CNN reports that Walking Dead TV series creator, Frank Darabont is suing AMC for allegedly paying itself low licensing fees to air the show, reducing “Modified Adjusted Gross Receipts,” resulting in Darabont allegedly never receiving any payment for the highly watched… Read More ›
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You Will Be Lied To 29 Times Today*
According to a “human lie detector” interviewed in a video on Yahoo, the average person lies 30 times a day, and is lied to 200 times a week! Also, he claims that women are more likely to lie to make… Read More ›
Google Acquires Robots! Perhaps They Will Be Friends With People On Google Plus!
The Street reports that Google has acquired a company that makes the world’s fastest robot. A viewing of this CNN video indicates these robots are less Jetson-house-maid-like, and more wearwolves-from-Twilight-transformed-into-military-robots-like. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. “So are… Read More ›
Monkey In Space!
CNN reports that Iran has claimed to successfully launch a monkey into space and back. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. “So, wait, that monkey I saw in space wasn’t a hallucination?” – Sandra Bullock’s character from Gravity 2…. Read More ›
Search Engine Apparently Willing To Help Get Male Musician Pregnant
Alt-rockers Matt & Kim posted a screenshot on Instagram of what happened when they tried to do a Google search for “is there a way to download flash videos.” As you may be aware, search engines often suggest searches as… Read More ›
Is Cafe In France Raking It In By Charging Rude Customers More?
The Local reports that a cafe in Nice, France, charges extra for “rudeness.” Specifically the cafe has a menu board with the following rates (as translated from French): “A coffee” – 7 Euros “A coffee, please” – 4.25 Euros “Hello,… Read More ›
CNBC Reporting Team May Want To Report Back To Math Class!
In a CNBC written and video report yesterday entitled online “The Rich Pay All The Taxes,” CNBC reporter Jane Wells yesterday examined a Congressional Budget Office report released this week. The Report broke down individual wage earners’ share of total individual… Read More ›
Spotify Announces News That Led Zeppelin Fans Would Have Been Waiting 40 Years For… If Spotify Existed in 1973 Or Existed On Their Radar In 2013.
CNBC reports that Spotify has obtained the exclusive streaming rights to the music of Led Zeppelin. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. “My vision is not very good, being 60 years old and all, and I thought you… Read More ›
Funniest Travel News Headline Of 2013?
Sometimes a headline is so good that reading, or in this case viewing the news story could only lead to disappointment. And our new favorite headline comes from King5.com: “TSA agent confiscates sock monkey’s pistol.” We could read on about… Read More ›
Man Wakes Up In Dark, Empty Commercial Airliner, And It’s Not A Zombie Movie!
QMI Agency reports that a man fell asleep on a United Express plane, and woke up in a “cold, pitch-black cabin” in a parked plane in Houston after nobody noticed he was asleep in his seat when the passengers and… Read More ›