Sarah Palin disembarked from a plane in Seoul, South Korea today expecting to attend the memorial service for Nelson Mandela.
According to local reports the former Alaskan governor and Republican vice presidential candidate arrived on Asiana flight 459 from Anchorage at 6:30 a.m. local time and took nearly a half hour to realize that she had flown to the wrong country.... Read More →
If you're concerned about the federal government collecting and storing your personal information online, worry no more.
The National Security Agency (NSA) announced today its new Private Data Buy-Back Program, which will allow ordinary citizens to purchase their personal data -- including emails, phone records and browsing histories -- removing them from government servers.... Read More →
Kanye West is under fire today for claiming that he will soon be a bigger cultural and civil rights icon than Nelson Mandela.
In an interview with WGCI radio in Chicago, the notoriously self-promoting rapper said that the 95-year-old South African leader's recent death will finally allow people to focus more of their attention on West's own accomplishments.... Read More →
London Mayor Boris Johnson was outsmarted today when a mentally disabled child placed a stick in front of his bicycle, causing him to trip and fall to the ground.
According to multiple witnesses, Johnson had just left his posh Islington flat when his bike encountered the unexpected obstacle and launched him face-first onto the sidewalk. He suffered only superficial injuries and after a brief round of cursing, continued on his way to work at City Hall.... Read More →
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemned the West's recent nuclear deal with Iran today in a surprise press conference together in Geneva.
Both leaders traveled to Switzerland to protest the preliminary deal that the United States and five countries reached there on Sunday, claiming the symbolic first step toward peace will harm both countries.... Read More →
The landlocked state of Kansas passed a law today requiring abortion clinics to be able to withstand a tsunami.
In a closely watched vote, Republicans in the state legislature mandated that all health facilities offering abortions be constructed to survive a water surge twice as strong as the one that felled Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011.... Read More →
Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen tried to calm the controversy over his recent column on biracial couples by detailing his extensive sexual experience with women across the world, claiming the "best sex of (his) life" has been with "non-white" women.
In an online article that was published this morning -- only to be removed an hour later -- Cohen addressed the controversy surrounding his Tuesday column in which he said "people with conventional views must repress a gag reflex" when they think about New York City mayor-elect Bill de Blasio's marriage to a black woman and their two biracial children.... Read More →
Charlie Sheen called for Rob Ford's resignation today, saying the Toronto mayor's struggles with substance abuse make him unfit to lead Canada's largest city.
Sheen has been in Toronto for the past two weeks shooting the sixth Scary Movie film and was caught outside his hotel today by a reporter for La Presse newspaper.... Read More →
Sarah Palin today claimed she would rather go to Canada for her health care needs than remain in the United States as long as Obamacare is in effect.
The former governor of Alaska ripped into the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, during a GOPAC fundraiser in Columbus, Ohio, in which she attempted to point out the new law's multiple flaws.... Read More →
MSNBC host Chris Hayes is under fire today after claiming he is personally disgusted by Veterans Day.
During a segment on Morning Joe this morning the bespectacled pundit shocked hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough with his unorthodox views on the holiday, which he sees as a celebration of the military-industrial complex.... Read More →
Sen. Lindsey Graham paid tribute to fallen Americans today by getting a tattoo commemorating last year's attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
According to local reports the Republican from South Carolina had the phrase "Remember Benghazi" tattooed across his forearm this morning at a tattoo parlor in suburban Charleston.... Read More →
CBS News reported today that President Obama personally ordered an illegal cover-up of the Benghazi scandal.
According to documents obtained by 60 Minutes journalist Lara Logan, Obama instructed White House staff to destroy transcripts of telephone calls proving that he alone decided not to send troops to help personnel under attack from terrorists. Because of that fateful decision, U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans lost their lives
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