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Republicans So Incensed By Pam Karlan They’re Going To Name Barron Trump ‘Archduke Of Manhattan’ Pamela Karlan (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Republicans So Incensed By Pam Karlan They’re Going To Name Barron Trump ‘Archduke Of Manhattan’

Foundry Worker Puts Wet Scrap Metal Into Furnace. Turns Out That Was A Major Mistake. Small Demons will close Nov. 25 unless last-minute buyer appears. Los Angeles-based bookish tech startup Small Demons will close its doors Nov. 25, it has told publishers, unless a last-minute buyer is found.

Small Demons will close Nov. 25 unless last-minute buyer appears

The U.K.'s Bookseller reports Small Demons had been in negotiations with an international buyer, but those talks fell through. Small Demons was founded by Valla Valkili, a Yahoo! This Week's Best Memes, Ranked. Here at Digg, we try our best to cover the most important and confounding memes that come across the timeline.

This Week's Best Memes, Ranked

But the web is littered with tons of great memes that never quite hit the mainstream, instead bouncing around the weird corners of Twitter or Reddit. Enter: our recurring feature, Memes, Ranked, where we not only rank the funniest memes each week, we also keep a running top 10 of the best memes of 2019. Skip to that here. The Week's Best Memes, Ranked. In our recurring feature, Memes, Ranked, we not only rank the funniest memes on the internet each week, we also keep a running top 10 of the best memes of 2019.

The Week's Best Memes, Ranked

Skip to that here. Our colleague Joey Cosco has moved on to new challenges, so the rest of the Digg editorial team will be curating the weekly meme rankings, starting this week. The Week's Best Memes, Ranked. In our recurring feature, Memes, Ranked, we not only rank the funniest memes on the internet each week, we also keep a running top 10 of the best memes of 2019.

The Week's Best Memes, Ranked

Skip to that here. For the week of November 11, we have a handful of contenders: Keanu as a tumbleweed, Maclunkey, the "Payphone" exit and Claire Saffitz zoning out. 4. Keanu Tumblereeves. Captain Dick Stevenson, Inventor of the Yukon's Legendary Sourtoe Cocktail, Has Died. The inventor of the Sourtoe Cocktail willed his own toes to the Downtown Hotel for use in future drinks, and instructed his daughter how to remove and preserve them.

Captain Dick Stevenson, Inventor of the Yukon's Legendary Sourtoe Cocktail, Has Died

Captain Dick Stevenson, inventor of the Sourtoe Cocktail According to Dick Stevenson, he found the first toe in a cabin he bought in Dawson City in the early 1970s. It turned up in a pickle jar while Stevenson was cleaning out the cabin. A dried up human toe in a jar, frostbitten, supposedly cut off a prospector decades earlier. Naturally, Stevenson thought it should go in a drink, and that’s how the Sourtoe Cocktail was born. Indiana Judges Suspended After Drunken Brawl At White Castle. Deep Dive Indiana Judges Suspended After Drunken Brawl, Shooting At White Castle By Kate Riga November 15, 2019 11:05 a.m.

Indiana Judges Suspended After Drunken Brawl At White Castle

9 Machines That Beat the Berlin Wall. Thomas ImoGetty Images November 9, 2019, marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the physical embodiment of the Iron Curtain separating East and West in the Cold War.

9 Machines That Beat the Berlin Wall

The Wall was built in 1961 to stop East Germans escaping to the West, but thousands found ways to beat it, using modified cars, a zipwire, and other feats of backyard engineering. Outside Berlin, intrepid escapees built their own submarines, a balloon, and even a microlight to overcome the wall. The Berlin Wall comprised two concrete barriers separated by a "death strip," which was 160 yards wide and covered by border guards with Kalashnikovs.

What We Know About Tulsi Gabbard’s Base. Hawaii Rep.

What We Know About Tulsi Gabbard’s Base

Tulsi Gabbard has spent most of the 2020 presidential campaign on the periphery, attracting low levels of support. But she’s also managed to develop a bit of a cult following as an outsider candidate who has sparred with the Democratic establishment and been critical of the use of American power abroad. Her unorthodox views and conflict with the party have even fueled speculation that she might run as a third-party candidate — a claim Gabbard has repeatedly denied. However, one thing is clear: Gabbard doesn’t seem to be planning to drop out any time soon. In late October, she announced that she would not seek reelection to her seat in Hawaii, and while she’s by no means a front-runner in the race, she has managed to qualify for the November debate and is just one poll shy from making the December debate after Quinnipiac University released a New Hampshire survey on Monday that found her at 6 percent.

So what do we know about Gabbard’s base? Real-Life Telepathy Is Closer Than You Think. Longtime U.S. diplomats outlined their discomfort and disapproval with what they described as a campaign by President Donald Trump’s allies to hijack Ukraine relations for Trump’s re-election campaign, the central issue in Trump’s potential impeachment.

Real-Life Telepathy Is Closer Than You Think

George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for Eastern Europe, and Ambassador Bill Taylor, the top diplomat in Kyiv, opened public hearings before the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry by detailing the workings of a shadow foreign policy quarterbacked by Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani. The goal of that effort was to compel Ukrainian officials to provide Trump aides with damaging information on Trump’s domestic political rivals. Taylor referenced his now well-known text to fellow diplomats saying that withholding security assistance in exchange for help with a U.S. political campaign would be “crazy.” “I believed that then,” Taylor told the legislators, “and I believe it now.” Related in Politics That Republican, Rep. The dice man cometh. So the power of the dice should not be underestimated. Of course, the dice can only command the fulfilment of an option chosen by the dice-thrower: has anyone, I ask, ever killed anyone on the throw of a dice?

"Not that I know of," says Rhinehart. (We are settled in the foyer of the Thistle hotel in Lambeth Road - the rehearsal rooms turned out to be too noisy for the interview.) "People occasionally ask, 'Aren't you afraid that dice people will come and do horrible things and you will be blamed? ' Pro-Kremlin Reporters Tour Abandoned U.S. Base in Syria. Footage of an abandoned U.S. military base in the town of Manbij in northeast Syria shared by pro-Russian government media shows the haste with which U.S. troops pulled out of the city they had patrolled for a year. The Russian-backed Syrian army entered Manbij on Tuesday, taking advantage of an abrupt U.S. retreat from Syria after the Turkish incursion, and deployed deep inside Kurdish-held territory south of the Turkish frontier. The United States has “handed over” Manbij to Russia, an unnamed Pentagon official told Newsweek on Monday as Russia announced its military police were patrolling the area.

Photos shared Tuesday by a little-known Russian news group, ANNA, showed wires sticking out of the walls, and snacks and other assorted items lying around the dimly lit U.S. base. Video filmed by a Russian-speaking reporter showed the deserted dining facility, sleeping quarters and the perimeter. “They took heavy equipment and weapons and got out of here. Haida Tribe Facts: Clothes, Food, Lifestyle and History*** What language did the Haida tribe speak? The people of the tribe spoke the Haida Language, called "X̲aayda Kil. " Haida ArtThe Haida were expert wood carvers and various items were decorated with Haida art. These included fabulous masks, totem poles, welcome poles and house frontal poles with entrance through a gaping mouth. How Old Is Your Brain? This AI Can Tell You.

Delaying “brain age” may sound like the latest quick-fix gimmick on a late-night infomercial, but the science underlying the concept is very real. Rather than reflecting the average functional state of your chronological age, brain age looks at how well your brain is aging relative to how many birthdays you’ve celebrated. We all know people that seem sharper and act much younger than their age—that incredulous moment when you realize the 40-year-old you’ve been chatting with on the plane is actually a grandma in her 70s. Brain age, as a concept, hopes to capture the biological intricacies behind that cognitive dissociation. It’s not just pure academic fun, either. Longevity researchers have increasingly realized that how long you’ve lived isn’t the best predictor of overall health. The Diver Who Brings Up the Bodies.

In November 2018, a 66-year-old man named Tommy Thompson was wheeled into Judge Laurel Beatty Blunt’s courtroom in Columbus, Ohio, clad in a dark blue suit and looking like he had just served four years in federal prison. Thompson’s hair, once thick black curls, had given way to a bald pate, and with a long white beard and piercing eyes, he looked like a slightly hairier Christopher Lee, the actor who played the wizard Saruman in The Lord of the Rings.

Throughout the trial, Judge Blunt interrupted Thompson’s testimony to reprimand him for veering wildly off course. Thompson had long insisted that he suffers from neurological problems and chronic fatigue syndrome, which impairs his memory, and that his meandering explanations were a symptom of the distress foisted upon him. But Judge Blunt, like other officials who’d presided over civil and criminal cases against Thompson, claimed that his malingering was the maneuvering of a hyper-intelligent con man. Hospitals are getting into the housing business - Axios. India and Pakistan are sliding toward potential nuclear war, according to the president of Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. Dogs' Personalities Are Rooted in Their DNA. Based on brain scans from 33 different dog breeds, scientists generated maps of six distinct brain networks related to behaviors such as social bonding or movement.

Plant-Based Meth Is the Next Frontier of Afghanistan's Drug Trade. This son of a late Deutsche Bank exec offered a trove of documents to the FBI and House Democrats. My Secret Life as a Mysterious Multimillionaire’s Personal Assistant. In November 2018, a 66-year-old man named Tommy Thompson was wheeled into Judge Laurel Beatty Blunt’s courtroom in Columbus, Ohio, clad in a dark blue suit and looking like he had just served four years in federal prison. Thompson’s hair, once thick black curls, had given way to a bald pate, and with a long white beard and piercing eyes, he looked like a slightly hairier Christopher Lee, the actor who played the wizard Saruman in The Lord of the Rings. Throughout the trial, Judge Blunt interrupted Thompson’s testimony to reprimand him for veering wildly off course. Thompson had long insisted that he suffers from neurological problems and chronic fatigue syndrome, which impairs his memory, and that his meandering explanations were a symptom of the distress foisted upon him.

But Judge Blunt, like other officials who’d presided over civil and criminal cases against Thompson, claimed that his malingering was the maneuvering of a hyper-intelligent con man. Gary Larson hints at new era of 'The Far Side' (and a bonus story of 'Far Side' betrayal and rage) Florida man with largest private shell collection now ready to give it away. Liberal Parents Struggling To Find School District With High-Quality Drag Queens.

NORFOLK, VA—Saying it was never too early to begin instilling the values they believe in, liberal parents Christopher and Stacey Castaneda confirmed Friday that they were struggling to find a school district with high-quality drag queens. That's All She Rogue. Skin-crawling discovery: ‘body farm’ scientists find corpses move. City’s Alcoholism Rebranded As Culture. Student Studying To Become Hair Stylist Nervous For Part Where You Practice On Cadavers. MILTON, MA—Wincing at the smell of formaldehyde as she entered the beauty school morgue, cosmetology student Linda Emerson admitted Wednesday that she was nervous for the part of her studies where she’d have to cut hair on cadavers. “I know it’s important to practice before you give a haircut to a living, breathing person, but doing a bob-chop on an 80-year-old dead lady just really freaks me out,” said Emerson, who, after shampooing her cadaver’s hair in the sink with the help of other students, was chastised by an instructor for ripping off a part of the scalp during what should have been a routine blow-drying exercise.

“I really want to be respectful of the dead because they donated their bodies so I could learn to cut pixies, bouffants, and buzz cuts. I can’t even tell you how scared I am to start practicing the waxing unit, though—cadaver Brazilians are going to kill me.” The College Student Who Decoded the Data Hidden in Inca Knots. There are many ways a college student might spend spring break. Germany Asks for Forgiveness as Poland Marks 80th Anniversary of War. The 1930s Secret Cambridge Club of Rooftop Climbers. Police never responded when neighbor of Odessa, Texas shooter called to report him last month. Trump's personal assistant fired after comments about Ivanka, Tiffany - POLITICOCloseSave ToCloseClick to Open. Musical Theater Teens Use Instagram To Cast Fake Broadway Shows. Bedbug victim 'outraged' as Trump blames 'radical Left Democrats' for spreading rumors about his Miami resort.

Freedom of the Press? Not in the U.S. David Koch Pumps Billions Of Dollars Into Campaign To Secure Antonin Scalia A Seat In The Holy Trinity. 5 Theories About Amelia Earhart's Disappearance. Could Gigantic Coconut Crabs Have Played a Part in Amelia Earhart’s Mysterious Disappearance? At Least One Scientist Thinks So.

The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders: A Tokyo Restaurant Where All the Servers Are People Living with Dementia. The Mystery of the Himalayas’ Skeleton Lake Just Got Weirder. Autonomous watercraft to search the sea for Amelia Earhart's airplane. 'It's Only a Joke, Comrade!' Wave Pool Suffers Huge Malfunction, Injures 44 People. Why Comedian Whitney Cummings Made a Sex Robot of Herself for Her New Netflix Special, ‘Can I Touch It?’ How Restaurant Playlists Are Made — a ‘Switched on Pop’ Investigation. 'Mass brawl' breaks out on P&O cruise ship Britannia.

Ripple masturbation suit offers sex aid to people with disabilities. Vessel Finds French Submarine That's Been Lost for 50 Years. The Man with the Golden Airline Ticket. 45 Times Totally Inedible Things Looked Like Delicious Food (New Pics) Scientists Map out the Entire Nervous System of an Animal. Scientists Are Translating Babies' Cries With Artificial Intelligence. Guys Drive UHaul Into Parking Garage, Cause Absolute Mayhem. #TBT: Kid Tosses A Small Firework Down A Manhole, Entire Sidewalk Explodes.

The Deterrent Lock That Fights Back Against Thieves With Noxious Chemicals. Findclone. Scientists Have Pinpointed the Energy Limit of the Human Body. Elizabeth Holmes Blames Journalist for Theranos Troubles. Reporting team that busted Trump’s tax secrets crumbles — thanks to ‘wrecking ball’ NYT journalist – Raw Story. 40 Times People Found Something Weird In The Woods And Just Had To Share. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Where Is It? Tesla Driver Goes On Autopilot While Asleep To The Horror Of Rush Hour Traffic. The Aztec Death Whistle Makes One of the Scariest Sounds You'll Ever Hear. 200 Haunting Videos of U.S. Nuclear Tests Now Declassified and Put Online.

The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People. The Curse of the Ship of Gold. A Male Student Used Snapchat's Gender Filter To Pose As An Underage Girl Online And Allegedly Caught A Cop. The Extraordinary ‘Cookbooks’ Left Behind by Prisoners of War and Concentration Camp Victims. E3 Attendees Flee In Terror After Bethesda Presentation Glitch Causes Deathclaw To Spawn On Convention Floor. The Reason Why Your Car Window Is Edged With Tiny Black Dots. Why Is The Pentagon Interested In UFOs? Urine Deflectors of Fleet Street – London, England.

The Untold Facts of John Brennan's Career of Treachery. Use the Memory Palace Technique to Remember Basically Everything. Future - The violent attack that turned a man into a maths genius. Civilian on Fly-Along Accidentally Ejected from Fighter Jet. Pallets: The single most important object in the global economy. A State-By-State Survey of Literary Masterpieces. Entertainment.theonion. Rollingstone. Dissolving the dead - alkaline hydrolysis a new alternative to burial and cremation. Derek Jeter Fulfills Lifelong Dream Of Starting Business Venture With Jeb Bush. Atlasobscura. Everything You Need to Know About Ejecting From a Fighter Jet. U.S. Postal Service Appoints First Leather-Clad Postmistress General. The "True" Human Diet - Scientific American Blog Network. This Queer Chef Boldly Refused To Be Featured By Ivanka Trump's Brand. Crime and punishment in Japan during the Edo Period included tattooing the faces & arms of criminals.

The Real Face Of Jesus - What Did Jesus Look Like? Why young men queue up to die in the French Foreign Legion. Capital - How to spot a lying job candidate. Atlasobscura. Girl Brags About Her “Millions” On Twitter, But The Internet Brutally Shuts Her Down. 10-Time-Winning Racing Brewer Sausage Put Out To Stud. Cops Charge Dad & Daughter in Pot Brownie Ring. 10 Strangest Things Recovered from the Bottom of the Sea (sea, strange objects) Google will flag fake news stories in search results. How to defuse the methane timebomb in the Arctic? Unleash the mammoths! 100-Year-Old Life Hacks That Are Surprisingly Useful Today.