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Nikki Haley: ‘Women don’t care about contraception’
Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Tuesday said that the Obama administration had made a mistake by mandating that health insurance cover birth control because “women don’t care about contraception.” During an appearance on ABC’s The View, co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck asked Haley how conservatives could make the case that…
86-year-old woman sets record as world’s oldest gymnast
An 86-year-old woman from Germany recently set a world record after she competed in the 2012 Cottbus World Cup, wowing judges and earning the title of world’s oldest gymnast. It may sound cute, but Johanna Quaas isn’t joking around. After years of competition, she’s won 11 various medals, but says…
WATCH LIVE: Obama calls Paul Ryan’s budget ‘social Darwinism’
President Barack Obama is expected to call the Republican budgeted created by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) “thinly veiled social Darwinism” at an Associated Press luncheon on Tuesday. The event was scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. ET. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast April 3, 2012. Photo: Shutterstock…
Dick Morris: Obama rekindling ‘the sense of black victimization’
Fox News commentator Dick Morris says that President Barack Obama has a plan to win re-election by “stoking a feeling of victimization in the African-American community.” “He can’t give Spike Lee’s money back because his whole goal is to provoke a racial confrontation,” Morris explained. “You say the president’s goal…
80-year-old woman lands plane after husband collapses
An 80-year-old woman in Door County, California successfully landed a small plane after her husband collapsed and died Monday evening, according to WLUK-TV. The woman called into Door County’s Dispatch Center after 5 PM to report her traumatic situation onboard their twin engine Cessna airplane after her husband passed out.…
Today Show’s Matt Lauer tweaks Palin for joining ‘lamestream media’
On Tuesday morning’s “Today Show,” former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) appeared determined to play the good sport. For her debut moment, the mother of six appeared hidden behind a pile of newspapers, a joking reference to Matt Lauer’s question yesterday during a pre-appearance chat, asking whether the governor had…
Zimmerman defender rants about ‘young black males’
In an interview on Tuesday, one of George Zimmerman’s neighbors referred to “young black males” eight times, but insisted that there was no racial profiling by his neighborhood watch. Speaking to CNN’s Soledad O’Brien, Frank Taaffe defended Zimmerman’s February slaying of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African-American teen. “Neighbor-hood, that’s a…
Plane crashes into roof of Florida supermarket
An experimental small aircraft crashed into the roof of a Publix supermarket in DeLand, Florida on Monday evening sending shoppers and employees fleeing the resulting fireball. According to ABC News, five people were injured in the explosion, including the aircrafts’s pilot and passenger, who are in critical condition. Witnesses reported…
Romney: Obama wants to ‘establish a religion called secularism’
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday said that President Barack Obama had taken his war on faith to the next level by wanting to establish a new “religion” for the purpose of rejecting all religious doctrines. At an event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a supporter asked the candidate what the…
Hedges: NDAA is ‘chilling’ the practice of journalism
Speaking about his lawsuit against the U.S. government over its claim that it may indefinitely imprison anyone it believes to be involved in terrorism, journalist Chris Hedges warned that the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is already having a “chilling” effect on the serious practice of journalism. That’s because…
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