The defense budget should be cut. But when it comes to taking on the defense establishment, President Obama has been timid. He needs someone to take the lead for him, a decorated military veteran with perspective. Chuck Hagel fits the bill to be Obama’s hatchet man.
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“The Rural Juror” returned as “30 Rock” came to an end. In the series finale of the NBC comedy, Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) joined the Broadway production “The Rural Juror,” based on her film, which was based on the Kevin Grisham novel of the same name.
“The Rural Juror” was first introduced in Season 1 with many characters struggling to pronounce the movie’s name, often just saying “Rurr Jurr.” In the series finale, Kenneth (Jack McBrayer) asks Jenna to sing on the last episode of “TGS With Tracy Jordan.” Happy to oblige, Jenna picks the ending song from her new musical.
Watch “The Rural Juror” song — and see how the cast said goodbye — below. Good luck figuring out those lyrics!
With a sum totaling around six times what the folks at PlayJam initially requested, the GameStick Kickstarter campaign can certainly be called a success. The project ended today just shy of $650K ($647,658 to be precise), resulting in its successful funding. Now all the folks at PlayJam have to do is deliver on the promise of their Kickstarter: produce and ship around 5,500 GameStick’s by April (not to mention the Dock, and various special edition versions of the GameStick itself). A tall order, but one no doubt assisted by an infusion of cash six times what PlayJam expected to be working with. The model seen above is the final controller design, remodeled based on feedback from the backers that brought GameStick to life. It’s the final model backers will see when their unit arrives this April.
A six-block swath of Detroit’s most desolate urban prairie is being methodically cleared this week — without celebration or comment from officials.
Although the half-dozen bulldozers and excavators busily hauling away brush, moving hillocks of tires and demolishing the charred husks of century-old houses may be a welcome sight to the area’s few remaining residents, their origins are a mystery.
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LONDON (AP) — The chief executive of Britain’s scandal-hit Barclays bank says he’s giving up his 2012 bonus amid a string of high-profile scandals over mis-selling products and market-fixing.
Antony Jenkins’ was entitled to a maximum bonus of 2.75 million pounds ($4.35 million), or 250 percent of his 1.1 million pound salary.
His decision follows a year in which Barclays’ reputation has been badly battered.
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a parting warning Thursday about Syria’s civil war, accusing Iran of playing an increasingly prominent role in directing the violence, which she said heightened the danger of a larger regional conflict that draws in Israel or other neighbors.
“I’ve done what was possible to do,” Clinton told reporters on the eve of her last day as secretary of state.
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by guest blogger Maya Rodale, author of smart and sassy romance novels
Valentine’s Day. Pop Songs. Romantic Comedies. Romance Novels. The message they often send is that it’s not enough to be in luuuurrrve, you’ve got to be Crazy In Love, which can put a lot of pressure on a couple. Are hearts still racing? Are there enough roses? And candlelight all the time? It’s exhausting day in day out, but for three minutes to a few hours, it can be exhilarating.
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HuffPost Impact is looking for nominees for our Greatest Person of the Day. The recognition honors acts of service that go above and beyond — from local heroes performing selfless acts of courage in their communities to global trailblazers embarking on humanitarian efforts worldwide.
Perhaps your neighbor has been quietly volunteering at the local food shelf for 30+ years, or your friend selflessly saved someone’s life in an accident, or someone you know started a school to teach math in Africa. If you know someone who is making small changes that are leading to big differences, nominate him or her below. If chosen, we’ll contact him or her for an interview and name this nominee our Greatest Person of the Day!
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is considering more assertive action against Beijing to combat a persistent cyber-espionage campaign it believes Chinese hackers are waging against U.S. companies and government agencies.
As The New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that their computer systems had been infiltrated by China-based hackers, cybersecurity experts said the U.S. government is eyeing more pointed diplomatic and trade measures.
Two former U.S. officials said the administration is preparing a new National Intelligence Estimate that, when complete, is expected to detail the cyberthreat, particularly from China, as a growing economic problem. Neither of the former officials was authorized to discuss the classified report and spoke only on condition of anonymity.
World’s Earliest Figurative Sculpture Turns Out To Be Adorable: A “lion man” carved from mammoth ivory has been is being removed from the British Museum’s “Ice Age Art” exhibition after new fragments were found that gave researchers pause. As it turns out, the relic of the ice age dates back about 40,000 years.
In 1939, around 200 fragments of the “lion man” were first discovered in the back of a German cave, leaving 30% of the sculpture’s volume unfinished. Now 1,000 more fragments have been discovered, the larger of which are being reintegrated into the sculpture. “It is an enormous 3D puzzle,” said the British Museum curator Jill Cook. (The Art Newspaper)
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