Los Angeles Earthquake: 4.4 Quake Hits Near Pico Rivera

LOS ANGELES — An earthquake east of downtown Los Angeles rippled across Southern California before dawn Tuesday, jolting millions of people awake and putting first-responders on alert.
There are no reports of damage, injuries or power outages linked to the temblor.
“All is calm in the city of Los Angeles,” Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Steve Ruda [...]

Raj Patel Is The Messiah, Says Religious Group After Author Appears On The Colbert Report

Raj Patel, the author of the recent book “The Value of Nothing,” has experienced a bizarre incarnation of the “Colbert Bump” after appearing on The Colbert Report in January.
Patel has apparently been discovered by a religious group called “Share International” which awaits the second coming of Buddha in the form of a Messiah they call “Maitreya.” [...]

Big Butter Jesus

King of Kings (Also known as “Touchdown Jesus” or “Big Butter Jesus”), is a 62-foot-tall sculpture of Jesus just outside of Cincinnati. Jesus appears to be rising from the waters behind the amphitheater at Monroe’s Solid Rock Church.
Music by Heywood Banks, the version originally broadcast on the syndicated Bob & Tom radio show.
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Pat Robertson Haiti Reactions: Rachel Maddow, Haitian Ambassador, Valerie Jarrett Slam Remarks (VIDEO)

Pat Robertson’s comment that Haiti has been “cursed” by a “pact to the devil” has inspired several reactions since he made the remark Wednesday afternoon.
Wednesday evening on MSNBC, Haiti’s ambassador to the US, Raymond Joseph, slammed the televangelist for the comment, explaining that the Haitian slave revolt Robertson claimed was a “pact to the devil” [...]

Black Activist Justifies Harry Reid Racist Comments

While Harry Reid’s racist comments have earned him many political opponents from right and left, one African American rights activist say Reid may be right. In fact Reid may have meant the positive saying the country is not ready for an African American President and that his comments are an assessment of a voting not [...]