There’s been a lot of talk about how funeral selfies are a sign of the coming apocalypse, but funeral director and blogger Caleb Wilde takes a second look at how this phenomenon can be actually respectful.
Clerics rule that Muslims are not allowed to live on Mars.
Okay, I’m sorry. Chris Christie holds his first townhall post-BridgeGate – supposedly open to public, no vetting of questions – and not a single person asks anything about Bridge story? I don’t buy it. The public is often not as interested in scandal as the press. But zero questions is not credible.
Late Update: We’re putting in a call to Christie’s office asking for more details on whether questions or questioners were vetted.
Later Update: Christie’s office tells us that the questions were absolutely not vetted. It just happened that no one asked a Bridge question in an hour and a half of questions.
Breaking news and key exclusive quotes here from Sahil Kapur. Gist: Republicans missed their chance because they wouldn’t move on taxes. Now too late.
With the horrific events now unfolding in Kiev, we’re again hearing the question about whether this could kindle a “new Cold War” between the US and Russia. Some of this comes from news anchors who need questions to frame discussions; some comes from people who have their own malign reasons for wanting a ‘new Cold War’. But please. There’s not going to be another Cold War with Russia. Period. End of story.
Without all that white guilt to contend with, the GOP will have the inside track in 2016. Or something like that.
As Pope Francis continues his literally and figuratively dress-down papacy, Cardinals start falling in line with less gold, velvet and regal fur.
CNN reporter presses Texas Gov candidate on whether it’s right for him to campaign with Ted Nugent after he calls President Obama a “subhuman mongrel” and other racist comments. Watch.
One moment you’re a NOLA cop doing your normal duty brutalizing a suspect with the butt of your gun. The next thing you know the gun goes off.
To be fair to the cop in question, the guy he was trying to restrain seemed pretty out of control. But still, pistol whipping.
Chris Christie is holding his first town hall since the BridgeGate scandal broke. Watch it live here.