2015-08-18 01:48
Image Credit: Tricky Dick, Icky HillAugust 17, 2015 - The Hillary Clinton email poop gets deeper. Major news media are reporting today that at least 300 emails, sent through then-Sec… Read More
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2015-08-12 02:50
August 11, 2015 - For months, Hillary Clinton has insisted there were no classified State Department emails on her own email server. But the FBI now says at least four "classified" emails ha… Read More
2015-07-31 16:53
"Get out!"July 31, 2015 - Chicago is drowning in massive, fatal debt. It is doomed, to be blunt, with no chance of recovery. "Since 1927," says our video guide Stefan Molyneux, Chicago has "… Read More
2015-07-28 15:01
July 28, 2015 - Trump’s ex-wife Ivana dismissed accusations that The Donald raped her. There is no "there" there.Ivana TrumpImage via Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images"During a depo… Read More
2015-07-07 00:04
July 6, 2015 - Going to Starbucks? Take a sweater, it's cold in there. For several years now I have wondered why every Starbucks seems to be too cold. I mean, cruelly cold, far colder than t… Read More
2015-07-01 02:50
June 30, 2015 - A "pride flag" for straight people? Yes, and it's about time!
And let's get this straight: It's not "anti-gay," but it's definitely pro-hetero! Welcome to th… Read More
2015-06-08 01:52
June 7, 2015 - Another overreaction by cops: Police in McKinney, Texas were called to a "disturbance" at a pool party Friday evening, June 5. Their behavior can only be described as dysfunct… Read More
2015-04-06 21:40
Obama: Satan IncarnateApril 6, 2015 - Obama, Satan Incarnate Himself, summoned a plague of bees upon innocent children, then sadistically laughed and commanded the little ones to remain wher… Read More
2015-03-23 23:51
March 21, 2015 - The Atlantic's editorial staff seems to be geographically challenged. The headline of a March 21 article is "The Economics of California's Drought," and has the unfortunate… Read More
2015-03-17 01:03
Ted Cruz is not SatanMarch 16, 2015 - The leftwing blogosphere and minor media outlets are again portraying US Senator Ted Cruz as a mean and hateful person. He's not just mean, according to… Read More
2015-03-03 23:25
Online gambling is huge.If you're confused about the legalities of online gambling in the United States, you're not alone. Gambling online in the U.S. is actually legal, but the laws vary fr… Read More
2015-01-12 21:54
US Ambassador Jane Hartley
attended the Paris march
Image: allgov.comJanuary 12, 2014 - The Cavalcade of Idiots, also known as The Obama Administration, can't help acting, well, idiotic… Read More
2015-01-04 20:54
Hooded and Intimidating:
Wearing this $3,480 mink coat could
get you arrested in Oklahoma.
(Photo: MailonFurs.com)January 4, 2015 - Oklahoma may soon clarify and strengthen an existing… Read More
2015-01-02 03:30
Kim Jong-un (ABC News)Updated January 1, 2015 - Disturbing videos (below) about North Korea's nuclear weapons and how it threatens to use them. An opinion piece in the Chicago Trib… Read More
2015-01-01 17:15
January 1, 2015 - A publisher in the U.K. has accomplished what Arab nations, Muslims and anti-Semites have dreamed of since 1948. They wiped Israel off the map.Israel was left off a map pub… Read More
2014-12-30 22:34
December 30, 2014 - When Benjamin Franklin was postmaster of Philadelphia in 1737 (way before he was an American revolutionary), he probably never imagined letters and packages being deliver… Read More
2014-12-24 01:06
December 23, 2014 - North Korea's internet was disrupted over the weekend, and finally went down completely on Monday. It came back online, but then it went down two more times. An… Read More
2014-12-19 20:16
December 19, 2014 - The FBI blamed North Korea today for the unprecedented computer hacking attack of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) in late November. It is widely believed… Read More
2014-11-18 18:51
November 18, 2014 - Barack Obama once said that preventing deportation of illegal immigrants without the involvement of Congress would be dictatorial. Western Journalism's Norvell Rose notes… Read More
2014-10-17 02:46
October 16, 2014 - Apple's iPad Air 2 tablet (also known as the iPad 6) looks familiar but has a thinner body than last year's iPad Air. Needless to say, Apple added new features and updated… Read More
2014-10-16 23:17
October 16, 2014 - The Netherlands, also known as Holland, has some bad-ass biker dudes. One of them, a notorious band of brothers called "No Surrender," has already branched out internation… Read More
2014-10-16 19:24
Ebola Nurse and Victim:Amber VinsonOctober 16, 2014 - Nurse Amber Vinson, 29, the second nurse to contract Ebola in Dallas, TX was told by a federal health staffer that it was okay to board… Read More
2014-10-12 15:47
October 12, 2014 - Another case of Ebola in the US: The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that an unidentified nurse who helped care for Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian national who… Read More
2014-10-01 03:24
September 30, 2014 - The worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history has officially killed more than 3,000 people in several African nations since it erupted six months ago in Guinea. Today it… Read More
2014-09-26 20:24
Univ of Michigan protest affirmative action in front
of the US Supreme Court, June 2003. - ReutersApril 22, 2014 - Nearly 150 years have passed since the Civil War ended slavery in the… Read More
2014-09-26 20:18
April 22, 2014 - You can't spell "ticks" without "ick." Disgusting critters, ticks not only suck blood from your dog (and you, given the chance), they also spread dangerous diseases to both… Read More
2014-09-24 22:10
September 24, 2014 - Has your iPhone 6 bent yet? If so, you should consider totally destroying Apple's new, flimsy smartphone. Don't get mad, get even. Here are several creative ways… Read More
2014-09-24 22:08
Unbox Therapy: Bending Apples on YouTubeSeptember 24, 2014 - Apple's new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are prone to bending and even cracking, according to numerous reports and experimentation… Read More
2014-09-22 22:49
Apache AH-64 Helicopter - Photo: Boeing
Sept. 22, 2014 - The long-delayed delivery of Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters to Egypt will finally happen. The Apaches are intended to help E… Read More
2014-09-06 00:45
Denton James Ward
source: MrConservativeAugust 25, 2014 - Denton James Ward, his girlfriend and two other friends were attacked while on a double date at a McDonald's restaurant near the Tex… Read More
2014-09-06 00:43
July 7, 2014 - "On the Fourth of July," he said, "I had more donations from non-Americans than from Americans. Poor Mexicans in pickup trucks are more likely to give me a buck than a guy in… Read More
2014-08-27 23:00
Douglas McArthur McCainAugust 27, 2014 - Is Islamic State (ISIS) in America? At the very least, we know that there are U.S. citizens who are not only sympathetic to Islamist horde, but are… Read More
2014-08-04 23:26
May 24, 2014 - It was sadly predictable: Some Democrats are blaming former President George W. Bush for the scandal currently rocking the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).Propaganda Min… Read More
2014-06-29 22:25
Justin Bourque works his evilJune 5, 2014 -- Parts of Moncton, New Brunswick were locked down following the shooting deaths on Wednesday night of three Royal Canadian Mounted Pol… Read More
2014-05-02 00:27
May 1, 2014 - The Land of Lincoln is stinkin' in the minds of a lot of Illinois residents these days. Massive budget problems, high taxes, cold winters, over-regulation are among the reasons… Read More
2014-04-05 02:59
Cedomir Zuric's mugshotUPDATE: This six-year old story recently took a sudden dramatic turn in March, 2014. Fugitive Cedomir Zuric, 52, was arrested for over $500,000 in past due child… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Flight Path of Malaysia Air MH370
Click image to enlarge it. Source: ChinaDaily.comMarch 10, 2014 - A mysterious, previously unheard of group called the "Chinese Martyr Brigade" is clai… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Barack Obama, Prsidnt of the Untied SttesMarch 8, 2014 - Barack Obama is the man who first told the world about the "inhalator." On March 6, he had trouble spelling the word "respect" during… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Martin: Honest but still employed.March 4, 2014 - News service Russia Today (RT) is funded by the Russian government. Some call RT the Kremlin's overseas propaganda channel. So it must hav… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Boko Haram's Top Maniac:
Abubakar Shekau (video still)February 26, 2014 - Mediaite's Noah Rothman seems to think that only he has access to news out of Africa. Rothman complains th… Read More
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