“John A. Boehner’s week on the brink ended in a painfully familiar place. It began last week when President Obama delivered a stern message to the House speaker: If there was going to be a deal to tame the nation’s debt, it had to happen now. If they went over …

Fallon, Crystal, and Seinfeld revisit Abbott & Costello’s classic “Who’s On First?” routine, where we finally get to meet the team’s first-baseman “Who,” second-baseman “What,” and third-baseman “I Don’t Know.” Subscribe NOW to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: http://bit.ly/1nwT1aN Watch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Weeknights 11:35/10:35c Get …

Fallon, Crystal, and Seinfeld revisit Abbott & Costello’s classic “Who’s On First?” routine, where we finally get to meet the team’s first-baseman “Who,” second-baseman “What,” and third-baseman “I Don’t Know.” Subscribe NOW to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: http://bit.ly/1nwT1aN Watch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Weeknights 11:35/10:35c Get …

Ways that the world could end that are worse than you imagined. I’ll miss you.

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Who is Lisa Ferguson? You’ve seen her cohosting The Young Turks second hour, and you’ve watched her cover everything from school shootings and extreme weather to semen news, dating tips, and Gangnam Style parodies on TYT University… but who is she really? Find out way more about one of the …

The fourth installment of a five day look at America’s doomsday obsession. Follow this series at http://thevergeprophecies.com Author Kenneth King looks at the risks posed by the biodefense industry. Read the full article here: http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/20/3788640/the-end-pandemic-2012-germs-gone-wild Footage courtesy of the CDC. More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full …

Humans have been preparing for the worst for millennia, but modern Americans have turned it into an art form. Mother Jones reporter Tim Murphy visits the Self Reliance Expo in Mesa, Arizona. Read the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/11/barackalypse-now Music: Jackson F. Smith – “Cantina Rag” http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith Steve Gunn – “Trouba” http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Gunn …

The selection of survival food has expanded with every end-times scare, from Y2K to 2012. Mother Jones reporter Tim Murphy samples some of the finest options. Read the full story at http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/11/prepper-food-candwich-taste-test Music: Daniel Veesey – “Beethoven’s Sonata No. 11 in B Flat Major” http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Daniel_Veesey/ Subscribe to Mother Jones video: …

SB Nation’s Dan Rubenstein thinks just a little bit better than most and figures out exactly the kind of leadership the struggling Lakers need… Nick Saban.