TLR’s Editor-in-Chief, Keith Farrell writes at Bankable Insight: 1. World poverty has been cut in half In the past twenty years the world’s acute poverty rate has been slashed in half! Measuring poverty is based on daily consumption, not income. In 1990, 43% of the world lived in extreme poverty. Yet in 2010, that number…
Former world heavy weight champion Mike Tyson has thrown his support behind billionaire Donald Trump in his bid to become President of the United States. Tyson, who is often the butt of jokes for seemingly slow wit and speech impediment, issued his endorsement to the press recently. “He should be president of the United States, that’s…
Apparently howler monkeys take male compensation to a new level. A new study has found that monkeys are less endowed in their testicular region scream louder to compensate. Nextshark.com explains: A new study finds that Howler monkeys scream louder when they have smaller testicles. The study published yesterday in the journal Current Biology said that…
Senator Rand Paul has had enough; says he will filibuster “steaming pile” debt ceiling deal Rand Paul is known for his filibustering ways, and now he is at it again. After learning about the details of the new “compromise” legislation to raise the debt ceiling–a deal reached by the White House and Congressional leaders on…
We have all heard the ominous tales and warning urging parents to check their children’s Halloween candy. Urban legend holds that people of ill intent will put poison into candy in order to hand it out to unsuspecting children. Of course, growing up we never really believed such tales. But none the less, my mother…
Juliegrace Brufke Using a rare measure to sidestep leadership and force a bill to the floor, the House voted in favor of reviving the Export-Import bank Tuesday. Eighty-seven Republicans joined 184 Democrats to vote in favor of passing the legislation to bring back the bank. Its charter expired in July. The discharge petition to reauthorize…
Blake Neff Police in Columbia, S.C., have summoned the FBI to investigate the case of a police officer who body slammed a student in class while attempting to apprehend her. People around the country have expressed outrage in response to a viral video that shows Ben Fields, a school resource officer, slamming a girl to the…
Steve Birr The U.S. will start selling millions of barrels of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as part of the bipartisan budget deal reached Monday night, as China continues to add to their oil stockpile. Beginning in 2018 and extending through 2025, the U.S. will sell a total of 58 million barrels of…
Jacob Bojesson Authorities didn’t act on a woman’s rape allegations against a Honduran man in the U.S. illegally until after he came back months later to kidnap and rape her again in front of their 2-year-old child. Jose Amaya-Vasquez, a Honduran man that has entered the U.S. three times illegally, failed to appear in court Monday…
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The fun thing about my political cartoons is that not only do they represent an idea, but if you get bored you can play a “Wheres Waldo” type game looking for spelling errors.