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The United States is hitting North Korea with a new economic sanctions despite evidence that points instead to former employees of the studio. What an embarrassing series of moves by the U.S. government! Even mainstream media has been reporting that North Korea was likely
CHUCK TODD, MEET THE PRESS: The establishment, AKA, donors, they want one of those three [Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, Chris Christie]. The grassroots: they’re not interested in any of those three. They’re very unpopular with the people who actually vote in Republican primaries, the
Don’t doubt the influence of Matt Drudge. (Scroll down for video and poll featuring Rand Paul, the only candidate with ‘less baggage.’) According to Quantcast, the Drudge Report sees a steady stream of more than 2 million unique visitors daily. For publishers, the distribution
December 29th, 1607: Indian chief Powhatan, according to some accounts, spares John Smith’s life after the pleas of his daughter Pocahontas. Captain John Smith gave different accounts of his 1607 captivity by Powhatan. His original journals did not mention a rescue by Pocahontas, but later
There might just be one area where Peter Jackson didn’t overdo Legolas’ skills in The Hobbit or LOTRs; Archery. Lars Andersen has him beat and he isn’t using some space age bow. This might just be the most awesome video on Youtube–full of nerd
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is the Christmas Eve service held in King’s College Chapel. The Festival was introduced in 1918 to bring a more imaginative approach to worship. It was first broadcast in 1928 and is now broadcast to millions of
Biting and dropping him into water, a monkey at Kanpur train station in India works hard to revive his friend. Merry Christmas! (NPR) A monkey in Kanpur, India, fell unconscious alongside train tracks after walking on a power line. A friend jumped in and
Christmas turns the world upside down A week or so ago, I was in the car driving to a yearly Christmas concert that I’m part of in Bloomington, Indiana when Sean Hannity just happened to be interviewing Michael W. Smith about his new Christmas
And it’s more than just Twitter. Senator Paul just penned this op-ed in TIME: I support engagement, diplomacy, and trade with Cuba, China, Vietnam, and many countries with less than stellar human rights records, because I believe that once enslaved people taste freedom and
Rand Paul has taken a temporarily unpopular (within the Republican establishment) position on normalizing relations with Cuba–breaking rank with all of the neocons. Senator Paul deserves credit for embarking on a brave stance on this issue against the illogical and hypocritical grain of the
