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The force has awakened in Ukraine. A recent law banning Communist symbols in the country meant that a Soviet-era statue of Vladimir Lenin in Odessa needed to come down. Instead, the city opted to transform it into a monument to one of pop culture's greatest villains: Darth Vader. [Image: Monument to character of Darth Vader from "Star Wars"] [Caption: A monument to the character of Darth Vader from "Star Wars", which was rebuilt from a statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin, is seen in Odessa, Ukraine, October 23, 2015. VOLOKIN YEVGENY / Reuters] The memorial to the famed "Star...

They're very, very sorry. Brown University students apologized to Malia Obama for posting photos of the President's daughter allegedly playing beer pong during a recent visit to the school's campus. An editorial titled, "Sorry, Malia Obama," was published this past Tuesday, Oct. 20, in The Brown Daily Herald, and included a detailed apology to the First Daughter on behalf of the school's students.

For the second consecutive day, Ben Carson has emerged on top of the Republican field in Iowa, knocking off Donald Trump, who the top choice when voters are asked which candidate they’d like to see drop out of the race. The Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register poll has Carson receiving support from 28 percent of likely Republican Caucus participants, nine points ahead of Trump. It’s a significant shift from the last Bloomberg poll conducted in August. Since then, Carson has risen 10 points and Trump has dro0pped four.

Some of the strongest testimony so far, most likely to be seized upon by critics of Clinton, was the exchange with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. Jordan pointed to two emails -- the first was a note providing a readout of a call between Clinton and the Egyptian prime minister sent on Sept. 12, 2012, the day after the Benghazi attack. The email quotes Clinton as having said, “We know the attack in Libya had nothing to do with the film. It was a planned attack -- not a protest.” This is significant because it is new evidence, directly from Clinton,...

Democratic Presidential Candidate and self-proclaimed Socialist Bernie Sanders may be in hot water after a video was uncovered that shows him glorifying communist murderer, Fidel Castro. Castro is often depicted as a “benevolent” dictator because he made healthcare and education free in Cuba. But as one Cuban man recalls, “free” doesn’t mean “better.” “The fact is that at the infirmary, the thermometer was broken, and at the clinic lab, there was a long line of upset people, while the lab technician held a cheerful telephone conversation, indifferent to any complaint. At the “Fajardo”, the attention in the first stage was...

Comrades, As a collectivist who strives for the greater common good, last weekend (days off from labor provided by our collective brothers) I pondered on our current party name. Like the Confederate Flag, which clearly represents bigotry and past US aggression toward the people of color, and needs to be removed from history - might I submit that the name “Democrat”, which has a past history of Jim Crow laws and dare I say lynchings, be changed? If we can come together as a group and rename our glorious party, I believe we can unite Amerika. Let us focus on...

Bastian Schweinsteiger, the German national captain, is taking legal action against a Hong Kong-based company for making Nazi figurines that bear a clear resemblance to him. A member of Schweinsteiger’s management team confirmed the legal action to SID, the sports subsidiary of AFP on Thursday, after a report in the Bild newspaper. The company did produced a Nazi-uniform-clad figurine with a face similar to Schweinsteiger’s and which is named “Bastian”. Contacted by Bild, a company employee Patrick Chan denied selling any figurines based on a footballer, and said it was purely coincidental that the Nazi doll resembled Schweinsteiger.

If a picture paints a thousand words Then why can't I paint you The words will never show... The You We have come to know! Enjoy...

Just to add some levity about all of Us here in America.. Yup, my family took off from Europe and other places and came here... never left! So all of these "political" types are mere baggage we need to drop off and get some new ones... That will listen and not go turn coat on us... Sic Semper Tyrranis!

<p>David Axelrod — President Obama’s former top adviser — said that he only agreed to come to Washington in 2008 after he was promised he could still tell the future president to “go fuck himself.”</p>

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist will once again try to revive his political career as a Democrat, with an announcement Tuesday that he will run for Congress after losing his last two statewide elections. "We have a problem in Washington, there's no question about it. Washington does not listen to the people. Unfortunately Washington bickers with itself," Crist told about 40 supporters who gathered in Crist's hometown of St. Petersburg on Tuesday morning. Crist was once considered a rising star in the Republican Party. He served as Florida governor from 2007 until 2011 and was...

Off The Wall Hey Mike The New York Times just published a 27-point guide on what it means to be a “Modern Man.” http://www.nytimes.com/…/m…/27-ways-to-be-a-modern-man.html… As someone widely regarded as a “Man’s Man,” I’d love to get your take. (Personally, I’m not sure what a “Man’s Man” is, but my wife assures me that you are one.) Don Philips Hi Don I don’t know what a “Man’s Man” is either, or if I am one, but I’m not inclined to argue with another man’s wife. However, I did read the Times piece, and I can tell you with some certainty that...

Weight Watchers shares are going bonkers. The stock jumped 105% following news that Oprah Winfrey made a big bet on the company. But given the magnitude of the rally, there may be more than just the "Oprah effect." Look out below, she fixin to Explode!!!

October 15, 2015, as seen on On the Record with #Greta Van SusterenGreta Van Susteren: Prime Minister Netanyahu is not happy with the United States's suggestion that they are using excessive force in the latest round of problems in #Israel. What do you think of the United States suggestion that it is excessive force by Israel?   #Donald Trump: Well Israel is being hit from all sides, and you know, if you look at this new deal, this horrible, one of the worst contracts ever negotiated, the Iran nuclear deal, I mean how can Israel be happy with the United States....

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Joe Scarborough swung a double-edged sword on today's Morning Joe, swiping simultaneously at his MSNBC colleague Chris Matthews and at radio host and debate panelist Hugh Hewitt. The subject was Marco Rubio, with Hewitt calling him "the most dynamic speaker the Republican party has seen ever, since Lincoln." "Since Lincoln," asked Scarborough incredulously—"do you have a tingle going up your leg?" Scarborough said that rather than recalling Lincoln, "when I see Marco speaking, I'm seeing a guy that's running for student government." View the video here.

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The Democrats say they will bring about change, the American people are not stupid we know under a Democrat things are going to remain the same

New York, NY--The Rockettes have announced their intention to comply with the recent Supreme Court's ruling that exemptions must be made for employees whose religious obligations may conflict with employer dress code policies. Handed down earlier this year, the Supreme Court verdict required Abercrombie and Fitch to make a religious exemption for an employee who wished to wear Muslim garb in the form of a hijab, despite the fact that the company's policy explicitly prohibits the wearing of any headwear not sold by the chain of fashion outlets. That case centered on an employee who did not wear the religious...