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mrctvstaff | March 22, 2015
Should we be shocked that, according to reviews Sean Penn’s new movie, The Gunman, is turning out to be the Venezuelan economy of action thrillers? Not at all. After all, Penn, the Hugo Chavez fan boy, co-wrote the screenplay. And just as Chavez/Madurro socialist tropes inevitably led to a workers’ paradise chronically short of toilet paper, Sean Penn’s anti-corporate instincts led to a thriller…
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mrctvstaff | March 18, 2015
Paula Deen is one of the most recognizable names in food world.  The southern cooking star has written numerous cookbooks, owns several restaurants, and once had her own show on the Food Network. She has also received a lot of scrutiny for the unhealthy, albeit delicious, cooking recipes that skyrocketed her to southern cooking fame.   See: The 10 Most Unhealthy Things Paula Deen Has Ever Put In…
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mrctvstaff | March 18, 2015
Mitt Romney has a lot of titles to his name.  Husband, father of five boys, Mormon missionary, successful business executive, Governor of Massachusetts, Republican nominee for President, and now.... celebrity boxer? In what could be the greatest (or fastest) celebrity boxing match of all time, Mitt Romney will box Evander Holyfield.  Read that last part again, to let it soak in.  Taking place…
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mrctvstaff | March 17, 2015
According to Chicago's WUSN-FM radio station:  Each year members of the plumbers’ union dye the Chicago River green for St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, 2012. The River was first dyed green in 1962 and has become a St. Patrick’s Day tradition in Chicago. A time-lapse video  was released, meaning you can see the whole thing turn green under two minutes! According to PEOPLE, the dyeing takes five…
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mrctvstaff | March 14, 2015
The murderous gang of thugs known as the "Islamic State," or ISIS, just got a new enemy.  According to the Daily Mail, Iraq's first Christian-only brigade of around 600 fighters recently joined the fight.  The fighters are called the "Tiger Brigade" and originate from the Nineveh plain, an area in the northeastern part of Iraq which is close to territory controlled by ISIS. More from the Daily…
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mrctvstaff | March 13, 2015
One of the best segments on late night TV is Jimmy Kimmel's "mean tweet reading," by celebrities and public figures.  The segment goes something like this... A person comes on the show, sits on a stool, and reads mean tweets that people have said about them on Twitter. Enter President Obama. 
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mrctvstaff | March 12, 2015
These days we hear too many bad stories about bullies in the schools our kids go to.  Which is why this story really stood out to us as an example of how "popular kids," and "jocks," can use their popularity to stand up for kids who face bullies. Enter Lincoln Middle School.  According to the Huffington Post: Desiree Andrews is a cheerleader at Lincoln Middle School in Kenosha, Wisconsin. She’s…
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mrctvstaff | March 8, 2015
Every once in awhile a celebrity comes and along and shows up how to use their fame and fortunte. According to Uproxx:  While promoting his Crystal Head vodka line in Philadelphia, Dan Aykroyd proved that he’s not just a comedy guy, or a believer in the paranormal, or even a vodka connoisseur — he’s a giver. The city suffered a tragic loss on Thursday when Officer Robert Wilson III, a city cop…
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mrctvstaff | March 4, 2015
Every once in a while, a Hollywood star comes along and does something really special.  In this case, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine gave the experience of a lifetime to a child with down syndrome.  According to Yahoo News:  Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine helped make a 10-year-old superfan’s dreams come true on Monday night. Christopher Warner, a young Maryland resident with Down syndrome and…
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mrctvstaff | March 2, 2015
For many, skydiving is the thrill and scare of a lifetime.  Jumping out of a plane high above the earth and then free-falling thousands of feet is a death-defying experience in and of itself.  Now couple that with having a seizure in mid-air and falling unconcious.  Acccording to one man's video on Youtube, that happened to him and he was miraculously saved by a quick thinking jumpmaster.  From…