AK-47 Infomercial: Own This Trusty Veteran of More Than 75 Wars!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmnesty International has produced a short film spoofing/drawing attention to the global arms trade by presenting the AK-47 in infomercial …
Politics
Prop 8 Plaintiffs Congratulated By President Obama on Live TV
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs if their day wasn’t eventful enough, the pro-gay marriage plaintiffs in the Prop 8 case got a congratulatory phone …
Prop 8 Dismissed By Supreme Court; Gay Marriage Legal in California Once Again
Reading Time: 2 minutesSame-sex marriage supporters went 2-for-2 on this 26th day of June. Having already struck down DOMA, the U.S. Supreme Court …
DOMA Struck Down By Supreme Court in Landmark Ruling
Reading Time: 2 minutesDOMA is dead. The Supreme Court has struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as between a …
Wendy Davis Filibuster Derails Texas Abortion Law … For Now
Reading Time: 2 minutesA marathon filibuster by State Sen. Wendy Davis allowed the clock to run out on a controversial Texas abortion law …
Voting Rights Act Altered in Controversial Supreme Court Ruling
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act Tuesday in a controversial 5-4 ruling that left …
Yahoo News Calls Kenya “Country of Obama’s Birth”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn an article about President Barack Obama’s upcoming trip to Africa, a Yahoo News reporter somehow referred to Kenya as …
Edward Snowden: On the Run, Seeking Asylum in Ecuador With WikiLeaks’ Aid
Reading Time: 3 minutesEdward Snowden, the man who leaked details of U.S. government surveillance programs, is on the run in Moscow and seeking …
Vince Flynn Dies; Best-Selling Author Was 47
Reading Time: 2 minutesVince Flynn, the prolific and best-selling author of many political thriller novels, has died. He succumbed to prostate cancer after …
Josh Duggar Takes Job With Family Research Council; GLAAD Far From Pleased
Reading Time: 2 minutesJosh Duggar of 19 Kids and Counting fame has accepted a job with the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., …