“Conservative Christian Pat Robertson has done and said many colorful things over his long career as host of the Christian Broadcasting Network’s “The 700 Club.” Now it appears he’ll be adding “healed a viewer’s toothache through the television” to the list.” Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/09/pat-robertson-heal-toothache-television_n_4568824.html Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) host of The …
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Interview with Pandora CTO Tom Conrad
A chat with Pandora’s chief technical officer about the company’s long history at CES — and what they’re planning next. 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: …
Read More »NVIDIA in your car? (Project Mercury – CES 2014)
Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/unbox USE DISCOUNT – CES2014 Check out this very cool concept (project) from NVIDIA featuring their new Tegra K1 chip. NVIDIA hopes to be the brain behind automotive info systems of the future. More coverage of CES 2014 on the channel! FOLLOW ME IN THESE PLACES Twitter – http://twitter.com/unboxtherapy …
Read More »Illiteracy Rampant Among College Athletes But Is It Surprising?
“Early in her career as a learning specialist, Mary Willingham was in her office when a basketball player at the University of North Carolina walked in looking for help with his classwork. He couldn’t read or write. “And I kind of panicked. What do you do with that?” she said, …
Read More »Worst Sheriff In America Also The Most Expensive
“Reforms imposed by a federal judge who found widespread racial profiling by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office will cost taxpayers at least $21.9 million over the next 18 months, documents submitted by Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his top administrators show. U.S. District Judge Murray Snow’s ruling last May determined the …
Read More »Is Your Driving Private? Not After The Black Box Mandate
“As America’s road planners struggle to find the cash to mend a crumbling highway system, many are beginning to see salvation in a little black box that fits neatly by the dashboard of your car. The devices, which track every mile a motorist drives and transmit that information to bureaucrats, …
Read More »The Greatest Ad For McDonalds In The History Of Fat People
“McDonald’s executives aren’t just loving it — they’re eating it up. Roughly one decade after the film Super Size Me skewered McDonald’s for selling food that the hit documentary film claimed was not healthy and lacking in key nutritional elements when consumed regularly, there’s a new, unexpected twist to the …
Read More »The Human Emotion Republicans Need A Memo To Help Fake
“The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to move ahead with legislation restoring — for three months — unemployment benefits to 1.3 million Americans that expired on Dec. 28. In the House, however, Republican leaders are telling the rank and file how to “spin” a delay. A leaked memo from the House …
Read More »Anti-Abortion Judge: Drive Faster If The Clinic Is Far Away
“On Monday, a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit considered a package of harsh anti-abortion restrictions enacted in Texas over the summer. After lawyers for the Center for Reproductive Rights argued that the new law has left the impoverished Rio Grande Valley without …
Read More »BMW i3 + In-N-Out Burger Test Drive (CES 2014)
Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/unbox USE DISCOUNT – CES2014 Had the opportunity to take the new all electric BMW i3 out for a test drive in Las Vegas (during CES 2014). We decided to give In-N-Out Burger a test drive as well (my first time trying it). Thanks for watching all of our …
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