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"God Hates No One" - Nine-Year-Old Josef Miles Stages Counter-Protest Against Westboro Baptist Church Protesters
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 11:08 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
A mother was filled with pride when her young son mounted a quiet counter-protest against picketers from the Westboro Baptist Church over the weekend, theAugusta Chronicle reports. Nine-year-old Josef Miles and his mother, Patty Akrouche, were walking around the Wash …
Jay-Z, Gay Marriage: Obama's New Stance Is 'The Right Thing To Do' (VIDEO)
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 11:38 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Jay-Z has come out in support of President Obama's recent endorsement of gay marriage. In a recent interview with CNN, the rapper said he believed supporting gay marriage was "the right thing to do." “I’ve always thought it as something that was still holding …
Allen West Compares Riding His Motorcycle To 'Touching My Wife'
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 12:44 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) spent part of Mother's Day weekend talking about motorcycles -- and how if someone went for a ride on his bike, it would be like that person was "touching [his] wife." West was talking about his plans to ride his motorcycle to the Republican convention …
James Lankford, GOP Rep, Opposes Laws Against Gay Employee Discrimination
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 11:51 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Freshman Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.)told ThinkProgress in a recent interview that he was against laws designed to protect employees from workplace discrimination based on their sexual orientation, because of his belief that being gay is a "choice." "Race and sexual pref …
Rand Paul: Obama's Views On Marriage Couldn't 'Get Any Gayer' (VIDEO)
Seeded on Sat May 12, 2012 4:47 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Rand Paul took a swipe at Obama's recent support of gay marriage on Friday, saying he "didn't think his views on marriage could get any gayer." Speaking at an Iowa Faith & Freedom event on behalf of his father Ron Paul'sRepublican presidential camp …
Betty White Supports the President
Seeded on Sat May 12, 2012 1:29 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Betty White says she usually keeps her political views private but in this presidential election strongly favors one candidate. As she prepares to visit the Smithsonian Institution and National Zoo next week, White told The Associated Press she "very, very much favors" Preside …
JWoww Slams Bristol Palin For Criticizing Obama's Gay Marriage Endorsement
Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 2:46 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
After criticizing President Obama over his recent endorsement for gay marriage, Bristol Palin is under attack from an unlikely source -- "Jersey Shore" star, Jenni "JWoww" Farley. "Bristol should keep her uneducated ignorant mouth shut. If Ur living in the past u wouldn't …
Elizabeth Warren Did Not Claim Minority Status, Records Show
Seeded on Fri May 11, 2012 11:19 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Records show that the leading Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts identified her race as "white" on an employment record at the University of Texas and declined to apply for admission to Rutgers Law School under a program for minority students. The records on …
Rush Limbaugh Ad Boycott Cost Cumulus Radio 'Millions,' CEO Says
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2012 3:45 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
The head of one of the biggest radio companies in the country said Monday that the advertiser boycott of Rush Limbaugh cost him "millions" in 2012. Lew Dickey, the CEO of Cumulus, wasspeaking to financial analysts about his companies' results. The boycott -- which saw&nbs …
Obama Backs Gay Marriage
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2012 3:30 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
In a nod to a dramatic shift in public opinion, Barack Obama on Wednesday became the first sitting president to announce his support for same-sex marriage. In a sit-down interview with ABC's Robin Roberts, Obama completed what has been a markedly long and oft-mocked evolution …
Dear Mitt: You Did Nothing to Save Detroit
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2012 2:29 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Dear Mitt Romney: There are politics, there are lies, and then there's you. You take it to a whole 'nother level. OK, I admit that I have a particular animus toward you, as a guy that knifed us in the back when Michigan was on its knees, but you simply cannot be our president …
Al Qaeda Bomb Plot: Would-Be Bomber Was CIA Informant
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 6:55 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
The CIA had al-Qaida fooled from the beginning. Last month, U.S. intelligence learned that al-Qaida's Yemen branch hoped to launch a spectacular attack using a new, nearly undetectable bomb aboard an airliner bound for America, officials say. But the man the terrorists were c …
Watch assault rifle-wielding Saudis endanger dozens in craziest driving video ever
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 5:40 PM EDT ()
I spend hours each day sifting through videos of people doing insane stunts with cars. This video of a few Saudis darting in-and-out of traffic while firing assault rifles into the air tops them all. It's reckless. it's horrible. It's scary as hell. It's also damn impressive. …
Mail Order Bride Company Lobbying To Weaken Protections For Abused Immigrants
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 5:07 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
A top official at an anti-domestic violence advocacy group that has been encouraging the House GOP to roll back protections for immigrant victims in the Violence Against Women Act (or VAWA) has founded a controversial international matchmaking company, domestic violen …
Pam Matranga, Galveston Constable, Sued For Alleged Sexual Harassment ("forced motorboating")
Seeded on Mon May 7, 2012 6:05 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
A Galveston County, Texas Constable is accused by a former employee of wildly inappropriate and crude acts including what one publication describes as "forced motorboating." It's part of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed earlier this month against Pam Matranga by former d …
Gary Johnson Wins 2012 Libertarian Nomination
Seeded on Sat May 5, 2012 7:14 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson is campaigning to win the White House as a Libertarian after receiving scant attention in the Republican presidential race. Johnson easily became the party's presidential nominee at the Libertarian national convention in Las Vegas on Saturda …
Who Wore It Better: 'The Avengers' Edition (PHOTOS)
Seeded on Fri May 4, 2012 4:32 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Well, here we are. "The Avengers" has finally made it to theaters and our collective nerd hearts are about to explode... just, hopefully, not all over our homemade Avengers costumes. Like all superheroes, "The Avengers" have plenty of imitators (perhaps there's one in line with …
Ted Nugent Slams 'Brain Dead' Liberals, Flings Profanity At CBS News Team (VIDEO)
Seeded on Fri May 4, 2012 1:10 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Rocker Ted Nugent was given another chance to speak out this week in an interview that aired Friday on CBS' "This Morning." He didn't fail to deliver on the bombast and provocation that have characterized his recent public appearances, especially graphic comments he m …
North Carolina Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment 1 Reportedly Written To Protect 'Caucasian Race'
Seeded on Wed May 2, 2012 6:47 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
The wife of a North Carolina state senator reportedly told poll workers during early voting Monday that an amendment sponsored by her husband was intended partially to protect the Caucasian race. Jodie Brunstetter is the wife of state Sen. Peter Brunstetter (R), a supporter of …
Richard Grenell, Controversial Mitt Romney Spokesman, Resigns
Seeded on Tue May 1, 2012 4:51 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Richard Grenell, a former Bush official and Mitt Romney's controversial choice for national security spokesman, is leaving the campaign less than two weeks after his appointment. The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin, who broke the news Tuesday, suggested that the ope …
Ted Nugent Says He's Insulted By Concert Cancellation In Wake Of Controversial Obama Remarks
Seeded on Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:53 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Ted Nugent said he was insulted by the cancellation of his planned concert at an Army post over his comments about President Obama. Commanders at the Fort Knox, Ky., post nixed Nugent's segment of a June concert after the rocker and conservative activist said at a recent Natio …
Mitt Romney Tells Otterbein University Students To Borrow Money From Their Parents
Seeded on Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:53 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Speaking during a campaign stop Friday, Mitt Romney encouraged students at Otterbein University in Ohio, to show enterprise by going into business -- with a little help from their parents, if necessary. Romney cited the example of Jimmy John's owner Jimmy John Liautaud, who bo …
Extreme Weather? Blame Global Warming, Say Scientists
Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:16 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Global warming is revving up the planet's cycle of evaporation and precipitation, making wet places even wetter and dry places drier, a new study suggests. A team of researchers found the intensity of the water cycle increased roughly 4 percent over the last half of …
Don McLeroy, Former Texas Education Board Chair, On The Colbert Report: 'I Don't Think [God] Used Evolution'
Seeded on Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:40 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)
"The Revisionaries," a documentary about textbook standard-setting in Texas, recently debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival, and key subject Don McLeroy talked to Stephen Colbert Monday about the state's textbook debate. McLeroy, former chair of the Texas Board o …
Man accidentally shoots self and wife in gun safety class
Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:21 PM EDT (msnbc.com)
They don't teach you this in gun safety class: A man in Roanoke, Va., shot himself in the hand while in class -- and then the bullet continued on and struck his wife in the leg. Michael Deel, 54, and Michelle Deel, 49, were treated at a local hospital, Roanoke.com reporte …
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