2016 In Review

DJ Earworm: United State Of Pop 2016 [VIDEO]

I enjoy this every year but every year I recognize fewer of the big hits than the year before. Via Music Feed: Mix-master DJ Earworm has returned with a musical cocktail of epic proportions. Following on from his viral Summermash ’16 megamix, the San Fransisco mashup artist (who by day is known as Jordan Roseman) has served up his long-awaited …

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Dictionary.com’s Word Of The Year: Xenophobia

The Associated Press reports: You might have thought about it, heard it. A lot. You might have even felt it: Dictionary.com’s word of the year is “xenophobia.” While it’s difficult to get at exactly why people look words up in dictionaries, online or on paper, it’s clear that in contentious 2016, fear of “otherness” bruised the collective consciousness around the …

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Ted Cruz Refuses To Recant Campaign Claim That Donald Trump Is An “Amoral Pathological Liar” [VIDEO]

ABC News reports: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, reflecting on his Republican primary fight against now President-elect Donald Trump, emphasized that he wants to help the incoming administration succeed but did not disown his claim during the campaign that Trump was a “pathological liar.” ABC News’ Martha Raddatz asked Cruz today on “This Week” about his remark during the GOP primary …

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Oxford Word Of The Year: Post-Truth [VIDEO]

The runner-up is “alt-right.”From the Oxford Dictionary blog: After much discussion, debate, and research, the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2016 is post-truth – an adjective defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief’. The concept of post-truth has been in existence …

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