Cyberstalking just got a little bit harder: Facebook yesterday pulled the plug on the exploding Breakup Notifier app, which racked up more than 3.6 million users since it was released on Monday. In an email to app creator Dan Loewenherz, the Facebook powers-that-be wrote that “to ensure positive user…
Continue reading …Honolulu’s City Council passed a resolution yesterday calling on Rush Limbaugh to say he’s sorry for mocking Hu Jintao and the Chinese language during the Chinese president’s visit to Washington, DC, last month. The resolution, which passed 8-1, cites the fact that 58% of the city’s population is of Asian…
Continue reading …Donald Rumsfeld appeared on the Daily Show last night to promote his new book—and Jon Stewart had his fists raised, ready to challenge him on the Iraq war. But Stewart seemed unable to land a lethal blow, despite focusing on the administration’s attempts to “sell” the war, writes Colby…
Continue reading …It looks like Julian Assange is going to have to leave that cushy country estate . A British judge today said the WikiLeaks founder can be extradited to Sweden: Judge Howard Riddle deemed the allegations of rape and sexual molestation by two women extraditable offenses and said “there is simply no…
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At least 26 nations have begun efforts to get their citizens out of Libya and to safety. A military Hercules aircaraft was en route to Tripoli on Thursday to collect British citizens, and Turkey says it’s mounted the biggest evacuation effort in its history. An Algerian who landed safely in his home country, told Al Jazeera that it took him four days to get to the airport in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. Al Jazeera’s James Bays speaks to Imran Garda after returning from Tripoli, where he heard first-hand accounts of people caught up in the violence.
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A former member of Gaddafi’s closest circle gives an insight into the Libyan leader’s state of mind.
Continue reading …Despite the ominous build up of security forces in Tripoli, opposition groups are vowing to liberate the capital and capture Moammar Gadhafi. Protesters, breakaway military units, and a collection of tribes has joined together, particularly in eastern Libya, to battle the dictator, reports MSNBC . “There is now an operating room…
Continue reading …A Staten Island couple looking to “scare straight” their unruly 6-year-old at a local police station had the tables turned when the police busted the pair for child endangerment. The girl, Enayla, had been acting up at school, so her mom, Annette Gerhardt, took her to the stationhouse, telling her…
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With thousands desperate to flee Gaddafi’s crackdown on protesters, Tripoli airport has become “logjammed”. Al Jazeera’s James Bays tells us of the scenes of despair he witnessed – as Gaddafi loyalist police beat people trying to enter the airport.
Continue reading …It was simple duping Wisconsin governor Scott Walker into believing he was talking on the phone to wealthy backer Davis Koch because he’s clueless, says the journalist who punked Walker . Posing as Koch, Ian Murphy and Walker had a heart to heart during which the governor talked about tricking Democrats…
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