Colorado Democratic state senator resigns rather than face recall over gun...
A third Democratic state senator in the state of Colorado resigned this week rather than face a recall election spurred by her vote in favor of stiffer gun safety legislation. State Sen. Evie Hudak...
View ArticleConservative activist: Pope Francis exposed the ‘Marxist problem’ inside the...
Pope Francis’ recent publication highlights the “troubling” influence of Marxism within the Catholic Church, according to Accuracy in Media director Cliff Kincaid. “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m not here...
View ArticleFrench bill to crack down on prostitution sparks protests
French lawmakers on Friday started debating a bill punishing clients of prostitutes that has sparked fierce debate in a country known for its liberal attitudes to sex. Dozens rallied both for and...
View ArticleObama predicts U.S. will see a woman president ‘very soon’
A woman in the White House? President Barack Obama says that will happen “very soon,” according to remarks released Friday. “We have some amazing female [public] servants all across the country and...
View ArticleWalmart and Downton Abbey: rampant inequality and detachment from reality
I’m not exactly sure what it is about the hit British TV series, Downton Abbey, that has enthralled so many of us. The scenery is great, Lady Mary’s wardrobe is just fabulous, but there are plot holes...
View ArticleAfghan interpreters in visa limbo despite years of loyal service
When Mary Ann Rollins was deployed to Afghanistan with the Utah National Guard, she was prepared for bullets, bombs, danger and even death – but not love. During the months spent on tiny bases in the...
View ArticlePresident Obama and First Lady visit fasting immigration activists
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visited a group of activists on Friday who are fasting to protest inaction by the House of Representatives on immigration reform. According to the...
View ArticleBirther Wayne Allyn Root to speak at Republican Party ‘Holiday Mixer’
The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) and the Clark County Republican Party (CCRP) are co-sponsoring a “Holiday Mixer” in which noted birther Wayne Allyn Root will give the keynote address. Root...
View ArticleBirther preacher claims Obama had mother of his ‘love child’ killed outside...
A birther preacher is pushing the conspiracy theory that Miriam Carey, who was shot to death Oct. 3 after police said she tried to ram her car into a barrier outside the White House, was the mother of...
View ArticleRafael Cruz: God told me to wake up the pastors so they will warn the people
The father of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) says that pastors in the United States who refuse to stand up for Christian values are to blame for the country’s misfortunes. “Political correctness is killing...
View ArticleBlack Friday protests across the U.S. demand improved conditions from Walmart
Thousands of Walmart workers and their supporters in the trade union movement have begun a nationwide series of Black Friday rallies against America’s largest private employer, protesting against wages...
View ArticleGroup wants to give Massachusetts voters a chance to legalize pot
A group of pro-pot activists in Massachusetts are pushing a ballot measure to fully legalize marijuana. The group Bay State Repeal hopes to get the proposal on the ballot in 2016 after testing...
View ArticleFlorida man’s $10 billion plan to build ‘floating city’ for the wealthy is ‘a...
Roger Gooch, the director and vice-president of Freedom Ship International, announced today that its titular project, the Freedom Ship, will resume now that the economic crisis has passed. It “now...
View ArticleFormer KKK leader and his mother indicted in Alabama cross-burning and cover-up
An Alabama grand jury indicted a former Grand Cyclops in the racist vigilante group the Ku Klux Klan in the town of Ozark on Wednesday. The man was charged with burning a cross at the entrance to an...
View ArticleTougher new anabolics steroid test nets 260 positive cases
A new test for the presence of anabolic steroids has resulted in 260 positive cases which in the past would have been undetectable, a researcher from the Cologne anti-doping laboratory revealed on...
View ArticleWestern art masterpieces offered up to Chinese buyers
A $50 million Rembrandt portrait takes pride of place in a Beijing hotel room, with Picassos and Renoirs dotting the walls as major Western auction houses look to tempt China’s super-rich with Europe’s...
View ArticleWATCH: Spanish broadcasters stage mutiny against state lawmakers
A debt-laden Spanish television station went abruptly off the air on Friday, apparently cut off by authorities as laid-off staff protested live in defiance of orders to shut it down. The Valencia...
View ArticleTurkey’s ‘Sultan’ Erdogan facing his toughest path to re-election
Turkey’s once all-powerful prime minister is battling problems both domestic and international that threaten to diminish his popularity ahead of an election cycle next year, analysts say. With three...
View ArticleThousands of Haitians call for President Martelly to step down
Thousands of young Haitians demonstrated Friday in several cities demanding that President Michel Martelly step down. In the capital of Port-au-Prince, demonstrators from several neighborhoods...
View ArticleEurope’s biggest ‘robot museum’ opens in Madrid
A white robotic beagle sits wagging its tail and nuzzling anyone who pets it, while six pint-sized robots, flashing blue, pump their fists as they dance to the pop hit “Gangnam Style”. They are the...
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