Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

Stephen Colbert was roundly criticized by politicos last year for his tongue-in-cheek congressional testimony on the plight of illegal farm workers, but now he’s getting to revel in his own prescience. Stephen Colbert’s Congressional Testimony

Last year, the hacked emails of climate scientists from the University of East Anglia spawned what has hitherto become known as “Climategate — a mini media tempest that briefly provided climate change deniers with what they believed to be grist for their favorite mill: that climate change is some sort of worldwide conspiratorial scam. There [...]

Oakland Police Attack Protesters! The Whole World Is Watching…

The board of directors of Ben & Jerry’s has issued a statement in support of the Occupy Wall Street protests taking place in New York City and other cities around the country. “We, the Ben & Jerry’s Board of Directors, compelled by our personal convictions and our Company’s mission and values, wish to express our [...]

“We’ve run a campaign like nobody’s ever seen,” says Mark Block, Herman Cain chief of staff and protagonist of his latest ad, which dropped today online. He may be right, because it has been quite a while, if ever, since we’ve seen an ad like this. A close up of Block speaking takes up most [...]

Warren Buffett released what he said was his adjusted gross income last year. CNN Money reports that in a letter to Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp Buffett reveals that he made $62,855,038 last year. He also said his taxable income was $39,814,784. According to Reuters, the world’s third-richest man paid only $6.9 million in federal income [...]

Student loans can weigh on a person for years, and that’s got some people hoping for a personal bailout. By Sunday afternoon, more than 270,000 people have signed an online petition sponsored by MoveOn.org, urging Congress to forgive student loan debt.

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul rallied a sold- out crowd of more than 1800 of his most ardent under-thirty-year-old supporters in New York City Monday night. Tickets to the event cost $20-25. It was originally scheduled to take place at the famed Webster Hall’s Marlin Room, but, the event had to be moved to a [...]