Controversy

McConnell Looking Like A Buffoon – Rants About ‘Nixonian’ Wiretaps And His Wife’s Ethnicity (VIDEO)

McConnell Looking Like A Buffoon – Rants About ‘Nixonian’ Wiretaps And His Wife’s Ethnicity (VIDEO)

With the election uncertain in Kentucky, we thought now would be a good tome to look back at  Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell looking like a complete buffoon during a press conference back in in April of 2013, either as the result of a failed hearing aid (as I was thinking since he repeated himself […]

The GOP’s Top 10 Craziest Climate Change Deniers

The GOP’s Top 10 Craziest Climate Change Deniers

There are still people (most are Republicans) who refuse to acknowledge the science that links climate change to human-driven global warming. Here are 10 of their craziest quotes: 1 – Michele Bachmann (R- MN) – “[Pelosi] is committed to her global warming fanaticism to the point where she has said that she’s just trying to […]

Know a Climate Change Denier? Show Them This Video!

Know a Climate Change Denier? Show Them This Video!

  This is a video from NASA. You know the National Aeronautics and Space Administration? They’re kind of experts on this stuff. This is a very short (13 second) animation that illustrates how temperatures around the world have warmed since the 1950s. You’ll note accelerated temperatures trending in the late 1970s as greenhouse gas emissions […]

Conservatives Are Outraged Over Wendy Davis Wheelchair Ad (VIDEO)

Conservatives Are Outraged Over Wendy Davis Wheelchair Ad (VIDEO)

Conservatives are outraged again. This time it is over the latest political ad from Texas State Senator Wendy Davis that highlights the hypocrisy of her gubernatorial Republican opponent, Greg Abbott. The ad opens with a picture of an empty wheelchair and says that Abbott filed and won a lawsuit after an accident left him paralyzed, […]

How The Law Turns Battered Women Into Criminals (VIDEO)

How The Law Turns Battered Women Into Criminals (VIDEO)

Currently, at least 29 states have laws criminalizing parents’ failure to protect their children from abuse. As BuzzFeed reports, in some states “the crime is known as injury to a child “by omission, in others it is called “permitting child abuse” or “enabling child abuse.” BuzzFeed goes on to explain that In addition, prosecutors in […]