Author: John Brodgian

There are few things more emotional than when a serviceman or woman surprises a loved one that they are home from war.  You just may not want to surprise someone while they are standing on ice… Parents of a U.S. Army Sergeant were left stunned with excitement after their son, who had just returned from […]

This may possibly be one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read. Arnold Breitenbach, a Vietnam veteran, wanted “CIB-69” as a license plate to mark the year he got the Purple Heart.  The Utah DMV rejected it over the number “69.” “While your intended meaning behind the requested plate, CIB-69, is honorable, the Division of Motor […]

My gut tells me this is a Photoshop job, and that there’s no way this is accurate.  But considering places like NYC are starting to issue ID cards to illegal immigrants, who the hell even knows anymore? via Weasel Zippers… I hope I’m kidding about the licenses in California. But probably not by much, given […]

Anytime Mike Rowe has anything to say lately, the right pumps their fists and the left gets cranky.  His latest interview with The Blaze should be no different, as he says that the biggest crisis we face isn’t global warming. It’s the attitude people have towards work… Rowe suggested that “we’re facing this mess … […]

I swear that the White House only tweets photos like this because they know how we’re going to react and want us distracted from something bigger.  There is no way they think this actually helps their cause… I must caution you that if you have delicate sensibilities and are easily nauseated, you’re gonna want to […]

There are few things, if anything, that a father won’t do for a son.  In this man’s case, it means running to help raise money for his son born with spina bifida… A New York man who won three marathons in eight days last month said that his winnings will go toward the medical bills […]

There isn’t a day that goes by without at least one story of some college professor somewhere in this county (usually California) who has an offensively ridiculous opinion.  For today’s offering, apparently denying the Holocaust is a “moderate” opinion… On Wednesday, Sohrab Ahmari, editorial page writer at The Wall Street Journal, tweeted a link to […]

You should always – ALWAYS – double check your text and your links before you send a mass email.  That’s how you make sure you don’t send a link to something called “She Loves Her Anal Beads” to your students. For whatever reason, McElroy sent the link to students in one of her courses last week, according […]

An investigation into child abuse has turned into an investigation of the arresting officers.  Video has surfaced showing a deputy hitting a pregnant woman who they claimed was resisting arrest… Police in Texas have launched an investigation after online video surfaced showing a Hunt County Sheriff’s officer strike an Air Force veteran who was nine […]

Amanda Maxfield ran errands in her doorless van because she couldn’t afford repairs.   The Internet saw a photo of this and thought it would be funny to make fun of her.  One complete stranger did not. Now a stranger has stepped up to help, WRAL reports: “’I just cried,’ Maxfield said. ‘I could not […]

Well, this is gnarly.  Former Democrat aide Donny Williams was convicted of rape, though won’t be facing jail time because of a life altering attack he was the victim of… A former Democratic congressional aide who pleaded guilty last year to raping two women was spared jail time on Friday because horrific disfiguring injuries he […]

Raise your hands if you are surprised by this. Yeah, I didn’t think many of you would be. It’s still outrageous though… American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees — the country’s largest trade union for public employees — gave more than $65 million last year to politicians, lobbyists and activist groups, according to 2014 federal […]

A lot of talk this week about Christians in Indiana who don’t want to make cakes for gay weddings.  Not a lot of talk about Christians being slaughtered in Kenya for being Christians.  Pope Francis talked about those Christians in his Easter message, and called out the world’s ‘complicit silence’ in it… “I think in […]

I once got a ticket for having fuzzy dice hanging from my windshield (also going 85 in a 55) because it was considered a distraction. That was the most ridiculous ticket I had heard of until now… A Nevada woman received a $200 ticket after she was pulled over for putting on makeup while she […]

Some days it doesn’t pay to do comedy.  SNL, over the course of one sketch, drew cheers for mocking the ridiculous and cheesy graphics CNN uses to tell stories report news, and jeers for making a joke about the Germanwings crash… There can’t always be a TV camera rolling when the big news happens – and Saturday […]

This is sad.  Hayley Okines, a teenage born with a rare defect that gave her the body of a 100 year old (including arthritis and heart problems), passed away at 17. A teenager suffering a rare genetic condition that gave her the body of a 100-year-old has died aged 17. Hayley Okines became well-known three […]

Score one for the good guys!  In the ongoing case of the IRS targeting conservative non-profits, a federal judge has ruled in favor of conservative non-profits… A federal judge has ordered the Internal Revenue Service to hand over a list of the 298 tea party organizations that it targeted with broad and often intrusive questions […]

Joanne Twomey, a former Democrat state rep, got into a heated argument with Gov. Paul LePage at a public forum.  It was so heated that as state police started to confront her…she threw a jar of vaseline at the governor? The former lawmaker’s choice of object wasn’t totally random. As the Portland Press-Herald reported, the governor came […]

Sympathy for people who are looking to America for a better life aside, breaking the law is breaking the law.  Period.  End of sentence. So you’ll have forgive me if I have no sympathy if a DRUG SMUGGLER got bit by a dog while he was taking a nap…while illegally crossing the border. A band […]

It would appear a top Obama bundler his waging his own “war on women.” Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein is involved with a probe into a sexual harassment allegation brought forth by an Italian model A sting set up by police between Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and the woman who claims he groped her has revealed he […]