Oreo cookies are as addictive as cocaine – especially when it comes to the creamy center, a new study claims. Lab rats who ate “America’s favorite cookie” formed an equally strong association as they did when injected with cocaine or morphine, student researchers at Connecticut College claim. The cookies also ignited more neurons in the… Continue reading Research: Oreo Cookies as Addictive as Cocaine
Year: 2013
Breaking: Deal To Reopen Government Reached… Reportedly
WASHINGTON — Congress was heading towards a climatic resolution Wednesday to reopen the federal government after a 16-day partial shutdown as well as avert an unprecedented debt default. House and Senate leaders were negotiating how to maneuver a package through both chambers and get it to President Obama’s desk before the Oct. 17 default deadline.… Continue reading Breaking: Deal To Reopen Government Reached… Reportedly
Quote of the Day: John McCain – “Republicans have to understand we have lost this battle”
The New York Times. “It’s very, very serious,” warned Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona. “Republicans have to understand we have lost this battle, as I predicted weeks ago, that we would not be able to win because we were demanding something that was not achievable.”
Peter King: “it was madness to follow Ted Cruz”
In an interview with CNN host Anderson Cooper on Tuesday, Republican Rep.Peter King continued scolding his party for their dumb decision to follow first year Senator, Ted Cruz and his failed efforts to take away health care from the American people. “The game is over,” King told Cooper. “We have to get this done. [House… Continue reading Peter King: “it was madness to follow Ted Cruz”
Meltdown
I’ve used the tsunami wave metaphor in other posts about the decline of the Republican Party and its associated havoc-wreaking on the country over the past two years. Today we talk about the complete meltdown of the party. The debacle over the debt ceiling and the as-we-speak collapse of any kind of deal shows us… Continue reading Meltdown
President Obama Makes Ad For Cory Booker – Vote For Cory
To all my New Jersey friends, Wednesday it’s time to vote! President Obama has a message for you. Vote for Cory!
Saturday Night Live – Time To Pray The Congress Gets It Right – Video
Maybe the most reasoned voice in Congress these days is that of Chaplin Barry Black. The Chaplin has opened all the floor sessions with a prayer, mostly geared towards the dumb path Congress has laid out for this country with the Government Shutdown and the unbelievable eventual outcome of America defaulting on paying its bills.… Continue reading Saturday Night Live – Time To Pray The Congress Gets It Right – Video
Ted Cruz On Republican Government Shutdown – God’s Will be Done, As It Will Be – Video
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said over the weekend that he had prayed to God to guide him in the shutdown fight and was sure that “his will be done as I know it will be.” Televangelist Pat Robertson opened Monday’s edition of The 700 Club by describing the Oct. 17 debt ceiling deadline as a “countdown to… Continue reading Ted Cruz On Republican Government Shutdown – God’s Will be Done, As It Will Be – Video
United States “AAA” Credit Ratings on “Ratings Watch Negative”
Thanks Republicans. Fitch Ratings put the US government’s “AAA” credit rating on ‘rating watch negative’ Tuesday, saying that the standstill on the U.S. debt ceiling negotiations risks undermining the effectiveness of the country’s government and political institutions. U.S. stock index futures fell. “Although Fitch continues to believe that the debt ceiling will be raised soon,… Continue reading United States “AAA” Credit Ratings on “Ratings Watch Negative”
Rielle Hunter Apologizes For Affair with John Edwards
Rielle Hunter is apologizing for her affair with former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. In a column for The Huffington Post, the former campaign videographer and mother of Edwards’ youngest daughter says she “behaved badly.” “That may seem obvious to you but it’s taken me a long time to admit that, even to myself,” Hunter… Continue reading Rielle Hunter Apologizes For Affair with John Edwards
Pat Buchanan to The GOP – Fight! If The Party Goes Down, Take the Country Down With You
Pat Buchanan has a message for the House Republicans. If you’re going to go down, go down fighting even if it means taking the country down with you. In an op-ed, Buchanan referenced the recent polls that showed Republicans taking the blame for the ongoing government shutdown. And he advised Republicans to stand their ground… Continue reading Pat Buchanan to The GOP – Fight! If The Party Goes Down, Take the Country Down With You
Halloween Decoration So Scary, Neighbors Called 911
Johnnie Mullins’ neighbors love Halloween as much as the next heathen, but they think his decorations this year crossed the line from fun-scary to scary-call-the-cops-there’s-a-dead-body-in-our-neighbor’s-driveway. “Just trying to scare people, that’s what I like to do,” Mullins, of Mustang, Oklahoma, told News9 in defense of his “Halloween prank”: Two fake bodies that appear to have… Continue reading Halloween Decoration So Scary, Neighbors Called 911