICG Safety App” following the recent death of camera assistant Sarah Jones on the set of Midnight Rider. Jones, formerly represented by ICG, was killed in a train
A Dubai man has been granted a divorce from a wife who, he alleges, refuses to engage in sexual activity with him. The difference keeping them apart, he argued, is impossible to settle, because her parents told him his wife
DALLAS (AP) — Dozens of health care workers who had contact with the man who died of Ebola in Dallas were asked Thursday to sign legal documents in which they agreed to stay home, as authorities across the nation ramped
A fresh delivery of hope arrives from the medical community, as the Chicago Tribune reports a major advance toward understanding how amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, erodes the ability of victims’ brains to control
BEIRUT (AP) — Former Iraqi air force pilots are training extremists from the Islamic State group to fly three warplanes captured earlier from air bases belonging to the Syrian army, a Syrian activist group said Friday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory
The stories of India’s child laborers, often abducted from their parents and taken hundreds of miles away to work in brutal conditions, rarely have happy endings. But a father’s quest to find his three children in the northern state of
Foreign Aid has absolutely no effect on the level of political freedom on the countries receiving it, with some countries even becoming less free despite receiving more money, a new report has detailed. The document compiled by the TaxPayers’ Alliance examines
DALLAS, Texas — Dallas Independent School District (ISD) broke the news about the second confirmed case of Ebola in the city limits to its families over the district’s online Health Updates on Sunday, October 12. The latest victim, Erin Pham,
What happens on bye week doesn’t always stay on bye week. Dolphins defensive end Derrick Shelby won’t lace up his cleats this weekend. He allegedly didn’t wrap up another part of his body his last weekend. Broward County cops arrested
Gov. Jerry Brown just signed a law requiring that California health care providers be trained to better understand the specific health needs of the LGBT community. The law is meant to target inequities in medical treatment for LGBT patients who,
This article originally appeared at the Investigative Project on Terrorism. Note: This analysis has been excerpted, with the approval of the author, from a much longer scholarly article that will be published in an academic journal. “Which will come first,
Over the past few weeks Nigel Farage has regularly described Douglas Carswell’s defection and resignation as “the most selfless political act” he had ever seen. But even acts of selflessness can come with benefits, today Breitbart London reviews the game
I wonder whether Shell has yet sacked whichever pillock it was who advised them a few years back to sponsor the Guardian’s ferociously anti-fossil-fuel, anti-capitalist, anti-Shell Environment pages? Knowing the craven, slippery, self-hating ways of Big Oil as I do,
A company specializing in selling plush toy models of microorganisms tells Breitbart News interest in their Ebola products– both stuffed animal Ebola viruses and the putty “petri dish” variety toy– have been selling out, with high interest coming from both
AUSTIN, Texas — In a press conference today at the Capitol, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced the formation of the Texas Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response, to “assess and enhance the state’s existing capabilities to prepare for
A British policeman is running a website that sells potentially lethal weapons as well as mugs decorated with swastikas and gas chamber signs described as “ideal of kids bedrooms”. The Liverpool Echo reports that PC David Woods of Merseyside Police
