On network television, kids are force-fed exploding heads....
.... while officialdom freaks if these same kids -- God forbid!!! -- glimpse a woman's nipple. The twistednes of the American psyche (as it relates to violence and sex) reduces the Gordian knot to a...
View ArticleBirth of New Species Witnessed by Scientists
BY BRANDON KEIM11.16.09On one of the Galapagos islands whose finches shaped the theories of a young Charles Darwin, biologists have witnessed that elusive moment when a single species splits in two.In...
View ArticleSea slug sheds its penis after sex
By John-Paul Ford Rojas13 Feb 20137 CommentsAs a post-coital ritual it has been described by researchers as “extremely peculiar” even among the often surprising behaviours of the animal kingdom....
View ArticleBorowitz Report: Good News From North Korea!
February 13, 2013A LETTER FROM KIM JONG-UNPYONGYANG —Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, has issued the following letter to the citizens of the world:Dear World...
View ArticleMarco Rubio's Weird Defeatist Vision
The GOP star's smug dismissal of climate change exposes his bankrupt philosophy.By BROOKE JARVISFebruary 13, 2013 5:35 PM ETSen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida).Nicholas Klamm/AFP/Getty ImagesMidway through...
View ArticleDimwitted GOP governors say they will not expand Medicaid
Yikes! What's wrong with these people? Prediction. Pence and Walker will change their positions, or their constituencies will "throw the bums out." "It's the stupidity, stupid."...
View ArticleThe Most Religious US State Is ...
By Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor | LiveScience.com Mississippi holds onto its title as most religious U.S. state, with 58 percent of its residents saying they are very religious, according...
View ArticleA Valentine From An Atheist To A Religious Scholar
by ADAM FRANKFebruary 12, 2013Sometimes the debate between atheism and religion can be enlightening, showing us how both of these different approaches dive deeply into the currents of human experience....
View Article"Betrayal of the American Dream" by Jim Steele and Don Barlett
Authors Jim Steele, left, and Don Barlett talk about solutions to the nation's economic problems. BY DONALD L. BARLETT AND JAMES B. STEELESunday, August 19th, 2012 Book talksVIDEOBarlett and Steele...
View ArticleStephen Colbert: Tea Party Conservatives Versus The GOP Establishment (VIDEO)
Posted by Sean Sullivan on February 13, 2013With the launch of a new Republican effort to give a boost to electable Senate candidates, some conservatives are already expressing distaste for what they...
View ArticleE.J. Dionne Jr.: "Obama Liberated"
Obama’s audacity of freedom. E.J. Dionne Jr. “President Obama is a freer man than he has been at any point in his presidency. He is free from the need to save an economy close to collapse, from...
View ArticleAnger is growing among Iraq's Sunnis
Sunnis demonstrate in Ramadi, Iraq, against the government of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. (Ned Parker / Los Angeles Times / February 13, 2013)Alan: Iraq's Shiite Prime Minister, Nouri al Maliki, is...
View ArticleU.S. Domestic Violence Fell 64% Between 1994 And 2010
Progress WatchIn US, big strides in reducing domestic violenceThe rate of partner-to-partner violence dropped 64 percent between 1994 and 2010, a Justice Department report has found. The trend, almost...
View ArticleBorowitz Report: Choking back tears, Wayne LaPierre marries his AK-47
WASHINGTON — In what he called “the happiest day of my life,” National Rifle Association C.E.O. Wayne LaPierre marked Valentine’s Day by marrying his longtime gun, an AK-47 assault rifle.Mr. LaPierre...
View ArticleBorowitz Report: Republicans May Welcome People Who Believe in Math and Science
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Opting for a bold “big tent” strategy to rebuild the party, Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, told reporters today, “We need to welcome...
View ArticleRepublican Cannibals Chow Down On One Of Their Own
Washington: During recent congressional hearings, Texas Senator Ted Cruz intimated impugning evidence concerning Republican confrere Chuck Hagel, Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense....
View ArticleMitt Romney: Duh.
Here.Experience that awkward moment yourself.Mitt Romney’s Ultimate Flip Flop Collection: 19 minutes of Mitt contradicting himself....
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