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Archive for the month “May, 2013”

Britain’s Perve Parade

“It’s a Knockout” host Stuart Hall is about to join Jimmy Savile and a handful of other celebrities that have managed to ruin our childhood.

Hall, a veteran BBC broadcaster has pleaded guilty to sexual assaulting 13 girls between the ages of nine to 17 over a period of 18 years. One victim told reporters she finally found the strength to come forward after the Jimmy Savile scandal broke. The woman, who is going by the name Amy to keep her privacy intact, believes Hall should, “die behind bars.”  H/T Next Media Animation

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Today’s False Heroes

Col. Allen West discusses NBA basketball player Jason Collins. Collins revealed publicly that he is gay, and received a telephone call from President Obama. Col. Allen West contrasts this with the heroism of soldiers like Sgt. Greg Robinson, who became the first amputee to complete Air Assault School. The training was so grueling that Robinson broke his prosthetic leg twice. Did Sgt. Robinson receive a call from President Obama? Did other decorated soldiers like Army Lieutenant Col. Matthew Dooley?H/T PJTV

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The Majestic Grolar Bear

Although polar bears and grizzly bears aren’t all that similar and are definitely separate species, they can interbreed and create fertile offspring in the wild. In this SciShow video, Hank Green brings us the story of these misfit bears, which he likes to call grolar bears.

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Protectionism Hurts Hawaii

Reason TV sat down with Ken Schoolland to talk about the Jones Act, federal legislation that restricts non-US shipping vessels from engaging in commerce in domestic shipping lanes. Schoolland argues that this protectionist measure is crippling the Hawaiian economy. He is a professor of economics at Hawaii Pacific University and scholar at the Grassroot Institute.

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Google Gets Political

Internet search engine Google has been accused of meddling in international politics after it unilaterally decided to replace the term ‘Palestinian Territories’ with ‘Palestine’ on the Palestinian Google search page.

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Omelette

A tired master returning home from a long day at the office gets a helping paw in the kitchen from his pet dog. Madeline Sharafian completed this chipper animation, with an uptempo score, as her second-year project at CalArts. H/T Kuriositas

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Twerkin’ Ain’t Workin’

A high school in San Diego, Calif., has suspended 33 students for uploading a “twerking” video shot on school property. SourceFed weighs in on the suspensions and the controversy surrounding the video.

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The Radical Islamic Threat

Richard Perle, Resident Fellow for the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and former Assistant Secretary of Defense, discusses the latest threats from radical Islamic groups. The motivations and techniques used by Islamist organizations to affect America are spelled out clearly in the “Third Jihad: Radical Islam’s Vision for America.”

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Tax Reform

Pundit Dick Morris says a deal could be in the works and Congress might get together to cut tax rates and limit deductions.

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Story of Frozen Food

How inventor Clarence Birdseye revolutionized food preservation by bringing the North Pole into kitchens.  H/T MinuteEarth

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