News
Human Traffickers Face Charges
An indictment was unsealed in Hawaii on Thursday in what the FBI has called the largest human-trafficking operation ever to result in charges in the United States. According to CNN, six job recruiters have been indicted in federal court and are accused of luring about 400 people from Thailand with false promises of lucrative... »
James Jay Lee Dead: Gunman at Discovery Channel Building
James Jay Lee, a man known for protesting the Discovery Channel’s environmental programming stormed the network’s Maryland headquarters carrying a handgun on Wednesday, holding three people hostage for hours until he was shot and killed by police, according to authorities. James Lee entered the building in Silver Spring around 1 p.m. and appeared to... »
Bombing in Cancun, Mexico
Several gasoline bombs were thrown into a bar in Cancun Mexico, killing eight people. Mexican state attorney Francisco Alor Quezada, described the bombs as Molotov cocktails and that the six women and two men killed in the attack were employees of the tavern. According to CNN, there were eight attackers who hurled the explosives... »
National Guard Deploy to Help Secure Arizona-Mexico Border
The first of a planned deployment of 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S. southwest began Monday. 530 of the troops will be sent to Arizona to help local authorities secure the border with Mexico. Fox News pointed out that the troops will not serve in a direct law enforcement capacity, but will operate... »
Glen Beck Is A Mormon
Glen Beck, who is Mormon, said most Christians don’t believe in liberation theology. According to Fox News, Radio and TV host Glenn Beck said Sunday he doesn’t want to retract his controversial charge last year that President Obama is racist, but does want to amend it since reading more about “liberation theology.” “I didn’t... »
Turn Back To God
With evangelical passion Glenn Beck urged thousands attending his “Restoring Honor” rally Saturday to “turn back to God” and return America to the values on which it was founded. “Something beyond imagination is happening,” he told participants who packed the National Mall in Washington. “America today begins to turn back to God. For too... »
GOP Plans White House Probes
If President Barack Obama needed any more incentive to go all out for Democrats this fall, here it is: Republicans are planning a wave of committee investigations targeting the White House and Democratic allies if they win back the majority. Everything from the microscopic — the New Black Panther party — to the massive... »
Teen Pregnancies at Record Low
The overall U.S. birth rate fell to the lowest level since national data have been available, reports the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) birth statistics released today by HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson. The really good news from the data is that the rate of teen pregnancies fell to a new record... »
Martin Luther King’s Niece to Speak at Glen Beck’s Rally
Over 100,000 supporters are expected to attend Glen Beck’s “Rally to Restore Honor” this Saturday. According to The Washington Post, the rally, which is also being billed as a tribute to U.S. troops, will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Video screens and sound towers will... »
The Dark Side of Craigslist
Popular Craigslist has a dark side that include ads for prostitution and even ads trafficking children. Craigslist is a website with the original purpose to become a centralized network of online communities emphasizing the availability of free online classified advertisements. According to Wikipedia, the site includes sections devoted to jobs, housing, personals, for sale,... »
Ken Mehlman Reveals He Is Gay
Ken Mehlman, former Republican National Committee chairman and manager of former President George W. Bush’s reelection campaign, disclosed Tuesday that he is gay. “It honestly just took me longer than it’s taken other people I know to accept this part of my life,” Mehlman told Politico in a telephone interview. “Over the past several... »
Obama Administration Will Appeal Court’s Ruling Against Stem Cell Research
Obama administration officials will appeal a federal court ruling that temporarily barred federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. According to Reuters, the ruling literally stunned and disappointed the White House. Allowing federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research was one of the first acts of newly elected President Barack Obama last year,... »
Erica Blasberg Cause Of Death Ruled Suicide By Nevada Coroner
The Clark County coroner’s office ruled Tuesday that 25-year-old professional golfer Erica Blasberg’s death was a suicide. Blasberg died May 9 at her home in Henderson, about 15 miles southeast of the Las Vegas Strip. She was found with a plastic bag secured over her head. Henderson police said that while no foul play... »
Tiger and Rachel
Now that Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren’s divorce is final, rumors abound, especially about his $10 million babe, Rachel Uchitel. According to TMZ, Rachel told a close friend now that Tiger Woods is single, she wants him back and would “give up everything” to get him. The friend told TMZ that Rachel said “I... »
Jimmy Carter Plans Humanitarian Mission to North Korea to Free an American Prisoner
Jimmy Carter is expected to leave Tuesday for North Korea to negotiate the release of an American held as a prisoner for illegally entering the Communist country. According to CNN, Mahli Gomes is a 31-year-old Boston, Massachusetts, resident who was sentenced in April to eight years at a hard labor camp for illegally crossing... »
Judge Rules Against the use of Federal Funds to Destroy Human Embryos
As one of his first acts after taking office, President Barack Obama redefined the guidelines for stem cell research. Subsequently, the National Institutes of Health set up a careful process for deciding which batches of human embryonic stem cells could be used by federally funded researchers. According to Reuters, the new guidelines do not... »
Elin Nordegren – Tiger Woods Divorce Final
Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren both appeared in a Panama City, Florida courtroom today to finalize their divorce – nine months after his middle-of-the-night car crash outside his home set off shocking revelations that golf’s biggest star had been cheating on his wife. Sources inside the courtroom say the couple, flanked by their legal... »
Mosque Confrontation in New York
On Sunday, protesters against the construction of an Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero in New York confronted protesters in favor of the facility. CNN reported that hundreds of critics and supporters of the proposed center in New York showed up despite an overcast and drizzly sky to express their views amid... »
Obama and His Religion
President Barack Obama has become immersed in a religious turmoil. Is he a secret Muslim? The current flap stems from the Pew Research Center’s finding that the number of Americans who believe Obama is Muslim has swelled to 18 percent (which includes 34 percent of conservative Republicans). Joel Achenbach’s blog points out that, “Disinformation... »
WikiLeaks Founder, Julian Assange, Denies Rape and Molestation Charges
WikiLeaks Founder, Julian Assange, is wanted in Sweden after accusations of rape and molestation, a spokeswoman for the Swedish prosecutor’s office told CNN Saturday. Assange denied the allegations, saying, “The charges are without basis and their issue at this moment is deeply disturbing.” Spokeswoman Karin Rosander said that a rape charge carries a possible... »
Obama’s Problem is He was “Born a Muslim”
According to Politico the Rev. Franklin Graham said on Friday that President Barack Obama was “born a Muslim” because the religion’s “seed” is passed from the father. Graham made the remark during an interview with CNN’s John King after being asked about a new Pew poll showing that 31 percent of Republicans believe the... »
LSD, Ketamine and Magic Mushrooms Could Help Treat Mental Disorders
Swiss scientists are evaluating the possible benefits of so-called psychedelic drugs such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), ketamine and psilocybin – - the psychoactive component in recreational drugs known as magic mushrooms. Reuters reported that initial studies indicate that LSD, ketamine and drugs from magic mushrooms act on the brain in ways that could help reduce symptoms... »
Many Americans Believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim
18 percent of Americans say that President Barack Obama is a Muslim, up from 11 percent in 2009. The “Religion, Politics and the President” poll conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life early this month finds many Americans unsure about Obama’s religious affiliation. Of concern to many of Obama’s supporters, this... »
Pelosi Suggests Probe of Funding Sources Behind Opposition to Mosque Near Ground Zero
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is suggesting a coordinated effort is behind the opposition to a proposed mosque and community center near Ground Zero, saying the whole dispute has been “ginned up” for political purposes and she supports a probe into those opponents. Commenting publicly for the first time on the Park 51 project, Pelosi... »
Google’s Chrome OS Tablet Predicted for November
Rumor has it that Google has partnered with HTC to offer a Chrome OS-based tablet. The Download Squad’s blog claims that a Google tablet will be for sale in November and will be offered in conjunction with Verizon. Download Squad predicts that the tablet will be heavily subsidized and cheaper than the iPad. The blog... »
Will Israel Bomb Iran’s Nuclear Facility This Week?
On Tuesday, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton told the Fox Business Network that the Israelis will have to move in the “next eight days” if they want to attack the Iranian Bushehr nuclear facility — a reference to the window between when the start-up was announced last week and the... »
Erykah Badu Goes Nude in Music Video
Erykah Badu, popular Soul and R&B singer, stripped down all the way during the music video shoot for her single,”WindowsSeat.” With a twisted reference to a tragedy as the background, the recording was made at the site where former President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The setting was Dallas, Texas. Badu was videographed singing... »
China’s Agressive Military Expansion Could Target US Military
The Pentagon is increasingly alarmed over China’s military expansion. The US Military’s annual report to Congress on Chinese military capabilities states that, “China is fielding an array of conventionally armed ballistic missiles, ground- and air-launched land-attack cruise missiles, special operations forces, and cyberwarfare capabilities to hold targets at risk throughout the region.” The report... »
Female Infanticide, Abortion and Infant Abandonment Exists in China
China’s one-child policy, in which officials force pregnant women to abort their babies, was instituted in 1979, according to the Christian Science Monitor. In addition to high Chinese abortion rates, many female infants face infanticide or are left abandoned to orphanages after birth. The result of the “one child” rule has prompted many Chinese... »
Young Couple Stoned to Death by Taliban
The Taliban publicly executed a young Afgan couple who were stoned to death for committing adultery, according to the National Post. “The two were stoned to death in a bazaar of Dasht-e Archi district on the accusation of committing the act of adultery,” said Mohammad Omar, the governor of Kunduz. The couple, who were... »
