House GOP leader uses expletive to describe Obama

House Republican leader John Boehner has used a vulgar expression to refer to Democrat Barack Obama and his voting record in the Illinois legislature.

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Blacks given 'ghetto' names in SoCal yearbook

Phony "ghetto" names were printed under a yearbook photo of Black Student Union members at a suburban Los Angeles high school, leaving some angry students and parents calling for an apology and a reprint.

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DJs return to air after suspension over offensive remark

Two Anchorage disc jockeys returned to their popular morning show Wednesday, three weeks after drawing a storm of complaints for making a derogatory comment on air about Alaska Native women.

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Shock jocks suspended over slur against Alaska Native women

A radio station suspended two disc jockeys Tuesday over a derogatory remark about Alaska Native women made on their show, a comment that has Alaskans comparing the shock-jock duo to Don Imus.

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Radio Host Fired Over Candidate Insult

A radio talk show host was fired Friday after he made a derogatory comment about the weight and sexuality of the Green-Rainbow party candidate running for Massachusetts governor.

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Bad idea for UN

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You think Obama is naive? Think again. He is well groomed for the position of a bureaucrat, politician and suave insulter all in one.

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The leader of a a federalist National Party has criticized the paramilitary Frontier Corp for insulting the Baluch on wearing a different type of baggy trousers and shirts.

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The "Ultimate Insult" of getting old.

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Fox News barely covered the shooting of a Holocaust Museum guard during its prime time discussion shows last night. The O'Reilly Factor ignored it. So did Hannity. Greta Van Susteren's On The Record gave the story about a one-minute recap.

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On June 10, both The Fox Nation and the Drudge Report linked to a CBSNews.com post titled "Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture" to claim President Obama insulted Israel or Israelis. The photo showed Obama talking on the phone with his feet on his desk.

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SYDNEY - POTTY-MOUTHED celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay offered an unreserved public apology on Wednesday to a popular Australian TV presenter whom he suggested was an ugly pig.

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He threw out [the words] 'You people — you people made your choice. You made your choice during the election,' " the source said.

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A shoe was recently hurled at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while he was in the city of Urmia, an Iranian Web site has reported. The incident in the Iranian city was an apparent imitation of a similar attack on former U.S. president George Bush in Iraq last year.

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A shoe was reportedly thrown at Iranian President Ahmadinejad during a motorcade procession through the Iranian city Urumiye.

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An auction of several of Mahatma Gandhi's personal possessions, including his trademark round glasses, has triggered a campaign for the items to be returned to India.

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Well, the White House says Mr Obama will continue to leave his door open for Republicans, but they have so far chosen to come to his parties without bringing a bottle.

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An Australian writer was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for insulting Thailand's royal family in his novel, a rare conviction of a foreigner amid a crackdown on people and Web sites deemed critical of the monarchy.

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Australian writer Harry Nicolaides has been sentenced to three years in jail for insulting the monarchy. Bangkok's Criminal Court initially sentenced him for six years but reduced the term because he had pleaded guilty.

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Anyone with cable television or an Internet hookup knows all too well that this is the dawning of the age of the douchebag. While the term for a feminine hygiene implement traces its history back to 1685, its slang incarnation now proliferates on the airwaves and the Web.

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A Turkish shoe firm says it has had to take on 100 extra staff to cope with a surge in orders after an Iraqi threw shoes at US President Bush. More Articles

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For the millions around the world who can't wait to see the back of George W Bush, Muntader al-Zaidi has become a hero.

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Iraqi journalist threw shoes at Bush when Bush made surprise farewell visit

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Excerpt: JIM NORTON LIKES water sports — and we don't mean boating.

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A hilariously scathing view of Sarah Palin.... or wait is it a completely serious and very scary article... you be the judge.

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JESSE Jackson, a prominent US civil rights leader and failed Democratic presidential candidate, has apologised to Barack Obama for a "hurtful, crude" remark that was picked up by a TV microphone - but which one network has said is too off-colour to broadcast.

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Airline refuses to fly after being booed because they were an hour and a half late... then they... well, watch the video.

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On-Line Etymology: What, Exactly, is an Ass-Hat?

One of my many responsibilities in my so-called day job is to facilitate large groups of people toward achieving consensus views on knotty strategic issues.

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On MSNBC's Tim Russert, responding to Christopher Hitchens, Andrew Sullivan said, "And now you've made me forget my second point," to which Hitchens replied, "Oh, well, don't be such a lesbian. Get on with it."

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President Sarkozy's new style presidency

As it is the custom in France, French president Nicolas Sarkozy attended the annual farming fair in Paris, last Saturday.

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