Jacques Laffoon

Colonel Sander’s Romance Novel Showcases Innovation In Marketing

Colonel Sander’s romance novel, Tender Wings Of Desire, was released this week for free on Amazon as a way for the restaurant to capitalize on the upcoming Mother’s Day weekend. The holiday is one of the most profitable days for KFC as families buy bucketfuls of the world famous chicken to feed the family while […]

7y ago

Marine Le Pen Egged And Booed At Campaign Events As The French Presidential Election Draws To An End

Marine Le Pen was egged by protesters as she arrived at a campaign stop during her cross-country tour of France to drum up support for her presidential bid. She had just arrived at Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany and was being escorted in by her bodyguards when approximately 50 protesters launched several eggs at her entourage. Later in […]

7y ago

Fitness

David Byers’ Fitness Modeling Career Takes Off After A Cross-Country Crime Spree

David Byers, a fitness model from Solano Beach Californa, was arrested by the FBI and the San Diego Sherriff’s Department for a string of robberies he allegedly committed. Byers is accused of committing three robberies within a 48-hour period in Greenwich, Connecticut last week. Byers is suspected of robbing two Chase Banks and a Citgo […]

7y ago

fyre festival

Fyre Festival ‘Chaos’ Leads To Cancellation And Mass Exodus

Fyre Festival was hyped as a luxury music festival and “cultural experience.” However, it was canceled late Thursday night after it became evident the event was poorly planned and coordinated. Fyre Festival was supposed to last for two weekends, but it didn’t even make it to the first day. Organizers canceled the event and placed […]

7y ago

Arkansas|News

More Arkansas Execution News: 3 More Commutation Requests Headed To Governor’s Desk

The unprecedented number of executions in Arkansas has put it squarely in the public’s eye. Arkansas conducted a rare double execution just a day ago, and now three more prisoner’s requests for commutation of their execution sentences have been denied by the Arkansas Parole Board. Bobby Fretwell, Michael Henderson, and Heath Kennedy are all slated […]

7y ago

Bernie Sanders Must Have Forgotten About His Three Houses When He Wrote This Tweet

One-time presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders stirred up the wrath of Twitter yesterday. In a tweet he put out on April 20, late at night, he asked how much did billionaires need to own. He ended it by writing, “You can have it all.” It appears he made a mistake because he quickly deleted the tweet […]

7y ago

north korea

How Accurate Is The North Korean Propaganda Video, Could Their Missiles Hit The U.S.?

A North Korean propaganda video shown on the 105th birthday of the grandfather of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un shows a missile striking a U.S. city, leaving people wondering how much of a threat the North Korean program is to the United States. Could North Korea hit the United States with a nuclear missile? The […]

7y ago

Outrage In Alaska Over Painting Of Donald Trump’s Severed Head

Donald Trump probably isn’t happy with an art professor from Alaska. Thomas Chung, an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Alaska-Anchorage, produced a unique painting that includes an image of President Trump’s severed head. The painting, entitled “Everything,” is part of a faculty art show being held on-campus. The painting depicts a naked […]

7y ago

Whiteclay, Nebraska: The Town That Sells 3.5 Million Cans Of Beer Every Year

The state liquor board of Nebraska voted to revoke the liquor licenses of four liquor stores in Whiteclay, Nebraska. The hearing and vote were taken in an office in the state capital building. The vote of the board was unanimous, 3-0, to ban the sale of alcohol. An attorney for the four liquor stores in […]

7y ago

Aaron Hernandez|prison|suicide

From NFL Star To A Prison Morgue, The Downward Spiral Of Aaron Hernandez

The news of Aaron Hernandez’s suicide in prison is shocking, and it is the sad end to a career and a life that held nothing but the promise of success in the future. But how did it come to this? How did a talented, hard working young man with an NFL career on one of […]

7y ago

Entertainment|richard simmons

Will Richard Simmons’ Hospitalization Ruin His New Business Plans?

Richard Simmons is generating more attention now than he has in the past five years. Today, ABC News announced the reclusive 68-year-old fitness guru and pioneer was hospitalized for indigestion. He was recently admitted to an undisclosed hospital for the ailment, and he is reported to be in better health and expected to make a […]

7y ago

michigan

What Will The FBI Do With The Parents Of The Michigan FGM Victims?

The United States was shocked to learn about the arrest of a medical doctor from Michigan, who performed female genital mutilation (FGM) on two young children. The practice of FGM is banned throughout the world except for a handful of countries. The arrest of Dr. Jumana Nagarwala by the FBI for performing FGM is the […]

7y ago

Who Is Fueling The American Opioid Epidemic?

Prince’s death by opioid overdose last year was just one in tens of thousands across the United States. Prince died of an opioid overdose just about a year ago today. CNN reports recently unsealed records report numerous bottles of fentanyl were found around his mansion, Paisley Park. They were legal prescriptions given to the singer […]

7y ago

mike pence|Notre Dame

Notre Dame Students Protest Mike Pence Commencement Address, But Will The University Cave In?

Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to give the commencement speech at Notre Dame on May 21, and not everybody is happy. The Washington Times reports a grassroots effort has begun on campus to force the university to change their choice for the class of 2017 commencement speaker. Directors of the campaign, Immane Mondane and […]

7y ago

White House

Trump White House Conceals The Visitor Logs, But Is It Really A Change?

Time magazine reported the Trump administration would not make the White House’s visitor logs public. In addition to keeping the records out of the public eye, the logs will be kept confidential for five years after President Trump is out of office. In the case of a two-term presidency, these records could be kept secret […]

7y ago

Retailers and Churches Looking To Bolster Numbers With Easter Sunday And Jesus

Easter Sunday means a lot of things to different people, not the least of which is the resurrection of Jesus. For retailers, though, they are hoping for a resurrection of their sales this Easter season. The retail sector has been taking a beating for the past two years, and they need their own miracle along […]

7y ago

Donald Trump|Planned Parenthood

Donald Trump’s Planned Parenthood Move May End Up Costing Taxpayers Billions

President Donald Trump made good on his campaign pledge to “defund” Planned Parenthood. In an uncharacteristically quiet move, he signed legislation placing the funding of Planned Parenthood on the shoulders of states. CNN reports the usually camera-hungry president signed the law into effect away from his usual party of photographers. Trump’s signing of the law […]

7y ago

Donald Trump|FBI

The FBI Investigation Into Carter Page Is Another Blow To A Beleaguered Donald Trump

The Washington Post reports that a foreign policy adviser of Donald Trump, Carter Page, was the subject of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) surveillance in 2016. In mid-summer of 2016, the FBI went to a judge in charge of issuing warrants under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and presented their case to begin surveilling […]

7y ago