“Until Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) rode to the rescue this week, Pentagon brass and their allies had been issuing dire warnings about the nation’s military readiness: The armed services were being decimated, they said, by sequestration—the automatic budget cuts that were set to trim $1 …

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The perfectly preserved corpse of Chairman Mao Zedong lies within a crystal coffin in an ornate mausoleum in heart of Tiananmen Square. Even though Mao is responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of Chinese people, and led the country on disastrous campaigns of death and destruction like the …

The holidays just aren’t for everyone. Post on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1cHdNSF Like BuzzFeedVideo on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1ilcE7k Post on Twitter: http://bit.ly/18HlrrF Music credit: http://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary All media courtesy of AFV. This is a collection of some of the greatest holiday fails in the history of home videos. Happy holidays! And merry Christmas!

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Dan Rubenstein explains why, even though Mizzou and Oklahoma State had BCS designs, the Cotton Bowl will still be a fun matchup. Photo Credits: Brace Hemmelgarn/USA Today Sports Peter G. Aiken/USA Today Sports Mark Zerof/USA Today Sports

Dan Rubenstein goes through the reasons why South Carolina-Wisconsin could be one of the best bowl games on the 2013-2014 slate. Photo Credits: Jeff Blake/USA Today Sports Mary Langenfeld/USA Today Sports

You’ve been very naughty this year. Post to Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1h7vGei Like BuzzFeedVideo on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1ilcE7k Post to Twitter: http://bit.ly/1h7vJ9W Featuring Andrew Ilnyckyj as The Creepy Guy: https://www.facebook.com/itsandrewilnyckyj Music: “Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy” by Kevin MacLeod http://www.incompetech.com LINKS! http://www.buzzfeed.com http://www.buzzfeed.com/video http://www.youtube.com/buzzfeed http://www.youtube.com/buzzfeedvideo http://www.youtube.com/buzzfeedyellow http://www.youtube.com/buzzfeedpop http://www.youtube.com/cnnbuzzfeed BUZZFEED VIDEO BuzzFeed is the …

Dan Rubenstein reviews the reasons why, even though these teams played last year, dawns-huskers should be fun. Photo Credits: Daniel Shirey/USA Today Sports Bruce Thorson/USA Today Sports Douglas Jones/USA Today Sports Dale Zanine/USA Today Sports Kim Klement/USA Today Sports

Dan Rubenstein explains why Texas A&M-Duke is more entertaining than it appears. Photo Credits: Troy Taormina/USA Today Sports Bob Donnan/USA Today Sports Crystal LoGiudice/USA Today Sports Peter G. Aiken/USA Today Sports Thomas Campbell/USA Today Sports