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Ding Dong Dictator Kim Jong-Il dead (funny video clips from SNL, Mad TV)

The Kim Jong-Il dictatorship was long parodied by comedy television programs in the United States. Mad TV was one hit television show in the West that used to make jokes about the communist leader being obsessed with Western culture and loving to perpetrate human rights abuses. Saturday Night Live (SNL) was another. Here’s a video clip from Mad TV where that kookie little Kim Jong Il shows off as the, “little man with the big dictatorship.” In it, he interviews the, “big deal player” Donald Trump, host of Celebrity Apprentice. We also have a funny link to a video of Kim Jong-Il singing “Wocket Man” by Elton John (sort of). Keep reading…

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Does the US government really hold a patent on medical marijuana?

Hollywood celebrities who have advocated strongly for the legalization of marijuana for medical use and recreational purposes include (but are in no way limited to) big name star celebs like Willie Nelson (a country music singer), actress Cameron Diaz, pop music star Justin Timberlake, Twilight star Kristen Stewart, and international singing sensation Sting. Sting has come out in the press numerous times in recent years to tell the press the war on drugs has failed. Saying it is time to move on and accept that drugs like marijuana are essentially good for the mind, body, and soul. Now the government put a patent on it? Keep reading…

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Celebrating Home: Police save 103-year-old woman from eviction (video)

In this holiday story, the greedy and corrupt bankers who tried to evict the family were the obvious villains as police became the heroes. In a day and age when more and more senior citizens are being evicted from nursing homes and assisted living facilities because they lost their savings in the stock market crash, Vinia Hall and her elderly daughter are still celebrating home at home. A 103-year old woman and her 83-year-old daughter were saved from a foreclosure eviction in December 2011 when police and movers hired to evict them refused to comply with the bank’s court order allowing them to do it. Keep reading…