Carnival Cruise Ship Stranded Off of Mexican Coast, 4500 Onboard – A fire ripped through the engine room of the Carnival Cruise Ship ‘Splendor’, leaving it disabled off the Mexican coast.  There are 4,500 people onboard.
It was located about 55 miles off of northern Baja California, which isn’t too far from San Diego.
Tugboats were expected [...]

Keith Olbermann Returns to Air on Tuesday – Liberal firebrand Keith Olbermann was suspended without pay from MSNBC for giving donations to three Democratic candidates, an act that sparked a debate about whether such donations are ethical when it comes from journalists.  He will be returning to his nationally syndicated program “Countdown” on Tuesday, November [...]

Indonesian Volcanos Danger Zone Expanded, Death Toll Rises to 122 – A sudden eruption lit up villages and people around Mt. Merapi in Indonesia, on November 5.  As of 11 a.m. Pacific Time, there are 122 deaths confirmed.
The danger zone where people have been asked to flee has been expanded to 20 kilometers (approximately 32 [...]

Writer Uses Lil’ Wayne’s Prison Release as Excuse for Sipping Haterade – Lil’ Wayne is just about to be released from prison for drug charges, and this writer can not wait to see the music world lit up again by the gleam of Lil’ Wayne’s gold and diamond-encrusted teeth.
But rather than focus on his [...]

Tea Party’s Effect; Is It Just A Delusion? – On November 2, the Republicans made huge gains in the House of Representatives.  While the mainstream media is touting that this is largely a win for the Tea Party, it doesn’t seem to be true.  Rather, this is a sign of the Republican Party’s own internal [...]

Miley Cyrus’s New Video Makes Her ‘Every Parents’ Worst Nightmare’ – As the late comedian Bill Hicks might say, “Miley Cyrus has become another fevered ego tainting our collective unconsciousness.”
Cyrus’s new video “Who Owns My Heart” has caught the eye of the Parents Television Council, which has been familiar with her since she was “Hannah [...]

Lions Attack Their Keepers at Ukraine Circus – An American family caught a group of lions attacking their keepers on video; you can see it here.
After viewing this and other lion videos (this one’s pretty gruesome, so be forewarned), I notice in the caption area people saying something to the effect of, “Those poor lions, [...]