Janet Yellen, President Obama's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, is a vastly wealthy multimillionaire—which is standard, because only those fully insulated from the effects of economic policies are allowed to make economic policies. Let's look at Janet Yellen's personal accounts, shall we?
The 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three American researchers for their computer simulations of “complex chemical systems” like photosynthesis and combustion. Martin Karplus of Harvard, Michael Levitt of Stanford, and Arieh Warshel of USC will share the prize as well as its $1.2 million payout
On tonight’s Daily Show—right after Jon Stewart told John Boehner to not fart and “blame the dog”—Stewart spun his “Wheel of Happy Stories.” But the happiest story on this wheel is the giant uncensored penis under the “Full Frontal Clooney” category. When zoomed in, it looks exactly like this:
There have been reports of gunshots at Princeton University's Nassau Hall. University officials say no one is hurt but they have set up a perimeter around the building. Students are reporting via Twitter that the helicopters are now leaving and that it doesn't seem to be an "active shooter" situation.
Earl Conlon, the Georgia man who said he and a squad of other truckers were coming to D.C. this weekend to clog the roads and try to arrest congresspeople, now says his wild-eyed threats were just a bunch of baseless lies. This kind of honesty from fringe wingnuts is rare, so savor it.
The 9-year-old boy who flew to Las Vegas without a ticket isn’t new to such shenanigans. He apparently has a “history” of taking the light rail without his parents to a local water park where he would sneak in by hiding with large families. And just two weeks ago, the boy stole a car and was arrested on the highway.
