Potential for major flooding from Category 2 Hurricane with very low pressure. Winds of sustained tropical storm force were about to come ashore along the coast of North Carolina at the noon hour of August 26th. The Jersey Shore area is expected to take the brunt of the hit, with weather forecasters saying that many people will have never seen a storm surge or winds and rain of this magnitude of this kind in their lifetime. It’s a grand old time on the East Coast of the United States in what some are saying is a side effect of environmental pollution and climate change as Mother Nature seeks to purge herself. Hurricane Irene path update…
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Dark Green News: Rick Perry claims climate change science a fraud?
Rick Perry has officially declared his candidacy as a Republican running for president. He started his campaign with a prayer meeting where he claimed that American was being punished by God for the way we live and our liberal ways. Rather than blaming bad financial management of the budget in the Bush years, financial mismanagement of the mortgage and banking industries, greedy insurance companies who have run the cost of healthcare to exorbitant highs, and a costly, lengthy war effort that is likely to have no end in site or benefit to the average American, he blamed God for smiting America. Now, he is attacking science. Keep reading…
Hip Hop BBQ: Barack Obama, Chris Rock party while Wall Street crashes?
Barack Obama just turned 50-years-old this week. He spent his special day celebrating the anniversary of his birth with friends and family. Actor Chris Rock was one of the lucky star celebs invited. But was partying during an economic meltdown on Wall Street prudent? Probably not is you are listening to the criticism from overseas and his political opponents. Keep reading…
RIP Amy Winehouse: What really killed the 27-year-old singer?
Celebrity Death issues related to drugs and alcohol are always hard to write about. Comparing Amy Winehouse to singer Janis Joplin is an easy call, as the women both knew how to belt out a tune and never turned down a “Last Call”. She has also been likened to other dead male celebs like Jim Morrison from The Doors as well as guitar legends Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
But sources have not yet confirmed whether overdose was involved. So what really killed Amy Winehouse? While medical reports are not yet in (with the body only recently discovered) and toxicology labs will undoubtedly turn up a host of legal drugs and illegal elements, fans say her lifestyle did her in.
“British police say singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home in London on Saturday, July 23, 2011…” shares the Washington Post. But what killed her? Keep reading…
Rupert Murdoch creamed with pie, waffles on tabloid wire tap answers?
What was more shameful — that a person would disrespect Parliament and Parliamentary process by smacking someone who was giving testimony in the face with a pie or that Rupert Murdoch (as the head of a major media and publishing house) would be asked to resign?
In a stunning turn of events, media mogul Rupert Murdoch was actually struck in the face with what appeared to be a shaving cream pie while he was busy waffling about tabloid gossip answers about his knowledge of wire tapping by members of his press corp. Accused of allowing or turning a blind eye to paparazzi wire tapping, Murdoch has seen his entire publishing empire suffer. His claims that the organization News of the World was only one percent of his business — so not something he paid much attention to did not seem to be the right answer in front of of Parliament.
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Celebrity Scandal: DWTS football champ Hines Ward protesting DUI arrest?
Former NFL star and winner of last season’s Dancing with the Stars, Hines Ward, was arrested at 3:41 a.m. on a drunk driving charge in DeKalb County, Georgia, just outside Atlanta, according to the LA Times. The former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver was a favorite on DWTS with professional dancing partner Kym Johnson. He was released on $1,300 bond.
This is not the first trouble Hines has had with police. While filming for DWTS, Hines Ward was stopped by LAPD at a gas station. The female driver of the vehicle was ordered out of her car and made to lie face down on the pavement. Hines also was questioned during the incident. But it turned out the police were responding to an outdated report that listed the car as stolen. Reportedly, Hines was cooperative and said the police were just doing their jobs. Keep reading…