A Republican-controlled House passed a bill Thursday that could approve the TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline project. The bill also could open portions of the nation’s coasts to offshore drilling. House GOP wants control of pipeline The legislation, approved 237-187, wrests control of the $7 billion Keystone project away from the Obama administration. If passed [...]
Two Democratic congresswomen walked out of a House Oversight Committee meeting on birth control Thursday morning. Calling the meeting an “autocratic regime,” the Congresswomen decided to vacate the meeting after committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., refused to allow a progressive woman to speak. Contraception mandate challenged The purpose of the meeting was to discuss [...]
Susan G. Komen for the Cure has contributed much in the fight against breast and cervical cancer, but the organization’s recent decision to pull its funding of Planned Parenthood has drawn critical fire. Susan G. Komen CEO Nancy Brinker insists that the media’s portrayal of events has been “a gross mischaracterization.” Three of 19 clinics [...]
The Army is drawing heat from pro-Islam and anti-discrimination groups for inviting retired Lt. Gen William G. Boykin to speak at a West Point prayer breakfast in early February. Boykin has come under fire in the past for remarks many have characterized as anti-Muslim. Under fire for past remarks Boykin has in the past given [...]
A recent viral video purports to show grainy footage of a Wooly Mammoth alive and well in Siberia. The footage has been revealed to be not only a hoax, but involved theft of a legitimate documentary filmmaker’s hard work. A mammoth hoax The Wooly Mammoth is one of the largest mammals to have walked the [...]
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Indiana state representative Bob Morris has caused a controversy for decrying the Girl Scouts as promoting “feminist, lesbian” and “Communist” ideals. Indiana Speaker of the House Brian Bosma began handing out Girl Scout cookies during a legislative session in reaction. Out of right field A state representative in Indiana has caused a stir for inflammatory [...]
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