Indian Airline Recruits ‘Slim’ Women to Save Fuel
An Indian airline has hit on possibly the worthiest excuse yet for hiring slim women as cabin crew — it saves fuel and therefore money.
Entries by Joe Miller
California Responders Suing Teen Hikers for Recovery Costs, Medical Bills
Some of the participants in the rescue of two hikers lost during a trek into the southern California wilderness earlier this year are now suing the duo after authorities found methamphetamine in one of their cars.
At Least 19 Firefighters Dead Fighting Arizona Wildfires (+video)
Prescott Fire Department confirmed 19 firefighters have died while battling the Yarnell Hill Fire on Sunday night. Record breaking heat and lightening have spawned other fires as well.
U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine: “Are We Moving Toward Tyranny or Liberty?” (+video)
United States Representative Jim Bridenstine, R-Oklahoma, took a minute yesterday to lambast Obama’s fundamental transformation of America, contending that we are rapidly moving away from liberty, toward tyranny.
Greenwald: NSA Can Store One Billion Phone Calls Per Day, Intent is to “Destroy All Privacy” (+video)
Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald hasn’t published the story yet, but he gave the Socialism Conference in Chicago a big taste of his next reveal.
Nation’s First Monument to Atheism on Government Property Erected: “It’s Only the Beginning” (+video)
A monument to atheism now sits near a granite slab that lists the Ten Commandments outside a courthouse in a conservative north Florida town.
Nation’s Oldest Leftist Weekly Demands President’s Impeachment Over Mass Surveillance
In the pages of The Nation, the oldest continuously published weekly in the country and the self-described “flagship of the left,” a former member of the House of Representatives has called for the impeachment of the president over revelations of massive government surveillance of ordinary citizens.
After Being Deceived by Rubio on Amnesty, Conservatives Say it Won’t Happen Again
Many conservatives gave Sen. Marco Rubio the benefit of the doubt when he said securing the border first was a top priority for the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform effort. They promise it won’t happen again.
After Obama Says He Won’t Talk to World’s Leaders about Snowden, He Has Biden Contact Ecuador’s President (+video)
Vice President Biden personally intervened in the case of Edward Snowden, calling Ecuador’s president to urge him to reject the NSA leaker’s asylum request.
Chair of the RNC Pushes Amnesty Bill as “Human Rights Issue”
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Saturday pitched a gathering of Hispanic public officials on the GOP’s support for immigration reform, characterizing the call for tougher border control as a human rights issue.