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Santorum: Iranian nukes would threaten Missouri
During a campaign speech delivered in Missouri on Friday, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum did his best to make his audience shake in their boots with the specter of an Iranian nuclear attack. “Once they have a nuclear weapon, let me assure you, you will not be safe, even here…
Prank by inmates sneaks a pig into police car decals
Inmates in a prison print shop in Vermont took advantage of an assignment to make decals of the state seal for police cars by subtly altering the image they were handed to reproduce. Now the police have realized there’s a pig lurking in their version of the seal, and they’re…
Documentary: Breast cancer cure ‘hijacked’ by pink ribbons
Long before Susan G. Komen for the Cure decided to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood, one breast cancer survivor began to ask questions about how the cause of finding a cure had turned into a money-making enterprise. Dr. Samantha King’s 2008 book, “Pink Ribbons” — which questions the legitimacy…
Catholic univ. backs down, allows lesbians in Valentine’s contest
A Catholic college in in Pennsylvania has reversed their decision not to allow a same sex couple to enter an alumni Valentine’s Day contest. In a posting on Facebook Wednesday, Megan Lynn explained that she and her partner, Katie MacTurk, had entered The Saint Joseph’s University Alumni Association’s “How I…
Orrin Hatch: Obama thinks he’s Jesus Christ
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is offended that President Barack Obama quoted scripture to make the case for a fairer tax policy. Speaking to a group of mostly-conservative politicians at the annual National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, the president proved that conservatives do not have a monopoly on using religion to…
Colbert to spend super PAC’s million dollars on ‘cat breading’ meme
The Colbert super PAC has netted more than one million dollars, according to its Federal Election filing. On Thursday night’s episode of The Colbert Report, host Stephen Colbert confirmed that viewers “gave until it hurt,” although some, he said, apparently have a very low threshold for pain. Some 1,600 donors…
Romney: I ‘misspoke’ about the poor
A day after insisting that the media had taken his comments about not being concerned for the poor out of context, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney shifted positions on Thursday, claiming he simply “misspoke.” On Monday, Romney had told CNN’s Soledad O’Brien that he wasn’t running for president to help…
‘Daily Show’ asks Gov. Rick Scott to take drug test
On Thursday night’s The Daily Show, correspondent Aasif Mandvi traveled to Orlando, Florida to meet Louis Lebron, a Navy veteran on public assistance who refuses to submit to a state-ordered drug test. Florida’s state legislature, led by Governor Rick Scott, mandated that all recipients of welfare should be tested for…
‘Gasland’ filmmaker accuses House panel of ‘thuggery’
Josh Fox, the director of the Oscar nominated film Gasland, blasted the House Science Committee on Thursday after being arrested for trying to film a hearing. He had tried to record a subcommittee hearing regarding groundwater contamination in Wyoming caused by fracking. “This access used to be granted quite regularly…
Democrats lampoon Trump’s endorsement of Romney
Before real estate tycoon and reality TV star Donald Trump even had a chance to officially endorse Mitt Romney for president on Thursday, the Democratic National Convention whipped together a video that mocked the entire ordeal. After noting that Romney ranked 47th out of 50 in job creation as governor…
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