Maureen Collins
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Maureen Collins | August 18, 2017
The government is spending over $400k in taxpayer funding to study how gay people get drunk. Sheesh, at least buy us a drink first.  According to the Free Beacon, the National Institutes of Health wants to know how "whether gender norms of masculinity and femininity lead LGBTQ individuals to drink too much."  The grant for the study says researchers will "examine the extent to which gendered…
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Maureen Collins | August 18, 2017
A knife-wielding attacker has injured several in Turku, Finland today around 4:40 p.m. local time.  Shots and casualties reported in central #Turku #Finlandhttps://t.co/Zz98J2BHhW pic.twitter.com/IdoXC8xrCc — Yle News (@ylenews) August 18, 2017   An eyewitness tweeted out footage of people running running from the city center, saying "Multiple people stabbed in #Turku shouting Allahu Akbar…
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Maureen Collins | August 17, 2017
According to the Barcelona news paper El Pais, Catalonian police have arrested 28-year-old Driss Oukabir as a suspect in Thursday's terror attack in Spain. 🔴DIRECTO| Los Mossos han detenido en Manlleu a Driss El Ouakbir https://t.co/7R7EZ7oS5V #atentado #Barcelona pic.twitter.com/dnJJ9zSFo2 — El Periódico (@elperiodico) August 17, 2017 Earlier today, Oukabir plowed a white van through the…
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Maureen Collins | August 17, 2017
On Thursday, reports confirmed a van plowed into a group of pedestrians in Barcelona, Spain, killing two and injuring dozens.  A white van mowed down people on Las Ramblas, the central thoroughfare through the city that is heavy with tourists, restaurants and shops.  Local police initially described the incident as a "massive crash" and closed nearby train and metro stations.  "All of a…
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Maureen Collins | August 17, 2017
Members of the notorious MS-13 gang have been arrested in Columbus, Ohio.  Thirteen members of the El Salvador-based gang were apprehended in Ohio and Indiana during an FBI-led multi-agency investigation that included U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), and local officials. On July 27, a federal grand jury charged the members with…
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Maureen Collins | August 16, 2017
The White House announced this morning that Hope Hicks will serve as interim communications director.  Hicks, who was formerly the Director of Strategic Communications, will take over the position after Anthony "the Mooch" Scaramucci's infamous 10-day stint as comms director. The position has been notoriously difficult to fill, with many influential people reportedly turning it down.  With…
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Maureen Collins | August 16, 2017
Over the weekend, we saw how radical leftist groups like Antifa fight the Klu Klux Klan. Neither side is righteous, and it never ends well. But here is a man who has found a truly radical way of combating racists: by actually sitting down and listening to them.  Daryl Davis is a musician, actor and writer who happens to be black. Instead of meeting the KKK with violent protests, he sits down…
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Maureen Collins | August 15, 2017
Have you been yearning to see more of the Mooch? Well, you are in luck.  Ousted White House communications director Anthony "the Mooch" Scaramucci is said to be working on a sitcom. Yes, this is a real thing.  Scaramucci mentioned the sitcom, entitled "Attack of the Swamp Monsters," to TMZ reporters. "It's very early," he said, "but I think there's a lot of fun content."  The Mooch's time in "…
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Maureen Collins | August 15, 2017
Agusta Ingadottir is one of three individuals born with Down syndrome in Iceland in 2009. (Photo Source: Screen shot, CBS News)There are almost no individuals with Down syndrome in Iceland. And the reason why is disturbing.  According to a recent CBS News report, because of prenatal testing offered to women, nearly 100 percent of women who find out the baby they are carrying has Down syndrome…
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Maureen Collins | August 14, 2017
Monday afternoon, a car crashed into a pizzeria located in a town just outside of Paris, France.  A BMW crashed into the building, killing a 13-year-old and injuring at least 12 others. According to reports, the driver told police he was trying to kill himself and that he had weapons.  Though it is clear this was a "deliberate act," according to French officials, there has been no confirmation…