Another day, another disappointment for progressive Democrats. We learn from former auto-industry car czar Steve Rattner that Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said "Fuck the UAW" during tough takeover talks – just like he called progressives "fucking retarded" for contemplating primary challenges against conservative Democrats.
We were all a little relieved when I decided that I'd been raped. Binge drinking and suicidal thoughts had plagued my freshman year of college. "I knew there had to be a reason," my mom said when I confessed my secret to her outside of my psychiatrist's office. Depression was not something my Irish-Catholic family believed in. I had becom […]
Some things, you have to imagine, don't need massive advertising campaigns. Milk, for instance. But then there you are, staring at life-size posters of all your favorite celebrities with those weird-looking milk mustaches. Up next: carrots! As reported by the AP, some 50 carrot growers from around the country recently joined forces to boost baby carrot […]
Oil versus water. He-Man versus Skeletor. Sarah Palin versus rational thought. Bitter enemies, all. None of these, though, has generated as much loyalty or backstabbing as the heated tech rivalry between iOS and Android. The operating systems have been dividing and conquering our gadgets and gizmos for what seems like forever, and today Google launched anoth […]
Schools across the country are banning rubber bracelets benefiting breast cancer activism -- all because they read, "I (heart) boobies." Administrators and parents are reacting to "boobies" as though it were a corrupting four-letter word from which we must protect our nation's youth. As though breasts themselves were obscene. As thou […]
Delaware Republicans call Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell a liar who "could not be elected dog catcher" in a fierce attack that underscores GOP fears of the tea party-backed candidate knocking off top recruit Rep. Mike Castle and winning the nomination.
An anti-abortion group plans to air radio ads in three congressional races calling for the defeat of Democratic incumbents, among the first ads to capitalize on a Supreme Court ruling this year that freed corporations to directly influence elections.
So a New York-based private equity group backed by Brazilian capital is buying Burger King for a tidy $3.3 billion. And China's state-owned chemical giant, Sinochem, is reportedly looking for ways to block an Australian mining giant's bid for Canada's Potash Corp -- one of the world's biggest fertilizer giants. Meanwhile, today's new […]
You might have noticed headlines giddily trumpeting, "Man Having Sex Change 'To Look Like Lady GaGa'" -- but that is a tad misleading. Penio Daskalov, a former Bulgarian Big Brother contestant, told Radar: "I really admire the way she has created herself, so when I've had my operations I won't be quite a man or quite a woma […]