Once upon a time, the rent was too damn high, but now the Democrats are just too damn sucky for Jimmy McMillan. The colorful onetime gubernatorial candidate is now a registered Republican, he tells Sal Gentile of PBS, mostly because “the Democratic Party sucked.” And he’s expanding his platform with…
Continue reading …Next time someone starts waxing poetic about the particular aromas of a wine, tell them to stick a cork in it. Those “gaudy descriptions” are often meaningless, writes Eric Asimov in the New York Times . In fact, “the more specific the description of a wine, the less useful information is…
Continue reading …Looks like Lindsay Lohan is going to wind up in jail after all, if even for a brief spell, reports TMZ . Prosecutors offered her a plea deal today—reportedly for six months behind bars—on charges that she stole a necklace . The judge made clear that if she accepts, she…
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Scores of people fleeing the unrest in Libya are making their way to the border with Egypt. So far only Egyptians have been let through, no Libyans. Egyptian workers are returning to their native country, bringing all they can carry – televisions, refrigerators and washing machines Jamal Elshayyal reports from Salloum, on the Egyptian side of the border.
Continue reading …Scott Walker won’t take a call from the Democratic minority leader, but he’ll gladly make time for uber-fundraiser David Koch—or at least, someone he thinks is David Koch. Ian Murphy, editor of a Buffalo’s Beast alt-weekly, managed to get the Wisconsin governor on the phone in just a few…
Continue reading …Big win for gay rights advocates: The Obama administration has concluded that the Defense of Marriage Act—the law that bars federal recognition of same-sex marriage—is unconstitutional and won’t defend it in court anymore, reports NPR . The president gave the Justice Department its new marching orders today, and Eric…
Continue reading …This is remarkable even by McDonald’s standards, writes foodie Mark Bittman in the New York Times : The chain has taken oatmeal—one of the world’s most simple, inexpensive, and nutritious foods—and turned it into a pricey concoction with more sugar than a Snicker’s bar and about the same number…
Continue reading …Libya’s ex-justice minister says that Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing—and that he can prove it. “I have proof that Gadhafi gave the order,” Mustafa Abdel-Jalil told a Swedish tabloid, according to the AP . “To hide it, he (Gadhafi) did everything in his power to get al-Megrahi back…
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Continue reading …All 1,926 teachers in the Providence Public School District are about to get termination notices. Tomorrow the school board will vote on a resolution to dismiss every teacher on the last day of school, Superintendent Tom Brady announced in a staff email today, according to the Providence Journal . Not…
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