More Islamic goons have seized boats off the coast of Africa. Guess they didn't learn their lesson the first time. We need some more dead pirates.

An ACORN spokesperson described the tea parties occurring today as "a bunch of small get-togethers by fringe conservative activists dedicated to simply saying 'no'."

GM is going to produce this electric Chevy Volt .. even though the company acknowledges that it isn't going to "pay the rent." In fact, it will be a long-term money loser. This is the new capitalism.

Meanwhile, GM has prepared a "surgical" bankruptcy. How many millions of dollars is this going to cost the taxpayers?

Goldman Sachs plans to raise $5 billion to repay federal rescue funds and shed government limits on executive pay.

Life insurance companies are about to be TARPed. Yes, it has become a verb.

The always reliable Citizens Against Government Waste has come up with a list of top government porkers per capita.

Is Obama going to bend to Mexico and call for a ban on assault weapons? One thing for sure .. .he won't let the Constitution get in the way of his decision.

Here are some amazing statistics on illegal immigrants in this country. Did you know that children of illegal immigrants are twice as likely to live in poverty?

What does the UN do with the billions of dollars we give to it every year? They use it to fund shoddy projects around the world.

An oil chief has warned that US green policies are likely to turn American into "the world's cleanest third world country."

Who knows if you can believe anything reported from China .. but this story says that thousands of dolphins blocked Somali pirate ships from attacking Chinese merchant ships passing the Gulf of Aden.

Have you weighed in on this Mexican Burger King Whopper commercial? Apparently a lot of people have their frijoles in a bunch over this.

And now for a list of the 10 technologies that are about to go extinct.