With Rick Santorum and John Kasich both stuck on a solid 1% in the latest CBS News Iowa poll, it was perhaps only a matter of time before the question of which politician was the…
The X-Files returns to TV thirteen years after the last television episode was broadcast, to the delight of many. Understandably there will be a few differences from the prior incarnation. The ominous unmarked cargo vans…
After decades of having their products targeted as being unhealthy for both children and adults, the decision to switch the Flint water supply from the Detroit water system to the Flint River to save money…
[Los Alamos, NM] Nuclear scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have issued a desperate warning after Monte Carlo simulations predicted that Sarah Palin and Donald Trump on the same stage constituted a potential critical…
So Donald Trump has defied all expectations by winning the White House. And you thought Dubya was bad! In anticipation of being shut down by the FBI any minute now, here are Breaking Burgh’s 10…
While promoting his latest movie, The Revenant, in Germany, Leonardo DiCaprio drew attention for a comment that he would very much like to play Vladimir Putin. Apparently not understanding that DiCaprio meant play him in…
Oxfam International has released a report saying that the world’s 62 richest billionaires have as much wealth as the entire bottom half of the world’s population. “Wealth is moving rapidly to concentrate at the tippy,…
The political ramifications of sanctions on Iran being lifted may be getting all the attention for now, but it’s the world of unabashed consumerism that going to be the next big story. Companies like Walmart…
Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley says he has received a clean bill of health from his physician and has boxes full of copies of the report for anyone who wants them. “I’m parking in the…
After the armed occupiers of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge put out their widely derided call for snacks, some members of the public have responded by sending them dildos. Initially, the rugged militiamen were angered by…
After a surprise announcement to introduce 170 people who had endorsed his economic reform plan, Bernie Sanders was hugely disappointed to learn that they were all actual economists – a detail no-one had thought to…
There was confusion in Chicago today when police attempted to shoot a black male who was reported by someone as being suspicious. Before they knew what had happened, the suspect – being perfectly aware of…
As the Flint Water Crisis continues to make headlines, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has made it clear that residents will no longer be supplied with contaminated water to save money, given the terrible health consequences,…
[Burns, OR] Signs of disunity within the armed militia occupying the Malheur Widllife Refuge in Oregon have emerged in recent days, with one militiaman taking off with the petty cash to get drunk in a…
[Ottawa, ON] Having already pledged to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees, the Canadian government of Justin Trudeau is moving ahead with plans to deal with an even larger refugee crisis – the influx of millions of…
[Washington, DC] To everyone’s surprise at today’s White House press briefing, Obama responded to a question about the current standoff in Oregon by saying that he hasn’t really been following the controversy. But he did…
[Washington, DC] In an effort to combat local government attempts to raise the minimum wage to as much as $15 in some places, House Republicans have proposed a bill to lower the federally mandated minimum…
In an unusual – but in some ways unsurprising – turn of events, Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to assist the United States in dealing with what he calls its home-grown terrorist problem presently…
[Burns, OR] The armed militants who have occupied the Oregon wildlife refuge may be encouraged the apparent lack of response by government authorities. But their stand is reportedly doomed anyway, since they picked the worst…
The nation is fixated on Oregon today where a group of armed militants have occupied the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, which is federal property. Given the potentially high stakes involved in a…