Unwilling to leave good enough alone, George Lucas has once again "upgraded" Return of the Jedi for the Star Wars: The Original Trilogy (Episodes IV - VI) release due out Sept 16th. In the original, Darth Vader watched silently as the Emperor electrocute his son. However, in the new version he envokes Hayden ... [Read More]

Ever since Abu Ghraib, the military has been walking on eggshells to be culturally sensitive. They've banned soldiers from cursing or talking about politics, religion or girls around Afghans for fear of offending them. But marines are crying foul on the latest addition to the military code of conduct. The Military Times ... [Read More]

A NASA-affiliated scientist is asking: Would Contact with Extraterrestrials Benefit or Harm Humanity? The paper, published in the journal Acta Astronautica, theorizes that extraterrestrial environmentalists may destroy humanity to save the planet. After all, if human tree huggers are willing "to advocate harm to their own ... [Read More]

Hurricane Irene may have fizzled out but El Bloomito is still going strong with over 20,000 followerusos. New Yorker Rachel Figueroa-Levin created the Twitter account to parody the Mayor's Spanish storm updates with humorous tweets like "Hola Newo Yorko! El stormo grande is mucho dangeroso!" Rachel promises "I'll continue ... [Read More]

Fans of Sesame Street have long speculated that roomies Bert and Ernie are gay but those rumors have been put to bed. In response to an online petition by Change.org to let Bert and Ernie get married, Sesame Workshop issued the following statement, "Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that ... [Read More]

The Air Force is experiencing legal fallout after the revelation that chaplains at Vandenberg Air Force Base were teaching a questionable ethics course, which included a PowerPoint presentation on St. Augustine's "Christian Just War Theory" informally known as the "Jesus loves nukes speech." The mandatory course was ... [Read More]

It appears Congress will meet the demands of the hostage takers (i.e.; Republicans) in time to meet the August 2nd deadline to raise the debt ceiling but the damage is already done. Even if there is no default and we maintain our AAA rating, Moody's has stated that "As to the longer-term outlook on the rating, the limited ... [Read More]