CAIN website: Accusers bitches and bimbos
The Herman Cain PAC site is carrying blog posts that refer to women who have accused the candidate of sex harassment as a “bitch” and a “bimbo.”
LiLo gets 30 days in jail but not really
Those nasty Hollywood types are embodied by Lindsay Lohan, spoiled brat extraordinaire, and terrible actress to boot. It seems the judge finally got mad enough to sentence the whiner to actually jail time, but not really.
Sunday Talk Show Circuit-October 23, 2011
The death of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi and the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq by year’s end are the pressing issues on this Sunday’s television talk shows.
Siberians: Abominable Snowman exists
Siberian officials say they’ve uncovered concrete proof of an Abominable Snowman living nearby.
George Harrison documentary: That terrible night in 1999
An especially welcome presence in Martin Scorsese’s new documentary, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, is Olivia Harrison. She talks about the horror of that night in 1999.
Gale force winds test mettle of Chicagoans
High winds created waves as big as 16 feet today and temporarily knocked out power for some 32,000 Chicagoans, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Creepy video of Washington Monument earthquake
Debris falls from the ceiling and terrified tourists run for safety in a video released by the National Park Service that shows the moment last month when an earthquake damaged the Washington Monument.
7 expressions of love as orphaned white tigers find new mom
A wonderful story in pictures of a young chimp caring for orphaned white tiger cubs. Guaranteed to make you smile.
Feisty Elizabeth Warren goes off on Republicans (VIDEO)
Warren is very good at making the case for progressive economics in simple, down-to-Earth terms and she does it really well in this video.
Terrified farmers flee ahead of deadly volcano eruption
A volcanic eruption that kills 90,000 people and casts a shadow around the globe tends to leave an impression. That’s why hundreds of Indonesian farmers fled their villages this month. Read the quick summary here.
Sarah Palin snorted cocaine – had one night stand with NBA player
Never shy about trumpeting scoops from the mountaintops, the National Enquirer’s latest is unusually less than subtle: “WORLD EXCLUSIVE! SARAH PALIN BOMBSHELL BOOK SHOCKING CLAIMS!” Read more by clicking the link…
21st century blues – Poverty Rising
Chronic poverty is rising in the United States. Being poor is the new norm.
The case for subsidizing solar power
A compelling graph showing an imbalance of investment between fossil fuels and solar energy. What a difference a few dollars would make.
Archaelogists uncover Roman gladiator school
It remains underground, but archaeologists in Austria believe they know what lies below. Some 40 kilometers (28 miles) east of Vienna they have mapped out the ruins of a Roman gladiator school using a special radar. Read the fascinating story here.