Eric Clapton is not a governor, but Stephen Colbert might be president
It’s late. You’re up. The results from last night’s quiz were very solid, although only one person got a perfect score—and three of you seemed to think that Eric Clapton was the governor of Mississippi (not the first time he’s been mistaken for someone powerful). Anyway, here’s what’s happening in the news today.
Other Ivies exist: A writer for the Yale Daily News demands to know why only 20 percent of college students are having 80 percent of the sex.
Lion cub: Chloe Moretz, who played the foul-mouthed heroine Hit Girl in Kick-Ass, has her sights set on Columbia for college. (By the way, if you search “Kick-ass little girl” on YouTube, this is what comes up).
Actual fake news? Fake actual news? Looks like Stephen Colbert may be prepping to run for president (again). He’s already ahead of Jon Huntsman in South Carolina polling.
Actual news:
More money, more problems: Mayor Bloomberg has proposed a $20,000 raise for teachers who are rated “highly effective” in two consecutive years. The United Federation of Teachers strongly opposes the idea, claiming that merit pay for teachers has failed everywhere it has been tried.
Courtesy, Professionalism, Respect: A NYPD officer accused of using a racial slur in bragging about his arrest of a black Staten Island resident will plead guilty to violating the man’s civil rights.
Sickening: A video that apparently shows U.S. Marines urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters has gone viral on the internet, and threatens to derail peace talks between the United States and the Taliban.
Only 50 percent? Russian president Vladimir Putin once dismissed the Internet as “50 percent pornographic material.” Now, however, he has a campaign web site with an online suggestion box. Some of the suggestions he’s been getting are less than kind.
“And also, show us her birth certificate!” The queen of the Netherlands has provoked an uproar among the right wing of her country by wearing a headscarf while visiting a mosque in Oman.
Angry customers: Police had to cordon off an Apple store in Beijing after would-be customers began pelting it with eggs. The egg-throwers were angry over a delay in iPhone 4S availability at the store.
Football fan: President Obama called University of Alabama coach Nick Saban today to congratulate the team on its BCS championship. “The President said that he watched the entire championship game and could not have been more impressed with the Crimson Tide’s performance.” Kudos to the president for making it through the whole game.
…and a funny video
In other Obama-related news…
Bonus distraction
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Colbert is certainly a much better comedian than all the rest who are running :-)