Politics

• Why the war on bad dieting needs to end

  Posted on March 17, 2013 by Matt Rock
  Before we start this article, I need to stress to everyone reading this that I am, in fact, very, very liberal.  I voted for Obama both times, and openly support his administration.  I’m pro-choice, pro-education, pro-marriage equality… I’m very much a progressive, liberal Democrat, and proud of it.  But that doesn’t mean I blindly subscribe [...]

• A case for why we need information reform

  Posted on February 20, 2013 by Matt Rock
  The big popular word in contemporary American politics is “reform.”  Everyone wants some form of reform or another; there’s tax reform, and immigration reform, and campaign finance reform, and lobbying reform.  And while all of those are well and good, and necessary in their own ways, we tend to forget about the one type of [...]

• Why is Ted Nugent attending the State of the Union Address?

  Posted on February 12, 2013 by Matt Rock
  If you follow U.S. politics even remotely, it’d be hard for you to have missed all of the bat-s#!% crazy things one-hit-wonder musician and conservative psychopath Ted Nugent has said about President Barack Obama and others over the years.  To label him as “not a fan” would be a pretty epic understatement.  Why, then, is [...]

• Benedict resigns to pursue WFH medical billing.

  Posted on February 11, 2013 by Noel Proulx
  It has been over 600 years since last the leader of the Catholic church resigned his position, but how often does an opportunity like this come along. While Pope Gregory the XII stepped down to resolve the Western Schism the current pope Benedict the XVI, tired of dealing with shuffling altar boy diddlers from parish [...]

• David Cameron Backs Gay Marriage

  Posted on February 9, 2013 by Bryn Price
  Following in light of Obama, David Cameron recently came out, not as a homosexual (the time may come), but he came out to support gay marriage and as result has given us his Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, which according to the BBC got a majority vote. Yes folks, the leader of the conservative party actually supported gay marriage, a party [...]

• How to make your very own conspiracy theory

  Posted on February 4, 2013 by Matt Rock
  The internet is buzzing right now with rumors that pop singer Beyonce is a member of the Illuminati, a secret society that controls all the world’s governments and corporations and pushes to create a “new world order.”  Of course, Beyonce isn’t really a member of the Illuminati, because the Illuminati doesn’t actually exist.  then again, [...]

• President Obama's skeet-shooting pic is a terrible idea

  Posted on February 2, 2013 by Matt Rock
  President Barack Obama just doesn’t get it, apparently.  Somehow, after four years and two weeks in the White House, and all the time before that he spent on the campaign trail, putting up with everything Republicans have hurled at him, he still hasn’t learned his lesson.  What is it going to take, Mr. President, for [...]

• United States Congress isn't "liked" very much

  Posted on January 31, 2013 by Matt Rock
  It’s no big secret that the 112th Congress had, historically, the lowest approval ratings of any Congress in U.S. history.  The new 113th Congress has pretty terrible approval ratings, too, and are well on their way to competing for the “worst” reputation.  And today, Obscure Republic worked out that those record lows have seemed to [...]

• How many of the ten worst genocidal leaders played video games?

  Posted on January 31, 2013 by Matt Rock
  In the past thirty years, a wide array of individuals and organizations have tried pinning all of the world’s violence on video games, claiming that by simply playing violent games, a person is somehow more likely to turn into a heartless psychopath hellbent on killing everyone and everything they see.  Of course, we all know [...]

• A senator says video games cause violence... sigh

  Posted on January 30, 2013 by Matt Rock
  I remember it like it was yesterday.  The year was 1993 — I was thirteen years old — and I was celebrating either my birthday or Christmas (they’re pretty close together).  My parents gave me a Super Nintendo game that at the time was shocking and exciting, but I mainly remember it because each time [...]

• Why is Indian tech support bad? Hint: it isn't the accent

  Posted on January 30, 2013 by Matt Rock
  We’ve all been there.  You’re having a problem with your computer or some other electronic device.  You call the company best suited to fix your issue, expecting to speak with a knowledgeable technical support expert, with an engineering degree hanging on their wall alongside bunches of certificates flaunting how utterly brilliant they are.  But that’s [...]

• Fox News' ratings are dropping? I know why!

  Posted on January 30, 2013 by Matt Rock
  Was it all just a dream?  Were the past four years of unmitigated, unhinged hatred, negative posturing, and nonsensical obsession all just some lurid fantasy playing out in the back of our minds?  Did President Barack Obama actually win a second term? It just can’t be!  He’s the Antichrist, after all.  Sent here by Satan, [...]

• Why do female republican political figures predominantly suffer from CES?

  Posted on January 28, 2013 by Matt Rock
     There’s a serious health epidemic gripping the world of contemporary American politics, focusing almost exclusively on certain female politicians and political pundits.  And from what I can tell, no one is taking the issue seriously.  It’s such an ignored ailment that science hasn’t even recognized it as a problem yet; medical professionals are so [...]

• The Inauguration of President Mitt Romney

  Posted on January 27, 2013 by Matt Rock
  (From Sunday, January 20th 2013) President-elect Mitt Romney was inaugurated as President Romney on the steps of Capitol Hill today in the nation’s capital of Washington DC, ending the administration of President Barack Obama and ushering in a new era of American history… a Romney era. Romney managed to narrowly defeat the incumbent President Obama [...]