Governor Cuomo must be pretty curious about what happened during opponent Zephyr Teachout's campaign, since he completely ignored it. Luckily, he'll soon be able to relive the race, as director Jennifer Dworkin is working on a documentary about his progressive challenger. Dworkin told the Wall Street Journal that she's been filming Teachout since she lost the Working Families Party nomination in May, and has a new angle on the infamous video of Cuomo pretending he couldn't see her. Dworkin reveals that Teachout's running mate, Tim Wu, "managed to shake the governor’s hand when he wasn’t looking." Ugh, now Cuomo's going to have to remember what his opponents look like.
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Ohio School Shooter T.J. Lane Escapes from Prison
By Margaret HartmannT.J. Lane, who opened fire in a high school cafeteria in 2012, killing three students, has escaped from an Ohio prison along with three other inmates. According to the Associated Press, one of the men was captured, but 19-year-old Lane and Clifford Opperud, a 45-year-old convicted of aggravated robbery, burglary, and kidnapping, are still at large. Police have offered no details on how the men broke out around 7:40 p.m. on Thursday, but residents of Lima, Ohio have been warned not to open their doors to strangers or pick up hitchhikers, as the two escapees are considered dangerous.
The Government Threatened to Hit Yahoo With a Huge Daily Fine if It Didn't Give Up PRISM Data
A federal court released 1500 pages of documents Thursday detailing Yahoo's 2008 fight to keep the NSA from spying on its users under the then-confidential PRISM program (revealed last summer by Edward Snowden). The government won the fight and apparently didn't shy away from strong-arm tactics: Yahoo said it faced a $250,000 daily fine for holding out.
Syria’s Leader Seems to Think America Is Now Totally Cool With Him
By Katie ZavadskiSyrian president Bashar al-Assad thinks he's caught a lucky break with the U.S.'s new anti-ISIS campaign and is apparently hoping to be handed a clean slate as an American ally.
Man Uses Crazy-Powerful Virtual-Reality Technology to Build Boob-Grabbing Simulator
By Jessica RoyThese days, with so much technology at our fingertips, it's rarely a question of why, but instead ... why not?
Why not harness centuries of technological prowess to bring your wildest dreams to life? Why not use the groundbreaking world of virtual reality to explore your passions? Why not put your coding skills to the test and lose your boob-touching virginity at the same time?
Curtains Reveal President Obama’s Devil Horns
By Adam K. RaymondThe proof, as they say, is in the drapery. At least that's what Matt Drudge says.
Tim Tebow Is Your New Good Morning America Contributor
Good Morning America, a show that my grandma watches when the Today show is on commercial break, has hired a new contributor. It's Tim Tebow, the former NFL quarterback who made that kneeling thing viral for a while. Congrats, guy!
Catholic League President Throws a Tantrum Over New St. Patrick’s Day Parade Rules
By Katie ZavadskiThe Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights is pulling out of the 2015 St. Patrick's Day Parade, which will include a gay group for the first time ever.
Dick Cheney and the Neocons Would Like to Celebrate This 9/11 by Freaking Out Over Iraq Again
By Jonathan ChaitIt is comical — in the second-time-as-farce way, not the ha-ha way — that the anniversary of 9/11 has coincided with a sudden revival of neoconservative thought. The neocons never really went away or even questioned their analysis. (The conflation of uncertainty with weakness is itself a defining tenet of neoconservatism.) The terrifying emergence of ISIS and genuine questions about the Obama administration’s lurching response has created a space for the Republican Party, after flirting with noninterventionism, to re-embrace its Bush-era ultrahawkery.
Signs of the neocon revival include the party shedding whatever lingering inhibitions it had about associating itself openly with Dick Cheney, who delivered a deliriously militant speech at the American Enterprise Institute, addressed the House Republican conference (and received a “rapturous reception”), and was celebrated in a Wall Street Journal editorial (headline: “Dick Cheney Is Still Right”). They also include the spreading use of conservative responses to ISIS that eerily echo its impulsive response to the attacks of 13 years ago.
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