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By Mr. Fish Related Entries December 22, 2010 Don’t Ask: Not Quite Fa La La Just Yet December 21, 2010 Foreign Policy Review Suggests a Losing Effort

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Conan celebrates Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. SanMagnatron Claus

Little Kenny Irwin junior just made the big time. Last night, Conan O’Brien revealed his new Christmas set built by the rather unconventional microwave artist . While highlights include Mr. and Mrs. SanMagnatron Claus, Godzilla holding a candy cane, and the RoboRabbi, the true highlight is of Conan interviewing the desert-dwelling artist himself. See both videos after the break, it’s the greatest thing we’ve seen since the history of storytelling began and humanity first came upon this world – going back to the distant past and the future at the same time. [Thanks, Dusty K.] Continue reading Conan celebrates Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. SanMagnatron Claus Conan celebrates Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. SanMagnatron Claus originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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Lindsay Lohan Accuser Fired From Rehab Clinic

A day that began with authorities confirming Lindsay Lohan was being investigated for battery on a female staffer at a rehab facility where Lohan is getting treatment, ended with the worker getting fired after giving an interview about it. (Dec. 21)

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Don’t Ask: Not Quite Fa La La Just Yet

By Larry Gross It would appear that all us gay folks should don our gay apparel and go caroling from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave to the capitol, thanking our elected representatives for finally giving us the right to kill and be killed without simultaneously hiding in the closet. Related Entries December 22, 2010 Don’t Ask: Not Quite Fa La La Just Yet December 21, 2010 Foreign Policy Review Suggests a Losing Effort

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Obama Should Have Invoked Gorbachev, Not Reagan

Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. It seems the Missile Gap will not be the only thing that will go down in history as being unreliable and false. So too will President Barack Obama’s invocation of the late Republican President Ronald Reagan, when he urged bipartisan support for the new START nuclear arms treaty with Russia. (Recall that during the 1960 presidential campaign, the term “missile gap” became newspeak for the supposed lead held by the Soviet Union. It was later publicly admitted that there was not and never had been a significant missile gap, nor did the Soviets ever lead the U.S. in the number of nuclear warheads and missile technologies.) This time, the missile…

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Today in History for December 22nd

Uprising topples Romania’s Nicolae Ceausescu; Richard Reid tries to set off explosives in his shoes on flight from Paris to Miami; French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of treason; Pop star Madonna marries film director Guy Ritchie. (Dec. 22)

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‘NZ chose trade with Arabs over ties with Israel’

More WikiLeaks wonders: US diplomats say New Zealand’s reactions over 2004 arrest of two suspected Mossad agents exaggerated to increase Arab trade

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By Ruth Marcus It’s too bad for Haley Barbour, a smooth pol who seems to stumble whenever he encounters the subject of the South and race, that he’s not in my book group. Related Entries December 21, 2010 The B-Plus President December 21, 2010 President Obama’s Christmas Gift to AT&T (and Comcast and Verizon)

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UConn Breaks UCLA Win Mark

The University of Connecticut women’s basketball team wins their 89th consecutive game breaking the record set by John Wooden’s UCLA teams from 1971-74. (Dec. 21)

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‘Trilobite’ compound eye puts a Paleozoic spin on mobile camera design

Extinct marine arthropods make for great design references — just ask Andreas Br

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