Harvey Fierstein to become president

Voters in elections are more likely to pick candidates with a deeper voice, a new study has suggested.

Researchers at two US universities made recordings of both male and female speakers and then altered the pitch of their subjects' voices.

In the study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, listeners "voted" more frequently for the "candidate" with the lower voice.

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Keystone project may be delayed so it doesn't f*ck up Obama's re-election chances

The U.S. State Department will order another environmental assessment for the Keystone XL pipeline route, allowing U.S. President Barack Obama to shelve the controversial issue until after the 2012 elections, media reports said Thursday.

Reuters news agency, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and other media reported that the agency will consider a proposal to reroute the 3,000-kilometre pipeline away from an environmentally sensitive area of Nebraska.

An official announcement was expected as early as Thursday, but at a State Department press briefing in the afternoon, no such announcement was made.

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Jan Brewer or Attack of the Brain Dead

What about the beheadings Governor?

LALALALALALA...

Arizona better watch out, or she'll release the flying monkeys.

Scummy Politicians: Sharon Angle

Gordon Brown: Idiot of the Day

Watch the whole thing, the ending is the icing.

Why voters can be really really stupid

Political scientist Dr David Runciman looks at why there is often such deep opposition to reforms that appear to be of obvious benefit to voters.

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Tennessee Republicans not quite fast enough

This story is actually quite funny, although I'm sure not to the ones that lost. Seems to have saved Tennessee from a pack of right wing crazies..for now.

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