On Nov. 6, 2012, Barack Obama was re-elected as President of the United States of America by the American people after clinching 303 electoral votes (270 votes are needed for the presidency).
I have no words for how absolutely disgusting this is. The extreme audacity of an individual to kick people when they are down for the count; the heinous act that he committed is just so beyond low, pathetic, inhumane, unspeakable, horrid- oh look I did find my words!
Alice Scanlon has been keeping tabs on every single tax she has paid over the course of the last year. This includes regular state and federal taxes on top of taxes at the pump and the fees we all pay on our cellphones. Heck, she even kept up on alcohol taxes she has paid for drinks.
After the all destruction caused by hurricane sandy the New York Marathon is still set to take place just a few days after. But not all New Yorkers are happy with the decision.
Respect my authori-tehhh! And when you’re done convulsing from the 50,000 volts to your chest grab a sponge and get scrubbing.
Today, highly caffeinated drinks are more popular than ever, especially among teens. But one leading energy drink, Monster, is currently under investigation by the Food and Drug Administration for a possible link to five deaths.
Game one of the American League Championship Series was painful in more ways than one for Yankee fans. After rallying from four runs down in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Yankees lost in 12 innings to the Tigers. Shortly after the game came word that captain, Derek Jeter, has a confirmed fractured ankle suffered in the loss and will miss the rest of the playoffs.
Famed magician, David Blaine, is currently being electrocuted in the middle of New York City. Blaine is atop a platform at Pier 54, encased in chain mail and is allowing a total of one million volts of electricity flow around him for 72 straight hours.
Remember MySpace? Before we had mega social media hits Facebook and Twitter, we all used this thing called MySpace. It was HUGE. Now, today, with roughly one billion less users than Facebook, some of us have never even heard of the page. Enter music mogul Justin Timberlake. JT is dusting off the ghost town and revamping the old hit.
When Paula Asher, 18, of Kentucky was arrested for DUI on July 20th, she apparently found the incident a lot funnier than Woodford County Judge Mary Jane Phelps did. Asher's poor attempt at humor landed her jail time separate than that of her DUI charges when the judge threw the book at her for posting an "LOL" comment on Facebook.
Tardigrades or "Water Bears" are the first creature discovered to survive in space. Which means: they will eat all humans!
Beer has been a very common beverage at the White House - there was the beer summit, and then this past week President Obama was asked on reddit what the beer recipes brewed at the White House were. He promised he'd release them and not only did they do so, there's a video to go with . Check them out after the jump. Enjoy and Cheers!
