Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones loudly berated CNN host Piers Morgan on Monday night, saying the British journalist would reignite “1776″ if he tried to take American’s assault rifles away. Morgan had hoped to talk to Jones about the White House petition he launched, which sought to have Morgan deported from…
Those freedom-loving arsenal-builders love liberty soooooo much, y’all. The want to hump it, lick it, and most importantly, take it to the shooting range to share in the glory of the One and Only Real Liberty: the liberty to believe the gun industry when they tell you their products will…
NEW YORK — US bank JP Morgan Chase was slapped with fines and repayment penalties of $228 million for a bid-rigging scheme that shortchanged issuers of municipal bonds, US authorities announced Thursday. In a case that has also seen Swiss bank UBS and Bank of America heavily fined, JP Morgan…
The agency that created an ad featuring a voice that sounded like Morgan Freeman is firing back after a North Carolina candidate said he was tricked by the company. The MEI company released a statement (.pdf) Tuesday explaining that B.J. Lawson (R-NC) was told that a “voice double” for Morgan…
Divers have found bottles of champagne some 230 years old on the bottom of the Baltic which a wine expert described Saturday as tasting “fabulous”. Thought to be premium brand Veuve Clicquot, the 30 bottles discovered perfectly preserved at a depth of 55 metres (180 feet) could have been in…
US federal prosecutors are investigating whether Morgan Stanley misled investors about financial derivative deals against which it sometimes bet, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The suspicions were similar to civil fraud charges faced by Goldman Sachs, which is also under investigation for how it designed and sold mortgage-related products…
Thanks to Jill Filipovic for drawing my attention to this article by Spencer Morgan in the NY Observer, an article demonstrating that the Observer and Morgan intend to be on the “misogynist for the sheer joy of hating women” beat. Morgan asks an earth-shattering question of profound importance as well…