During a rally in Birmingham, Alabama, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was interrupted by a protester for Black Lives Matter. Trump responded in his typical fashion by trying to belittle the protester and then calling for his followers to “get him the Hell outta here” him. The protester, a black man, reportedly started chanting Black Lives Matter at a rally in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday. In a video captured by CNN reporter Jeremy Diamond, rally attendees s

The tallest candidate in an election traditionally has the best chance of winning in an election and Jeb Bush who is languishing in the polls apparently is willing to try anything. During the CNN Republican debate Jeb Bush who is already 6'3 is shown on his tip toes and with his head tilted up in an attempt to look considerable taller then Donald Trump. Jeb Bush stands on his tippy toes and stretches his arms out to appear "bigger" Statistics show that since 1900, the taller

Recently I posted a rhetorical question on Twitter/Facebook saying "How do we raise daughters to value an education when so many young women are making good money as "Instagram models?". Well that sparked a nice exchange about morality, self-esteem and the like. Which I found slightly disturbing and sexist even coming from women who describe themselves as "feminist' were reduced to slut shaming in part. But the post got me thinking about the macro impact of our celebrity cult

During Donald Trump's loyalty-oath signing ceremony on Thursday, pro-immigration protesters arrvied outside Trump's famous "Trump Towers" holding a big blue banner that read "Trump: Make America Racist Again." A Trump security has been caught on camera ripping the banner away from them. One of the protesters then chased the guard attempting to reclaim the banner, at which point the guard turned around and punched a Latino man in the head. The New York Times reports that the

Yesterday Donald Trump signed the RNC pledge to not run as a third party candidate if he does not win the GOP nomination. Trump currently leads all other Presidential hopefuls in the polls and garners the most media attention however that attention seems to be focused only on his outlandish and bombastic statements devoid of any real venting of "The Donald's" record. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston has covered Trump for years and raises questions about hi

Hillary Clinton address The Democratic National Committee and takes on the GOP Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton addressed the DNC at their annual summer meeting and laid out an agenda that drew a clear distinction between what "Democratic principles" are vs GOP rhetoric. Hillary Clinton touted the record of her former boss as secretary of state; reminding those in attendance of the hole that was left by the Bush administration and how President Obama's leadership stirr

The candidate called Deez Nuts is really a 15 yeaorld boy from Iowa. High School Sophomore Brady Olsen under fake name "Deez Nuts" filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for president TheHill.com Reports that Olsen was inspired by a news report that a Kentucky Cat named "Limberbutt McCubbins had also filed official paper work for president. Olson filed the FEC paperwork in late July. Anyone can fill out a statement of candidacy, and the information included i

Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump mocked Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for being "weak" after the Democratic presidential candidate "surrendered" the stage to protesters claiming to be members of the #BlackLivesMatter movement at a rally in Seattle this weekend. The two young women's affiliation with the BLM group has come under some scrutiny with reports that one of the two women who stormed the stage; Marissa Jenae Johnson was a former Sarah Palin supporter and "Te

Record numbers of American tuned into the GOP Fox News Debate so now the election silly season has officially begun. Watching the “debate” which was really an exercise in “soundbite-chasing” or “viral-whoring”, meanwhile true issues facing the nation were not addressed in any substantial manner. The political discourse in this country is more and more becoming some sort of a dog and pony show and less of an exchange of ideas. Of course the start of the night was the ultimate