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Most Crazy, Complex Pranks

Call Me Stormy — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:00:22 +0000

Sometimes you have to go out of your way for a really good laugh. Just For Laugh Gags puts several unsuspecting bystanders through the hoops in its latest edition of practical jokes, and the results are hilarious. See you right back here on LOL next Tuesday for another journey through the lighter side of life. — The Wickel

In the Eye of the Storm

Call Me Stormy — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:38 +0000

Aerial images show the destruction caused by a mile-wide tornado that swept through the suburbs of Oklahoma City Tuesday afternoon. H/T Wall Street Journal

Meanwhile, weather photographer Jim Reed shows a newbie how to follow tornadoes, but things get tense when a tornado changes direction.

The Thrill is Gone

Call Me Stormy — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:23 +0000

The marriage between the Obama administration and the mainstream media is now on the rocks. Pundit Dick Morris explains the fissure and why the Associated Press scandal has soured the media as a willing partner and accomplice to Obama’s political agenda.

Bad Aftertaste of Toothpaste?

Call Me Stormy — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:34 +0000

Bytesize Science takes on a common breakfast disturbance — the foul taste of orange juice after you brush your teeth. Toothpaste is loaded with a cornucopia of chemicals that add flavors, body, texture, and most importantly, the ability to clean your teeth. One compound in particular, a detergent known as sodium lauryl sulfate, is responsible for the suds that you produce when brushing. As it turns out, this compound has an interesting effect on your mouth’s taste receptors. Watch the video to find out exactly how SLS alters your sense of taste, and be prepared to amaze your friends at breakfast when you drop chemical facts on why this bitter combo leads to such a puckered up, gross experience.

The Obamacare Bailout

Call Me Stormy — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:25 +0000

Even though Obamacare is still not fully implemented, the Democrats are already asking for it to be bailed out. “So Nancy Pelosi is now saying we have to bail out Obamacare to find out what’s in it,” Jodi Miller reports. In this NewsBusted, Miller also touches upon the astronomical unemployment rate among youths in Greece and radio talk show host Randi Rhodes’ assertion that Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh are terrorists.

Tunisia Arrests Femen Activist

Call Me Stormy — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:30 +0000

Tunisia’s interior ministry has said that a female activist has been arrested for painting a feminist message on the wall of a mosque and trying to expose her breasts.

Adam and Dog

Call Me Stormy — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:36:45 +0000

Minkyu Lee’s Oscar-nominated short represents a fusion of two distinct ideas — the Biblical story of Adam and Eve, and a National Geographic article that Lee had read about how dogs evolved from wolves and came to befriend mankind. Explaining the, ahem, genesis of the piece, Lee told one interviewer, “At that time, I was in the film directing program at Cal Arts. During a writing workshop, while doing some writing exercises, that article came to mind. It made me think about the origin of dogs and because of my faith, I immediately thought of the story of Genesis.”

All told, it took Minyu almost three years to complete Adam and Dog, as he was simultaneously employed by Disney. He could only pursue this personal project on nights and weekends, while spending his weekdays as an animator on Winnie the Pooh and character designer on Wreck-It Ralph.

Pokémon Snap: The Movie

Call Me Stormy — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:00:11 +0000

Todd Snap is back for a live-action adventure of epic proportions. Will he be able photograph all of the pokémon to finish Professor Oak’s report? Will he find the secret course? Will he make it out alive? From the team at Gritty Reboots

They Want to Be Nixonian

Call Me Stormy — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:51 +0000

Bob Woodward — who, as host David Gregory noted, is “no stranger to these kinds of controversies in Washington” — was among the panelists on Meet the Press this weekend. Which, naturally, revolved around the scandal-ridden Obama administration. Asked how the president has handled it, Woodward added to the list of “Nixonian” references.

“This is not Watergate, but there are some people in the administration who have acted as if they want to be Nixonian,” Woodward contended. “And that’s a very big problem.”

Jail to the Chief

Call Me Stormy — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Joe Dan Gorman, Chuck Norris’ bodyguard, recaps the incestuous relationships between the Obama Administration and the noodling Alphabet Soup networks — ABC, CBS and NBC, as well as CNN. In this edition of Intellectual Froglegs, Joe Dan also blasts the bureaucrats in Washington who’ve thrown obstacles in the way of America achieving energy independence. Forward-thinking governors should defy these fruitbats.