Pennsylvania high school teacher Natalie Munroe was just exercising her first amendment right as she as she began her day in August of 2009, confessing to her hatred of her job on her personal blog. “I’m being a renegade right now, living on the edge and, um, blogging AT work,” Munroe wrote. “However, as I’m […]
Charmaine Pritchett
Posted inMovies & TV
The Story Of Little Red Riding Hood Just Got Worse
A few days ago saw the release of a trailer for a supposedly more terrifying and adult version of Little Red Riding Hood. In between my uncontrollable eye-rolling, the filming type looked familiar. Let me think… there was a random, pointless shot of a moon that turned red, the main character happened to be some […]
Posted inPolitics
The Health Care Debate: Crossing Ever Deeper Into the Extreme
Sherri Elliot-Yeary It’s no secret that Republicans are stewing over health care reform and scheming to take it apart. Now, a few states have gone even further, creating bills that challenge the enforcement of the federal law. They are aimed right at the PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare), and would punish […]
Posted inMedia
Myspace Is (Even More) Dead
Riverfront Times It’s official: MySpace is falling apart. Yesterday, the company announced 500 layoffs (about half of everyone who worked there, and almost the same number as people still holding active accounts.) Remember when MySpace was “it”? When “it” was supposedly making such a giant impact on everything in pop culture— from the next big […]
Posted inHistory
Bad-Ass Dog Mocked Nazis, Got Away With It
Recent news indicates that dogs can be offensive and get away with it. Adolf Hitler, one of the most ruthless men in history, has recently been found to have had difficulty in dealing with the smack of a Finnish dog and the dog’s mockery of their regime, in documents that have recently been released. In […]
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Dog Fighting Equals Execution…
Well, I’m sure you already knew Fox News should be obliterated from the face of the earth, but just in case you forgot for a moment, I’m here to remind you. Supposedly if you participate in dog-fighting you should be executed. At least, newscaster Tucker Carlson believes such of NFL player Michael Vick. It’s really […]