Posts Tagged ‘actually’

So, Could Anthony Weiner Actually Be the Next Mayor of New York?

It's a pretty good bet that any headline written as a question can be answered, "No." This post is no exception. Or it probably is, if past polling is any indicator. Over the weekend, FiveThirtyEight's Micah Cohen looked at the correlation between mayoral polling in New York City and the final results. "In five of [...]

Obama’s NSA Defense: Congress Can Raise Objections It Can’t Actually Raise

President Obama defended the National Security Agency's collection of all our phone calls on Friday by saying at a press briefing that if the agency was acting like "Big Brother and how this is a potential program run amok," then Congress would be free to air those concerns. This is not true.  Tweet This Post

Report: NHL Actually Has Had Hundreds Of Openly Gay Players For Years

NEW YORK—In the wake of NBA center Jason Collins and U.S. soccer midfielder Robbie Rogers coming out as homosexual, reports revealed Friday that the National Hockey League has in fact had hundreds of openly gay athletes throughout its history. Sourc… The Onion Tweet This Post

Sight Of O.J. Simpson Actually Kind Of Comforting

LAS VEGAS—As O.J. Simpson returns to court to seek a retrial on his 2008 robbery and kidnapping convictions, sources across the country told reporters today that the sight of the former football star is actually somewhat comforting at this point. The Onion Tweet This Post

Arab-American Actually Kind Of Enjoys Always Having 2 Bus Seats To Self

CHICAGO—While stressing that racial profiling is degrading and has made his life more difficult in a great many ways, 29-year-old Egyptian-American Tarek Yasin admitted to reporters Monday that he does sort of enjoy always having two seats to himsel… The Onion Tweet This Post