ABC broadcast a rather awkward interview on Thursday night, featuring CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper describing how his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, likes to dish on her sexcapades with comedian Kathy Griffin, and how he’s even read his mom’s erotic novel. “My mom wrote, has written a bunch of books, one…
A radical new injustice — tiny horses helping disabled people — is sweeping the nation thanks to the Obama administration, but the forces of evil may have finally met their match in Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), who wants to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to ban the creatures from…
Fred Karger, an openly gay Republican, appeared on the radio program of Bryan Fischer on Thursday, where he told the conservative radio host that it was offensive that the Republican Party had such an exclusive platform. “Fred, the Republican Party platform is officially pro-family,” Fisher said. “It supports a federal…
The Sumatran “corpse flower” (Amorphophallus titanum) is famous for smelling like its name, described variously as “rotten,” “musty” and “earthy.” At the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, a corpse flower named Morticia bloomed for the first time this week, reaching its fullest open span on Tuesday night, an event that…
During a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, Drug Enforcement Administrator Michele Leonhart repeatedly refused to admit that anything was more addictive or harmful than marijuana. Democratic Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado pressed Leonhart on whether illegal drugs like methamphetamine and crack, as well as legal prescription drugs, caused greater…
Texas Congressman Al Green (D) says he wouldn’t mind Rep. Peter King (R-NY) repeatedly calling hearings on “radical Islam” if he would also conduct a “hearing on the radicalization of Christians.” During a Wednesday House Homeland Security Committee hearing on “The Radicalization of Muslim-Americans,” Green wondered why the chairman had…
Democrats in Ohio want residents of the state to know that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is not a Buckeyes fan. “It’s no surprise that when it comes to making a tough call, Mitt Romney fumbles,” Ohio State College Democrats President Mallory Kimble said Tuesday. “From his plan to ‘let…
An Ohio mother faces felony prostitution charges for allegedly forcing her young daughter to perform sexual acts for money. The girl was only 11-years-old when the abuse started in 2007. Her mother, 37-year-old Jacqueline Toro-Williams, allegedly sold her door to door for $40 several times a day. Her mother was…
An elementary school in Clinton, North Carolina says an assistant principal was within her legal rights when she stripped a 10-year-old boy down to his underwear because he had been accused of stealing $20. Clarinda Cox told WRAL that her son, Justin, was forced to take off everything but his…
A 12-year-old boy in Waldorf, Maryland was recently forced to carry around a sign indicating he was “homeless” in order to shame him into obeying his parents. Over the weekend, Kenny Burks was supposed to check in with his parents by 8:30 p.m., but the boy’s father, Kevin, told NBC…