Billy Joel kind of hates “We Didn’t Start the Fire”: “One of the worst melodies I ever wrote”

Joel messes up then comes clear that he isn’t the biggest fan of one of his most famous tunes

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Billy Joel kind of hates “We Didn’t Start the Fire”: “One of the worst melodies I ever wrote”

Austin Police Chief Apologizes For His Comments About Arresting J-Walking Jogger: Hey, I’m Just Thankful We Didn’t Rape Her…

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Wait A Minute, Didn’t I Take Your Mug Shot Already

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Alan Dershowitz: Glenn Greenwald "Never Met A Terrorist He Didn"t Like"

ALAN DERSHOWITZ: He’s an ideologue. I don’t think he would have revealed this information if it had been critical of Venezuela or Cuba or the Palestinian authority. You know, he doesn’t like America, he doesn’t like Western democracy, he’s never met a terrorist he didn’t like, so he’s a very far-left ideologue that uses this to service his political agenda, not simply to reveal information in a neutral way.

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McCaul: TSA at LAX didn"t call cops

McCaul said the gunman had four minutes before law enforcement arrived. | AP Photo

House Homeland Security Chairman Mike McCaul (R-Texas) said Thursday that it was an airline contractor, not TSA officers, who alerted local law enforcement of the shooter who went on a deadly rampage at Los Angeles International Airport earlier this month.

During his opening statement at a hearing about the Transportation Security Administration’s response to the attack, McCaul said nobody pressed a panic button at the screening checkpoint where the gunman first opened fire and that the phone TSA screeners were supposed to use to contact police was “understandably” left behind during the evacuation because it is a landline.

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In the end, McCaul said, the gunman had four minutes before law enforcement arrived.

“The gunman had four unobstructed minutes,” McCaul said, noting the shooter was carrying 150 rounds. “Four minutes is a long time.”

McCaul said many more lives could have been lost if the gunman was looking to inflict mass casualties rather than target TSA officers. TSA officer Gerardo Hernandez was killed in the shooting, and two were wounded.

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Here"s the Figure-Skating "Breaking Bad" Tribute You Didn"t Know Was Missing From Your Life

Here’s the Figure-Skating ‘Breaking Bad’ Tribute You Didn’t Know Was Missing From Your Life Image Credit: AMC

The creative genius behind this video re-enacting key moments of Breaking Bad (on ice) was Sharidan Williams-Sotelo (@blogstradamus), an assistant editor on the show who, according to her Twitter profile, is very adept as an ‘author-skater-dancer’. It shows in this video.

Superfans of Breaking Bad will enjoy this video that pays homage to the show and its devoted fans. Legendary Olympian skater, Tai Babilonia and Richard Dwyer make guest appearances. Having never watched the show, I can still tell that the video does an excellent job of capturing memorable scenes. Being the chemistry freak that I am, I particularly enjoyed the bit on ionic bonds and the periodic table, but what was up with the pizza boxes? 

More than tracing the story of a man turning to the dark side, I want to know how we got from this:

to this:

Alina Tsui

New York native. Senior undergrad (political-science major)at City College of New York. Currently working on thesis: far-right extremism in Greece. Hope to break stereotypes in its myriad shapes and forms.

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What didn"t Obama know and when didn"t he know it?

The administration is trying to get out in front of the Obamacare rollout disaster story, attempting to shift the narrative to 1) blame Republicans for the fiasco, and 2) absolve the president of any responsibility for the rollout.

Their latest effort involved making HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius available for an interview with that bulldog of a reporter at CNN, Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Dr. Gupta is a very nice fellow, a gentle soul, who just happens to be a big supporter of Obamacare. 

Let’s just say if I were a PR hack at the White House and needed a friendly reporter to interview the person most directly responsible for the Obamacare disaster, I’d consider myself blessed if I were to snag Gupta for the softest of softball interviews.

Sebelius was dutifully giving her canned responses to Gupta’s less than penetrating questions when she dropped a jaw dropper; President Obama was unaware of problems with healthcare.gov before the site went live on October 1.

President Barack Obama didn’t know of problems with the Affordable Care Act’s website — despite insurance companies’ complaints and the site’s crashing during a test run — until after its now well-documented abysmal launch, the nation’s health chief told CNN on Tuesday.

In an exclusive interview with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta asked when the President first learned about the considerable issues with the Obamacare website. Sebelius responded that it was in “the first couple of days” after the site went live October 1.

“But not before that?” Gupta followed up.

To which Sebelius replied, “No, sir.”

Sebelius admitted that there is concern in her department and the White House over the technical debacle surrounding the website rollout, saying “no one could be more frustrated than I am and the president.” The site was supposed to make it simple for people to search and sign-up for new health care policies starting on October 1, but instead it’s been clunky and, at times, inoperable.

“We’re not at all satisfied with the workings of the website,” Sebelius said. “We want it to be smooth and easy and let consumers’ compare plans.”

It must give the White House a warm and fuzzy feeling to know that no one in the mainstream press is going to call them out for this blatant lie. Or question how it is that the White House was told repeatedly as far back as March that there were monumental technical problems with the website and no one bothered to tell the boss.

As with all the other instances where Obama claims he was in the dark, this one doesn’t pass the smell test.

1. Benghazi. The president was unaware of Ambassador Stevens’ desperate requests for additional security despite his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton being intimately involved in the decision to turn those requests down.

2. IRS. The first he heard of his IRS targeting conservatives was from news reports the day the story broke – despite the White House counsel being briefed on the problem two weeks prior to that.

3. The Petraeus affair. The president claimed he knew nothing of the investigation into his CIA chief until after the election despite his Attorney General ordering the FBI to conduct the probe.

4. Obamacare. The president claims he never knew of problems with the computer system until after the rollout despite insurance companies, outside IT contractors, and his own team warning of catastrophe.

Do we see a pattern developing here? Barack Obama is the most spectacularly uninformed president in history. Or, he’s a baldfaced liar. Every potentially embarrassing scandal finds our president totally in the dark, betrayed by incompetent (or criminal) aides and advisors. How can it be his fault if he didn’t know?

A funny thing about the president’s ignorance; no aide or advisor has ever been fired for incompetently keeping Obama out of the loop. Even if we’re inclined to believe his bedtime stories about not knowing what’s going on in his own administration, that singular fact shows an appalling lack of leadership. You fire people as a lesson to others that incompetence will not be tolerated. In the Obama White House, incompetence is not only tolerated, but nurtured and forgiven.

Unless there’s a lot more pressure from members of his own party, President Obama will not fire HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius – the manager most directly responsible for the rollout fiasco. So much for accountability in government. Transparency was thrown under the bus long ago.

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What didn"t Obama know and when didn"t he know it?

Obama: Unlike Cruz, I Didn"t Seek Media Attention As Senator

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says freshmen senators who seek attention by playing to political extremes are behaving in a way that’s not good for government.

Obama was asked about senators such as Republicans Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky who are playing high-profile roles during their first terms, in part by opposing Obama’s agenda.

Obama says he recognizes that being controversial and rallying extreme parts of a political base are the fastest ways to get attention and fund raise.

But he says it isn’t good for the people lawmakers are serving.

Obama says as a first-term senator, he didn’t seek media attention or try to shut down government. He says he must remind lawmakers that real people’s lives are at stake.

Obama spoke during an Associated Press interview.

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Obama: Unlike Cruz, I Didn"t Seek Media Attention As Senator

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says freshmen senators who seek attention by playing to political extremes are behaving in a way that’s not good for government.

Obama was asked about senators such as Republicans Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky who are playing high-profile roles during their first terms, in part by opposing Obama’s agenda.

Obama says he recognizes that being controversial and rallying extreme parts of a political base are the fastest ways to get attention and fund raise.

But he says it isn’t good for the people lawmakers are serving.

Obama says as a first-term senator, he didn’t seek media attention or try to shut down government. He says he must remind lawmakers that real people’s lives are at stake.

Obama spoke during an Associated Press interview.

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Obama: Unlike Cruz, I Didn"t Seek Media Attention As Senator