Trump Brothers Hunting Photos and Reaction
Donald Trump’s sons are in hot water this week after photos surfaced from an African hunting trip last year, showing the brothers proudly displaying their kills. This pits the animal rights activists with the right-to-hunt defenders. It’s an age-old debate, which certainly won’t be solved with this story. The wealth and celebrity of their father has no doubt compounded the scrutiny on the brothers. … Read entire article »
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They Stole Your House? Here’s $2000.
Big Brother has announced a deal with states that will provide $25 billion in a settlement for underwater loans and foreclosure abuse. While it is helpful to those who are currently underwater in their loans, it tosses people who were unfairly foreclosed upon a $2000 check. $2000 for being unfairly kicked out of one’s home doesn’t strike me as an air of fairness, yet most media outlets are presenting this deal as a positive development. … Read entire article »
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12 Rick Santorum Anagrams
Rick Santorum is the GOP candidate in the spotlight this week, with his sneaky come-from-behind tie in the Iowa caucus. And since “Rick Santorum” will likely be hitting the Google search bars heavily for a while, we thought it would be fun to run some anagrams on his name. Anagrams, as you probably know, are formed by re-arranging all of the letters in his name. After sifting through a few thousand results, we came up … Read entire article »
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8 Newt Gingrich Lookalikes
As Newt Gingrich takes the lead in the Republican presidential race, his face has been plastered all over the nightly news. All this Gingrich face time begs the question of who looks like Newt Gingrich? We’ve pored over every gray-haired bespectacled celebrity and politician we could think of to come up with the following list. The problem is where do you stop? There have been so many chubby, gray haired men with glasses through the ages that … Read entire article »
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Cain Quotes Pokemon and Exits with a Bang
Herman Cain’s bizarre presidential campaign exited in a bizarre fashion today, including Cain once again quoting one of his favorite “poems” which he finally admitted were actually lyrics to song on a Pokemon movie soundtrack. When he originally quoted the song in the Summer of 2011, he described it by saying, “A poet once said…” In a subsequent event, he connected the lyrics to the 2000 Olympics, which was inaccurate. Though the original uproar over the … Read entire article »
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“Death to Pennies” Video – Support for Abolishing Penny Grows
A trending video on Youtube re-addresses the question of whether or not the US penny should be discontinued. The video doesn’t address a new issue, as it’s been a raging debate for years. A few bills have been introduced to Congress over the years seeking to drop the penny from our currency lineup, but all have failed. Here at Waffles, we think the penny has had its day. Let it take its place next to … Read entire article »
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Barack Obama Occupy Wall Street Quotes
President Obama has made several references to the Occupy Wall Street movement, most of them coming in October. Below is a collection of his more prominent quotes, along with a video of his remarks on October 6, 2011. October 6, 2011 Press Conference “Obviously I’ve seen it and heard it on television. I think it expresses the frustrations that the American people feel. That we had the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, huge collateral damage … Read entire article »
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Newt Gingrich Occupy Wall Street Quotes and Reaction
Newt Gingrich unloaded on the Occupy Wall Street movement in a recent debate. Those words and the reaction to it on both sides of the issue are being debated and discussed all over the country. Such statements are what has made Newt championed by the right and reviled by the left, and has helped in Gingrich’s elevation to the top tier of the GOP pack in presidential politics. Let’s take a look at the quote … Read entire article »
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Republican Social Media Averages: More Cain, Gingrich
Looking at raw daily numbers, we’ve already noted that Presidential hopefuls Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich are making significant strides over the past two weeks. Another interesting way to analyze the data among the GOP field is to compare each candidate’s running 7-day average of new social media followers (Twitter and Facebook), and how that average has changed over recent weeks. We begin with each candidate’s 7-day average beginning on October 24 (that is, their … Read entire article »
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