Former U.S. president George W. Bush accidentally voted for Barack Obama today at a polling place near his Crawford, TX home. According to local reports, the two-term Republican was confused by the instructions on his electronic voting machine and mistakenly cast a ballot he intended to discard. Witnesses say Bush argued with poll workers for several minutes…
Thomas Nast political cartoons: from left, “A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion” from Harper’s 1870 and “Third-Term Panic,” Harper’s, 1874. Any Republican would say a donkey is stupid and stubborn, but the Democratic Party sees merit in the humble, brave and hard working animal that symbolizes the party. Democrats consider the elephant as slow…
Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann courted controversy today by claiming that falafel and other “jihadi foods” should be banned from school lunches in the United States. In an interview with local television station KSTP in Minneapolis, Bachmann explained that after visiting a local elementary school she was shocked to find that falafel – a fried vegetable…
Meal at Brooklyn Kitchen might bug you: caterpillars, mealworms and moth larvae are on the menu BY ELIZABETH LAZAROWITZ DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Tuesday, September 14th 2010, 4:00 A Most restaurants try to keep bugs out of the kitchen. One Brooklyn foodie hot spot is putting them on the menu. The Brooklyn Kitchen is hosting a…
Saudi King to buy Facebook for $150 billion to end the revolt: Goldman Sachs to advise In what is being termed as pure Wall street Gordon Gecko tactics, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has decided to make an offer of $150 billion to buy out Facebook. Inside sources within the kingdom suggest that he is…