Legendary firearms manufacturer Remington Arms put Hillary Clinton’s email issue in its sights with a tweet read ’round the world. Remington, which has made guns in America since 1816 and is one of the largest gun makers in the world, sent out a tweet addressing the Democratic presidential candidate’s comment about whether she “wiped” her… [Read More]
Target going gender neutral in some sections
Target stores are undergoing a sex change of sorts. The retail giant announced last week its stores would begin phasing out some gender-specific product categories and switch to gender-neutral displays and colors after guests complained, or, as a company statement said, “raised important questions.” “Right now, our teams are working across the store to identify… [Read More]
Roger Ailes to Donald Trump: ‘We resolve this now…or go to war’
Fox News chairman Roger Ailes woke up Monday morning thinking that his network and Donald Trump’s campaign had reached an understanding. After a weekend’s worth of stressful phone calls, the tacit agreement — he thought — was that Trump would stop attacking Ailes’ biggest television star, Megyn Kelly, in interviews and tweets. Then came an… [Read More]
Obama chides Huckabee for invoking Holocaust in criticism of Iran deal
Republican Mike Huckabee drew a rebuke from President Obama on Monday for invoking the Holocaust in his criticism of the Iran nuclear deal — marking a rare, long-distance clash between the sitting president and the field of Republicans vying to replace him. Speaking at a press conference during his visit to Ethiopia, Obama said the… [Read More]
Live News: Lafayette, La Gunman opens fire at Grand theater, multiple victims reported
A gunman opened fire on Thursday at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, wounding six people, before he took his own life, USA Today reported, citing police. Lafayette police could not immediately be reached for comment but said in a tweet that they were “working a shooting at the Grand Theater on Johnston Street” and… [Read More]
“We Are All Donald Trump,” Proclaims Hispanic Human-Rights Activist
Humberto Fontova, The human rights activist mentioned in this column title is also a Presidential Medal of Freedom winner. More fascinatingly still, he’s also black. Even more amazingly, he’s a foreign “Latino” human rights-activist from a nation where recent polls show over half the residents craving to emigrate to the U.S. With this profile, what… [Read More]
Yeah right! Sarcasm poses problem for computer algorithms in U.S. election
When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld same-sex weddings in the same week that South Carolina debated keeping a controversial Civil War battle flag, Twitter user @xTomatoez posted “Gay marriage and the Confederate flag going down everywhere. Tough week for your redneck uncle on Facebook.” The poster had no idea his tweet was one of many… [Read More]
Trump: Obama Will Grant Escaped Druglord “EL Chapo” Citizenship
Leading presidential candidate steps up anti-illegal immigrant rhetoric. The US will “invite” escaped Mexican billionaire druglord El Chapo “to become a US citizen,” real estate mogul Donald Trump sardonically predicted in a tweet sent late last night. On Saturday, drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the head of the Sinaloa cartel, escaped a Mexican prison… [Read More]
Republican Scott Walker tweets that he is running for president
Republican Scott Walker tweeted the obvious on Friday, that he is running for president in 2016, days ahead of his official announcement in Wisconsin. “Scott is in. Are you? Join our team today,” Walker said in a tweet accompanied by an image of him waving with the headline: “Scott Walker is running for president. Join… [Read More]
Flight MH148 Dumps Fuel: Emergency landing for Malaysian Airlines jet
A Malaysian Airlines flight bound for Kuala Lumpur has landed safely at Melbourne Airport after reporting an emergency situation. Emergency services were called to the runway after flight MH148 made a distress call. There are unconfirmed reports it was related to an engine fire. On Twitter, Metropolitan Fire Brigades said it was ‘assisting with an… [Read More]
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