A Public Policy Polling poll has found that Congress has a 9% “Favorable” rating among respondents. The poll also found that respondents had a less favorable opinion of Congress than cockroaches, root canals and Nickelback. But good news, Congress! Respondents view… Read More ›
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Is The Tea Party Going The Way Of Fruitopia Lemon Berry Intuition Fruit Tea?
Erin Burnett ran a segment on CNN last night asking: “Is the Tea Party dead?” The segment also quoted a Politico interview in which a Tea Party leader reportedly admitted: “There’s not enough money.” 3 Parties We Could See Replacing… Read More ›
Detroit Mini-Mansion Has Asking Price Less Than Michigan-Made Buick Enclave
ForSaleByOwner.com features this listing for a 6 bedroom, 6 bathroom 4,400-square-foot home, at an asking price of $35 grand, which includes free straight-talkin’ commentary from the seller. From the listing: “Also since this is a historical home with good quality items it… Read More ›
And We’ve Checked The Instant Replay – Nobody Elected To the National Baseball Hall Of Fame This Year!
The Baseball Writers’ Association of America selected nobody to the Hall Of Fame yesterday. Not even the nice man who wipes your seat clean when you arrive at the ball park and expects nothing in return. Tom Verducci, a Sports… Read More ›
Dolphin Stampede!
The LA Times reports in a video that can be seen here that 1,000 dolphins stampeded near a whale-watching boat near Dana’s Point, California. 3 Worse Things Than Seeing 1,000 Dolphins On Your Dream Whale-Watching Trip 1. Not seeing any… Read More ›
Insurance Company May Complain Life Is Not Fair
Yahoo Finance reports that AIG’s Board of Directors will consider whether joining a lawsuit tomorrow against the United States federal government in a claim alleging “the terms of the deal” bailing out AIG in 2008 were “unfair.” Under the suit,… Read More ›
Treasury Can Mint Trillion Dollar Coin To Solve All Of America’s Problems… Except Trillion Dollar Coins Getting Stuck In Vending Machines, When All You Want Is A Bottle Of Filtered Water
Fox News reports that although extremely unlikely, the U.S. Treasury Department could in theory, mint a one-trillion dollar coin to pay off U.S. debt if the debt ceiling issue is not resolved in a timely manner. 3 Worse Uses Of… Read More ›
Cat Busted As Prison Break Accomplice!
BBC reports that in Brazil, a cat was detained at a prison after attempting to enter the prison with contraband items taped to its body. From the article: “The confiscated items included drill bits, files, a mobile phone and charger, plus… Read More ›
“Trending” Among Words People Don’t Want To See Trending In 2013
CNBC reports that the phrase “fiscal cliff” and word “trending” have made the 2013 Lake Superior State University’s annual list of Banished Words. 3 Things We’d Like To See People Stop Saying In 2013 1. “Happy 1913!” Look, we get… Read More ›
We Wonder If The “Plus” In Google+ Stands For “Plus Everyone Else On The Internet May See What You Just Wrote.”
The Wall Street Journal reports that in an effort to get more people to use Facebook competitor Google+, that Google is automatically creating public Google+ accounts for people who sign up for Google services such as Gmail and YouTube. We… Read More ›
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