After an eight-month battle for the Minnesota Senate seat, Norm Coleman concedes the election. This just hours after the Minnesota Supreme Court voted unanimously that Franken should be certified the winner in a race that was ultimately decided by a mere 312 votes. Franken’s win gives the Democrats the filibuster-proof supermajority in the Senate. “When... »
According to a UK news report, Michael Jackson’s ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, has confessed the late star is not the biological father of their two children. Rowe, who married Jackson at the Sheraton Hotel Sydney in November 1996, said she was artificially inseminated by an anonymous donor and likened herself to one of the thoroughbred... »
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows a Presidential Approval Rating of -2, matching the lowest recorded level (view trends here). The latest poll reports that 31% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obamais performing his role as President as opposed to 33% who... »
It was the deadliest attack against U.S. forces since May 21 – Four U.S. soldiers were killed in Bagdad on Monday. As reported by the AP, the deaths occurred as US Forces were in the process of completing a withdrawal from Iraq’s cities. The military said the four soldiers who were killed served with... »
Republican Senator James Inhofe has ordered an investigation into the Environmental Protection Agency’s alleged suppression of a report that questioned the science behind global warming. The 98-page report, co-authored by EPA analyst Alan Carlin, warned against making hasty “decisions based on a scientific hypothesis that does not appear to explain most of... »
In a 5 to 4 decision, the US Supreme Court has ruled that white New Haven, CT, firefighters suffered discrimination in their applications for promotion because of their race. This effectively reverses the decision made by Ms. Sonia Sotomayor when she was an appeals court judge. According to AP writer Mark Sherman, this could... »
Perhaps John McCain was right about Barack Obama being the “biggest celebrity in the world.” The news media, focused on profiting from the president’s celebrity, have been failing to report objectively on his policies. We have seen a number of outrageous examples of media bias in the five months since Obama’s inauguration. And... »
Bernie Madoff is sentenced to 150 years. Judge Denny Chin issued the maximum allowable sentence to the 71-year-old Madoff saying he wants to send a message that Madoff’s multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme is not “just a bloodless crime that takes place on paper,” but one that has taken a “staggering toll.” The jailed Madoff has... »
In spite of international protests, the Chinese government intends to implement the internet filter program, “Green Dam”, on all computers shipped in China after July 1. The New York Times indicated that he Obama administration lodged a formal protest with the Chinese government over its plan to force all computers to block access to... »
Billy Mays, the infomercial pitchman for products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean, has died at his Tampa home earlier today. He was found unresponsive by his wife, Deborah, early Sunday morning and was pronounced dead by emergency workers 7:45 a.m. Tampa police have said that there is no evidence of forced entry or... »
Oh Where, Oh Where has My Little Elephant Gone? Oh where, oh where, Has my little elephant gone? Oh where, oh where can he be? With his ears cut short, And his tail cut long, Oh where, oh where can he be? Has he been captured by Rush? Or Coulter, or Beck, or Hannity?... »
“This is it, this really is it,” emphasized Michael Jackson at last official public appearance. Obituaries, commentaries, and speculation abound in the wake of the announcement of the death of this globally popular icon. As England anxiously awaited the launch of his comeback tour, the end was best summarized in the UK’s Telegraph which... »
After months of negotiations and intense bargaining, the House of Representatives has passed the Cap-and Trade bill, H.R.2454, by a vote of 219-212. The majority of Republicans opposed the bill, calling it nothing more than an energy tax in disguise. http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/tst062309a.cfm »
Dr. Conrad Robert Murray, who has been identified as the physician believed to have injected Michael Jackson with what may have been a lethal dose of the pain killer Demerol, is being sought by police for questioning. While the physician is reportedly not a suspect nor under criminal investigation, the police do need Dr. Murray... »
Israel Guadalupe Mireles, the man charged with the murder of Emily Sander, has been extradited from Mexico to Kansas where he made his first appearance in the Butler County District Court this morning. Mireles has been charged with capital murder, rape and aggravated criminal sodomy in the November 2007 death of Emily Sander, an... »
Will there be justice in Moscow for Anna Politkovskaya? News from Moscow, Thursday, June 25 – As reported in the Wall Street Journal, Russia’s Supreme Court has overturned the acquittal of three men accused of murdering Anna Politkovskaya. Anna became known world-wide when she was brutally murdered in October, 2006. The apparent motive was... »
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the strip search by school officials of 13-year-old Savana Redding violates the law. Six years ago, Redding was strip searched when another student was caught with prescription-strength ibuprofen and pointed the finger at her. After a search of Savana’s backpack turned up no pills,... »
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has scheduled a vote Friday on the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 sponsored by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-California) and Edward Markey (D-Massachusetts). The House Rules Committee unveiled the latest version of the bill, which weighs in at 1,201 pages. It features new items such as $7.5 billion... »
Reform Healthcare? Healthcare reform may end up becoming a bitter pill. Most of us remember Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins, singing, “A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down.” Targeted as the priority of the Administration and the Congress, a concoction is now being brewed in a cauldron of nationalization that promises... »
A “Pew” Poll According to a recent Pew Poll, in spite of increased unemployment and other bad news about the economy, a count of weekly “pew’ occupancy has remained about constant through it all. A report issued by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press revealed that “while the Dow... »
One Metro transit train smashed into the rear of another during Monday evening rush hour, killing at least six people and injuring scores of others as the front end of the trailing train jackknifed violently into the air and crashed onto the first. The crash happened on the... »
Philip Markoff, a former Boston medical student, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he lured a masseuse to a Boston hotel, and then bound her, beat her and shot her to death with a gun that authorities say he later stashed in a hollowed-out medical textbook. Markoff was indicted on seven counts including the... »
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck near Anchorage today, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It did not cause any injuries or major damage, according to officials in the city, Alaska’s largest. “This event was felt widely in the Anchorage area and as far away as Fairbanks,” the Alaska Earthquake Information Center said in a statement.... »
Famous celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, has allegedly been assaulted by Will.i.am, frontman of the Black Eyed Peas, outside a nightclub this morning following his appearance as a presenter at the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards. Beginning just after 3 am Hilton started tweeting about the alleged attack: “I’m in... »
Sen. John McCain speaks out: “the U.S. should board a North Korean ship it is tracking if hard evidence shows it is carrying missiles or other cargo in violation of U.N. resolutions.” It is now apparent that the ship is heading toward Myanmar via Singapore. Unlike McCain’s recommendation, the Obama administration has stated that... »
The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders has released the list of names of those known to have been arrested and has said that several others are believed to be in hiding or to have also been detained. Maziar Bahari, a reporter for Newsweek, is one of 24 journalists and bloggers who have been arrested in Iran since the... »
Violent protests over the alleged rigging of the Presidential Election on June 12 continue in Iran. Thousands of opposition protesters flooded the streets in Tehran, undaunted by a warning from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, not to continue demonstrations. Security forces responded with live rounds, batons and tear gas. Witnesses said that... »
Nestle USA, which manufactures and markets Toll House Cookie Dough, has voluntarily recalled all varieties of prepackaged, refrigerated cookie dough in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The FDA warns consumers not to eat any prepackaged Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough... »
A Starboard Drift? Now that the center-left has captured and controls most of the US political power, what about the global climate. What? Is there encouraging news from abroad? Perhaps the best summary of early June EU elections is from a June 10 editorial in the far-left World Socialist Website: “The most notable result... »
Bing, Twitter, Google, Blog, Yahoo! What has happened to old fashioned brand names? Sure, we have had Clogs, Walkmans, etc., but at least a clog is suggestive of foot activity, likewise the Walkman. Remember when a product had a proud logo like Sony, Amazon, Lexus, Accenture, Tempur-Pedic, Microsoft, IBM, etc.? What do these... »
