Vehement disagreement with the policy views of a country and prejudice based on immutable traits are not the same.

Cee Lo Green caused on New Year’s Eve by changing the lyrics of Imagine from “And no religion, too” to “And all religions true.”

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The Panthers rookie is having a historic season. Were doubts that he could succeed colored by race?

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The chimpanzee who was part of the iconic Tarzan movies of the 1930s died recently at a very advanced age: Cheetah the chimpanzee, who acted in classic Tarzan movies in the early 1930s, died of kidney failure Saturday at Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, a sanctuary spokeswoman said. Cheetah was roughly 80 years old, [...]

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Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions [...]

The guys at Reason.Tv did a nice job with this one, I think; Lyrics: Grandma got indefinitely detained now coming home to visit Christmas Eve You could say she had a right to counsel but some folks in the Congress disagree she was flying home to our house when she got checked by TSA thought [...]

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The latest stage in the Donald Trump publicity campaign that pretends to be a political movement came today when Trump announced that he had changed his party registration to “Independent”: Donald Trump changed his voter registration Thursday to Independent, his special counsel confirmed to The Hill. “[Trump registered] in order to preserve his right to [...]

One conservative contends that George Bailey is teaching America the wrong lessons.

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Mark Richt, head football coach of the University of Georgia Bulldogs, inadvertantly broke NCAA rules by paying coaches and other employees extra money out of his own pocket.

For the first time, the NFL is making the Super Bowl available online: NEW YORK (AP) – The biggest draw in television is going mobile. The Super Bowl will be streamed online and to phones for the first time, the NFL said Tuesday. NBC’s broadcasts of wild card Saturday, the Pro Bowl and the Super [...]

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The trailer for the next Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises,” is out.

Andrew Sullivan‘s posting of Team America’s depiction of a puppet Kim Jong Il singing “I’m So Ronery” naturally sent me to look for other snippets from the flick. Apparently, I’m not the only one. NY Daily News (“‘Team America: World Police’ surges as Twitter topic following Kim Jong Il’s death“): The death of Kim Jong [...]

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The constantly changing face of Superman, the iconic comic book superhero, over the 73 years since he debuted in Action Comics #1.

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Two filmmakers at Utah State University seek to answer the question:

Fareed Zakaria thinks we’re wasting too much time playing Angry Birds.

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Despite winning the AFC West last year, Todd Haley was fired today after the team’s 37-10 loss to the Jets dropped the Chiefs to 5-8. Haley’s fractious relationship with GM Scott Pioli was not exactly a secret, so the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty Haley caught in yesterday’s game was especially stupid. And, in the least-surprising NFL [...]

Consider: Happy Holidays? What are you Governor, some kind of Secular Humanist? Found via Twitter

Penn State Assistant Coach Mike McQueary is, as far as we know, the only independent witness to the alleged child abuse committed by Jerry Sandusky. In the Grand Jury Testimony that led to Sandusky’s first arrest, McQueary describes seeing Sandusky naked in the showers at the PSU athletic facilities with a young boy, also naked, [...]

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Former Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested for a second time this morning at his home after two new men accused him of having abused them when they took part in the Second Mile program: The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office has filed new charges against Jerry Sandusky, 67, as part of an investigation [...]

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Welcome to the circus. Your ringmaster is waiting.

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The final BCS rankings won’t be out for a few hours yet, but Alabama is still number two in the sportswriters’ and coaches’ polls: AP Poll; Coaches’ poll. I’m biased, but I hope Alabama keeps the number two spot and beats LSU in the championship.

Reacting to Monday’s news that The Ohio State University had hired former Florida Gators coach Urban Meyer to be the new Buckeye’s Head Coach and given him a 6-year contract worth $26,000,000 not including benefits and bonuses, Bill Press is rather obviously upset: I’m sorry, but no football coach, no matter how successful, is worth [...]

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The NBA strike/lockout is apparently on the verge of being over: NBA owners and players reached a tentative agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout and hope to begin the delayed season on Christmas Day. Neither side provided many specifics but said the only words players and fans wanted to hear. “We want to [...]

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Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” for 2011 is much different than their “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” for 2003.

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For those who enjoyed yesterday’s post, more here:  Pepper Spray Cop / Casually Pepper Spray Everything Cop.

Greg Halman, an outfielder for the Seattle Mariners baseball team, was stabbed to death in his native Holland. His brother is the chief suspect.

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I was reminded this afternoon on Twitter that it was 33 years ago last night  that The Star Wars Holiday Special aired for the one and only time. It was, well, you’ve probably heard the stories by now. And here it is, including commercials. I had honestly forgotten the thing was two hours long. Then [...]

William Shatner loves deep-fried turkey, but over many Thanksgivings and Christmases he’s made mistakes, burned himself, and nearly burned down his house. In this dramatic retelling, Bill shows us how dangerous turkey fryers can be.