Decades of US military aggression overseas have caused blowback in the form of terrorist attacks. One candidate on the national stage had the courage to try and explain that cause-and-effect relationship, key to understanding and ending the threat of terrorism. Here's the reaction he got from conservatives.

Politicians in Washington hardly let a few minutes go by without mentioning how broke the government is. So, it's a little surprising that they've created a stash of more than $1 billion that almost no one wants.

Unused dollar coins have been quietly piling up in Federal Reserve vaults in breathtaking numbers, thanks to a government program that has required their production since 2007.

And even though the neglected mountain of money recently grew past the $1 billion mark, the U.S. Mint will keep making more and more of the coins under a congressional mandate.

Now, Dawkins, a Navy reservist and decorated Army combat photographer who served in Iraq, is in jail, charged with passport fraud. He's facing 10 years in prison for what could be a simple misunderstanding.

A government-school in Australia practically forces children to soil and wet themselves as part of a social engineering experiment.

Total: 86.33
Adjusted for inflation: $755.00
Check link out for vintage receipt.
Mine cost around $7000. Prices have sure gone up since Medicare was created!

Help the government, die a slow, painful, and humiliating death! Despite all the assurances that what was being used to clean up the oil was "like Dawn soap, but a bit stronger", at least 200 people are already suing due to permanent disability caused by toxic chemical exposure. BP's response?

"Kenneth Fein­berg, administrator for the GCCF, said he hadn't seen any claims filed that suggest­ed the Gulf spill cleanup had caused medical illness."