Money & Travel admin on 10 Feb 2010
(FiniteTimes.com) - In an expected move, American Airlines announced today that it would begin charging $8 for pillows and blankets on some flights. A bit more surprising was news that they’d also begin charging passengers for stewardess — now called in-flight consultant — use. Continue Reading »
Sports admin on 10 Feb 2010
(FiniteTimes.com) - In a stunning move, sources are telling The Finite Times that the city of Vancouver has approached Washington, DC about possibly hosting the 2010 Winter Olympic Games that are slated to open this Friday. Continue Reading »
Politics admin on 09 Feb 2010
(FiniteTimes.com) - If you’ve been too busy recovering from a Super Bowl hangover or digging out from several yards of snow (howdy Washington), you might have missed the news story that’s been raging through the blogosphere, left wing: Sarah Palin wrote crib notes on her hand for a Q&A session at the so-called Tea Party convention held this past weekend. Among the notes she wrote to herself: “Energy,” “Tax Cuts,” and “Lift American Spirits.”
Many on the left are holding Palin up to ridicule because she apparently has to remind herself what her core values are. A brief stroll through history, however, reveals that hers is not an isolated case. Continue Reading »
Politics & Week In Pictures admin on 04 Feb 2010
(FiniteTimes.com) - Sarah Palin announced today that her popular biography, “Going Rogue,” would soon be available as part of the Books For Dummies series, a subsidiary of Wiley Publishing, Inc. Continue Reading »
U.S. & Week In Pictures admin on 04 Feb 2010
Ted Turner this week won the right to 88 bison from a faltering Montana program designed to protect the animals. An overjoyed Turner immediately set to work “improving” the bison, releasing the above photo that he is calling “Colorized Cow, 1″.
Entertainment & Justice admin on 04 Feb 2010
(FiniteTimes.com) - Investigators in Connecticut and California are coordinating their efforts to investigate what they say is the most decentralized and deranged terrorist cell they’re ever seen. And did we mention that it’s d-list? Continue Reading »
Politics admin on 03 Feb 2010
(FiniteTimes.com) - In a nod to their Commander-in-Chief, a joint military commission has recommended that the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) policy on gays in the military that has been in place since 1993 should be scrapped in favor of a sliding “gay meter” that would be used to determine if someone was too gay for military service. Continue Reading »
Politics & Science & Technology admin on 01 Feb 2010
(FiniteTimes.com) - The annual budget put forth by President Obama this week manages to pack much into its $3.8 trillion framework, but robust support for NASA is not one of the blessed. Among the agency’s cuts is the Constellation program, a Bush II-era initiative that would have placed man again on the moon within the next decade. Continue Reading »
Politics admin on 28 Jan 2010
(FiniteTimes.com) - Former presidential candidate John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth have officially separated, according to a source close to Elizabeth Edwards. Continue Reading »
Politics admin on 27 Jan 2010
(FiniteTimes.com) - An emboldened Republican super minority announced today that they would forgo the traditional response after the President’s State of the Union Address and instead deliver a spirited response during the address itself. Continue Reading »
