“The mayor of Sochi, Russia, says there are no gays in his city, which will host the Winter Olympics next month. “We don’t have them in our town,” Anatoly Pakhomov told the BBC in an interview that aired Monday.Sochi mayor Anatoly Pakhomov says he doesn’t know of any gay residents …
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The Obama ‘Apology Tour’ is the Latest Republican Talking Point
Conservatives were all over Fox News pushing the talking point that President Obama just came off a so-called ‘apology tour’. Ted Cruz also shared his thoughts on why the President should apologize for Obamacare. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. Critics Of The Rich Are Like Nazis, …
Read More »Big News From the First Arab Spring Country
“Tunisia’s national assembly approved the country’s new constitution on Sunday in one of the last steps to establishing full democracy three years after the uprising that toppled autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Just before the constitution vote, Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa appointed a caretaker cabinet as part of a deal …
Read More »British People Try To Describe The Super Bowl
“Do they win a big bowl?” Also, Brits love Richard Sherman. Share on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/19Y4H5A Like on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1ilcE7k Share on Twitter: http://bit.ly/19Y4Hm6 Music via Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com Photo via Getty gettyimages.com Seattle Seahawks v Buffalo Bills Tom Szczerbowski / Getty Images
Read More »Fighting Religious Indoctrination in the US Military (w/ Mikey Weinstein)
Watch the FULL interview here: http://youtu.be/N-a7AYQblig Mikey Weinstein is the founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (http://militaryreligiousfreedom.org), an organization dedicated to stopping the unconstitutional forced religious conversion that remains far too prevalent in all branches of the United States Armed Forces. In this interview, he and Cenk Uygur discuss …
Read More »Grammys, NSA, and ‘Gears of War’: 90 Seconds on The Verge
Grammy winners are announced… NSA collect data from apps… Microsoft acquires ‘Gears of War’ franchise. http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/27/5349236/daft-punk-wins-album-of-the-year-at-the-grammys http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/27/5350714/new-nsa-documents-reveal-massive-data-collection-from-mobile-apps http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/27/5349954/microsoft-acquires-the-gears-of-war-franchise-from-epic-games Hosted by Ross Miller. Written by Nathan Cykiert and Ross Miller. Video Production by Billy Disney and John Lagomarsino. 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 …
Read More »Top 20 Futuristic + Sports Cars! (Detroit Auto Show 2014)
Be sure to select your favorite cars & post the number in the comments! Try Hulu Plus for free – http://huluplus.com/unbox This video features my 20 favorite vehicles that I saw at the Detroit Auto Show 2014 (North American International Auto Show – NAIAS). Some were selected for being futuristic …
Read More »2014 NFL Mock Draft, Blake Bortles Surprise Edition
Dan Rubenstein reviews the latest mock draft from SB Nation’s Mocking the Draft, including a brand new number one overall shocker.
Read More »Riding the Ryno one-wheeled motorcycle, a ‘Dragonball’ fantasy brought to life
Ben Popper takes the Ryno one-wheeled motorcycle for a spin on the mean streets of Brooklyn. 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 »9 Brain Farts You Know Too Well
When your brain leaves you standing there, looking like an idiot. Tweet this: http://bit.ly/1lhHdNT Post to Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1lhHeRG Like BuzzFeedVideo on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1ilcE7k Music: Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Performed By The United States Army Band https://musopen.org/music/448/nikolai-rimsky-korsakov/flight-of-the-bumblebee/
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