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Save for a few wild brawls amongst politicians in Southeast Asia, politics are usually boring and mundane to those of us who don’t follow them closely. Then you have Bulgaria, where politicians face assassination attempts on live TV while addressing a conference crowd. This past Saturday Ahmed Dogan, leader...
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A psychology study out of Arkansas has shown that conservative political views are often a result of low-effort thinking. When put on the spot, people’s responses will tend to be much more conservative. The study showed that when confronted with a complicated question, the quicker the answer was, the...
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Though it’s been widely shown that Fox News actively misinforms its viewers, and in one study, FOX News viewers are more likely to believe false news reports, the latest study from Fairleigh Dickinson University shows that the ‘fair and balanced’ network’s viewers actually know less about world affairs than...
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If you were wondering why very little ever gets done in congress then consider this: the members (from both sides of the political fence) spend around 27% of their time taunting each other. In any other job such inefficiency would most likely result in a well-deserved firing. Professor Gary...
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Majed Moughni is a failed Republican candidate – he took a shot last year and came fourth in the Republican primary in Michigan’s 15th district. Some would say that coming fourth means that you are not connecting with your demographic, that people didn’t warm to your personality and that...
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Every popular uprising has a tipping point – the moment when festering resentment either reaches critical mass and topples an unpopular government or conversely, when the unpopular government reminds the rebellious masses why they are in charge. Egypt is rapidly approaching one of those two conclusions, which will it...
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You know a country is in bad shape when human feces becomes a commodity – on that is “readily available” no less. North Korea is presently facing a fertilizer shortage on account of the sanctions in place against the regime – and so they are making do with what...
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If you were considering picking up Sarah Palin’s tome America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag I will do you a favor and save you the $12.98 that Amazon is currently charging for the hardcover. All the important stuff is here: Bristol’s visit from the stork, the...
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James Blunt had a hand in preventing a major international incident that might have escalated into World War III and it wasn’t because he bored everyone to sleep with one of his saccharine-sweet melodies. Most people who are familiar with Blunt know that the British artist was in the...
Save for a few wild brawls amongst politicians in Southeast Asia, politics are usually boring and mundane to those of us who don’t follow them closely. Then you have Bulgaria, where politicians face assassination attempts on live TV while addressing a conference crowd. This past Saturday Ahmed Dogan, leader...
A psychology study out of Arkansas has shown that conservative political views are often a result of low-effort thinking. When put on the spot, people’s responses will tend to be much more conservative. The study showed that when confronted with a complicated question, the quicker the answer was, the...
Though it’s been widely shown that Fox News actively misinforms its viewers, and in one study, FOX News viewers are more likely to believe false news reports, the latest study from Fairleigh Dickinson University shows that the ‘fair and balanced’ network’s viewers actually know less about world affairs than...
If you were considering picking up Sarah Palin’s tome America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag I will do you a favor and save you the $12.98 that Amazon is currently charging for the hardcover. All the important stuff is here: Bristol’s visit from the stork, the...