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Nicholas Goldberg: Trump's view — How can I make money off it?
- Donald Trump tried to trademark the term 'rigged election.' His attitude toward everything — including America — is how can I keep it for myself?
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Column: Caitlyn Jenner for governor of California? What a terrible idea
Why do Americans — and especially Californians — fall for the lure of celebrity-politicians?
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Westinghouse's Boat to China Has Sailed
U.S. concern over bids for the nuclear-plant builder looks misplaced.
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It's National Brotherhood Week: Celebrate with Tom Lehrer's Classic Parody Song
In 1934, the National Conference for Christians and Jews – a real organization founded in 1927 and dedicated to "bringing diverse people together to address interfaith divisions – came up with the idea for National Brotherhood Week. In an official declaration proclaiming "Brotherhood Week," President Franklin Delano Roosevelt wrote "We are fighting for the right of men to live together as members of one family rather than as masters and slaves. This all brings us to Tom Lehrer.
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Throwback Thursday: 30 Years of Being 'Weird Al' Yankovic
“I’m not trying to wedge some serious social message into my music. I’m just trying to make people laugh.”
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WATCH: Adorable 3-Year-Old Sings The Periodic Table
In 1959, humorist Tom Lehrer wrote "The Elements," a song to the tune of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Major General's Song" which recites all the elements on the periodic table. In 2012, a 3-year-old named Rose sings that song on YouTube. Rose's father, who posted the clip, apologizes for not putting a bullet through his daughter's laptop or telling her about Joseph Kony, like other dads have done in recent viral videos.
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Google Instant Sparks Music Video Meme With 'We Didn't Start The Fire' (VIDEO)
Since Google unveiled the new "Google Instant" this week, people have already been coming up with some pretty creative ways to use it. You probably saw Google's own version of this with Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues," which consists of someone typing the lyrics into Google and having the results appear at the same time the lyrics are said. Whirled.com also got in on the fun with a similar version of Tom Lehrer's "The Elements." Now, Urlesque is keeping the meme train going with this
