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Kelly Clarkson supports a variation of Ron Paul .  What's the worse that could happen ? Yeah; that's fair .

X-Men... with googly eyes ! Billionaire bedfellows .  The forgotten racism in some famous works .  Celebrity couples that last: what's the secret ?  Credit myths . 12 Lies of Christmas ... The press briefing that should be given . Update your resume .

And he apparently has little love for Gingrich and Perry .

While it's nice to see that the President isn't suffering from low self-esteem , his re-election campaign may be easier if he talked more about his accomplishments.The fact of the matter is the average person needs constant reminders; otherwise, they'll just believe the malarkey his detractors are pushing.

Find out what you might loose .

... by who's for and who's against the temporary payroll tax resolution .

Here's a list for 2011 . Note that these movies also star known actors.

She's decided to tease her followers for a little while longer .

( pic via ) Not the interview Pier Morgan wanted. Gingrich attacks fellow candidates for attacking him . R.I.P., Eva Ekvall . Apparently , Oprah doesn't buy into Kim Kardashian's supposed altruism. A victory for Apple . The Bono wedding ain't gonna happen . Hines Ward's role in the upcoming Batman movie . The power of Super PACs . Once again , Germany may decide Europe's fate.

No more "Dear Leader." No shit . More on Kobe-gate . The cause behind the Will & Jada rumors. Ah; to have the celebrity life . I'm seeing a Fox News attack on Twitter forming over the next few months. Stephen King does some good . Future Batman Villain .

( pic via ) Sleep myths . (belated) Congrats to the new Miss DC ! It's hard out there for child actors . She ain't Hannah Montana any more . This is one trend that needs to be reversed . Kinda like "1408" but with a boat . We need to bring pigtails back . First Date Mistakes . Sex myths . Every now and then, Keira Knightly would like to make us laugh .

His wife got a divorce lawyer .

I'm surprised they were able to narrow it down .

Did the NBA fire someone for sticking up for women who were harassed at work ?

Better than nothing : WASHINGTON—The Securities and Exchange Commission has brought civil fraud charges against six former top executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , saying they misled the government and taxpayers about risky subprime mortgages the mortgage giants held during the housing bust. Those charged include the agencies' two former CEOs, Fannie's Daniel Mudd and Freddie's Richard Syron. They are the highest-profile individuals to be charged in connection with the 2008 financial crisis. Mudd and Syron led the mortgage giants when the housing bubble burst in late 2006 and 2007. The four other top executives also worked for the companies during that time. The case was filed in federal court in New York City. Lawyers for Mudd and Syron couldn't be reached for comment. According to the lawsuit, Fannie told investors in 2007 that it had roughly $4.8 billion worth of subprime loans on its books. The SEC says that Fannie actually had about $43 billi...

Why is it OK for a man to speak on abortion issues yet taboo for an unmarried woman to support Plan B ?

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Together with Joe Kirby, he brought Captain America to life (Stan Lee was responsible for making him an Avenger).

Stay classy, Walmart !

I'm sure Fox News will dismiss this as yet another isolated incident .

Apparently the interchangeable parts from the Clippers hold more value than the interchangeable parts from the Lakers .

  ( pic via ) UPDATE: It's been fixed .

Guess who their " Person of the Year " is? (Not that I disagree; I just wish they'd pick a specific person instead of a group. If they believed this all started with the actions of one particular person, why not use that person?)

That's all you need to know about her .

From Blackwater to Xe to Academi , it's all the same.

Donald Trump leaves the Newsmax Debate ; says he may still run as an independent (read: I'll show those jerks for not committing to attend my spectacle!).

Guess who stepped up?

The Clippers claim him off waivers ...after he sent out a statement stating that he wants to go to a contender.

( pic via ) New Jersey Nets owner to challenge Vladimir Putin for president of Russia. U.S. cuts off Pakistan's allowance . Lindsey Vonn: I'm not dating Tim Tebow . The Supreme court takes up the Arizona immigration law . At least one Kardshian is willing to move with her basketball husband. Another NFL coach bites the dust . When it comes to military defense , money's no object. Moms are better at multitasking . Abu-Jamal hasn't been paying attention to all the support he's been getting ; this was probably the best scenario for his situation.

And he was almost elected governor of Alabama, too .

And it is GLORIOUS .

You know what, he has a good point . But I think it goes a little deeper: Obama campaigned in 2008 in such a way that the majority of every Democratic-leaning group -liberals, progressives, union members, environmentalists, civil rights advocates, etc.- saw a reason to vote for him. He said just enough to convince people that change wouldn't just happen, but it would be sweeping. And that's the part where I think some have become frustrated: we know it wouldn't be easy and we know we'd have to do some heavy lifting, but we expected Obama to use the bully pulpit to say, "Guys, I still got your back." We expected to him to be at best a promoter and at worst a filter for our ideas. Sadly, like many others before him, the goal of winning a second term involves campaigning during your first one. In this respect, Obama needs to convince his base that he'll actually do something sweeping should he get a second term. I think his people will be telling him to d...

" Eventually, I see a whole fleet of these robots being sent home with patients ." " You have good exit and you have good holiday playtime coming up, so you hope you'll hold up well as you get closer to the very lucrative holiday playtime ." "Mr. Attorney General, if you try to bring this guy back to the United States and put him in civilian court , or use a military commission inside the United States, holy hell is going to break out. And if we let him go and turn him over to the Iraqis, that is just like letting him go. I think this would be a huge mistake." "To be honest with you, I don't like it." AND " We are all sad but positive energy gets you farther then negative ."

Credit card secrets . Timing is everything for Fox & Friends. I wouldn't buy HCG diet products if I were you. A Female Apocalypse ? Cool! Way to increase your credibility , PayPal.  Better than forcing real women to be anorexic, IMHO. Making the most of Paris . Yes, ladies; guys do notice these things .  The word cloud version of Obama's Kansas speech .  Don't date investment bankers . Seriously, don't do it !

But it's not like anyone expected him to do anything else .

Seriously. I'm tired of this guy taking swipes at people for not kissing his ass, even if they include Republicans whose positions I don't share. I let his immature comments slide with Romney and Huntsman, but for him to go after Michelle Bachmann is just plain petty. For him to lament about her not being "loyal" -as if she owed him something for suggesting that he should be her running mate- is beyond ridiculous. The man is incapable of just letting any perceived slight against him go; he reaction is just to admonish whatever shortcomings they have (like falling poll numbers). That's why I wish someone who is clearly more successful than this man -like Warren Buffet or Bill Gates- would just get in front of a mic and tell Donald to STFU and pay attention to his business ventures and stop trying to hold the GOP hostage. His petulant meddling is one of the reasons that the party has been saturated with arrogant foolishness for the past three years, and his so-cal...

Someway, somehow, things took a weird turn. ( h/t )

It sure sounds that way .

They were involved in a big trade announced a few hours ago . Giving up two talented big men for an awesome point guard is risky, but if they get Dwight Howard before the season starts, it will be worth it. UPDATE: Looks like the commissioner has nixed the deal .

As this rate they're gonna call this school "Virginia Tek ."

“Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22 out of 30 top Al-Qaeda leaders who have been taken off the field whether I engage in appeasement… or whoever’s left out there.” -- President Barack Obama, responding to foolishness . 

There are some things that are inevitable when it comes to children .

She says her daughters aren't allowed to ask boys out, and that they have to wait at home until one calls . Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

For your consideration: Exhibit A and Exhibit B . 

At least in the case of the House of Gingrich .

This is what scares me about maintenance people having access to every apartment. Gene Simmons is apparently not a fan of Madonna. I'm sure it took a lot of in depth reporting to find this out. The secretary of Health and Human Services uses her authority regarding the morning after pill. Now this is a two-fer : this guy was both a CEO and Senator and he still can't explain what happen to the money that's gone missing in a company he ran. So much for the Tea Party being a group of fiscally- and morally-conscious people. The Nets make a rather awkward jersey change. Lose-lose scenario for Great Britain?

A new study is out : Over all, the new report found, 149 youths interviewed for the study, or 9.6 percent, said they had sent or received images that included full or partial nudity in the previous year. Just over 2 percent of those who engaged in sexting said they had appeared in the pictures or had taken them themselves, and 7.1 percent said they received sexual images from someone else. In most cases, the motivations for sending or forwarding sexual texts were not malicious. Most of the youths who sent such messages said that they did so with someone they were involved in a relationship with, or that their messages were flirtatious gestures to someone they had a romantic interest in.

But then again , he doesn't understand black culture either.

Mumia Abu-Jamal's sentence has gone from execution to life in prison . Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) gets 14 years . Jerry Sandusky is arrested...again .

I guess Justin Long wasn't enough to save Zooey Deschanel's new show . President Obama may have a future WNBA player in the family . Seriously ; it would have grown back. Some good news on the breast cancer front. Newt continues to grow . Not your typical welfare story . Mitt Romney must be nervous . It's been 70 years since Pearl Harbor . Also , water is wet.

I don't think I was the only person who heard Trump say "apprenti" and thought he said " Apartheid ." Right?

See, sometimes the law does work the way it's intended to : Former Prince George’s County Executive Jack B. Johnson , the Maryland Democrat who told his wife to flush a check down the toilet and stuff thousands of dollars of cash in her bra as FBI agents knocked on the door of their home, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison on Tuesday. He was also given three years of supervised release and ordered to undergo alcohol counseling and pay a $100,000 fine.

"There it is again in nutshell. Republican arrogance, journalistic sloth. The end." -- " Ugg the Repug ," on the Donald Trump/Chris Dodd "interview."

To go where no one has gone before . Afghanistan . Chillin' out in New Mexico .

The media really should vet Newt Gingrich .

Celebrities who look like Muppets . Gift-shopping can be hard . At least he's being honest . Lady Gaga on her relationships . An interesting theory regarding the current Batman movie Trilogy . Even Aquaman has had his moments of awesome. Coffee can be used to repel ants. What most people remember about college . Animated comic book covers ? Whoa! Dr. Drew: domestic violence takes many forms .

I'll give you a tease intro: My wife and I were out to dinner the other night to celebrate her birthday. I took her out for sushi(her favorite) at her favorite sushi joint. We only get to eat there about 2 or 3 times a year($$$$$!!!!!). It is a very nice place and we have never had a bad experience there. This evening was no different. This particular place is quite nice, they know our names and preferences. Needless to say they go the extra two steps for every customer. I had made reservations 2 weeks prior to insure I could get us a booth away from the hibachi grills(it can get noisy). When we showed up, Amy at the front pedestal verified our reservation and asked that we take a seat for just a quick moment while we wait for the manager(I forget his name) to guide us to our seat. While we sat down a large party of 8 early 20' somethings walked in behind us and wanted a table. They did not have a reservation and the place was packed. They also were expectin...

Tennessee traffic collision . Another day, another family shooting in Texas . 8.6% . Chris Paul wants to go to NY .

This alone should disqualify her as a presidential candidate : the belief that someone who's never held any kind of political office -whether elected or appointed- should be a heartbeat away from controlling America's nukes. And this is one of the biggest problems with the GOP: they constantly push people who have more celebrity appeal than political experience to run for key government positions...then turn around and complain that government doesn't work correctly.

"The kids coming out of the schools and basically doing what I did when I was a kid, which is voting as a liberal. That’s what kids do — they don’t have life experience, and they just vote their feelings ." -- William O'Brien (R), Speaker of the House for New Hampshire.

If you didn't already know how violent video games can affect a person's behavior , you may also require some help.

Lie .

The Mclawyers strike a win . Doc Rivers doesn't have much to work with, but he's happy to be back . Michele Bachmann needs to brush up on her embassy trivia . This professor was either a fan of Frankenstein or just very, very lonely . Meanwhile, in Texas ... Banks to bailout Europe ? In other words : Magic Johnson isn't cured; he just knows how to handle himself better than the average infected person. Ah, celebrity love .

Some of them have a heart .

"Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank and he can rob the world." ( h/t )

Now Fox Nation thinks Obama's building a bunker .

Jaguars fire Jack Del Rio.

Quoth the Raven : Ravens use their beaks and wings much like humans rely on our hands to make gestures, such as for pointing to an object, scientists now find. This is the first time researchers have seen gestures used in this way in the wild by animals other than primates. From the age of 9 to 12 months, human infants often use gestures to direct the attention of adults to objects, or to hold up items so that others can take them. These gestures, produced before children speak their first words, are seen as milestones in the development of human speech .

Happy 40th, Christina Applegate !

That's certainly one way to collect child support. Gumby's apparently hit some hard times . Blame it on the staff . Who'd thought Beyonce would be old enough to give advice ? Barney Frank to call it quits . Warner to Tebow : live, don't talk, the testimony. Chick-fil-A is being petty . All eyes on Europe .

3rd-graders shouldn't be that big . People aren't supposed to run other people over intentionally . Tim Tebow isn't supposed to be winning games . Oil isn't supposed to go up while people are trying to shop. Wyclef shouldn't be misusing Haitian relief funds .

" Pepper spray soon to be declared a vegetable ." Black Friday myths . The black best friend maybe a new TV trope as well. Well, what did he expect ? When watching your channel makes people even more misinformed , you should not continue to call what you do "news." HA ! A meme is born ; know it well . Some reasons Google is cool .

As Daily Kos and TPM show, Herman Cain's downfall is pretty much complete.

This is awesome .

( h/t Talking Points Memo )

A pregnant woman who was beaten during #OccupySeattle has miscarried .

Doesn't mean he should get his face on Mt. Rushmore, but it's something positive .

Another day, another Will and Jada rumor . The "failure" is shared by all, Senator Kerry; but yeah , they hold the bulk of it. Admitting it is the first step . Rage against the political machine . C'mon ladies: just make a show together . Space battery . At least he admits it . As Patriots are prone to do . New Florida "blind spot" ad is not for the faint at heart .

This is too rich to even describe; just read .

"My body cannot physically handle that much 'post-90's network executive perception of what young people are like." " Macduff ," on the Ben 10/Generator Rex Crossover .

( pic via ) Batman "protects" a baby . The heads at Easter Island are more than heads . " iFirst Lady? " I also question the timing . Yet another " good hair " argument goes awry. Making the most of being arrested , I guess. This is why I miss DU's "Top Ten Conservative Idiots" so much. I'm surprised Chris Sims didn't write this one .

...if OWS is a fad comprised of trust fund anti-capitalist hippies, than why are some Wall Street groups spying on them , and why are some cops monitoring the churches that are temporarily housing them ?

Either way: they're getting divorced .

Not all millionaires are greedy . This doesn't help the teacher's unions. Obama, Australia and China . "I am an actor. I am an artist. I am a daughter. I am a sister. I am a partner. I have a past that some people may not agree with, but it does not define who I am. I will not live in fear of it ." Another day, another celebrity stalker .

NASA keeps it moving . Massachusetts takes a gamble . The Orioles take a step forward by taking a step back . Facebook tries to get a grip on porn . Carmelo Anthony leads a lawsuit against the NBA (read: Commissioner Stern). Post-park ouster , OWS considers their options .

Very brave . COVE CITY, N.C. (AP) — A 9-year-old North Carolina girl pinned in a wrecked car for almost two days ate Pop-Tarts and Gatorade to help her survive the single-car crash that killed her father, police and relatives said on Monday. Jordan Landon of Cove City was airlifted to a hospital Sunday night after rescue teams cut her out of the 1995 Chevrolet Monte Carlo that had been upside down in a culvert since Friday night, the North Carolina Highway Patrol said. Killed was 39-year-old Douglas Landon, police said. Sgt. David Clifton called the girl "heroic" and that she was able to stay calm despite being trapped in the dark and cold. He says the girl was talkative and is expected to fully recover.

Quite possibly one of the few people who can blame the President for being unemployed , even if it had nothing to do with Obama's policies.

Another day, another roadblock to having an NBA season. And while I agree that the players are being unjustly painted as the villains here , I have selfish reasons for these guys getting back on the court: namely, D.C.'s nightlife is conductive to unnecessary drama . And seriously; Nick Young couldn't say, "Hey, this is my girlfriend?"

He's going against his party on an appointment vote .

He "second chance at love" is mirroring his "second chance at football."

Coach blames video game for team's loss. Get Well Soon, Erick Sermon . Shorter New York Cops: " Protest-time's over, guys ." ( Flag on the play !) The Supreme Court tackles health care . About time on of these "Real Housewives" became a wife .

Stay classy .

Gotta love comics .

"That's the dumbest thing I've ever read, and I've read All Star Batman and Robin." -- Sam Factotum , responding to Frank Miller's anti-OWS statement .

It says " Ex -porn star" people . And she was just reading . Don't be jealous because you weren't there. Scott Olsen speaks . Jets get thumped , but they're not through. R.I.P., Evelyn H. Lauder . Norwegian nutcase doesn't think he's guilty . The NBA is entering negotiation overtime. Soledad O'Brien, African-Americans, and technology . Not much Obama can do , considering the amount of American debt China owns. Apparently, there's a difference between "neo Nazi" and " neo Nazi terror cell " nowadays.

( pic via ) How do you know if you've had too much coffee ? Bad Drivers . This meme takes me back . Don't waste money on these home "improvements." Heavy D facts . Another example of Batman awesomeness . Who better to do a Herman Cain spoof ? This will never become part of a military recruitment drive . Fat Joe talks about " the Gay Mafia " owning hip-hop. The Internet scams haven't gone away . A theory on the McRib .