Republican Congressman Demands Number Change for Bill 666, Because Satan
Texas Republican Congressman Joe Barton doesn’t want chatter about Satan getting in the way of his legislation. His bill to repeal a decades-old ban on crude oil exports was introduced Tuesday as House...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Foie Gras Fight Ramps Up
Updated | Not so fast, foie gras connoisseurs. California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced Wednesday that her office would appeal a January 7 decision to lift the state’s foie gras ban.The ban,...
View ArticleWest Bank Gun Battle Exposes Growing Resentment Towards Palestinian Authority
Unidentified Palestinian gunmen and Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces today became embroiled in one of their biggest gun battles in recent years in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.Before...
View ArticleFighting ISIS: Four Takeaways After the Death of the Jordanian Pilot
Islamic State’s savage burning of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh demonstrates the strengths and the weaknesses of an organization whose state-like structure makes its vulnerable yet resilient in a...
View ArticleFledgeling Gaza ISIS Groups Operate Under Watchful Eye of Hamas
A Palestinian journalist was reportedly kidnapped and tortured for eight hours in Gaza this week by a group claiming to be part of Islamic State (ISIS), amid signs that the group are gaining support in...
View ArticleThe GOP and Science: Rand and Christie Thrown Under the Bus
Senator Rand Paul and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie must feel as if they've been thrown under the bus. They were just doing what every red-blooded Republican would have done.In saying parents have...
View ArticleBrian Williams Apologizes for False Iraq Helicopter Story
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams apologized Wednesday night for falsely claiming to have been on an Army helicopter that was shot down during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.Williams, who has been...
View ArticlePacks of Condoms in Venezuela Now Cost $755
Venezuela’s faltering economy is so out of control that a pack of 36 condoms now costs close to the monthly minimum wage, and even then they’re difficult to find.Bloomberg News first reported Wednesday...
View ArticleJordan Denies Report King Will Be Personally Involved in Anti-ISIS Airstrikes
Arab publication An-Nahar reported Jordanian King Abdullah ibn al-Hussein will lead airstrikes against ISIS, but a Jordanian government spokesman later denied the king would be personally...
View ArticleTwo Dead in University of South Carolina Shooting
Updated | Two people were killed in a shooting at the University of South Carolina on Thursday afternoon. Thom Berry, assistant chief of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, said the shooting,...
View ArticleInflux of Roma in Norway Leads to Begging Ban Bill
Norway, the richest country in Europe, has proposed a new law which would outlaw begging in the country and make it a crime to give money to those who are on the streets, supposedly in a bid to reduce...
View Article‘Biggest NATO Reinforcement Since Cold War’ Sets Frontlines Against Russia
NATO has ranked Russia as its greatest threat, according to defence experts, as the alliance announced its plans to staff six new European bases in what its secretary general Jens Stoltenberg is...
View ArticleMerkel and Hollande to Take Ukraine Peace Plan to Moscow
The leaders of Germany and France announced a new peace plan for Ukraine on Thursday, flying to Kiev with a new proposal they would then take on to Moscow.The importance of reaching a deal was...
View ArticleWhy the GOP Falls for Hopeless Candidates
As the silly season of Election 2016 starts cranking up, nothing is sillier and more pathetic than the quadrennial dance of Republicans with manifestly unqualified candidates vying for the party's...
View ArticleU.S. Steps Up Aid to Iraq to Fight Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has sent search and rescue assets to northern Iraq in recent days, bolstering its ability to recover coalition personnel in the U.S.-led air campaign against...
View Article‘High Maintenance’ Is Back and Smoking Out the Competition
Whether or not you’re keen on green, our nation is undeniably in the throes of a marijuana revolution. Cultural attitudes and policy have shifted significantly in the past few years; just yesterday,...
View ArticleOil Rallies As Bullish Signals Promise Second Weekly Gain
Crude oil traded $2 higher before paring gains on Friday, on track for a second weekly increase, as chaos in Libya and stronger economic signals from the United States helped futures rebound from...
View ArticleRebel Convoys Head for Ukranian Rail Town to Evacuate Civilians
Convoys of buses converged from two sides on the town of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine on Friday after separatist rebels and government forces appeared to have patched together a truce to allow...
View ArticleAnother Ebola Outbreak ‘Inevitable’
Doctors and experts say another Ebola outbreak is “inevitable”, unless the international community unites around a long-term, common approach to combat the disease in the future and substantial...
View ArticleU.S. Lawmakers Begin Push for More Sanctions on North Korea
U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday to broaden sanctions against North Korea by imposing stiffer punishments on foreign companies doing business with Pyongyang, a measure that could...
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