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Sarah Crank, Home-Schooled Maryland 14-Year-Old, Wants Senate to Vote “No” on Gay Marriage for her Birthday Present

Sarah Crank, Home-Schooled Maryland 14-Year-Old, Wants Senate to Vote “No” on Gay Marriage for her Birthday Present

A Maryland teenager has a shocking birthday wish for the state senate as it debates whether or not to grant equal marriage rights to gays..

January 31, 2012 with 42 Comments
‘Douches du Jour’: Afghan Immigrants Mohammed Shafia, Wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya and Son Hamed Sentenced to Life in Prison for Canada ‘Honor Killing’ of 3 Teenage Daughters and Woman

‘Douches du Jour’: Afghan Immigrants Mohammed Shafia, Wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya and Son Hamed Sentenced to Life in Prison for Canada ‘Honor Killing’ of 3 Teenage Daughters and Woman

Three members of an Afghan immigrant family were found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of three teenage daughters and another..

January 31, 2012 with 0 Comments
‘Douche du Jour’: Ex-L.A. Teacher Mark Berndt Charged with Molesting, Spoon-Feeding Semen to 23 Children

‘Douche du Jour’: Ex-L.A. Teacher Mark Berndt Charged with Molesting, Spoon-Feeding Semen to 23 Children

A longtime southern California teacher has been arrested and charged with child molestation following the discovery of hundreds of photos..

January 31, 2012 with 0 Comments
Romney, Gingrich Want to Disenfranchise Millions of Voters by Scrapping Bilingual Ballots

Romney, Gingrich Want to Disenfranchise Millions of Voters by Scrapping Bilingual Ballots

GOP presidential frontrunners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich both favor ending bilingual ballots, a move that would disenfranchise millions..

January 31, 2012 with 1 Comment
Super Bowl Ad Targets Hershey’s Over African Child Slave Labor

Super Bowl Ad Targets Hershey’s Over African Child Slave Labor

An ad targeting U.S. chocolate-maker Hershey’s over child slave labor in Africa will appear on a big-screen TV outside the Super Bowl..

January 31, 2012 with 0 Comments
‘The Moral High Ground’: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Tennessee Republican State Sen. Stacey Campfield Kicked Out of Martha Bogg’s Bistro Bijou

‘The Moral High Ground’: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Tennessee Republican State Sen. Stacey Campfield Kicked Out of Martha Bogg’s Bistro Bijou

A Republican state senator from Tennessee who is sponsoring a controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill and who recently blamed..

January 31, 2012 with 0 Comments
Liar-in-Chief: Obama Defends Drone Strikes, Claims No “Huge Civilian Casualties”

Liar-in-Chief: Obama Defends Drone Strikes, Claims No “Huge Civilian Casualties”

President Obama defended the clandestine CIA unmanned aerial drone program yesterday, fallaciously claiming that drone strikes..

January 31, 2012 with 0 Comments
Miss Piggy: Fox News Criticism of Muppet Movie “Almost as Laughable as Fox Being News”

Miss Piggy: Fox News Criticism of Muppet Movie “Almost as Laughable as Fox Being News”

Anyone who’s been watching Fox News lately (ok, you caught me) can’t help but notice that the right-wing network has it in for..

January 30, 2012 with 0 Comments
400 “Domestic Terrorists,” Including at least 6 Journalists, Arrested at Occupy Oakland Protest; Widespread Police Brutality Observed

400 “Domestic Terrorists,” Including at least 6 Journalists, Arrested at Occupy Oakland Protest; Widespread Police Brutality Observed

Nearly 400 people, including at least half a dozen journalists, were arrested in Oakland on Saturday as an ‘Occupy’..

January 30, 2012 with 0 Comments
“I’m Going to Destroy America and Dig up Marilyn Monroe”: British Tourists Leigh Van Bryan & Emily Bunting Arrested in L.A. on Terror Charges, Interrogated and Deported over Twitter Joke

“I’m Going to Destroy America and Dig up Marilyn Monroe”: British Tourists Leigh Van Bryan & Emily Bunting Arrested in L.A. on Terror Charges, Interrogated and Deported over Twitter Joke

A pair of hapless British tourists who posted jesting Tweets, one of them quoting a popular American animated sitcom, were arrested on..

January 30, 2012 with 0 Comments