“Bill Maher has had enough of “Boston strong.” The talk show host said during Sunday’s broadcast of his HBO “Real Time” program that he thought it was time for the city to move on from its grieving over the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing. Maher told his guest, disgraced former New York congressman and failed New York City mayoral …
Batkid Takes Internet By Adorable Storm
“To be an aspiring superhero these days, most 5-year-olds must enlist clueless younger siblings, restless parents, backyard shrubs, fire hydrants and all manner of pets to serve as their foils and damsels in distress. Not Miles Scott, for whom much of San Francisco morphed into Gotham City on Friday. He pulled a woman from the cable car tracks as …
Corruption On Steroids – Koch Brothers Spend Record Cash
“Americans for Prosperity — the main political arm of billionaire industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch — spent a staggering $122 million last year as it unsuccessfully attempted to defeat President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats, according to a Center for Public Integrity review of documents filed in Colorado. That’s more than the total amount the group had previously …
Obamacare Unraveling?
“Dozens of President Barack Obama’s Democratic allies have sided with Republicans to back a bill the White House says could gut its health law. The House of Representatives passed the proposal by 261-157, with the help of 39 Democratic lawmakers. The bill, which seeks to bypass the health law’s minimum requirements for medical insurance, has little chance of making …
Income Inequality Targeted By Incoming Fed Chair
“At her Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, Janet Yellen, the nominee to replace Ben Bernanke as chair of the Federal Reserve after he steps down from his current term, discussed the rising trend of income inequality and the threat it poses to the economy. “This is a very serious problem, it’s not a new problem, it’s a problem that …
Online Video Slowdowns Could Be A Thing Of The Past
“Good news for anyone who gripes about cable subscriptions that make them pay for shows they don’t watch: Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) is on your side. On Tuesday, Rockefeller introduced the “Consumer Choice in Online Video Act,” which aims to provide more consumer choice in video by ensuring that legacy media and cable companies don’t stifle the growth of …
‘Insane’ Attack Blog After Bad Breakup
“A New York architect has filed a lawsuit against an Ivy League journal editor alleging she wrote increasingly libelous blog posts about his sex life and anatomy after the two stopped seeing each other. [Some of the associated images, below, are NSFW] John Wender of Bartolone Wender Architects claims in his suit that he met Louise Silberling, editor of …