© Jerry Holbert In the month since Bank of America announced it would start charging a monthly $5 for using debit cards, an amazing 650,000 Americans joined credit unions. That’s more (in one month) than the number of people who signed up for credit unions in all of 2010. According to the Credit Union National […]
© Matt Bors Would Jesus Occupy Wall Street?
“A company in Illinois is selling a collectible baby doll of President Obama. It’s really cute. The doll can even say a few words, as long as it has a teleprompter.” – Jimmy Fallon “And just so Republicans don’t complain, it comes with a birth certificate.” – Jimmy Fallon “President Obama had dinner with a […]
Conan O’Brien (perhaps unintentionally) exposes the vacuous echo chamber that is the mainstream media:
© Jen Sorensen According to estimates, the world’s population has passed 7 billion people, more or less. Hard to count the squirming mass of humanity with any accuracy. At the rate we are growing, the population will hit 8 billion by 2025, and 9 billion around 2043. World population is growing at around 1.1% per […]
Many conservatives want to lower corporate taxes, claiming that our corporate tax rate is too high. But that’s just the statutory rate, before companies take advantage of various tax breaks. In fact, a new study of 280 corporations in the Fortune 500 shows that the average tax rate they paid was 18.5%, just over half […]
Herman Cain and Rick Perry run into trouble: The host of the speech given by Perry claims the Texas governor was not drinking and that his speech was very well received.
“A new poll released today by Fox News has former godfather’s pizza CEO Herman Cain leading the Republican candidates for president. And he’s the funniest candidate by about 40 points.” – Jimmy Kimmel “There’s a guy that wants to be Superman so much that he spent a million dollars on plastic surgery so to look […]
This post will stay at the top for a while. Look below it for newer posts. Political Irony is going to have someone else posting stories for a month. Why? Because I’m leaving the country on a trip. I’m going to go see what’s up in the Middle East, including visiting Egypt, Israel, and other […]
© Ed Stein Commentary by Ed Stein: The Republican candidates for president are suddenly all hot to propose flat taxes. First Herman Cain, the pizza czar, came out with his loopy 999 plan. Now Rick Perry, humbled by his lack of debating skills and challenged to present something more serious than shooting coyotes while jogging, […]
Herman Cain shares his views on China: I do view China as a potential military threat to the United States … we already have superiority in terms of our military capability, and I plan to get away from making cutting our defense a priority and make investing in our military capability a priority, going back […]
© Tom Tomorrow A reporter trying to cover the Wall Street protests in Nashville manages to record his own arrest, including the reporter trying to comply with orders from the police but not being allowed to, and the state trooper forcing him to the ground. Not recorded is any evidence at all of the apparently […]
Bank of America has announced that it has changed its mind and will not start charging customers $5 a month for using their debit cards. Other banks have dropped similar fees as well. Of course, I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop and for them to announce other fees instead.
“In a new interview, Rick Perry said it was a mistake for him to participate in the presidential debates. Perry said ‘I’m not one of these ‘word talkers’.’” – Conan O’Brien “According to polls, Rick Perry has now fallen to fifth place. You know who is in fourth place? Carrot Top.” – Jay Leno “Rick […]
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