Remy is outraged! The prolific Reason video star has another instant classic about network news.
Trolling New England. Seems like a happy Eagles fan dropped some serious cash to remind Pats fans who won the Super Bowl. (These sorts of stunts used to be commonplace when I was a kid, but not so much anymore.)
Beer saves a life. A man contemplating ending his life was offered a brewski by some beer delivery guys and made the right call.
How the CIA blew its cover in China. We underestimated the Chinese, and a lot of people died because of it.
Be careful who you follow! A #Resistance tweeter who had become pretty popular has been exposed as a Trump supporter.
Happy 90th, Varsity! The famed Atlanta eatery is celebrating its 90th anniversary, and is selling everything for $.90. I’ve never been, but our Chris Deaton reports it’s delicious, and I must say the pics have me hungry!
Speaking of food… Why does spaghetti break into more than two pieces? Is it impossible to split it into two? Scientists tried to find out.
Accused California arsonist a conspiracy nut. The deadly Holy fire that’s been raging in Cleveland National Forest was allegedly started by a man who bought into a lot of fake news.
What happens when you’re falsely accused of shoplifting. In my retail days in high school, loss prevention was a big thing we were trained on. It can cost companies a pretty penny. The New York Times has this deep dive into how some of the bigger chains go after accused thieves, and looks at what happens when they get it wrong.
“I understand why he did what he did.” A friend of the now-deceased Horizon Air employee who stole a plane and crashed it explains why he thinks the man did it.
A bizarre meeting in the Roosevelt Room. The Daily Beast has a scoop about a meeting last year in the White House where President Trump, meeting with Omarosa and a bunch of veterans groups, took the meeting from a discussion of the issues into an argument about Apocalypse Now.
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