'The Simpsons' mocks the absurd election night hijinks of its parent company. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP……
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Archives for November 12, 2012
Posts from November 12, 2012
Lance Armstrong Flips the Bird at the International Cycling Union: PHOTO
Lance Armstrong clearly has no shame about the doping scandal that stripped him of his Tour de France titles, posting this photo to his Twitter account in what Yahoo Sports calls "a finely-honed troll move." Tweets Armstrong: "Back in…
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Man Burns Down Buckingham Palace: VIDEO
From the "everybody needs a hobby department" comes this clip of 63-year-old Edward Heath talking about and then torching the 96 ft wide scale model of Buckingham Palace that he spent five months building. Thousands gathered to watch it bur…
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Grover Norquist Says Obama Won by Characterizing Romney as a ‘Poopy Head’: VIDEO
Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform, spoke with CBS This Morning about the approaching "fiscal cliff" and the election, but it's Norquist's use of a term to describe Mitt Romney that's getting all the attention…
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Mitt Romney Seen Losing 847 Facebook ‘Likes’ Per Hour
A website, Disappearing Romney, tracks Romney's Facebook "likes" in real time. Writes Mashable: Soon after Romney conceded the election, though, his social media followers began dropping quickly. Since 11:30 on Tuesday, more than 55,025…
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Homeland’s Damian Lewis Worried He Might Have Offended Obama with a Muslim Joke: VIDEO
President Obama is a fan of the Showtime series Homeland and wanted a box set. Actor Damian Lewis says that he was asked to sign it by the Teamsters Union who was giving it to Obama as a gift, and told UK TV host Jonathan Ross over the weekend about…
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Nate Silver, Sex Object
Apparently a lot of people are very turned on by Nate Silver's talent with numbers. Seductive Nate Silver has hit the meme factory. And in the New Yorker, Paul Rudnick pens a hilarious letter from Silver's "No. 1 fan", 11-year-old E…
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Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Catch My Breath’ Video: WATCH
"Catch My Breath" is the sort of easily digestible, unchallenging Kelly Clarkson radio pop that has made her a superstar. Her new video follows that formula. Watch the clip, AFTER THE JUMP……
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Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill May Be Passed This Year as ‘Christmas Gift’ to Christian Clerics: VIDEO
Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill may see passage before the end of the year, the AP reports: Speaker Rebecca Kadaga told The Associated Press that the bill, which originally mandated death for some gay acts, will become law this year.Ugandans…
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From the Dept. of Regrettable Tattoos: The Romney Ryan Logo
"R" is for regret, especially if it's in the form of the 'Aquafresh'-style logo of the Romney-Ryan campaign, and it's tattooed on your temple. Politico reports: Suffice to say, he’s not happy with Tuesday’s results. “Totally…
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