The nature of income inequality in the US and elsewhere is one of the biggest questions in contemporary economics and politics, with the Occupy Wall Street movement popularizing the division between the top 1% and the remaining 99% of earners. Using 2012 American Community Survey household income data from the Minnesota Population Center’s IPUMS dataset, we estimated what income a …
Fox Host: ISIS Is The ‘Biggest Threat’ In U.S. History
Coming off of a takedown of President Barack Obama‘s ISIS speech last week, Judge Jeanine Pirro opened her show Saturday night by slamming the president’s handling of ISIS and going as far as calling the Islamic extremist group America’s “single biggest threat in her 200-year history.” Read More At: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/judge-jeanine-isis-is-single-biggest-threat-in-american-history/ Clip from the Monday, September 22nd 2014 edition of The …
Washington Agrees, We Left Iraq Too Soon!
In an interview on 60 Minutes, former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta criticized the Obama administration’s foreign policy, arguing that the U.S. left Iraq too quickly and has gotten around to intervening in Syria too slowly… Read More At: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fmr-defense-sec-panetta-obama-should-have-already-armed-syrian-rebels/ Clip from the Monday, September 22nd 2014 edition of The Kyle Kulinski Show, which airs live on Blog …
Iranians In ‘Happy’ Video Get 91 Lashes & Jail Time
Seven young Iranian men and women have been sentenced to jail time and 91 lashes for the crime of being “Happy” and letting the world know. The group posted a video of themselves dancing with woman unveiled to the Pharrell hit “Happy” in April which led to their arrest in May for offending “public chastity.” Read More At: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/18/iranians-sentenced-happy-pharrell_n_5842532.html Clip …
Natural Disasters Displace More People Than War
In 2013 natural disasters displaced some 22 million people, with more than four-fifths of those being in Asia, according to a new report. Using four decades of data, the study by the Norwegian Refugee Council found that floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, and other hazards now cause twice as many people to lose their homes as in the 1970s. Over the …
Beck: ‘Arrogant’ Doctors Shouldn’t Push Vaccines
During yesterday’s morning staff meeting, Glenn Beck reacted to a report that vaccination rates in wealthy California neighborhoods have dropped dramatically, resulting in a resurgence of disease like whooping cough and measles, by literally standing up and applauding parents who are refusing to have their children vaccinated… Read More At: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/glenn-beck-literally-stands-and-applauds-parents-who-are-refusing-have-their-children-vaccin http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/11/29/vaccines-prevent-100m-diseases.html Clip from the Friday, September 19th 2014 edition …
Ohio Politician: Abortion Is Like ISIS
Yesterday, Janet Porter hosted her “Appeal To Heaven” rally outside the Ohio statehouse, which is just the latest step in her years-long effort to get the state to pass her radical anti-choice legislation known as the “Heartbeat Bill,” which would outlaw abortion within weeks of conception… Read More At: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/ohio-goper-fight-against-isis-no-different-fight-outlaw-abortion Clip from the Friday, September 19th 2014 edition of The …