Business
19 Lottery Winners Who Blew It All
As America salivates over the $590 million Powerball prize … [Read More...]
NBA Playoff Prediction: Here’s Our Official Pick For Who Wins The Western Conference Finals
The Western Conference Finals between the Memphis Grizzlies and the San Antonio Spurs gets underway Sunday, and we are giddy with excitement. Our picks so far in the playoffs have been decent. We got 6/8 right in the first round (3/8 exactly … [Read More...]
Russia’s ‘Zaslon’ Military Operators Are So Shadowy They Make Ninjas Look Like Amateurs
There is quite a cult that has grown up around Russia’s Spetsnaz special forces, with books, movies and exposes both serious and farcical alike. Names such as Alpha and Vympel have become well known. Indeed, some could almost be considered … [Read More...]
Yahoo’s Board Approves $1.1 Billion Purchase Of Tumblr (YHOO)
Yahoo's board approved the plan to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, Kara Swisher at All Things D reports. Previous reports said that Tumblr's board had okayed Yahoo buying Tumblr, so it looks like it's a done deal. Marissa Mayer has made her … [Read More...]
US Politics
President and First Lady to Host Concert Honoring Carole King in the East Room – Whitehouse.gov (press release)
Washington Times (blog)President and First Lady to Host Concert Honoring Carole King in the East RoomWhitehouse.gov (press release)President Obama will present the award as he did when the Library of Congress honored Stevie Wonder (2009), Sir … [Read More...]
After tough week, Obama tries to change the subject to jobs – Reuters
The White House (blog)After tough week, Obama tries to change the subject to jobsReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will seek to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening to swamp his agenda to the economy by … [Read More...]
Markey Still Edging Out Gomez in Massachusetts Senate Race – U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World ReportMarkey Still Edging Out Gomez in Massachusetts Senate RaceU.S. News & World ReportThe race to fill Secretary of State John Kerry's former Senate seat has come into focus, with a little more than a month left before … [Read More...]
Foreign Policy
A man, the state and war: The legacy of Kenneth Waltz (1924-2013) – The Interpreter
A man, the state and war: The legacy of Kenneth Waltz (1924-2013)The InterpreterFrom these snippets Waltz assembled three 'images' of international relations: one that explained the behaviour of states in terms of the drives, faults and … [Read More...]
A Conversation with Stephen Harper – Council on Foreign Relations
CBC.caA Conversation with Stephen HarperCouncil on Foreign RelationsNow obviously it's a significant part of the -- of our own pressures in terms of our targets, the targets we share -- we share a Copenhagen target with the United States. We … [Read More...]
Eurocepticism no bar to close British-French defence ties – The Guardian (blog)
The Guardian (blog)Eurocepticism no bar to close British-French defence tiesThe Guardian (blog)He stressed the need for "concrete" steps with decisions taken by "sovereign" nation states. Other European countries were welcome to join in such … [Read More...]
Justice
Federal Appeals Court: Drug Sentencing Disparity Is Intentional Racial ‘Subjugation’
Since Congress recognized the gaping racial disparity between mandatory minimum sentences for crack offenses and cocaine offenses and reduced the ratio from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1, courts have grappled with when and how to apply the statute to … [Read More...]
Reid Reportedly Prepared To Disarm Filibusters For All Nominees
(Credit: AP) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) expects a showdown in July over a potential second round of filibuster reform, and he’s prepared to push for a sweeping change to the minority’s ability to unilaterally obstruct … [Read More...]
Illinois Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
The Illinois legislature sent a medical marijuana bill to Gov. Pat Quinn Friday, after the Senate passed a measure 35-21 largely along party lines. The measure would permit marijuana use with a doctor’s prescription for 33 specified ailments, … [Read More...]
Elections 2012
Republicans Informed of IRS Investigation Last Year
Much has been made of the fact that senior Treasury Department officials were told about the investigation into the treatment of tea party groups in June 2012 — months before last year’s the Presidential election. Republicans who requested … [Read More...]
Tea party tax returns show activism on a budget
Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operated with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan ... … [Read More...]
Why You Should Feel Sorry for the IRS
Yes, the Internal Revenue Service was wrong to target dozens of conservative groups for extra scrutiny, even if it was accidental. Everybody agrees on this point. But lost in the frenzy is a bigger question: If the IRS screwed this up so royally … [Read More...]
World News
Syrian army storms rebel town of Qusair – BBC News
BBC NewsSyrian army storms rebel town of QusairBBC NewsHeavy fighting is reported in the besieged Syrian town of Qusair after state forces launched a major offensive to re-capture the rebel stronghold. State TV says troops have captured key … [Read More...]
Fears grow of clash between Israel and Syria – Los Angeles Times
AFPFears grow of clash between Israel and SyriaLos Angeles TimesJERUSALEM — Fears about a possible escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday amid renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons caches and Syria's … [Read More...]
North Korea Fires Another Missile Sunday – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalNorth Korea Fires Another Missile SundayWall Street JournalSouth Koreans looked at the North Korean territory through binoculars at an observation post Sunday. Rising Tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Threats by North Korea … [Read More...]
Politics & Media
Kanye West Rocks And Shocks Audience With ‘Black Skinhead’ And ‘New Slaves’ On SNL
Kanye West returned to SNL tonight, in anticipation of his new record “Yeezus,” confounding his audience with a thrilling, … [Read More...]
SNL’s Stefon Gets Incredibly Epic Send-Off With Anderson Cooper, Seth Meyers, And Wedding Bells
Welp, it’s come to this. With both Seth Meyers and Bill Hader leaving Saturday Night Live, we finally had to say goodbye to both … [Read More...]
SNL Relentlessly Mocks ‘Pray The Gay Away’ With Summer Camp Led By Ben Affleck
Saturday Night Live took on the concept of “praying the gay away” with a summer camp named “New Beginnings,” in which the … [Read More...]
Ben Affleck And Jennifer Garner Get All Lovey-Dovey And Flaunt Their Love For SNL Monologue
Ben Affleck entered the SNL five-timers club to significantly less fanfare than Justin Timberlake, but that didn’t stop him from flaunting … [Read More...]
Economy
Scott Walker Touts Job Growth That Ranks Wisconsin Seventh-To-Last In Nation
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) is pushing a report from his administration’s Department of Workforce Development that puts the state’s … [Read More...]
How States Are Leading The Way On Equal Pay For Women
Legislation at the federal level designed to improve women’s economic opportunities appears stalled, including, most recently, the Paycheck … [Read More...]
Elizabeth Warren Slams ‘Dangerous’ Legislation That Would Weaken Wall Street Reform
A week after a bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee overwhelmingly approved a rollback of certain financial … [Read More...]
Treasury Department Begins Preparing For Debt Ceiling Hostage Negotiations
Credit: The Economist At noon on Friday, the Treasury Department began the latest round of accounting contortionism brought on by … [Read More...]
