While people are beginning to take note of the rise of the gun-related deaths of police officers, one issue that needs to be examined is the very high percentage of those murders that were conducted by men with criminal backgrounds.
Men are singled out, because every one of these police officers were shot by men. There have been 15 officers of the law that have been killed by gunfire this year…
Welcome to "Uncommon Sense." This is a safe space to mock “safe spaces.” This is the place to offend the easily offended. It is time to stop just blindly accepting the viewpoint of the perpetual victim.
At Uncommon Sense, the mind-numbingly stupid will find no refuge. The sky is blue. Water is wet. Look both ways when crossing the street. Han Solo shot first.
There are no “special little…
In 2014, the St. Louis Rams (now the Los Angeles Rams) reportedly agreed to draft openly gay defensive end Michael Sam. In exchange, the NFL agreed to keep the team off the HBO reality show “Hard Knocks.”
Veteran NFL reporter Howard Balzer wrote an article for St. Louis’ 590 The Fan that claimed, according to a source, the NFL did not want to answer to the scrutiny that would follow if Sam was…
Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has agreed to host a reality court show… as the judge!
Palin, who does not have a law degree, signed a contract with Warm Springs Production Company to host her own daytime “People’s Court” style show.
The show would premiere in 2017 if it is picked up by television stations around the country.
According to…
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A 17-year-old in Racine, Wisc. went to use the bathroom on Tuesday morning when all-of-a-sudden she noticed a baby in the toilet.
Braeley Pettigrew said she had no idea she was pregnant.
Pettigrew said she had been feeling sick lately, and around 3:30 a.m., got up to use the bathroom. She thought she was having a “tough” bowel movement when she gave birth to a baby…
Update (3:15 p.m. EST, 3/23/16):
“The man in the tree” has climbed down.
Evan Bush of the Seattle Times reports #ManInTree has come down from the tree just outside Macy's after staying in the tree a little more than 24 hours.
The Seattle Police Department says that the man is in custody and that he will get a medical evacuation.
Original Story:
A Seattle man has been at the top of an 80-…
Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford died on Tuesday after losing his battle with cancer. Ford had a rare and aggressive cancer called pleomorphic liposarcoma. He was 46.
Ford was made internationally famous for his unconventional tactics during his time in office. Oh, and there was that video of him supposedly smoking crack…and the time he attended a military ball intoxicated.
As reported by the…
In his “historic” trip to Cuba on Monday, President Obama met with Cuban President Raul Castro -- and social media is all over it.
A Vine posted by Politico captures Obama with Castro showing their ummm…solidarity? Strength? Resolve? Well, you be the judge…
Insert adjective here. Go ahead, we’ll wait…
In any case, Obama shows that no matter who you're dealing with, you need to show a “…
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Seriously, kids?! You better get over to “Papaw’s” and eat the burger he made for you!
The tweet heard ‘round the Twitter world last week is getting a happy ending. People all across the Twittersphere are talking about going to visit Kenneth “Papaw” Harmon so that they can eat the burgers he’s cooking.
Harmon’s granddaughter, Kelsey Harmon, tweeted last week about…
President Obama did not take enough of your tax dollars while he was in office, so he has decided to give himself a substantial raise once he leaves the Oval Office.
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a report last Wednesday that said that the President’s budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 calls for an 18 percent raise of the Former Presidents Act.
According to the report…
