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Local news station confirms: Obama footage ‘is not hidden’
Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday night made the dubious claim that Harvard law professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., a former mentor of President Barack Obama, purposefully hid footage from the media in 2008. But Ogletree could not have suppressed the footage even if he wanted to. Local news…
O’Reilly: Fluke thinks she’s owed ‘lifestyle help’
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Thursday said that Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke was wrong to want contraception to be covered by her health insurance, referring to the medication as “lifestyle help.” In a statement on his website over the weekend, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said he…
Georgia state senators walk out to protest ‘war on women’
All of the female Democratic state senators walked out of the Georgia Senate on Wednesday to protest bills put forward by the Republican male majority. The demonstration took place after Republicans passed two bills that opponents have said are part of the GOP’s “war on women.” The only female Republican…
Women’s suffrage is a ‘Bad Romance’
For International Women’s Day, it might be worth revisiting the days before women’s suffrage. At least, that seems to be the goal of Soomo Publishing, which produced a parody Lady Gaga’s ‘Bad Romance’ video. The actors, dressed in turn-of-the-century suffragette gear, sung lyrics that call back the days before women…
‘Joe the Plumber’: Homophobia questions are ‘gotcha’
Samuel ‘Joe the Plumber’ Wurzelbacher is lashing out at CNN for asking if he still holds negative views about LGBT people even though he is seeking to represent them in Congress. On Thursday, Wurzelbacher appeared on CNN’s morning show to plug his campaign for office in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District,…
Michigan State University to offer ‘zombie survival’ class
Michigan State University has an interesting course on tap for the upcoming session: zombies, and lots of ‘em. Well, that’s not exactly correct. The zombie motif is just a hook. The class is actually about studying mass catastrophes and human behavior in life or death situations. But a video produced…
Pat Robertson: Marijuana ‘absolutely’ should be legalized
Conservative televangelist Pat Robertson says he has become a “hero of the hippie culture” by calling for marijuana to be legalized. “I really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol,” Robertson told The New York Times on Wednesday. “I’ve never used marijuana and I don’t intend…
Solar storm disruptions could begin today
On Tuesday, two giant solar flares erupted from the surface of the sun. The waves of energy they produced can disrupt “utility grids, airline flights and satellite systems” according to this report from CBS News, which features some amazing footage of the flares themselves. The disturbances are set to begin…
Colbert tries to stop the Romney countdown clock
Wednesday night on The Colbert Report, host Stephen Colbert discussed the results of the Super Tuesday elections in the fight for the GOP nomination. The answer, of course, is that there is no answer and that the primary battle will drag on into the spring. On Tuesday, Newt Gingrich carried…
Harvard protester on Obama video: Why would anyone want to hide this?
Daily Voice editor Keith Boykin, who attended Harvard University with President Barack Obama, expressed confusion on Wednesday over the controversy surrounding video of Obama introducing Dr. Derrick Bell in 1990. Breitbart.com published video of Obama speaking about Bell, a racial justice pioneer who developed the critical race theory. Breitbart.com has…
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