If the United States continues spending at its current rate, China will own it by 2030 warns a new ad by the Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW). Never mind that Japan recently overtook China as America’s largest creditor, the ad is effective in that it gives the national debt a face instead of some abstract number like $13,672,519,757,688.29. That face is the Democrats as much as it is the Chinese.

If you thought climate change was some distant problem that doesn’t affect you, think again. A PSA, by director Richard Curtis, asks a class of children to raise their hands if they plan to participate in the 10:10 campaign to reduce their carbon emissions by 10% starting on 10-10-10, those who don’t get blown up! Even the commercial’s narrator, Gillian Anderson, isn’t safe. When she naively suggests that lending her voice

Like a modern-day Rosa Parks, Imane Boudlal is suing Disney after being told she had to work at the back of the castle because of her hajib, a traditional but not necessarily religious headscarf. “They said, these are your options: either work in the back or go home,” alleges Boudlal. “I don’t want to be in the back. I’m a human being, I have feelings. Don’t put me in the

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is claiming victory after Dodge digitally removed the chimpanzee (but not its clothes) from its new “Tent Event” commercial. “And just like that, Dodge joins Travelers Insurance, AT&T, and Europcar, companies that have pulled or altered ads with great apes in just the last month after being contacted by PETA,” said PETA. Ironically, one of their complaints was that these apes are

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has nominated Al Jazeera English News Hour for its coverage from both sides of the Gaza War. They may have been physically located on both sides of the conflict but Al Jazeera wasn’t presenting both sides. Its coverage of Gaza (http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/war_on_gaza/) includes article like “Israel’s Failure to Learn”, in which journalist Nir Rosen justifies attacks on civilians by claiming it’s actually the

Director Joe Johnston says Captain AMERICA won’t be a “jingoistic American flag-waver” in the upcoming movie: Captain America: The First Avenger. “He’s just a good person. We make a point of that in the script: Don’t change who you are once you go from Steve Rogers to this super-soldier; you have to stay who you are inside, that’s really what’s important more than your strength and everything.” Johnston seems to be

In issue 600, Wonder Woman faces her most tyrannical opponent yet – the fashion police! A change in the time stream has the Amazon Princess growing up in America instead of Paradise Island, yet looking less American than ever. “The original costume was the American flag brought to life,” explains artist Jim Lee. “This one is a little more universal.” In truth, the only thing universal about it is the

Happy Meals are disappearing in Santa Clara County, California but don’t blame the Hamburglar. The county’s Board of Supervisors has passed an ordinance (3-2) that bans the kid-friendly meals. Supervisor Ken Yeager accuses fast-food restaurants of preying on children’s love of toys to sell unhealthy food. “Why would a kid say ‘I want a burger with fries’? It’s the toys that they want,” said Yeager. The ban would only affect

The Republican party has been at loggerheads with President Barack Obama since day one, but the party of no seems to have had a change of heart. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (nrsc.org) has even gone so far as to create a political ad praising Obama for everything from passing health care to job creation (video below)

The future of $400 billion in federal funding could be determined by fortune cookies. Tsue Chong Co. is inserting messages like “Put down your chopsticks and get involved in Census 2010″ & “Real Fortune is being heard” into 2 million cookies shipping to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. The census cookies are part of a $340 million ad campaign to encourage people to fill out the form themselves instead of

Instead of worrying about whether Barack “Hussein” Obama was a secret Muslim, maybe we should have been worrying whether he was a secret blasian (black Asian). President Obama’s kowtowing goes way beyond blatantly bowing down to the Prime Minister of Japan. Japan & China are already the two largest creditors of U.S. debt but now we’re just throwing money at them. More than half of the $3 billion that we

We already knew Seth Macfarlane didn’t vote for Sarah Palin. What with his suggestion that only Nazis would vote for the McCain/Palin ticket. But last night’s Family Guy got personal. In the episode titled “Extra Large Medium” Chris Griffin asks out a special girl named Ellen, the Down Syndrome daughter of the former Governor of Alaska. Ellen is pretty much a walking stereotype. She’s retard strong or as Stewie puts

If you live in Australia, prepare to be suffocated by big fake boobs. The Australian Classification Board is banning small breasts because they encourage pedophilia. “We are starting to see depictions of women in their late 20s being banned because they have an A cup size,” warns Fiona Patten, Convenor for the Australian Sex Party (press release). “It may be an unintended consequence of the Senator’s actions but they are

After a year in office, President Obama is finally making good on his promise to repeal “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” which has discharged more than 13,000 soldiers since it was passed in 1993. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says “The question before us is not whether the military prepares to make this change, but how we best prepare for it.” Gates will conduct a yearlong review that will look at the

According to a new report by the United Nations Food Population Fund (UNFPA) flooding caused by global warming is putting farmers out of business. On the other hand, jobs are being stimulated in the sex industry as unskilled women are forced to supplement their husbands’ income. Suneeta Mukherjee, a representative of the UNFPA, warns “Climate change could reduce income from farming and fishing, possibly driving some women into sex work