Chris Menahan

And They Say Everyone Should Be Afraid Of This Army – Bungling Army Recruit Sparks Panic After Dropping Hand Grenade Mid Throw (Video)

This is the moment a bungling Chinese recruit drops a hand grenade mid-throw during a training exercise, prompting his superior to drag him into a nearby trench to…

Coders Learn to Journalism: Robo-Journalists ‘Gaining Popularity’ in Newsrooms

Coders have learned to journalism. From AFP: A text-generating “bot” nicknamed Tobi produced nearly 40,000 news stories about the results of the November 2018 elections in Switzerland for the…

Vox Writer: ‘I Eat Takeout Or Soylent For ~99 Percent of My Meals’

Vox writer Dylan Matthews, who has written in favor of open borders and called for Obama to unilaterally ban everyone from buying guns, said Wednesday he only eats “takeout or Soylent”…

Florida Lawmaker Introduces ‘Stop Social Media Censorship Act’ to Protect Free Speech Online

Florida bill SB 1722 would fine giant social media sites for censoring protected religious and political speech. Florida State Senator Joe Gruters (R) has introduced a bill to protect free speech on social media and fine the biggest…

“Journalism,” 2019: The Daily Beast Targets Mar-a-Lago Pastry Chef for Believing “Qanon”

The fearless journalists at The Daily Beast on Friday decided to out a pastry chef — yes, a pastry chef — who works at a chocolate shop in Mar-a-Lago for allegedly believing in the QAnon conspiracy theory. The…

Washpo Writer Laments Jussie Smollett Case Falling Apart: ‘I Need This Story to Be True’

Nana Efua Mumford, executive assistant to The Washington Post’s editorial board, lamented on Sunday that Jussie Smollett’s story appeared to be falling apart because she felt like she needed the story to be true. Mumford wrote in a…

Senate Passed Bill to Make Lynching a Federal Hate Crime Last Week, Cited Jussie Smollett Attack (Video)

Democrats were able to exploit the Jussie Smollett attack — which evidence suggests was totally staged — to pass a bill expanding federal hate crime laws. Republicans, who used to be against federal hate crime laws and the concept of…

Rep. Ilhan Omar Smears Covington Boys: ‘They Were Taunting 5 Black Men,’ ‘Led Racist Chants’

Days after the story was already widely debunked, newly elected Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar accused the students of Covington Catholic High School of “taunting 5 Black men” before they “surrounded [Nathan] Phillips and led racist chants.” After President…

Native American Nathan Phillips Never Fought In Vietnam, Was Not A ‘Vietnam Veteran,’ WashPo Admits

The Washington Post quietly issued a bombshell correction Tuesday morning stating Native American activist Nathan Phillips never fought in Vietnam and was not a “Vietnam veteran” as they and tons of other publications claimed. The correction is buried…