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Archive for the month “August, 2013”

Breaking Bad

Rhett and Link offer a Middle School Musical recap of BREAKING BAD Seasons 1-5 with a prediction on how the series will end. What do YOU think will happen in the final season?

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Taiwan Legislators Brawl

If you thought American politics have become overheated, check out the action in Taiwan, where lawmakers exchanged punches and threw water at each other ahead of an expected vote authorizing a referendum on whether to go ahead with the construction of a fourth power plant. The fracas pitted the pro-referendum forces of President Ma Ying-jeou’s ruling Nationalist Party against strongly anti-nuclear forces affiliated with the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).. More from The Telegraph.

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Conservative When Convenient

So is a little Communism a good thing? It must be, judging from the number of conservatives who watch and support the mainstream media. Joe Dan Gorman opines in this edition of Intellectual Froglegs.

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Your Pee is Pollution

Ever wonder what happens after you flush? You should, because your pee is causing problems! Hank Green talks about how, and why, human waste is having weird effects on the natural world, like homicidal fish and hermaphroditic frogs.

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The Warrior Cops

“The police have become more militarized, more soldier-like in the last generation or two,” explains journalist and author Radley Balko. “It applies to the weapons they are using, the uniforms they wear…to the tactics they use, to what I think is the most pervasive problem which is the mindset that police officers take to the job.”

Balko, author of the new book Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces, sat down with Reason.TV to discuss the book, the growth and development of SWAT forces, and how the drug war has fostered an “us against them” mentality within police departments.

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Al-Qaeda’s Liquid Bomb

Al-Qaeda terrorists may have developed undetectable liquid bombs prompting the recent decision by America to evacuate its citizens from Yemen. According to senior US officials, the explosive would be applied wet to clothing and then detonated when dry. Security experts fear it would be completely undetectable at airports around the world.

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You Might Be A Redneck If …

Jeff Foxworthy, head honcho on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, returns to LOL with his wildly popular “You Might Be a Redneck If …” standup routine. Among Foxworthy’s exclamations in this version are: “If your richest relative buys a new house, and you have to help take the wheels off of it, you might be a redneck.” Or, “If you’ve ever taken a beer to a job interview, you might be a redneck.” Check out his other gems. See you next Tuesday here on LOL for another edition of the lighter side of life. — The Wickel

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Hasan Faces Death Penalty

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the case of Nidal Hasan, the Army major who killed 13 unarmed soldiers and injured 32 civilian workers in a 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood. The US military has not executed a prisoner since 1961, but Hasan’s prosecutors are building a case that it’s justified for Hasan on grounds he carried out a premeditated terrorist attack on American soil.

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The New al-Qaeda Threat

Said to be on the ropes after the death of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda now appears to be in an ascendent phase again — the US closing more than 20 embassies worldwide rather than leave them open and vulnerable to terrorist assault. The Five’s Greg Gutfeld comments on the US government’s response to this global resurgence of terrorism.

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Test-Tube Burger

Now that the first test-tube burger has been introduced in London, experts are split on whether this is a fortuitous scientific breakthrough or a culinary abomination. Debating the subject for Great Britain’s Channel 4 are chef Yotam Ottolenghi and Joanna Blythman, author of several food books, including WHAT TO EAT.

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