“Two more presidential elections, 2016 and 2020, will be contested under the current Electoral College configuration, which gave Barack Obama a second term on Tuesday. This year’s results suggest that this could put Republicans at a structural disadvantage. Based on a preliminary analysis of the returns, Mitt Romney may have …
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Limbaugh Backtracks on “We’ve Lost the Country!”
Rush Limbaugh, along with many of the Republican old guard, seems completely unwilling, or unable, to accept reality. Their candidate lost the election to Barack Obama and Rush is still blaming welfare recipients for re-electing the President. In his twisted version of the universe, 52 million voters only supported the …
Read More »Study: Post-Election Racist Tweets Came From Romney States
The day after Barack Obama won a second term as president of the United States, the blog Jezebel published a slideshow. The gallery displayed a collection of screen-capped tweets. There were, both shockingly and unsurprisingly, many more where that came from. And many of those tweets were geocoded: Embedded in …
Read More »Latinos Don’t Vote GOP, Hannity Suddenly Likes Immigration Reform
“The crucial role that Latino voters played in denying Mitt Romney and Republicans the presidency got the attention of many political observers — and at least one hard-line opponent of immigration reform. Radio and television hotspur Sean Hannity — who for years has spit the word “amnesty” like an epithet …
Read More »Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 11/09/12 (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)
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Read More »Apple vs. Samsung, Medal of Honor, and Lunar bases – 90 Seconds on The Verge
Gang of Four, Five for Fighting, Electric Six, Avenged Sevenfold, Four, 2 x (4 Non Blondes)*, Nine Inch Nails, El Ten Eleven, D12** * Because we felt like “The 5.6.7.8s” was cheating ** We would’ve also accepted “Dirty Dozen Brass Band” More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our …
Read More »Pat Robertson “Shocked” Women Like Porn, Erotica
“Conservative Christian Pat Robertson said he’s shocked that some women watch porn. The religious right’s controversial elder statesman brought up the subject during one of his recent “700 Club” talk show segments, in which he expressed surprise at the success of erotic novel “Fifty Shades of Grey.” Turning to his …
Read More »Porn Ban in Egypt
“Egypt must block pornographic websites, its public prosecutor ordered on Wednesday, a move likely to be popular with resurgent religious conservatives, but eyed with suspicion by liberals who fear increasing censorship. Prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmoud ordered government authorities “to take the necessary measures to block any corrupt or corrupting pornographic …
Read More »Paul goes to NASA – On The Verge
Paul travels to Houston, Texas and visits NASA’s Johnson Space Center. More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/playlists Like The Verge on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/verge Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/verge Follow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/verge Read More: http://www.theverge.com
Read More »Maker Faire 2012 – On The Verge
Paul checks out Maker Faire 2012 on episode 10 of On The Verge. More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/playlists Like The Verge on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/verge Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/verge Follow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/verge Read More: http://www.theverge.com
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