This video premiered at the Trevor Project Gala honoring Lady Gaga on December 4, 2011.
FOX Business: The Muppets are trying to brainwash our kids
FOX Business is upset that the new Muppets movie, The Muppets, features an oil tycoon as a villain, with various contributors complaining that the film leads to “indoctrination” of young people into “hating corporate America” that borders on “Communist[ic].”
Dan Gainor of the conservative Media Research Center agreed with host Eric Bolling that “liberal Hollywood is using class warfare to brainwash our kids.”
Had either of the men in the video actually seen The Muppets, they would know that Tex Richman (played by Chris Cooper) isn’t out to destroy the Muppets because he wants oil, but because he wants only money and despises love. In his rap song “Let’s Talk About Me,” he tells you that all there is to him is that “I got mo’ money.”
It’s nothing new for Fox News and Fox Business to defend corporate interests, but who knew they seemingly oppose the unimpeachable messages of cooperation that the Muppets have been promoting for decades?
(via ThinkProgress)
Possible advance towards HIV vaccine
A team of labs at Caltech and UCLA decided to “short-circuit” the need for a vaccination, or even antibody-producing immune cells:
They created a disarmed adenovirus that contained the genes needed to produce a broadly effective antibody from humans, optimizing the DNA to make sure that the antibody was made in muscle cells, and then secreted into their environment.
The modified virus was then injected into mice that had had their immune systems humanized (the stem cells in their bone marrow were killed off and then repopulated with human cells).
The mice were then exposed to levels of HIV many times higher than are normally present during initial infections. Not all antibodies effectively blocked new infections, but at least one did so consistently. The resistance to new HIV infections persisted for the life of the experiments.
Good news. Of course, it goes without saying that this new approach will take years – with solid progress – to reach any public usage IF it works out that the idea is transferable to human.
Keep your fingers crossed.
Freaky the Scary Snowman
(via AmericanBlog)
Trump says he may still run for Prez as independent
Trump says he may still run for president
“If they pick somebody who I think can’t win and if they pick somebody who is, in my opinion, the wrong person … and if the economy continues to be bad, I might run as an independent,” he told USA TODAY.
He also mentioned he wouldn’t ask for campaign donations; he would use his own funds.
“It’s hard for Trump to run and have somebody who is struggling say I’m going to send him $100 or $1,000,” Trump said, referring to himself in the third person three times. “They’d say I love Trump, I’m going to vote for Trump but it’s even nicer that he doesn’t need my money.
“Other people don’t give up anything when they run,” he said. “You give up a top, prime-time television show and I don’t want to sound trivial – but that’s a lot.”
Referring to the current GOP nominees: “They want my endorsement, not my money, and the reason is because I have millions of people … that really want to hear what I say,” Trump said.
Asked when he would make a final decision about a run if the right person was not chosen, Trump said after the next season of The Apprentice wraps in May 2012.
“You don’t need a lot (of time) in the age of television, of computers … to be honest and, you know, most people know where I stand anyway,” he said. “I’m a free agent right after the (season ends), which is May 15.”
Donald Trump versus Chuck Todd
And the winner – with great class- Chuck Todd for NBC.
Trump’s ego is so huge, he has to make everything about “you called me.” And in typical fashion, he has to attack the other guy’s standing or ratings.
Imagine this in the same room with Gingrich. A stadium will be needed to accommodate both egos.
Madonna will perform at Super Bowl Halftime
Michael Buble heckled by a mom who wants her son to sing
What’s goin on… Take 2
Jon Huntsman and Ron Paul say “no” to the Donald
Via CNN: Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman will both skip the debate to be moderated by real estate mogul Donald Trump, citing concerns about the seriousness of the event.
In a campaign statement released Saturday, Paul’s campaign called the debate a distraction from the real issues of the campaign.
“The selection of a reality television personality to host a presidential debate that voters nationwide will be watching is beneath the office of the Presidency and flies in the face of that office’s history and dignity,” Jesse Benton, Ron Paul’s national campaign chairman, said in a statement.
He added, “Mr. Trump’s participation as moderator will distract from questions and answers concerning important issues such as the national economy, crushing federal government debt, the role of the federal government, foreign policy, and the like. To be sure, Mr. Trump’s participation will contribute to an unwanted circus-like atmosphere.”
In an “I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I” moment, Trump slammed Paul as a non-electable candidate.
“As I said in the past and will reiterate again, Ron Paul has a zero chance of winning either the nomination or the Presidency,” Trump said in a statement to CNN. “My poll numbers were substantially higher than any of his poll numbers, at any time, and when I decided not to run, due to the equal time provisions concerning my hit show The Apprentice, I was leading the Republican field.”
Trump also took a swipe at Huntsman as “inconsequential”:
“Few people take Ron Paul seriously and many of his views and presentation make him a clown-like candidate,” Trump said. “I am glad he and Jon Huntsman, who has inconsequential poll numbers or a chance of winning, will not be attending the debate and wasting the time of the viewers who are trying very hard to make a very important decision.”
Huntsman’s campaign said Friday the former Utah governor wouldn’t be making an appearance at the event.
“We have declined to participate in the ‘Presidential Apprentice’ Debate with The Donald,” Huntsman spokesman Tim Miller said in a statement. “The Republican Party deserves a serious discussion of the issues so voters can choose a leader they trust to defeat President Obama and turn our economy around.”
On Friday, the conservative online publication Newsmax announced they were sponsoring the Trump-moderated debate on December 27. It will be held in Des Moines, Iowa, just days before the state holds its first-in-the-nation caucus.