When Mitt Romney traveled around the country campaigning recently, he brought a debt clock with him showing the rising national debt. The total is a mind-boggling, massive number. In St. Petersburg, Fla., on May 16, 2012, Romney explained what the debt and "unfunded liabilities" means for every household. Romney said unfunded liabilities "means promises made by the federal government where there is no money behind it to pay it. … So it's the liabilities (that) add up to, think about this, $520,000 per household. …And this president hasn’t stopped it; he has added to it." Wow -- every family owes more than a half-million? Forget about ever paying that off -- right? We wanted to check if Romney, the presumed Republican nominee for president, was ... Continue reading →

Florida is now home to a slime-oozing plant-chowing snail the size of a teacup Chihuahua, and Adam Putnam wants to make sure that's temporary. The giant African land snail can grow up to 8 inches, live nearly a decade, devour indiscriminately, lay 500 eggs at a time and snack on stucco for the calcium to build its shiny brown shell striped with cream. It's a backyard horror and an agricultural nightmare. Putnam, the state's agriculture commissioner, also says it carries disease. The 1,000-snail invasion of a South Florida neighborhood became news in mid September. It's the biggest outbreak reported since the 1960s, when the state spent $1 million over the course of a decade battling three smuggled-in snails of a Miami boy that became 18,000. ... Continue reading →

Obama promised to cut the deficit by half by the end of his first term but he "hasn't even come close." Crossroads GPS on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 in a TV ad. Crossroads GPS ad says Obama failed to keep pledge of halving the deficit President Barack Obama is failing to deliver on his promises, insists a new attack ad from conservative group Crossroads GPS. The TV commercial, airing in Florida and nine other states through May 31, 2012, lists a few examples relating to foreclosures, taxes and Obama’s health care plan. We plan to fact-check each claim, but for now we’ll address one about the deficit. (See our other stories on past claims from Crossroads GPS.) The ad shows a clip of Obama at ... Continue reading →

President Obama "promised" families making less than $250,000 a year would not see taxes go up, but "Obamacare raises 18 different taxes." Crossroads GPS on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 in a television ad Crossroads GPS says the health care law raises taxes 18 times on people making less than $250,000 The conservative advocacy group Crossroads GPS has a new ad that says President Barack Obama has broken his campaign promises. The ad says, "President Obama’s agenda promised so much," then recounts several areas where it says Obama broke his promises. One those points is about taxes. The ad shows video of Obama saying, "If you are a family making less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes go up." The ad’s narrator ... Continue reading →

President Obama "promised" families making less than $250,000 a year would not see taxes go up, but "Obamacare raises 18 different taxes." Crossroads GPS on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 in a television ad Crossroads GPS says the health care law raises taxes 18 times on people making less than $250,000 The conservative advocacy group Crossroads GPS has a new ad that says President Barack Obama has broken his campaign promises. The ad says, "President Obama’s agenda promised so much," then recounts several areas where it says Obama broke his promises. One those points is about taxes. The ad shows video of Obama saying, "If you are a family making less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes go up." The ad’s narrator ... Continue reading →

Article attributes lack of sports stats to ‘coach’s bullshit and laziness’ by Craig Silverman Published May 17, 2012 5:22 pm Louisiana-based journalist Jeannine LeJeune tweeted this part of an article that she said appeared in Thursday’s edition of the Rayne Independent in Louisiana: I asked LeJeune if there was a byline on the piece; she said there wasn’t. The paper does not have a website, but I’ll follow up for more details. In the meantime: wow. Here’s LeJeune’s original tweet: I present the world’s greatest piece of print journalism ever. instagr.am/p/KvZGZAHOqA/ — Jeannine LeJeune (@JL_Reports) May 17, 2012 Tags: Crunks12 ADVERTISEMENT Continue reading →