U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden has called Republican VP nominee Paul Ryan's mother to apologize for the vicious ass-kicking he gave her son in Thursday night's debate.
The fiery match between the two men featured 69-year old Biden schooling 42-year old Ryan on Afghanistan, Medicare, taxes, and the economy. ... Read More →
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney quietly announced today that he has become a lifetime member of women's reproductive heath organization Planned Parenthood.
In a move intended to appeal to centrist swing voters, the former Massachusetts governor donated $10,000 yesterday to the national organization and $5,000 to its local Boston branch.
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The leader of Australia's opposition Liberal Party has issued a statement saying there is no need for Prime Minister Julia Gillard to apologize for her 15 minute rant in Parliament Monday accusing him of being a sexist.
Tony Abbott explains that Gillard was probably on a 'sensitive point in her menstrual cycle' at the time, and thus should not be held responsible for her outburst.... Read More →
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was reelected to a new term this week, defeating opposition candidate Henrique Capriles with 55% of the vote.
The socialist firebrand has led Venezuela for the last 14 years, and says he will use his new 6-year term to deepen his "Bolivarian revolution".
Chavez's long reign has been controversial. Supporters laud his success in reducing the country's income inequality and improving the plight of the poor though government assistance programs.... Read More →
Former General Electric CEO Jack Welsh waded further into controversy today by claiming that Osama Bin Laden's death was "probably" staged to help U.S. President Barack Obama win reelection.
In an interview with Canadian business news channel BNN, Welsh explained that although he had no evidence to back up his assertion, something just didn't "feel right" about Bin Laden's demise in May 2011.... Read More →
Todd Akin sparked more outrage today as video emerged of the Missouri U.S. Senate candidate attributing the cause of the Great Depression to allowing women to vote.
A video published by an investigative journalist in France shows Akin at a 2006 closed door Club for Growth meeting in which he claims that the passage of the 19th amendment precipitated the worst economic depression in modern history.
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Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann courted controversy today by claiming that falafel and other "jihadi foods" should be banned from school lunches in the United States.
In an interview with local television station KSTP in Minneapolis, Bachmann explained that after visiting a local elementary school she was shocked to find that falafel - a fried vegetable patty popular in the Arab world - was being served as a option on the vegetarian menu.... Read More →
Andrew Mitchell found himself embrioiled in further controversy today after mobile phone video surfaced of the U.K. government's chief whip berating a waitress at a posh London restaurant.
The latest incident comes less than a week after Mitchell verbally assaulted police after being told he couldn't use the main gate to Whitehall whilst on his bicycle.
After refusing to be escorted to the pedestrian gate, Mitchell reportedly flew into a rage - swearing at the officers and calling them "plebs." - a term for someone of low social standing.... Read More →
Boxing champion Oscar de la Hoya may have officially retired from the sport he loves, but he says he's ready to enter the ring again with Republican U.S. Presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Yesterday a hidden camera tape was released in which Romney described American hispanics as 'losers' and 'taco jockeys' that freeload off of the rest of the country.
Today the 39 year old Mexican-American ten-time world champion was on LATV's morning news show to promote his bilingual hip hop album, and couldn't resist commenting on the simmering controversy:
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Yesterday the magazine Mother Jones unveiled a leaked video tape that showed U.S. Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney asserting that 47% of the country would never vote for him because they are "victims" who are "dependent on Obama" and don't take responsibility for themselves.
Today the controversy widened further with the impending release of a new portion of the video in which Romney unloaded on America's Hispanic population, claiming they are "losers" and "freeloaders" who are only in the United States to claim welfare benefits.
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Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney made a sweeping apology today for his universally maligned statement that President Obama "sympathized" with attacks on U.S. diplomatic outposts in the Middle East.
In an inverview this morning with KTLA morning news in Los Angeles, CA, Romney says that his campaign made a "huge strategic error" in trying to extract political advantage from a national tragedy, and apologized profusely for his role in the fiasco.... Read More →
American Vice-Presidential candidate Paul Ryan claimed today that he won a silver medal in the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona.
The Republican congressman from the state of Wisconsin revealed this hitherto unknown achievement when asked by an ABC News interviewer why he has never served in his nation's armed services.
Ryan responded by saying that although he deeply respects the millitary, he was too busy serving his country by training for the Olympic triathlon competition to consider joining himself.... Read More →
