It’s a huge break in the Nobel prize tradition, but the former secretary of the Nobel Peace Prize committee is now publicly stating some regrets for giving the award to President Barack Obama in 2009. Geir Lundestad says the 2009 award to President Barack Obama “failed to live up to… Read More
You won’t believe these idiot criminals’ getaway plan
Talk about morons. According to the Associated Press, two suspects in a drug store burglary in Roswell, Georgia chose one of the worst possible places to make their getaway: the police station. Police say the men ran from the business, ending up at the back gate of the Roswell police… Read More
See the clock causing all the ruckus in Texas
Encouragement poured in from across the nation for a 14-year-old Muslim boy whose homemade electronic clock led to his suspension from school, with President Barack Obama, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and a NASA scientist among those offering support. As word spread that Ahmed Mohamed had been placed in handcuffs after… Read More
Fight over transgender bathrooms hits small town, USA
Amid the cornfields and marinas dotting the conservative tidewater Virginia enclave of Gloucester, people are divided over what one local pastor calls “the civil rights issue of this generation” — how to deal with a transgender student’s demand to use the boys’ restrooms at the local high school. “If they’re… Read More
Stolen World Series ring found during drug raid!
QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Police conducting a raid at a suspected drug dealer’s home south of Boston made an unusual discovery — a stolen 2004 Red Sox World Series ring. Quincy police had been watching the home for several months, and on Tuesday they executed a search warrant after witnessing… Read More
Five things you didn’t know about the U.S. Army
Military.com posted this on YouTube, and we thought it was so good, we had to share it!
Defund Planned Parenthood and save HOW much!?
Defunding Planned Parenthood could save American tax payers big time. A Republican bill that would halt federal payments to Planned Parenthood for a year could save taxpayers about $235 million, Congress’ official authority on the budget said Wednesday. The estimate by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office comes as Republicans are… Read More
“King of Beers” could be expanding… big time!
LONDON (AP) — The makers of Budweiser aren’t satisfied with being the kings of beer. They want an empire. Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s biggest brewing company and the owner of Budweiser, announced Wednesday it wants to buy SABMiller, the second-largest brewer — and the maker of long-time rival brand Miller… Read More
FOR SHAME! TV star busted lying about 9/11
Busted! Comedian and TV star Steve Rannazzisi told a detailed story about working for Merrill Lynch on Sept. 11 in a podcast hosted by Marc Maron. The comedian said he felt jostled when the tower next to him was struck and he escaped to the street, despite hearing loudspeaker messages… Read More
Shooting pigs in the head… For science!
It has radical animal rights group squealing, but on Wednesday, scientists defended the practice of shooting pigs in the head. Researchers in New Zealand secured live pigs to a surgical table and shot them in the head with a pistol as part of a study on blood-spatter patterns. The government-funded… Read More