American Express has revoked the personal credit card of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner due to concern that she "does not understand" how debt is supposed to work.
The U.S. card company issued a statement today saying that it could no longer extend a $200,000 revolving credit line to the leftist firebrand because of her 'belligerent attitude' towards repaying creditors:... Read More →
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie joined a long line of Republican figures today in blasting failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney for his now infamous 'gifts' comments.
In an interview with a local TV station the always bombastic Christie called Romney a 'coward' and a 'loser' for failing to take responsibility for his thumping loss in the presidential election. ... Read More →
Defeated presidential candidate Mitt Romney claimed today he could have won last week's election had his campaign offered black voters government-funded fried chicken.
Earlier this week Romney told a group of Republican donors on a conference call that president Obama had won reelection because he offered government "gifts" to young people, Latinos, and blacks.
Today CNN obtained an extended audio recording of that call in which Romney goes even further:... Read More →
French President François Hollande imposed a new tax on breathing today.
The Contribution Respiratoire de Solidarité (CRS) will place a €2000 charge on every 100m3 of air expelled from a rich French person's lungs in an effort to close the country's gaping budget deficit.
The charge will only be applied to citizens making more than €100,000 a year. Given the average human uses about 900m3 of air per year, the total cost of the new tax is estimated at about €18000 per person annually.... Read More →
The Obama administration has discreetly begun a program to distribute free iPhones to low-income and minority voters who supported the president in last week's election.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development started mailing 64 GB $849 iPhone 5s to Obama supporters in Detroit last week, and plans to expand the effort nationwide. Sources within HUD say they may hand out up to 2 million such taxpayer-funded 'Obamaphones' over the next 3 months.... Read More →
Sources close to President Obama's inner circle say the recently reelected Democrat is planning to impose a heavy tax on country music to help close America's gaping budget deficit.
According to a top official at the White House's Office of Management and Budget the proposed 35% tax on sales of country albums and profits of country radio stations could bring in over $1.3 billion a year.... Read More →
Former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove claimed today that the Chobani brand of strained yogurt is responsible for Republican election defeats last week.
In an interview with Fox News's Megyn Kelly the Texan spin doctor explained that the popularity of the Greek style yogurt is spreading "European values" to Americans, making it harder for conservatives to win elections:... Read More →
Former Vice-President Al Gore released a scathing video on Youtube today chastising politicians and the American public for their inaction and disinterest on global climate change.
In a brutal seven minute rant the Nobel Prize winning loser of the 2000 presidential election tears into oil companies, Congress, President Obama, and the creators of South Park before turning his ire directly on the American public:... Read More →
Some believe that heroes are born. Others believe that heroes are made - forged in the kiln of childhood traumas, they emerge hardened and unbreakable, ready to save the world.
It has always been the position of this newspaper, however, that heroes are neither born nor made, but chosen.
Societies pick certain individuals to fixate upon. Unto them they project their hopes, dreams, and expectations. We call them heroes. But really they're just ordinary people with the weight of the world on their shoulders.... Read More →
Indiana U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock caused fresh controversy today by suggesting that women should pray to avoid being raped.
In a meeting with the editorial board of a small newspaper in southern Indiana Mourdock claimed that many rape victims are "not right with the Lord" and should have "prayed a little harder" to avoid their fate.... Read More →
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called for the banning of Instagram today, apparently under the misapprehension that the popular photo sharing app is used for measuring quantities of illegal street drugs.
The former Massachusetts governor was speaking at a retirement home in Florida, part of a last-minute campaign swing before Monday's presidential debate.... Read More →
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised in a speech before a group of Asian-American veterans that he will use "binders of Asians" to hire the next White House sushi chef.
Romney is a well-known fan of the Japanese raw seafood delicacy, having done many business deals in Japan while leading private equity firm Bain Capital. ... Read More →
