TSA agrees to health risk study on body scanners, but continues to ignore privacy violations

Heeding Congressional pressure, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has agreed to a study of the health risks of it controversial X-ray body scanners — while continuing to ignore outcries over privacy violations.

The TSA will contract with the National Academy of Sciences to see if the radiation released during the operation of the body scanners could be harmful to travelers or TSA employees, according to ProPublica. The contract outline calls for a review of previous studies and an examination into current practices.

By /// December 20, 2012

Lack of work ethic, not Facebook, is making Americans poor

Is Facebook use making users “fat and poor”? BusinessNews Daily staff writer David Mielach strongly implies as much. According to Mielach, researchers have found that frequent users of Facebook have lower credit scores, higher debt level and higher body fat percentages. But is Facebook really the culprit?

By /// December 19, 2012

Watch this hilarious video commemorating the best YouTube moments of 2012

If you’re in need of a good laugh, and let’s face it most of us are right now between the abysmal youth unemployment rate and the looming tax hike, take a moment to watch YouTube’s 2012 mashup, “”Rewind YouTube Style,” which parodies some shining YouTube moments of 2012.

By /// December 18, 2012

RSC chairman evades copyright reform question at conservative event

The incoming chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) made it clear Tuesday that the RSC would not be discussing copyright reform any further in the near future.

At an American Enterprise Institute (AEI) event on Tuesday, Jordan Bloom of The American Conservative asked Scalise about the recent copyright reform memo that was released — and then retracted. Bloom was the reporter who first broke the news of the memo, and later broke that it had been taken down.

Scalise responded with an overview of the RSC’s grand vision as a whole and did not specifically respond to the question. He neither explained how the House’s Republican caucus planned to reach out to young voters or how it would handle the issue of copyright reform in the future.

By /// December 12, 2012

White House finally joins Pinterest

The White House has finally joined the rest of America on the addictive social media website Pinterest.

On Saturday, the White House announced on its blog that it would be expanding its efforts to engage Americans by sharing inspiring images, quotes and infographics “that help explain key issues to details about the life inside the White House” on the Pinterest.

By /// December 10, 2012

Michael Moore unleashes fury over Michigan right-to-work law on twitter, says he intends to break the law

Left-wing documentary maker Michael Moore is none too happy about the Republican ran Michigan legislature’s decision Thursday to pass a right-to-work law in the Great Lakes state.

Moore had an epic meltdown on twitter Friday morning in which he said he was “enraged” by the legislature’s actions.

By /// December 7, 2012

College Humor rips on Instagram in Nickelback song spoof

Tired of seeing hundreds of photos of meals, clouds, animals, kids and feet on Instagram? Well, so is College Humor.

The comedy site posted an original video called “Look at this Instagram,” changing the lyrics in a Nickelback song to bash the insanely popular photo sharing service.

“Started out as a lemon tart, then my phone went and made it art,” a guy sings while snapping a photo with his iPhone. The video makes fun of popular picture subjects, such as plane wings and fireworks, as well as the various filter options available to modify photos. ”Putting glasses on a cat, I’m the first one to think of that,” a girl sings while posing her animal.

By /// December 5, 2012