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A YouTube video of a white comedian who painted his face black and quizzed Brigham Young University students about Black History Month has brought some unwanted attention to the Mormon-run school. Observers have called some student responses ignorant while others criticized the comedian's use of the 19th century theater technique considered racially offensive by black people.

Ohio House Speaker William Batchelder, R-Medina, is catching heat for joking at a Summit County GOP event that President Barack Obama should be sent to prison.

Animal rights activists have launched a new campaign after discovering the Seattle-based Amazon.com sells a variety of products made from whale meat on its Japanese website including bacon and jerky. More than 145 food products derived from whales, dolphins and porpoises are for sale on Amazon Japan, according to a new report by the non-profit British-based Environmental Investigation Agency. "Amazon.com has a clear policy of banning trade in endangered and threatened species but is turning a blind eye to commercial trade in whale products from endangered and threatened whales on its Japanese website," said Allan Thornton, president of the Environmental...

First lady Michelle Obama hugs Piper Shillingford, 4, from a Brooklyn Montessori School after she presented a donation at the ground breaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington February 22, 2012.

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"America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: it's patriotism, it's morality, and it's spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from whithin."--- Joseph Stalin

MSNBC host Chris Matthews told The Daily Caller that he would still consider John F. Kennedy a hero and still would have written his new book “Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero” if his daughter had been one-time White House intern Mimi Alford. Alford recently wrote “Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath” about an affair she says started when she was 19 years old. In the book she claims Kennedy took her virginity and then asked her to perform oral sex on his aides. TheDC caught up with Matthews on Monday at Ford’s Theatre...

Pinal County (Arizona) Sheriff Paul Babeu is a staunch supporter of deportation, a co-chair for the Arizona’s Romney campaign and a candidate for Congress. He’s also gay, which is something that just came out. Apparently he had a secret relationship for three years with a Mexican immigrant. This guy who’s been having gay sex with a Mexican immigrant has about as much chance of being elected to Congress in Arizona, as a guy who’s been having gay sex with a Mexican immigrant being elected to Congress in Arizona.

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Just a little light humor!

Have this year's negative political ads really "taken dirty to a whole new level, as CNN's Anderson Cooper frets? Is a "return to civility...a relic of a bygone era," as President Barack Obama laments?

U.S. President Barack Obama puts his hands out to high-five students from Medina Elementary School in Washington state February 17, 2012. Obama, attending Democratic Party fund-raisers, stopped his motorcade outside the school and met the students.

Can you tell which is the cartoonish Game Show Host?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbzzeuYJteY

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Who would you support for Vice President on the GOP side? Sarah Palin Marco Rubio Chris Christie Paul Ryan

Mickelson's tee on No. 15 in Round 3 of Northern Trust In the third round of the 2012 Northern Trust Open, Phil Mickelson's tee shot on the par-4 15th hole actually ends up in a fan's shorts.

remote-controlled aircraft owned by an animal rights group was reportedly shot down near Broxton Bridge Plantation Sunday. Steve Hindi, president of SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness), said his group was preparing to launch its Mikrokopter drone to video what he called a live pigeon shoot on Sunday when law enforcement officers and an attorney claiming to represent the privately-owned plantation near Ehrhardt tried to stop the aircraft from flying. "It didn't work; what SHARK was doing was perfectly legal," Hindi said in a news release. "Once they knew nothing was going to stop us, the shooting stopped and the...

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Presidents DayClaim:   The federal holiday observed in the United States on the third Monday of February is officially designated as "Presidents' Day." FALSE Origins:   Back in my school days, February was an important month — not just because it included the eagerly-anticipated Valentine's Day, but because even though it was the shortest month of the year, it contained two (count 'em: two) holidays for which schools were closed: Lincoln's Birthday (February 12) and Washington's Birthday (February 22). Two school-free days for the kids, two days off for working parents, and terrific bargains on bedding, linen, and towels at...

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Waco police arrest suspected robber after clerk knocks his Darth Vader mask off By Kirsten Crow Tribune-Herald staff writer Thursday February 16, 2012 Waco police arrested a robbery suspect whose Darth Vader mask was knocked away by the man’s intended victim early this morning, authorities said. Leon Childress, 44, is being held at McLennan County Jail on suspicion of trying to rob a Skinny's convenience store early Thursday. Police said the suspect, identified as 44-year-old Leon Childress, wore a “Star Wars” Darth Vader mask and behaved as though he had a weapon when he demanded money from a clerk at...

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Twelve times the guy ran for President - twelve times he failed. Maybe they could dig him up! Just kidding. An Eisenhower would be fine with me, however. Isn't there anybody out there? Anybody?

Impressionist does shakespeare in celebrity voices

I hope you enjoy it for the entertainment alone.

It was Valentine's Day in Portlandia -- should anyone have been upset about a little friendly bondage action in the back of a Subaru? Well, yes. The Portland Police Bureau was plenty upset, and the lovers, identified as Nikolas Harbar, 31, and Stephanie Pelzner, 26, are under arrest on charges of disorderly conduct in the second degree.Portland may be a city that has always prided itself on its eccentricities, but police said the red alert that went out when Pelzner was glimpsed bound and naked in the back of the car was a Valentine too far. It began shortly after...

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Classic Monty , and relevant ! LOL !

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama reacts to an errant swing from a boy as they play mini-tennis during a "Let's Move!" faith and communities physical activity at Disney World's ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida February 11, 2012. The first lady is concluding a three-day trip to mark the second anniversary of her "Let's Move" initiative. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama speaks during a "Let's Move" faith and communities event at Northland Church in Longwood, Florida February 11, 2012. The first lady is on a three-day trip to mark the two-year anniversary of her "Let's Move" initiative.

These are all original works (based on other people's photos, of course). Please enjoy, and share all around the intertoobs. The best compliment I could ever have, is if they come back to me, having travelled all over the globe.

From this day on, the official language of San Marcos will be Swedish. Silence! In addition to that, all citizens will be required to change their underwear every half-hour. Underwear will be worn on the outside so we can check. Furthermore, all children under 16 years old are now... 16 years old! Finally, all insurance companies will now provide free contraceptive and abortion services. This will not cost those companies any money. So let it be said, so let it be done.

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HE designers Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs, known professionally as Cushnie et Ochs, have been critical darlings ever since starting their business in 2009, just a few years out of college. They have been prominently featured in WWD and Vogue, have won prestigious honors, like the Ecco Domani Foundation Award, and were one of 10 finalists for last year’s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award. But even with that acclaim, they were still having trouble getting some prominent retailers to buy their clothes or even grant them a showing. Then Michelle Obama was photographed in one of their designs: a forest-green crepe...

Inspired to bring awareness of, the Truth and is a true classic from Revski and o7jimmy!

I think the announcers for this years Pebble Beach Pro-Am are angling to be Tigers next love interest.

They are very short advertisements for a Belgian company known as De Lijn (literally: The Line). The company is run by the Flemish government in Belgium to provide public transportation (it operates about 3650 buses and 359 trams). These clever ads are intended to encourage people to ride their buses.

If you want a good laugh, watch the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq-HckYG5CU&feature=related

<p>A Facebook post went viral Wednesday after the father of a 15-year-old girl decided her online activity was disrespectful, but it’s bringing her a kind of fame she probably never imagined. Her punishment? Eight exploding, hollow-point rounds from a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol, straight into her laptop.</p>

'This one's from your momma!': Angry father shoots daughter's laptop with .45 pistol after she complains about chores on Facebook An angry father has taught his disgruntled teenage daughter a very public lesson in respecting one’s elders by shooting her laptop on camera and then publishing the video on her Facebook page. Tommy Jordan, of Albemarle, North Carolina, made the video after his 15-year-old daughter Hannah had apparently written a Facebook post complaining about all of the chores she has to do at home. She was also moaning about how difficult her parents made her life. But when IT worker...

Goooooooood Morning Freepers...... Rise and shine and get on your silliness game face folks, it's gonna be a tough one out there today. And to get ya'll in the mood, I'm spinning some tunes for ya. Here's a classic hit, that'll get you going. And here's a a rockabilly remake, it's sure to get you singing along. But wait, here's one, that'll be sure to make you giggle... Now get on out there and get your silliness on. And while you do, you can pump it up to this... And one more classic hit, to get you going....you just don't...

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ELLENSBURG -- From Bigfoot to the disappearance of D.B. Cooper, the Pacific Northwest is full of mysteries. Another mystery burred deep in the hills of eastern Washington keeps resurfacing. Ellensburg and its surrounding valleys and Manastash Ridge are beautiful in any season. Some believe what lies beneath is a deep, dark hole with supernatural powers. A man named Red Elk is one of the only people alive known to have ever seen the mysterious hole.

Mitt Romney and his wife Ann are seen in this undated handout photo from the Romney for President campaign. Mitt Romney and his son Tagg are seen in this 1970 handout photo from the Romney for President campaign. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann with their sons (L-R) Tagg, Ben, Matt, Craig, Josh are seen in this undated handout photo. Mitt Romney and his son Josh are seen in this undated handout photo from the Romney for President campaign. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann with their sons Ben,Tagg, Josh, and Ben are seen in this 1980 handout photo from...

Hey guys I found this list and I thought it would be funny to add our own FR touch to it: I support the President Obama BECAUSE.... Kim Jong Il is gone and Obama is the only true leader left! He has TRILLIONS of things left to accomplish for us! Amerikka is STILL a mean country, we need MORE FREE STUFF! I am ready to be CHANGED! Somebody CHANGE ME! He is the only ONE able to HEEL Amerikka! He needs more time cleaning up the 236 years of destruction that is the US! He hates and will destroy the...

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So you can roast them while you wait for the fire truck...