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AP Releases Cringe-Inducing Cosby Questions Cut From Interview, Using Fake Friends To Make Real Money, How To Cook An Awesome Meal Without Stepping Foot In The Grocery Store, An Overhaul Of The World's Largest Passenger Plane Takes 55 Days, But You Can Watch It In Less Than Two Minutes, Inside The Saddest Thread On The Internet, Ten Years Later, Obama's Go-It-Alone Immigration Move The Daily Digg Thursday, November 20, 2014 'WE DON'T ANSWER THAT' AP Releases Cringe-Inducing Cosby Questions Cut From Interview digg.com Bill Cosby's disastrous media blitz continues with the release of footage from an interview with the Associated Press earlier this month. Per usual, Cosby refuses to answer questions about long-time and recent rape allegations. But the AP kept the cameras rolling as Cosby awkwardly lambasts the journalist for daring to ask questions on the issue, and demands that they "scuttle" parts of the interview. Frankly the AP doesn't come off so great either, having clearly originally decided not to run the footage and only airing it now that Cosby's alleged crimes are part of the national conversation. RT IF YOU'RE PROGRAMMED TO AGREE Using Fake Friends To Make Real Money nytimes.com My Twitter bots resemble real people, with photos for avatars and bios. Making these fake accounts used to be difficult, requiring lots of programming deft. Now, even I can make my own — and trust me, my programming skills are minimal. As a result, a giant pyramid scheme has emerged on social media, where fake friends now command real money. Startups We Digg SPONSORED How To Cook An Awesome Meal Without Stepping Foot In The Grocery Store blueapron.com Forget wasting time at the grocery store. With Blue Apron you get the perfect amount of the best ingredients delivered right to your door. Easy shopping, easy recipes, and easy cooking — it really doesn't get much better than this. Oh and now get the first 2 meals free! THEY FOUND YOUR LOST HEADPHONES An Overhaul Of The World's Largest Passenger Plane Takes 55 Days, But You Can Watch It In Less Than Two Minutes digg.com Emirates just finished its first major overhaul of the massive A380. It took 55 days and involved the removal, inspection and overhaul of over 1,600 parts including the engines and onboard bar. 'WILL ANYONE SPEAK TO ME?' Inside The Saddest Thread On The Internet, Ten Years Later salon.com In 2004, this thread became a viral sensation. It still exists — and it reveals how much the internet has changed. COOPERATION NOT REQUIRED Obama's Go-It-Alone Immigration Move politico.com Is President Obama acting like a monarch, as one star politician has suggested? Or is he simply following in the footsteps of his Republican predecessors by signing an executive order to bring relief to millions of undocumented immigrants? Read more on Digg.com → IT PROBABLY TASTES LIKE CHICKEN A man serves a curry dish with whale meat to one of lawmakers and government officials who promote whale meat at a dining room of Ministry of International Trade and Industry in Tokyo Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. Japan has slashed its whale catch target in the Antarctic by two-thirds in a bid to resume its annual whale hunt, which an international court ruled must stop. Credit: AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

We Want To Ride His Bicycle

The Obama Whisperer, Man Goes 207 MPH On Rocket-Powered Bicycle, How To Get Rid Of (Almost) Every Stain, Does 'The Wild Truth' Tell The True Story Of Chris McCandless?, What You Missed This Weekend, Woman Makes Very Strong Case That Monster Energy Drink Is The Work Of Satan The Daily Digg Monday, November 10, 2014 THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MAN The Obama Whisperer newrepublic.com Even at this late date in the Obama presidency, there is no surer way to elicit paranoid whispers or armchair psychoanalysis from Democrats than to mention the name Valerie Jarrett. WE WANT TO RIDE HIS BICYCLE Man Goes 207 MPH On Rocket-Powered Bicycle digg.com Last week, Francois Gissy strapped rockets to a bicycle and reached 207 MPH in under five seconds. What did you do last week? TAP YOUR WAY TO CLEANLINESS How To Get Rid Of (Almost) Every Stain cdn.readtapestry.com So you sat in some chocolate. No big deal. Here's a GIF guide on how to keep your clothes looking so fresh and so clean. OUT OF A WILD HOME, THEN INTO THE WILD Does 'The Wild Truth' Tell The True Story Of Chris McCandless? outsideonline.com An explosive memoir by Carine McCandless provides new details about a toxic family environment that drove her brother to embark on the famous and fatal quest immortalized by Jon Krakauer's "Into the Wild." DIGG PICKS What You Missed This Weekend digg.com President Obama nominates an attorney general, Elon Musk wants to build satellites, Nicki Minaj made a video in questionable taste and other things you may have missed this weekend. VAV VAV VAV Woman Makes Very Strong Case That Monster Energy Drink Is The Work Of Satan digg.com Let this woman do some very convincing amateur Hebrew cryptography. Just hear her out, ok? Read more on Digg.com → WHEN THE WALL CAME TUMBLING DOWN A person flashes the victory sign behind a man holding paper with a peace sign and the writing "one world please" as they attend the central event to commemorate the Fall of the Wall at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014. The 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall on Nov. 9, 1989 is marked with numerous events on the weekend. Credit: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014