Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said today he has given up trying to oust his successor Julia Gillard and will instead focus his political energy on unseating New Zealand PM John Key.
The unexpected move comes one day after again failing to replace Gillard in a party coup, the latest in a series of attempts since she removed Rudd in 2010 to become Australia's first female Prime Minister.... Read More →
Former U.S. President George W. Bush apologized for the Iraq War today, saying the conflict was "his biggest mistake."
In a statement released to a Texas newspaper, the 66-year-old Bush said he meant well when he sent America to war but asked the American people to forgive what in retrospect was "a clear example of poor judgement."... Read More →
Former Republican Congressman Allen West stoked controversy today by labeling President Obama a "slavemaster."
In a speech at a Tea Party USA convention, West claimed that Obama's "socialist welfare policies" were turning blacks and Latinos into vassals of a tyrannical federal government.... Read More →
Former Republican presidential candidate and conservative Catholic Rick Santorum is pushing for reforms to the papal conclave process, claiming some ethnic minority cardinals may have voted more than once in the recent election of Pope Francis I.
The suspicion comes on the heels of the election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy, the first non-European pope in a thousand years, and the first ever Hispanic.... Read More →
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush continued his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination this morning by further distancing himself from his unpopular sibling.
In an interview on Good Morning America, Jeb Bush finally admitted that although he loves his brother George W. Bush dearly, the former two-term president is sometimes "an idiot"... Read More →
The United States government began shipping toy guns to the Syrian opposition today in an effort to "escalate" Western aid to the cause.
More than 20,000 bright orange Nerf brand toy firearms arrived in the rebel stronghold of Ar-Raqqah today, following what the U.S. State Department called an "vigorous debate" over how far America should go to help the Syrian people in their fight against Bashar Al-Assad's murderous regime.... Read More →
Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez will continue to serve until the next presidential election in 2019, officials said.
Chavez, a former military officer who led the country for 14 years, died Tuesday, March 5, at age 58 following a long battle with cancer.
Citing the widespread support and outpouring of grief since Chavez’s death, Vice President Nicolas Maduro and officials with Chavez’s United Socialist Party (PSUV) said the controversial firebrand will complete his fourth presidential term of six years.... Read More →
American actor Sean Penn claimed last night that recently deceased Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was one of history's greatest leaders, and called George Washington a "loser" by comparison.
In an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, the controversial star of Milk and Summerspell layered adulation upon the Latin American socialist, but declined to do the same for one of America's founding fathers. ... Read More →
The Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom claimed today that he is "supremely talented" at performing orally upon women.
In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with The Daily Currant, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg boasts that he has performed the act "over 500 times" and now considers himself an expert in the practice.... Read More →
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman held a press conference in Los Angeles today to announce that he is moving to North Korea.
The eccentric sports icon explained that leader Kim Jong-Un has granted him an estate outside the capital Pyongyang and hired him to become the coach of the North Korean national basketball team.... Read More →
Economist and columnist Paul Krugman declared personal bankruptcy today following a failed attempt to spend his way out of debt.
In a Chapter 13 filing to the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York, lawyers for Krugman listed $7,346,000 in debts versus $33,000 in assets.
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A Washington Post columnist has called out the Catholic Church for alleged anti-Semitism in selecting its next pope.
Jennifer Rubin, a conservative columnist and blogger, questioned why no Jewish people were considered to replace retiring Pope Benedict XVI in an online column, “Catholic Chutzpah: Vatican Snubs Jewish Candidates,” which was published Monday.... Read More →
