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President Obama is all excited about this brand new thing he’s thought of, after four years in office, that no one has ever thought of before. He’s going to make the government smarter and more efficient. And he’s really going to do it. He even has a hashtag for the Twitters—#SmarterGov—and everything. And despite a few obvious problems with the plan—like in the new, smarter government, where is Joe Biden going to work?—Obama is really going at this one with childlike glee. He wants to make the government leaner, quicker, and more intelligent. Unstoppable. And that’s about the most terrifying...

House of Cards from Netflix is the first online-only series to be nominated for a Grammy. Episode 6 has a subplot that could be the blueprint for the Trayvon Martin racial entrepreneurial extravaganza. In order to derail a nationwide teachers union strike, Congressman Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and his chief of staff monitor the DC police radio bands all night. In the morning they hear of a drive-by shooting. Frank contacts an online reporter he is sleeping with and has her tweet "Eight-year old Washington DC boy killed by stray bullet in gangland shootout. He should have been in school....