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Large Italian cruise ship ran aground
In a shocking incident, emergency crews are searching for passengers of a cruise ship that ran aground Friday evening near an Italian island. According to the BBC, the Costa Concordia ship was headed to the Mediterranean Sea when it smashed into rocks off the island coast of Giglio. The damage…
Maher: Ron Paul ‘is in my heart more on foreign affairs’ than Obama
In his return episode for the new year, Bill Maher expressed pleasure once again for a certain GOP presidential candidate’s foreign policy perspective. While discussing President Barack Obama’s controversial singing of the National Defense Authorization Act, Maher effused praise for Rep. Ron Paul (R) on representing how he feels on…
Unique ‘hydromechanical’ watch tells time using pistons and bellows
Hands? Digital read-outs? All out of date The wristwatch of the future indicates the hour by using miniature pistons and bellows to drive a fluorescent green liquid around a ring. According to a description quoted by Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing, “Pistons in the movement move the bellows. As one expands…
Oops: Perry adds new agency to cut, forgets another
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry may have had another “oops” moments on Friday. The Texas governor managed to recite three federal agencies he would abolish as president — but one of them was the wrong one. “Three right off the bat, you know, commerce, interior and energy are three that…
Woman arrested for biting children’s faces
A 46-year-old woman in Mountain View, California has been accused of biting two children in a local bookstore. Police arrested Polly Beltramo Thursday on charges of felony child abuse after being positively identified by the children’s mother. The mother told Mountain View Patch that she had gone into Bookbuyers bookstore…
Santorum: Obama wants constitutional amendment to redistribute wealth
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum suggested on Friday that President Barack Obama wanted a constitutional amendment to force the redistribution of wealth. Wearing his infamous sweater vest, the candidate told a group of supporters in Rock Hill, South Carolina that Obama wanted to “manage the decline of America.” “Remember the…
Maher: Santorum thinks about gay sex more than a dildo salesman
Bill Maher on Thursday said that there was a connection between Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s sexual frustration and his desire to bomb Iran. In an interview with Chelsea Handler, Maher explained that former candidate Herman Cain was scheduled to appear on an upcoming episode of his HBO show. “I…
Great Dane saves life of domestic violence victim
A women’s shelter in Kansas City is changing their policy on pets after one domestic violence victim refused to give up the Great Dane that saved her from being beaten to death with a hammer. Kansas City’s KCTV reported that the Rose Brooks Center was contacted last year by a…
Colbert gives super PAC to Stewart, may seek presidency
On last night’s very special edition of The Colbert Report, Stephen welcomed two special guests ahead of a major announcement regarding his surge in a recent South Carolina presidential poll. But, because it is illegal for a candidate to run for office and coordinate with with super PACs supporting them,…
Occupy protester spends 3 weeks in jail for writing on sidewalk
An Occupy Orlando protester has been freed after spending three weeks in jail for using chalk to write on the sidewalk. The City of Orlando dropped the charges against Timothy Michael Osmar because they said the three weeks he spent in jail was about what he would have served if…
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