The space travel agency gave a grant to one researcher to develop printed pizza. The printer will first print a layer of dough, then a tomato base, and then a “protein layer.” “A protein layer. Man, my mouth is already filling with a saliva layer,” remarked a hungry Stephen Colbert. Get More: , ,
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‘Mega Moral Monday’ Protest in North Carolina
Between 1,000 to 1,600 people turned out in Raleigh Monday to protest the Republican-led General Assembly’s policies as part of the state NAACP’s fifth and largest rally this year.
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Stephen Colbert vs. BP CEO Tony Hayward
The Colbert Nation host takes the director of the British oil-giant to task for the company’s response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Spill-a repsonse Colbert considers woefully inadequate. The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,Video Archive
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Michele Bachmann’s Missed Chances
The Minnesota congresswoman was one of the Tea Party’s earliest major figures, at one point a front-runner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, and a leader in the conservative fight against Obamacare-yet she was unable to achieve a leadership role in national politics during her four-term tenure in Congress.
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Obama’s Sports Bloopers
His loss to Chris Christie at a carnival football-toss game Tuesday was one of several occassions where the president fell short in his athletic endeavors.
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Bill O’Reilly Does Daily Show to Promote Fifth Book This Month
“You reproduce books like mold,” said Jon Stewart. “They just come out. This one is just a kind of compilation of all the wisdom that’s come out of the Factor.” The audience snickered. “I set you up for that,” laughed O’Reilly. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The […]
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E.W. Jackson’s Ax-Swinging 2012 Campaign Ad
In a spot from his 2012 U.S. Senate run, the current candidate for Virginia lieutenant governor and Harvard Law grad used a stars-and-stripes ax to chop metaphorical melons labeled “Federal Budget,” “Unemployment,” and “Obamacare,” saying “But seriously, it’s going to take more than an ax to fix the mess we have in Washington, D.C.”
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“Scandals” Distract from Deeper Problems
The Prospect‘s Jamelle Bouie appeared on Up with Steve Kornacki this weekend where he discussed how lumping the DoJ’s secret acquisition of Associated Press phone records with other “‘Obama scandals’ takes the focus away from actual, ongoing problems” such as the administration’s remarkable hostility to whisteblowers and other information-leakers. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world […]
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Egypt’s Hot New Sound
A mix of sped up wedding songs and synthesizers made on computers with pirated software, a new dance music out of Cairo’s slums and dealing with social issues is sweeping the country.
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“OK Glass”
Watch the Washington Post staff in their valiant efforts to get Google Glass to follow their search instructions. “When was the Washington Post founded?” asks one user. “When was the Washington Post pounded” search the glasses.
