This can’t bode well for New York state: A new poll shows that more than a third of residents under 30 want to move away within five years, notes DNAinfo . The big reasons: Jobs, taxes, and the cost of living. The percentage of wannabe bag-packers drops from 36% to 24%…
Continue reading …More modern politics: Michele Bachmann sent an email to supporters today with a novel approach to asking for money as she considers a presidential run, notes Politico : “If you want me to continue fighting the Big-Government Obama agenda in the U.S. House of Representatives, please make a generous donation…
Continue reading …Where is Moammar Gadhafi? After reports surfaced that he was injured and had fled Tripoli , state TV released what it said was an audio recording of the Libyan leader taunting NATO. “I tell the cowardly crusader that I live in a place they cannot reach and where you cannot kill…
Continue reading …Thai officials today nabbed a Dubai-bound man who was hauling “a virtual zoo” of endangered creatures around the Bangkok airport. When they opened his bags, they found a yawning bunch of sedated newborns: two leopards, two panthers, two macaque monkeys, and an Asiatic black bear, the AP reports. Anti-trafficking authorities…
Continue reading …Modern politics: Mike Huckabee has made an announcement announcing that he will make another announcement tomorrow about whether he’s running for president. It will happen during his 8pm EST show on Fox News, of course. What’s it going to be? “I’ve heard nothing, which indicates to me he’s not running,…
Continue reading …It looks like the Navy SEALs checked under the mattress: A cache of pornographic videos was found at Osama bin Laden’s compound, officials tell Reuters , which calls the collection “fairly extensive.” It’s not clear whether bin Laden was the one who acquired or watched the videos, and officials did not…
Continue reading …Concerned that Michele Bachmann’s take on US civics is “factually incorrect, inaccurately applied or grossly distorted,” a New Jersey teen has challenged the Minnesota representative to a debate on US history and the Constitution, the Minnesota Independent reports. “The frequent inability you have shown to accurately and factually present even…
Continue reading …Maybe Osama bin Laden should have had his hideaway hooked up with Internet access: He might have saved his own neck by reading WikiLeaks files. The unusual assertion comes from none other than Donald Rumsfeld, who notes in a Washington Post op-ed that leaked classified files from Gitmo “contain clues…
Continue reading …Ashton Kutcher is indeed Charlie Sheen’s replacement on Two and a Half Men , both he and Warner Bros confirmed today, reports PopEater . And he will become a rich man—OK, richer man—for his efforts: TMZ says his base pay will be between $625,000 and $900,000 per episode,…
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